tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3959524236017948892..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: The GOP is Falling ApartAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-19266001810313572012010-01-29T22:13:26.505+01:002010-01-29T22:13:26.505+01:00Right you are, Les/Lori. Thanks for coming by.Right you are, Les/Lori. Thanks for coming by.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-45964112917510339262010-01-28T19:12:41.367+01:002010-01-28T19:12:41.367+01:00If that was a picture of the president, the secret...If that was a picture of the president, the secret service would be taking that as a serious threat to his life, any public figure in office weather it is the president or a REP or Senator, needs to be protected from idiots like this guy at the shooting range, This great democracy allows those people to be voted out of office if you don't like there politics but to outright be violently offensive, is a direct threat to there lives, no matter how small the threat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438265245378524755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-18306973141603126502009-10-27T19:34:40.027+01:002009-10-27T19:34:40.027+01:00The problem with both of the parties is that there...The problem with both of the parties is that there is no platform--they are just political clubs rather than parties. <br /><br />The Democrats have both houses and the White House and they still can't get anything done. Why? Because they are a group of people with D's beside their name that have differing views and differing platforms.<br /><br />The Republicans are really bad off. The leadership thinks people will vote for people with funny little R's beside their name no matter what and they are wrong. <br /><br />Moderates will vote for either party because they are mostly spineless and are just looking for whatever is quick and easy. The Republicans think they can win in a pissing contest of moderates. Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't. In 2008 they could not.<br /><br />While the politicians have left their platforms and gravitated towards the middle, the real conservatives and liberals each still follow their platforms with passion. Both parties consider these people to be "fringe" while the bulk of their core voters are moderate. That is not true. Their "fringe" elements are the core and the moderates are sheep that wonder towards the grain bucket. Sometimes one party presents a bigger, prettier grain bucket and they come running and bleating. Meanwhile the true conservatives and liberals sit on the sides of the corral and watch in disbelief.<br /><br />True liberals will not vote for a moderate like John McCain, Mitt Romney, or any of the other turd polishers that the Republicans offer. And guess what? The true conservatives won't either and there are far more true conservatives than there are true liberals.<br /><br />The Republican party just needs to remember that they have a platform and if their candidates follow it, they can keep enough of their core with them to win. If they continue this moderate reach-arounds-in-the-aisle crap, they will break apart and conservatives will take their votes elsewhere. The hotly contested New York race is a prime example. The GOP is spending more against a conservative candidate then they are against the democrat. I hope we see that in 2010 across the nation. That may be the only thing that wakes them up.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-29344064653767840812009-10-27T18:43:44.849+01:002009-10-27T18:43:44.849+01:00Wasn't it not too long ago that Karl Rove was ...Wasn't it not too long ago that Karl Rove was predicting a "permanent Republican majority? How did that prediction turn out?<br /><br />I suspect that a prediction that has been wrong more often than most others is "This time will be different."FishyJaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-12029209552111653692009-10-27T15:18:45.417+01:002009-10-27T15:18:45.417+01:00Lux is an idiot, though his position is unsurprisi...Lux is an idiot, though his position is unsurprising.<br /><br />I've seen MANY liberals who seem to think it'd be wonderful if this country was under 1 party rule all the time.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.com