Posted on 11/18/2006 7:45:59 PM PST by Reagan Man
Sad to hear his staffers have such a low opinion of us.
Love it!
I have no idea what this writer is talking about...I vaguely remember the Kuo guy...and I pay attention to the news.
If he seriesly thinks what Kuo said had any impact on the election...he needs to find a shrink himself.
It is amazing that how losing one election is driving some conservative NUTS.
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It is not so much that we lost it, the issue is really WHY WE LOST IT. Therein lies the serious problems within the party, and an ignorant voting public.
First I ever heard of this and I know just about everything.
I think he should have quit after he cited the other reasons.
I will tell you who really considers you nuts: it's not the Republicans.
Think Pelosi, think Kennedy, think Kerry.
again=against
You're right, in part.. but I think many are rightfully paranoid that the newly elected Dems will entrench themselves into incumbency and go for another 40 year run.
I think that's unlikely. Dems won too many fluke elections off scandals. Those seats should flip right back in 2008.
Brilliantly written stuff!
And before the election all the a**holes who worship President Bush were telling us why we were going to win, or at least not lose so badly.
No gloom and doom from me. I have found the silver lining to this gray cloud of an election: GRIDLOCK. I would rather nothing gets done than have more out of control republican sponsered government bloat.
Kuo was all over Christian radio for the two or three weeks prior to the election and what he was saying was devastating to Republicans. He told a story where Condi Rice was in the WH when a bunch of Christians were being given a tour and she smiled and shook their hands and then she and ROve laughed at them and mocked them behind their backs...and this was supposed to be a common occurance. Supposedly Rove is an atheist who hates conservative Christians and on and on...
I heard all this becaue I was travelling and kept losing the station I'd be listening too and in western NC and VA there's plenty of Cristian radio...I must have found this guy on these stations 5 or 6 times in a day period. He was also on FNS and CNN and his book came out 2 or 3 weeks prior to the elcetion and has heavily promoted on Christian radio. I think he had an effect.
From this article:
The White House denied Kuo's account with help Thursday from two former officials popular among evangelicals former speechwriter Michael Gerson and former faith-based initiative director Jim Towey. Gerson called Kuo's account "laughable," while Towey cited a December 2002 e-mail from Kuo expressing positive feelings about the program's progress in promoting "compassionate conservatism." "He doesn't seem to have been working at the same White House where I worked," Towey said. "I had marching orders from the president to keep the faith-based initiative nonpolitical, and I did."
***Note: Kuo never said "values voters." He said "evangelicals," which the White House denied.
Any honest Freeper would have told the truth about what was said and indicated this article is a flat out lie meant to harm the GOP further.
More:
In the book, Kuo, who quit the White House in 2003, accuses Karl Rove's political staff of cynically hijacking the faith-based initiatives idea for electoral gain. It assails Bush for failing to live up to his promises of boosting the role of religious organizations in delivering social services.
I have read post after post and article after article on why we lost Nov. 7th. The only conclusion I can come to is that the Dims got more votes than we did.
It upset me that we lost both the House and the Senate. It really upset me that a fine Representative was defeated in my district (IN 9th). Put a lot of hard work in the election and for several days seriously thought about resigning my position in the County Republican Party. I haven't and will not.
Will be 70 years old by the 2008 election but there is plenty of fight left in this ole boy.
Does that mean that nobody is telling the truth? Fact is, we lost. And there are definitely reasons for that loss.
bump!
The best article I have read here in a LONG time.
I definitely would not count Robert Novak as a Bush fan, either.
He is more of a gossip and troublemaker than anything, IMHO.
Oh, how I wish they'd read this at the Weekly Standard and the National Review.
re: You think you can snicker at people behind their backs, write them off as a lunatic fringe, and then come around smiling every two years for a vote?
Just, wow.
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