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Simon's hope is to erase the Republicans' image as an organization of scolds and moralists, and turn it into a party of economic opportunity.

Now, wait just a darn minute there. It's the Dem's who are the stridently moralistic scolds, telling us not to smoke, not to water our lawns, not to eat fatty foods, the list goes on and on and on. And the Rep's have ALWAYS been the advocates of economic opportunity, especially for the less well off. It's the Dems who rob a working family's paycheck to pay for the union pork that they dole out, the Rep's who (generally) try remove the barriers of red-tape to economic growth.

This newspeak really frosts me.

"Simon's hope is to erase the Republicans' image as an organization of scolds and moralists, and turn it into a party of economic opportunity."

This has always been the basic party platform but the Republicans have let the democraps portray an entirely different view of Republicans with the help of the media, unions, etc.

All Simon has to do is to get the deluded democraps to see what the Republican platform has always been about and they will vote Republican. Pandering to the welfare class that are slopping at the government trough will never vote Republican but the majority that are responsible citizens will.

I agree. The liberal media thinks its OK for the Rats to be moralists and scolds and they don't mind. But its a crime for Republicans to be pro-life and in favor of people owing arms for self defense. Talk about logic turned upside down. Bill Simon shouldn't be afraid to say he's for a society in which every child has a right to life and tell people an armed society is also a polite one. If Gray Davis raises social issues Simon should simply say the above views are mainstream views shared by millions of Americans and now lets talk about what pro-life people and gun owners want along with millions of other Californians: good jobs, good schools, and good roads and a reliable power and water supply. Let's see if Davis' implication that genuine disagreements between people on some issues doesn't mean we can't get anything else done. Indeed, what has he done for us lately?

You missed the key work 'image'. We know that republicans stand for the individual and individual freedom and responsibility. But the Dem's have done a marvelous job of creating an image of the republican as the scold, it's not true but it is the image that uninformed voters have.

It's the Dem's who are the stridently moralistic scolds, telling us not to smoke, not to water our lawns, not to eat fatty foods, the list goes on and on and on.

Yes, but they let (encourage) people to have any kind of sex they want, any time they want, and promise that government will be there to indemnify the public against the consequences. The "moralistic" charge is then flung against Republicans who dare to point out the insanity of such a position.

The things you listed aren't moral issues, to the Democratic way of thinking. They are simply issues where the Democrats believe the needs of society outweigh the needs of the individual.

This newspeak really frosts me.

Nah,what he is RIGHTLY writing about is the fundie fondness for gleefully screaming "You are going to HELL TO BURN FOREVER!" for having sex of any kind outside of marriage,and their eagerness to put people in jail until they do die for these same "sins".

This,more than any other one issue is what turns people against the Republican Party. Too many Republicans are fond of screaming about "it's none of the governemnt's business!" until it comes to what happens in the bedroom,and then suddenly it IS the governments business,and they should send these people to jail to punish them.