REPUBLICANS PAY FOR ARROGANCE (DICK MORRIS BARF ALERT!)

Vote.com ^ | November 8, 2006 | DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Democrats seem to have taken over the House. That means that, regardless how the cliff-hanger races in the Senate turn out, the key question is whether the Republican leaders will shed their arrogance and understand that they need to listen to the American people.

Even if recounts and razor-thin margins deliver the Senate into Republican hands by the narrowest of margins, 2006 is a major defeat for the GOP and only a fool would deny it.

In Iraq, obviously, America is delivering a message that if we keep shedding blood to battle for democracy in Iraq, the GOP will lose to the Democrats in the United States. President Bush has asked Americans for patience - but their patience has run out. They see a mess in Iraq and aren't prepared to put up with it any longer.

But if the GOP leaders in Congress had been steadfast to their agenda apart from Iraq, they might have done far better last night. It was, ultimately, their failure to produce when they held the White House and both houses of Congress that led to yesterday's losses. Had they passed Social Security reform, immigration reform and tougher measures for homeland security, they might have survived Iraq.

Instead, they squandered their lead through an orgy of self-indulgence and narcissism. The lobbyist travel scandals, the Foley affair and earmarking of funds for every last piece of pork in their districts cost the Republicans their virtue and their House majority.

[TheFrog]

The Art of War
By Sun Tzu

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

II. Waging War

2. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.

6. There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.

[MikeA]

Your points are well taken and I hope you're right. I fear the result of a civil war bloodbath when we leave Iraq will be a Sunni alliance with Al Qaeda whose fighters will pour into Iraq in even greater numbers and over-take the Shiites, even as they're in the majority. Al Qaeda will then be sitting on top of billions in oil wealth. I hope my vision is wrong and yours is more accurately in what played out.

[GSlob]

Well, one ought to be more grateful for the criticism than for the praises an accolades. To the extent this loss contributes to self-analysis and [hopefully] the corrective actions, it is a good thing.

[Tribemike]

Balony...he said Allen would hang on and there was a strong tilt to the GOP late going

[xtinct]

Note to Dick, all who voted Democrat:

Kindly refer all complaints, BS, etc. to the Democrat women particularly Nancy Pelosi, lower right...

[WriteOn]

"The lobbyist travel scandals, the Foley affair and earmarking of funds for every last piece of pork in their districts cost the Republicans their virtue and their House majority."

Both parties are full of corrupt careerists...

[tennmountainman]

Can you believe that Morris's soultion for the GOP Senate is to put that hapless Lott back in a leadership position?

That would set well for the base. We have already seen the damage Lott can do.

get new blood and let's see what they can do.

[Paul Ross]

Blah, blah, here is what Morris really meant:

"Had they passed Social Security reform, immigration reform illegal alien amnesty and tougher measures for homeland security, they might have survived Iraq.

Which tells us all we need to know about how "conservative" Dick Morris is. A stalking horse for the RINOs.

[Paul Ross]

Bump. Really quite tragically accurate analysis.

The voters were successfully flummoxed. We also lost the "truth detectors" in the House, such as Curt Weldon and J.D. Hayworth.

[SueRae]

With nothing left to lose, Weldon may just do it.

[Lexinom]

I thought - and it should read:
"REPUBLICANS PRAY FOR ARROGANCE (of the 'crats for the next couple of years.)"

[bonehead4freedom]

The republicans lost because they behaved like democrats,talked like democrats,spent like democrats and made deals to kill conservative judges and ambassdor Boltin along with the democrats.I think the voters thought the real thing wasn't so bad, after all the republicans bent over backwards to help enact the democratic agenda right ex senator duwhine?Pay attention senator Voinovoich!

[Labyrinthos]

But if the GOP leaders in Congress had been steadfast to their agenda apart from Iraq, they might have done far better last night. It was, ultimately, their failure to produce when they held the White House and both houses of Congress that led to yesterday's losses. Had they passed Social Security reform, immigration reform and tougher measures for homeland security, they might have survived Iraq. Instead, they squandered their lead through an orgy of self-indulgence and narcissism. The lobbyist travel scandals, the Foley affair and earmarking of funds for every last piece of pork in their districts cost the Republicans their virtue and their House majority.

Hate to break this to you, but we lost and Morris is right. Pull you head out of your asskmewhere, and go down to your local pub, VFW, American Legion, Diner, etc., and ask your fellow conservatives, republicans, libertarians, and independents if they voted against the Republican Party, and if so, why. What I learned during my very informal and unscientific survey is that the defeat has little to do with Iraq, and everything with the failure to capitalize on majority control of all three houses over the last six years. That's the bottom line: With control over the House, the Senate, and the Executive branch the Republicans were supposed to affect real change, and not just the usual array of flag burning amendments, school prayer amendments, and similar garbage to appease the simpleton wing of the party. Six years later, we have no energy policy, no social security reform, no school choice, and no plan to deal with illegal immigrants (the only reason we need a plan is because the current administration has apparently made a conscious decision not to enforce the laws on the books). What we do have a bigger government, a bigger bureaucracy, and a majority party with an insatiable desire to spend as much of our hard earned tax dollars as possible on discretionary "member initatives" that have no more to do with the promotional of national interests than the mole on my butt.

[Brilliant]

When are the Dems going to pay for their arrogance?

[GVnana]

their failure to produce when they held the White House and both houses of Congress that led to yesterday's losses

They had the power. They didn't USE IT. The power was taken from them.

[potlatch]

[Killborn]

That's more or less what I see everyday. Whacko theories accepted as truth. BS on Iraq and the economy is gospel.

It's infuriating. We need to get the truth out.

[2ndDivisionVet]

My suggestions for a new Conservative agenda:

Work on new energy sources, such as ethanol from switchgrass, biodiesel, nuclear, solar for housing, etc. to free us from dependence on foreign sources.

Modernize the military to fight terrorists, guerrillas, "insurgents" and unconventional forces. Outsource our "peacekeeping" and nation-building missions to a new American Foreign Legion made up of volunteers from other countries, led by US officers and senior NCOs.

Blockade Iran and North Korea to assure no WMDs pass between them.

Propose voluntary term limits within the GOP.

The White House should call frequent press conferences to tout the conservative agenda.