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Democrats question what went wrong
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | November 5, 2004 | Charles Hurt and Brian DeBose

Posted on 11/04/2004 10:31:02 PM PST by Former Military Chick

As John Kerry basked Wednesday in the final applause of his failed campaign, at a packed gathering in Boston that was nothing short of funereal, supporters shivered in the cold outside and wondered what went wrong.

One distraught man with long hair lofted a sign that read, "Democracy doesn't work!"

A woman wearing pink tennis shoes carried a poster that read, "Time to secede, not concede."

Democrats across the country are assessing the damage of Tuesday's election and trying desperately to figure out how they lost ground in both the House and the Senate, and failed to capture the White House.

"When you feel that the issues are on your side and you don't win, you have to look at what happened," said John McCormally, a spokesman for the Iowa Democratic Party, whose state Mr. Bush appears to have carried -- the first Republican to do so in 20 years.

"I'm convinced that our side is right on the issues," he said. "But maybe we're selling it the wrong way."

Many other Democrats agreed that Democrats didn't flub the issues; they flubbed the marketing.

"This election was not about issues," Democratic strategist Chris Cooper said. "If it were, clearly we would have won."

Matt Farrauto of the New Mexico Democratic Party blamed the loss on deceptive Republicans.

"When it comes to having a moral compass, our values are more in line with the American people," he said. "But it's very difficult to combat the deceptions of the GOP. They don't seem to have any compunction for honesty."

Mr. Farrauto said it was "ironic and disingenuous" to portray Mr. Kerry as weak on defense.

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To: nopardons
"since 31 Oct 98"

You know what? I doubt I'm going to be debating this issue with you in '08. And I really don't understand why I'm fighting you on this matter now. What's the matter? You some sort of sore winner or something?

The fact of the matter is that you'll need to convince a whole slew of people to vote for the "Red" party in the next election. The fact of the matter is the "Red" party should be extremely thankful that I voted contrary to my political philosophy this time around (as did a whole bunch of other like minded people).

We'll see how the Republican party does. They are absolutely on notice. I seem to recall some "Contract With America" a few years before your sign-on date.

61 posted on 11/05/2004 3:30:58 AM PST by raygun
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To: Former Military Chick
"I'm convinced that our side is right on the issues," he said. "But maybe we're selling it the wrong way."

Many other Democrats agreed that Democrats didn't flub the issues; they flubbed the marketing.

"This election was not about issues," Democratic strategist Chris Cooper said. "If it were, clearly we would have won."

Idiots...

62 posted on 11/05/2004 3:33:37 AM PST by Walkin Man
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To: Former Military Chick
Mr. Farrauto said it was "ironic and disingenuous" to portray Mr. Kerry as weak on defense.

Um, you might want to check his voting record in the Senate, bub...

63 posted on 11/05/2004 3:35:34 AM PST by ABG(anybody but Gore) (Dan Rather plans to spend the winter in Valley Forgery.-hflynn)
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To: Former Military Chick

This just means the libs will shout louder at us.


64 posted on 11/05/2004 4:31:14 AM PST by prairiebreeze (George W Bush: Spending well-earned political capital.)
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To: grey_whiskers
Nobody else can ever hear the voices in your head. (grin)

The terrible thing is that most of the voices in their heads stutter:

Voice - "S-s-s-st-st-upid R-r-r-ri-ri-ch P-p-people Ma-ma-may-making Us P-p-p-po-poor."
Liberal - "Whut? Whut? I can't understand - what? Right it down!"
65 posted on 11/05/2004 4:46:54 AM PST by Jaysun
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To: Darkwolf377
"I think it's because they're Christians in name-only--I think they actually have none of the faith they profess to have."

Very good analysis. I agree with you. I don't know that many liberal Christians, but the ones I do know are Christians in name only.

They put their political agenda ahead of their religion. A Christian doesn't do this.

66 posted on 11/05/2004 6:28:09 AM PST by auggy (http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-DownhomeKY /// Check out My USA Photo album & Fat Files)
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To: Former Military Chick
Why do democrats keep banging their heads against the wall? 'Cause it feels good when they stop! I had a Keeshound growing up. Best darn dog there ever was. He was enormous for the breed, but he was just great...
67 posted on 11/05/2004 7:39:17 AM PST by Time is now (We'll live to see it......Soon after this election....)
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