Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
I find your observations pretty humerous.
Originally posted by: Infohawk
Well... there's been a lot of threads recently purporting to help out Democrats and liberals by giving advice on how to win next time. Most of the time, these amount to giving the same old baseless criticisms and using an appeal to popularity (the election) to bolster them. But you know, in the spirit of healing, I would like to return the favor with some advice.
Open your hearts conservatives. Here are some tips to make sure you win the next election too and to turn your party into a better one.
1. Stop being so negative. Nukes going off in big cities, wolves in the woods. Come on. Try and stay positive. Americans like positive feelings. Get with the program.
I don't think it was the conservatives talking about nukes going off in big cities. Read through the election threads and it's the other way around; claiming the hicks didn't care because it was the cities that would be nuked.
I don't think it was so much the conservatives saying this as Bush made premature WMD accusations as fact, therefore putting fear in the people's minds to allow him to do whatever was necessary to get rid of this illusion of fear. Some people questioned it, others just ate it up like candy and took him for granted.
2. Stop hating. Americans are turned off by your hatred of gays and liberals. Jesus loved everyone, including sinners. Try and learn from him.
For a group that has such an intense hatred of Bush and rural dewellers, it's kind of hard to take that advice. It gives the appearance of - Do as I say, but not as I do.
I don't hate Bush or conservatives as I'm more dumbfounded by the lack of education about Bush's actions through documentaries (ex. Frontline), government reports (ex 9/11 report), and whatever other outlets of information giving clear evidence that Bush authorized sending troops into Iraq from sketchy information.
3. Accept that not everyone is a fundamentalist / born again christian. This country was founded on the idea that you could decide your beliefs. Stop trying to legislate your religion on other people.
Strawman. The Bush admin is not legislating religion on anyone. If you didn't go to church last Sunday, did you get a summons in the mail or did the Evangelical SWAT Team show up at your door with warrant in hand?
Your statement is hyperbole. I'm agnostic and I have seen no indication of religion being legislated whatsoever. Stop with the scare tactics and fearmongering.
Gay marriages. Of course it's controversial, but not giving rights/benefits to two people who love each other as much as when a man and a woman love each other like Kerry wanted is not a legal reason (based off his religious beliefs that such an act is
sinful).
4. Try to continue your slide into fascism. First it was the ubiquitous flag lapel pins. Then it was the black box voting machines. What's next? Silencing your opposition with force? A one-party state?
Saying this is like claiming the liberals are advocating a free fall into a moral abyss where gays will corrupt your children, STDs will proliferate, and we'll all be stone-faced, babbling, drug addled losers. It's more scare tactics and fearmongering.
Such scare tactics and fearmongering as Bush's "mushroom cloud?" That's like....a
super-hyper-
nova-bole
5. Stop treating poor people like lazy slobs. The average American isn't rich. Try and move towards the middle.
Stop treating rich people like self-centered bufoons who are full of greed and avarice.
...Both can be true, both can be false. Everyone's different. Tax cuts to the rich doesn't exactly help the middle to lower class though. If there's evidence disproving this, I'd like to read/watch/hear it.
Conservatives, I hope this was helpful... I know I got a lot out of your advice.
I invite others to give their advice to Republicans as well...
Your advice was about as helpful as teats on a boar hog.