No wonder the majority of Americans don't want these pecksniffs running things.
Posted on 11/04/2004 4:39:10 PM PST by thegreatbeast
The other side may be euphoric, but the intensity of their happiness can't match the intensity of our despair. Honest conservatives, even those who admire President Bush, know he didn't earn a second term. They know he staked his presidency on a catastrophe, and that, by all rights, Iraq should be his political epitaph. Their victory, while sweet, can't be fully enjoyed because it isn't fully deserved.
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But cultural sensitivity is one thing; principle is another. In their attempts to win rural voters, Democrats have already essentially abandoned gun control. That doesn't keep me up at night. But gay marriage is different. The fact that it is widely unpopular cannot obscure the fact that it is morally momentous and morally right...
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The dems should promote this guy and put him in charge of strategy for 2008.
Nothing went wrong ~ GWB kicked the poser's a$$ ~ Big Time!
But he doesn't fit into the little molds these jerks have--just as the Hispanics and women don't--and thus he doesn't count to this writer.
What went wrong? They had the wrong strategery!
Both of these impulses--to surrender to red-state values and to mock them--are diversions from the real work ahead. The path back to Democratic victory does not lie in cultural issues--it never has, and the best that can be hoped for in that arena is a draw. It lies in a more compelling economic agenda and a more convincing national security one. John Kerry spoke a lot about jobs in this election, and he pledged to protect popular government programs like Social Security. But, beyond his admirable health care plan, he offered no bold ideas for reducing the economic insecurity that terrifies so many working-class, middle-class, and even upper-middle-class Americans (see Jacob S. Hacker, "False Positive," August 16 & 23). It is true that Kerry failed to win back many lunch-pail, working-class former Democrats. But, instead of focusing merely on why those voters were alienated by the Democrats' cultural message, party strategists need to pay more attention to why they weren't attracted by its economic message.
Honest conservatives, even those who admire President Bush, know he didn't earn a second term.
Oh, did I get a laugh out of this piece!
"Honest liberals" (!?) know that Kerry did not deserve to be elected. Such an honest person would have to consider Kerry's monumental arrogance and hubris throughout the campaign, and wonder if such a man merits the Oval Office. Kerry's lucky that the MSM gave him a free pass on his background, and we're lucky that 58 million didn't buy what he was selling.
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I wonder what his face looked like Tuesday night.
Spent half a billion to elect Barak Obama?
You could have spent that money on...."the children".
Giving less than your "fair share" ("fair" as defined by Liberals) of taxes is the height of immorality.
No wonder the majority of Americans don't want these pecksniffs running things.
AND have you noticed, they can't get a good server for their websites. i'm tired of waiting everytime i want to see what crap they have to say next.
This is what liberalism has come to: Men smearing each other with excrement is called "morally momentous and morally right."
FU Peter. Your judgement of my honesty seems to be as apt as your judgement of what's morally right.
BTW, didn't John look so good in that mustard colored barn jacket? Especially over a shirt and tie and suit pants!
The real irony of this is that prior to the Iraq war, The New Republic was it's biggest booster. I somehow found myself in possession of half a dozen pre-war issues, and they were the biggest war boosters in sight.
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