"Denial isn't just a river in Egypt!"
IMHO, this issue has not even dawned on the Dems yet.
The Republicans scored with the over 40 group.
The next generation, the children of the over 40 group are on the threshold of voting. Children often follow their parents' political persuasion.
And while Democrats have been aborting their offspring and having relatively small families, many conservatives have rather large families.
I think this will only compound the growth of conservatives in this country.
Boston voter Robyn Miller is right about one thing. For the Democrat party as she and others like her see it, we have to get rid of the two-party system. Years ago, Repulicans were the federalists, Democrats were the anti-federalists. We need to get back to this balance. Robyn and friends can join the Communist Party of America, which is where they belong.
Wrong? Everything went right.
"Denial isn't just a river in Egypt!"
Nothing "went wrong" you idiots; the good guy won and the freakish, lying poser got thrown out with the other demotrash.
A new Democrat myth is developing. DUmmies are telling themselves the exit polls were right and the balloting was wrong.
The democrats have it all wrong.
We got the message! The American public could not help but hear the message: Iraq bad, economy bad, education bad, Bush bad, war on terror bad, US image bad, medical care bad, social security bad, debt bad, Cheney bad, and and and. No we got the message alright, especially since Hollywood and the media (news) loves to harp on negativism and favored Kerry. WHAT THE DEMS DON'T GET IS THAT IT IS THE MESSAGE WE DON'T LIKE! It's not getting "The word out" as they think but rather that Americans do believe in God, many don't think abortion is OK, a lot do favor capital punishment, we do think that after 2,900 of us get killed in a terrorist attack we should retaliate with all we have and so on. It's the CONTENT which killed Kerry and the Democrats.
It's good to have competition and I wish the democrats were a viable option since it's never good to only have one choice. But the Democrats with their pursuit of every fringe groups vote, far left stance and weakness in leadership have alienated themselves from the MAJORITY of Americans. They do NOT represent America anymore. They are a party which advocates things that go against the fabric of American values and is lead by in part very freaky people. Just thinking that all you need to do is say the same $hit more often or yell it louder is not going to help them. Come up with a "VIABLE" message which you are REALLY going to execute, unlike 100,000 teachers, 100,000 police, national health care....... which Clinton promised. The message to Democrats is two part. First, come up with a message America wants. Secondly, if you have a feasible and reasonable plan, make it happen once you’re in office and don’t be a demagogue as Clinton was.
The Democrats are shocked that they lost the way they did. They don’t understand, and with a typical victim mentality blame others for their loss. What they fail to see is that the US public actually behaves quite rationally.
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Many other Democrats agreed that Democrats didn't flub the issues; they flubbed the marketing.
I'd say there is an element of truth in that statement, about the marketing that is. IMHO, the biggest difference in how the two parties approach an election is based on how they view their opponents.
Conservatives - for the most part - view liberalism as an evil by RESULT. Where liberals may truly believe that their views are the best for the country/world, conservatives believe liberalism would be a distaster. We treat it as a difference in philosophies and build arguments on how our way is better and theirs is worse.
For many liberals, conservatism is an evil by INTENT. Every action is design to screw over someone to help the rich, white guys. The thought that conservatives truly want what's best for the country doesn't enter their minds. As a result, instead of building arguments in support of their position, they're left to trying to scare the old people about social security, minorities about civil rights, etc.
Look at Iraq. Had the Dem's taken the position of: right decision based on bad intelligence, good war plan bad peace plan, here's how we can do better - it might have worked. Instead it was: Bush mislead/lied to America, rushed to war, didn't build a strong coalition all so Haliburton could get some government contracts. There's a winning message.
A Democrat supporter observed about conservatives "They are faith-based rather that reality-based". How do they expect to seriously appeal to people of faith, when this is how they seem to regard faith?
LET'S NOT GIVE THEM ANY CLUES!!!
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...
Um, you might want to check his voting record in the Senate, bub...
This just means the libs will shout louder at us.