Then replace the elephant with a new party symbol:
"Don't Mess With US!
Posted on 11/21/2008 4:48:17 AM PST by Kaslin
I agree 100% with this writer’s analysis of the election. McCain really dropped the ball on the mortgage crisis. Instead of pointing out the role that Democrats played in it, he echoed Obama and just blamed Wall St. While his pick of Palin as as V.P. helped, it wasn’t enough to get the base out to vote.
The only silver lining to this election is that the Republicans might embrace conservatism, if they don’t, then party is doomed to minority status for a long time to come.
Absolutely right that we need to bypass the media. It’s time we find a better way to communicate. Talk radio only works for the faithful, there has to be a way to get beyond the networks and the cable stations. And I include FOX in that statement.
Once again the root cause was a lousey candidate, with nothing to offer, no principles, no spine, No McCain!
RE” they will have to find more effective ways to combat the liberal bias in the media, but even more important they need to decide what they stand for and then to stand firm”
Somewhat obvious but how? Right now with economic problems Obama is favored to give out addictive handouts. The natural response of the public is against the bailouts, but wont be for handouts where they get a few $$$. The press beats up on economy and anyone opposed to bailouts until voters are terrified to lose THEIR job, and many believe next bailout is required, a bad cycle.
The message republicans need a (anti-GWB/anti-democrat) message that the national debt is strangling the country,to ask over and over where the money is coming from , China, Japan, and ask how long congress (must sound bi-partision at first) can borrow before democrats will claim they have to take all our money. Ask what will happen when interest rates (or inflation goes up.) In other words deficit mania ala 1992 that got Clinton to raise taxes in 1993. Point out Obama website says ‘restore pay as you go’
agreed communication is EVERYTHING.
when we have a kook like huffington with a dominant and unopposed voice then we have a problem.
we need a “conservative web ring” to bypass the media and WE HAVE TO RECRUIT.
During the recent election season pundits talked constantly about how the deck was stacked against Republicans
I am not interested or worried about Republicans winning. I am more concerned with American Citizens winning for a change and neither Political Party represents that. Government grows like a blackhole sucking the life out of everything else no matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in power. For both parties it has become about them and not about the Country.
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The event most attribute Democrat success to — the meltdown at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the sub-prime mortgage mess — could have been tied to the Democrats considering the connections of Obama advisors like Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines, and with video evidence of high ranking congressional Democrats like Barney Frank thwarting efforts to reign in Fannie and Freddie.
We will have to continue on this subject. This cannot and should not go away. If this economy gets worse there will be an attempt to blame this historically on Republicans. We have to fight this. This is where we all know it started. People need to know how this happened.
I heard an idiot Dem-hack on Mark Levin’s show last night come up with some senseless explanation of how this belonged to Republicans, I would type his perspective but it made NO SENSE to the point I don’t know where to begin in rewriting it.
The best thing to do is when Osama is sworn in; do what they did to Bush—This is “Obama’s watch.” NOW they will have to be on the rhetorical defensive and will have to explain how this is NOT Obama’s fault—they won’t be able to. We can’t let these fools write the history on this.
total bs
We have the misfortune of a timely economic meltdown, and a media pimping their lil Marxist for 2 years....plus gigantic VOTER FRAUD
The simple fact is that most people do not pay any attention to politics until a week or so before the election. they then count on Katie Couric, Letterman, The View or Oprah to tell them who to vote for. 70% of single women voted for the O. It is that simple.
There were times during the campaign I wondered who McCain was campaigning for, him or Obama. McCain was the wrong candidate with the wrong message.
Yeah, I’m sure there would have been a McCain landslide then. /sarc
He did have a WONDERFUL VP choice - but when the media went on full scale attack to destroy her, McCain was not coming to her defense. Which brings us back to your “no spine” comment.
If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear its fall, does it make a sound?
The message needs to be better, agreed. And your recipe for that message is very good. The problem is the media will ignore it or twist it to show how “uncaring” all the Republicans are.
Obama won 52% to McCains 47%. The media gave at least 15% to Obama, who only won 5-6%. So, if they hadn't been so blatantly biased this year what would the outcome have been?
Media bias is sometimes subtle. For example, many say Ross Perot's run in 1992 took enough votes from Senior Bush to give Clinton the election with only a plurality rather than a majority. Others argue that if Perot hadn't run, Bush would have lost more resoundingly. However, what was the intrinsic value of having TWO opponents gang up on you and focus their efforts on your problems, rather than a true three way fight? I can tell you I rarely heard Ross criticize Clinton. It was all anti-Bush, all the time, by the media. And they could say with a straight face, “Hey, we're only covering what the candidates say!” Too bad if it's two against one.
This time the media didn't even attempt to defend themselves as to their unfairness. As far as I could see, it was the worst bias ever.
Another point McCain could have pressed. The Dems had a huge part in the whole mess. McCain would mention it a bit but never drove it home.
The way to win - be conservative.
Not a landslide but maybe enough to get the job done.People I talk to still don't know jack about BO because the press kept it that way.
Then replace the elephant with a new party symbol:
"Don't Mess With US!
People who are paying attention will see the ideas and understand they are good--especially if the libs on TV are screeching about them.
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