...where is that "Captian Obvious" graphic... ????
Had they stuck to the '94 promises they'd have been all right. But then, maybe they would not have made as much money, nor satisfied their constitutients' whims.
The Contract With America promised to change the system, abolish the executive washroom; instead they just changed the lock on the door.
Luntz hits the nail on the head.
I disagree.
The reason the Democrats won in 06 was due almost entirely to the dissatisfaction with the progress being made in the Iraq war. The other reasons that have been bantered around ie. corruption, straying from conservative principals etc. are hogwash. Americans like winning , preferably quickly and when they don't see enough progress to that end, they react.
This article was the subject of the call-in question - Do we need a third party? - for the first half hour on C-SPAN's WJ this morning. Just about every caller, Republican and democrat, was in favor of a unnamed third party candidate.
Let see winning a war, no terrorist attacks. Best sustained Economic performance ever. Safe and prosperous. Yep, The American people have become TOTAL Morons. Maybe they should try THINKING for themselves instead of letting Hollweird and the US Junk Media do their thinking for them. What a bunch of complete losers the current Generation of Americans are. Need to write a book about these self absorbed whinny losers. Call it "The Worst Generation".
Duncan Hunter will lead the resurgence. Hunter '08!
I think we lost the elections for three reasons:
1) In a midterm election, especially the second midterm, the party in power always loses. Very few exceptions.
2) The MSM finally wore down the voters. In doing so, they have virtually destroyed themselves. But they persuaded most voters that the Iraq war is a failure. Long wars are always dispiriting, which is why "The Art of War" says that all wars should be fought quickly. They are doubly dispiriting when all the news is bad. I believe Bush erred in not having better rules of engagement. He thought he could placate the media by fighting the war with one hand tied behind our backs. Same mistake as Vietnam. It just gives the traitor media a better shot at calling it a defeat. Also, Bush needed to widen the war, take on Syria, and deal with Iran. He missed the window of opportunity. But we still need to stick with Iraq.
3) Bush disappointed his base, especially in the past two years. Congress spending like drunks. Borders wide open and Bush trying to open them wider. The fight for judicial appointments only serious conducted for a few months out of six years. Loss of control over events due to excessive politeness to his enemies.
Bush still did a lot of things right, and he broke the usual rules by winning the first midterm election. But the past two years were seen as basically do-nothing. The dam of political disappointment finally broke.
This has little or nothing to do with reaching out to those "independent" voters. If Bush had forged ahead and done things better, they would have come along with the base. As it was, they both defected--but mainly, note, to Democrat candidates who pretended to be social conservatives themselves.
Year of the Fed-Ups!....I like that
Voters who still recognize the distinction between public and private have become unable to cohabit with "social conservatives".
That potent political group of "fed-ups" is growing larger by the day and the GOP needs to realize that fast.
And who are most of those?
Traditional conservatives and evangelicals.
The Larry Sabato of the RINO's speaks!
So Reagan's 1984 landslide is the result of "fed-ups" voting? Or was the nation vastly more conservative in 1984?
And if the nation's voters are "fed up," why would they toss out spendthrift Republicans for thieving spendthrift Marxists in 2006?
Frank has always confused himself and me.
Stuck in the Mud How Can the GOP Get Moving Again? Drop the Dirty Politics and Get Real.By Frank Luntz
Another example of the utterly pathetic self absorption of the Worst Generation. Basically what they are saying here is :"Whaa! Everything is not perfect and I am MAD my life sucks. It is .....'s fault, not MINE, that I am a pathetic loser who has made a total mess of my life".
BEST sustained economic performance ever., Longest period of Full Employment ever. Highest per capita home ownership ever. NO terrorist attacks since 09-11, a war we are winning with fewer casualties then all most any other war in our history. More then 50% taking part via 401Ks and Pensions in the Best Stock Market ever etc etc etc etc etc etc etc!
Basically yet another "whaa everything is not perfect, I am mad!" hissy fit for the Worst Generation. What a bunch of ignorant trash losers. When are they EVER going to finally going to grow up? Frankly they ALL should be required to spend a couple of years in some Third World Hell Hole. Maybe then they would quit being such completely useless whiny bitches.
Here is a clue for the Always Whining. Instead of letting the Junk Media do all your thinking for you, HOW about you try ONE time in your lives to actually do some THINKING FOR YOURSELVES?
Luntz rhymes with dunce.
If you read the article, Luntz says nothing about the GOP base.
Luntz is a dunce.