The GOP Lock [Congress will be in GOP hands for next decade, and become even more conservative]

Enterprise Online ^ | March 2003 Issue | Grover Norquist

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Jacko..........

A. Revolt of the Base....

low interest fiscal environment adds huge increase to home ownership. Homeowners hate taxes.Adds to the base!

B. Out of Control Spending

deficits are much smaller in percentage of GDP than in the 1980s. Stimulative to the economy.

C. Third party insurgencey

wacko Greens will expand to draw down Democrat base.

D. Lack of attractive candidates.

(least of your worries)Re 2002 elections......the best candidates will be recruited and hand-picked by Bush and friends

E. War weariness.

Constant reminder of Democrats' weak stand on defense!

F. Scandal.

Clintons and Kennedys still on the scene

G. Death

Democrat dinosaurs.....Hollings,Byrd,Kennedy do not look like Methusalas

(mine)H. Retirements

Faced with minority status in both houses of Congress for a long time, many Democrats will retire.
Opportunities for pickups.
Zell Miller is just the first.

I am very optimistic for my country and my future~~

[sarcasm]

I seem to recall a similar argument about a Republican lock on the Electoral College - we then got eight years of Clinton.

[Samwise]

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American public or the ability of the Democrats to rig an election.

--My mantra.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

If Bush signs the Assault Weapons Bill again, There will be a lot of gun owners, including me, staying home on election day. The Republicans better have the votes to offset that.

I am not that small-minded to allow one issue to keep me from voting.

I am personally against abortion, but I live with it because it is the law.

I believe that both Israel and Switzerland have laws to mandate possession of assault weapons by all males 25-55 or something like that.

I have a large sharp sword for home defense.

[Shooter 2.5]

In the weeks before the election, I worked the phone bank, knocked on doors and helped at the Republican Headquarters in Dallas.

I want the Bush Administration to know that right now, before that Assault Weapons Bill is introduced, they will lose my vote if Bush signs it into law. Gunowners helped get Bush into office so the administration better understand how many votes it's going to cost them if the Bill isn't sunsetted.

That Bill has to die in Committee.


P.S. Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

[Joe Boucher]

Yeah but there also is a little devil in me that would like to see Calif earthquake into the sea.

[boris]

Illegal immigration. Voter fraud. Illegals voting.

That is all that need be said about this absurd piece of drivel.

--Boris

[reformed_democrat]

Let your friends and family know 'sorry, democrats are no longer welcome in my life'.

Actually, the more Republican I became, the less my liberal pals liked me. So they just faded off into the sunset, and we don't speak very often.

Now, as for my family . . .

Vacations get louder every year, but I think I'm making my point.

[John Jorsett]

Illegal immigration. Voter fraud. Illegals voting.

That is all that need be said about this absurd piece of drivel.

You're right.

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;/ Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,/ The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst/ Are full of passionate intensity.

We may as well kill ourselves right now.

[Jack Black]

I certainly agree that more R's is a better thing than more Dems. But a lot depends on what they accomplish. So far it's great on the foreign policy (A-) and passing on domestic (C+). We shall see.

[Jack Black]

Ditto that. Lost a bunch of liberal friends. What's the point. Love talking to idiot leftists where ever I find them, bars, work, the gym.

Family is tougher. I'm easing up. Mom and Dad are in their 70s and not likely to change. Their world was different. I do point out what its like for people not retired and also for my kids. These seem to be the most effective arguments I've made.

[Jack Black]

Great map !! Where did you get it? I assume it is "Electoral College, 1976. Red=Carter"

[edwin hubble]

About the Carter-Ford election map. Note two things:

A change: California went for Ford. along with Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Remains the Same: Thank God, Virginia held the line (in the Blue). Not taken in by Carter.

Nonetheless, I couldn't believe my ears when Ford said that he didn't think Poland considered itself dominated.

An interesting irony about Poland:

On the one hand there were the Russian divisions on their throat.

On the other hand it was prescient. Because it was Poland (Gdansk shipyard union, John Paul II, and Leck Walesa) who began the overthrow of the Soviets.
(note they fought with the RAF against the Nazis and broke the ultra secret code.)

[Blake#1]

Consider the inflation that will come out of Bush's budget. In my life time, the last 40 years, a house in my town has gone from $9,000 to $250,000. The debt that the USofA builds under Bush will be paid off with these types of tax dollars.

[Vigilanteman]

You are correct. You can find this and other great maps here.

[KantianBurke]

"Rich, white conservatives who would rather hide behind the fig leaf of free trade rather than hire or send business to their fellow Americans."

You sure ur on the correct forum? Such silly generalizations seem a bit more appropriate on DU.

[NH Liberty]

"From Mr. Norquist lips to GOD's ears."

That was my first thought as well. Please, LORD, let it be so!