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The country IS AND HAS changed drastically, but not in the way you think. Conservatives are now a very unpopular minority and the for the Democrats, the election in ‘08 is theirs to lose. The entire image of Conservatism has become unappealing to the American Public. There are many reasons why, and in order to understand what it is that has made this trend occur, we must first look at what image we are projecting to the public, and why we are being seen in such a bad way.

What you don't seem to recognize is the fact that Conservatism didn't lose Republicans the 2006 Congressional Elections. The IRAQ war DID.

Americans HAVE NOT rejected Conservatism on Abortion:

New National Abortion Poll Shows Majority of Americans are Pro-Life

Americans HAVE NOT rejected Conservatism on Guns:

Americans... are generally opposed to banning guns entirely and would simply prefer to see the current laws enforced.

Americans HAVE NOT rejected Conservatism on Immigration:

An overwhelming majority of Americans think illegal immigration is a very or somewhat serious problem for the country today

Americans HAVE NOT rejected Conservatism on Limited Government:

Americans Don't Trust Big Government on Home Front, Says ABC Poll

So WHY are Republicans losing? There are not "many reasons why Conservatism has become unappealing to the American Public". There is one reason, and its name is IRAQ.

It's one thing to go in -- even on "iffy" evidence ("Close enough for Government Work") -- and depose and execute a brutal Dictator whom most Americans have grown to hate. Right or Wrong, Constitutional Declaration of War or not, most Americans will cheer when some sh*tty little tinpot mass-murderer gets his arse kicked by the United States Armed Forces.

But it's quite another thing when you ask the American Public to continue sending their husbands and wives, sons and daughters 7,000 miles overseas Four Years after "Mission Accomplished" to try and Referee an Islamic Civil War in order to buttress some pie-in-the-sky Neo-Conservative pipe dream about nation-building "Democracy" in a theocratic Hell-hole. By overwhelming and ever-increasing majorities, Americans are UTTERLY REJECTING Neo-Conservative Nation-Building in Iraq.

So, here's the Scoop: Conservatives can WIN on Abortion. And we can WIN on Guns. And we can WIN on Immigration. And we can WIN on Limited Government. But we CAN'T WIN on an Iraq War which the American Public HATES, and the 2006 Elections proved it when we got our heads handed to us!

So, now, the Rudy-bots want us to run a Liberal-Party New York Cross-dressing Lawyer who's Weak on ALL of our Electoral Strengths (in point of fact, an outright Traitor to Conservatism on ALL those issues), and whose only "Strength" is on an Iraq War which most Americans are growing to detest!

That just makes no sense at all.

We should play to our Strengths (Abortion, Guns, Immigration, Limited Government) where the American Public supports us -- not the Albatross 'round our Necks (the Iraq War) where the American Public HATES us, and has already handed us a resounding Defeat!!

Bumpin’ it! Very inspirational!

Awesome, just awesome. Thank you.

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Run, FRED, run!

What you don't seem to recognize is the fact that Conservatism didn't lose Republicans the 2006 Congressional Elections. The IRAQ war DID.

That's an important distinction. It seems that some of the Republicans that embraced the liberal policies of nation-building and shunned the defense of our borders were the the ones to lose.

Thanks for posting #1910.Conservatism didn't lose Republicans the 2006 Congressional Elections. The IRAQ war DID.

Too many wish to believe '06 went down for other reasons than the monumental effort by the MSM to pound this message into our brains 24/7.

Hillary won't be running against Rudy or anyone else in '08. She'll be running against the Irag war.

bump, good post but a little bit over the top on emotionalism.