We are all Democrats now!</sarcasm>
We are all Democrats now!
Ever talked to someone whose values seem to be all conservative or "Republican" (whatever the latter means nowadays) but who consistently votes Democratic and thinks that all Republicans are mean, religious zealots, intolerant, corrupt, rich-white-privileged/white-rich-privileged and they are deathly afraid of even listening to a Republican lest be "corrupted" themselves?
They are the "drones" of Democratic "micro-communities" and "micro-issues" strategy. It takes a lot of effort and incontrovertible evidence / facts to wake them up from that stupor... and that is if they actually listen to you on the subject(s).
7. The 47% comment by Governor Romney reflected a deep belief by many conservatives and Republican consultants, campaign professionals, staffs, and activists. The entire psychology of writing off vast parts of a country or state and focusing narrowly may make some sense for a specific campaign. but it is a formula for permanent minority status when adopted by a party.
What if everything we have been told about politics is wrong...?
Unfortunately, much of what we have been told (and still are being told daily on the radio, TV and Internet) by many of so-called "conservative" opinion leaders, is wrong.
Particularly when they dwell on subjects they know little about in detail (e.g., micro-financial or macro-economic, medical etc.), or are making a wrong conclusion and, instead of accepting a mistake when it's become obvious, decide to stick with that opinion and bring forward phony "facts" and arguments for it because they have an audience that will blindly accept it, without challenge or critical thinking.
When we follow them into that abyss of fighting the wrong battles or making "enemies" of people who already are or should be made into "friends," when we defend something without really understanding the issue, we, conservatives and/or libertarians, as a group, are much worse off.
Merry Christmas to all!
Exactly.
Newt has spent the last 16 years trying to force Conservatives to talk like Democrats.
After losing two straight presidential elections, now Newt wants us to organize our campaigns like Democrats!
Let's examine political reality.
Romney lost by 3.68%.
He was a weak candidate.
He ran a poor campaign.
He had NO strategy to counter the relentless Hard Left MSM attacks.
Republicans lost, but it was not a crushing defeat by any measure.
To win in 2014-2016, we need to maintain our share of white votes (62%), we need to improve white turnout by 2%, and we need to peel off 2%-3% of the non-white vote.
To win in 2014-2016, we need to reject Democrat Party principles and methods.
To win in 2014-2016, we need well grounded, politically astute Conservative candidates.