Posted on 11/10/2006 9:06:56 PM PST by FairOpinion
In his victory speech Tuesday night to a confetti-swamped crowd at the Beverly Hilton, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a message for the rest of the Republican Party after its worst defeat in decades.
Follow "the California way," he said. "We are proving to the nation that there is another way to go, a better path to solve problems."
Schwarzenegger's landslide victory in a largely Democratic state illustrates the growing power of moderate candidates and the electoral appeal of bipartisanship, and it could contain important lessons for Republicans and Democrats as they seek to position themselves in the future, analysts and politicians said.
"If I was a Republican National Committee chair, I would hire Arnold out and teach Republicans what is necessary to put together a winning campaign," said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political analyst at the University of Southern California. "He really is the poster boy of what Republicans have denied for so long. Elections are won from the center."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Show me the statistics that said it was "Conservatives" that didn't vote.
Come on, FO. I've counted at least four times you have said that on this thread.
Give me a link to a primary source... I want to see the statistics that support your repeated contention.
Way too early to draw that kind of conclusion. This was a narrow loss with the odds stacked against us in an off-year. The conservative base will be back strong (unless the Republicans follow this Kennedy in-law's advice...)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
And the basis for this outrageous allegation is?
The facts are that only one, indentified Republican openly supported a Democrat. Schwarzenegger supported Garamendi by providing a quote to bash McClintock in blue country. That is a published fact.
Let's see the facts supporting the ludicrous quote above.
Your poorly sourced article talks about White Christian evangelicals and Roman Catholics, not political conservatives. Oh, and it says they DIDN'T stay home.
Pathetic.
Go watch FoxNews.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Despite looming evidence that refutes both the first and second contention, your conclusion, that this is the best one can hope for, demonstrates what a defeatist position you have adopted.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Republican voters didn't show up at the polls
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/10/BAGSJMA78G1.DTL
"California's Republican voters stayed home in droves on election day, as preliminary figures show voter turnout falling well below the state average in some of the most reliably GOP parts of the state.
Although the final totals won't be known for weeks, election day turnout in Fresno, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and SanDiego counties, which all have Republican pluralities, ran as much as 10 percentage points below the state's 44 percent average turnout.
"The turnout in Republican counties was low compared to the turnout in counties where Democrats hold the edge,'' said Patrick Dorinson, a spokesman for the state Republican Party. "The conservative Republican base didn't show up.''
How did that happen, with only 6.7 registered million dems and 5.4 million registered reps? Gee, could you possibly be trying to distort things by quoting national stats when the subject was California's election? Like claiming "we" elected Pelosi, earlier?
I gotta hand it to you, FO. you've mastered about every form of logical fallacy and dishonest debate there is. One would almost think you do this professionally. Is there a spin doctor in the house?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
You forget this guy is an actor and a celebrity. If he was not he would not have been re-elected. Along with the idiot he ran against. Search your feelings Luke you know this to be true.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
2. California's Republican voters stayed home in droves on election day, as preliminary figures show voter turnout falling well below the state average in some of the most reliably GOP parts of the state.
Having trouble keeping your story straight?
And still nothing about "...conservatives stayed home..."
I'm actually starting to feel sorry for you.
Now... once again, do you have any primary source to support your contention that Conservatives stayed home in California?
That's California. If Arnold's approach to politics was the right way, CA Republican turnout should have been HIGHER, shouldn't it?
Not only did he not run as a conservative, he ran as a traditional Democrat, supporting spending increases, increased borrowing and increased taxation. Then he went to Mexico and announced that he was happy that Republicans lost control of Congress.
You bet we have a Democrat governor.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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