The Democrats will lose in '08 for a very simple reason. Everytime you guys lose an election your base assumes you should move further to the left.
Bush is constantly labeled as a "polarizing figure" which he undoubtedly is. But the Democrat response to this should be to move further to the middle and steal independents like myself. Instead the Democrats move further to the left.
Face facts. Jpeyton, Senseamp, Dave, Harvey, and ilk are now "the voice" of the Democrats. People with the same mindsets as these guys are the ones making the decisions for the party.
You will lose because you don't know how to win anymore.
You will lose because people like me are no longer welcome in your party.
I am:
Pro Abortion
Anti-Partial birth abortion
Pro Tax cuts for everyone
Pro war on terror
Anti-Iraq war
Pro Stem Cell research
Anti-Abortion just to get stem cells
Pro-seperation of church and state (a deist if you must know look it up) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
The only issues I'm conservative on are:
Low taxes, permanently including the rich.
Military Spending because it fuels technology in all sectors.
Small government.
The issue I'm on the fence on is Universal Health Care:
I don't personally mind it because I don't think that hospitals should be closed down because they keep having to treat people who aren't covered.
I would possibly support a UHC system as long as other reform comes along with it such as reform against trial lawyers.
I also think people should have the option of having their own private care as well.
But I'm labeled as a nut for thinking things like:
Maybe our past 4 Presidents shouldn't all be named Bush or Clinton?
Maybe there is a God out there (Christian, Hindu, Muslim, or whatever) and not feel the need to call people retards for believing we aren't an accident.
Maybe Islamo Fascism is a problem in the world?
Maybe America has to act boldly in the world to keep other powers from being too aggressive to their neighbors? Maybe looking back at history shows not only that we must do this but that we are the most peaceful superpower in history.
Maybe the glass isn't always half empty? We live in the freest and richest country in the world at the height of its prosperity, how can everything be all doom and gloom?
I'm the kind of voter that you should be looking for here libs. Give me Clinton minus the scandals and I'm totally 100% on board. Give me Billary, Edwards, or Obama and you not only lost one but the Republicans gained one.
As much as you guys claim that Republicans are so "hardcore right wing evangelical conserative" you have to admit that a social Democrat in Giuliani is currently leading and Republicans aren't going further away from the center, they are trying to win.
Perhaps the DNC should reach out to voters like me rather than voters like the ones on these boards?
Just a thought, but when '08 comes around and the Democrats are still not in the White House maybe THEN you will listen eh?
Thoughts?
Bush is constantly labeled as a "polarizing figure" which he undoubtedly is. But the Democrat response to this should be to move further to the middle and steal independents like myself. Instead the Democrats move further to the left.
Face facts. Jpeyton, Senseamp, Dave, Harvey, and ilk are now "the voice" of the Democrats. People with the same mindsets as these guys are the ones making the decisions for the party.
You will lose because you don't know how to win anymore.
You will lose because people like me are no longer welcome in your party.
I am:
Pro Abortion
Anti-Partial birth abortion
Pro Tax cuts for everyone
Pro war on terror
Anti-Iraq war
Pro Stem Cell research
Anti-Abortion just to get stem cells
Pro-seperation of church and state (a deist if you must know look it up) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
The only issues I'm conservative on are:
Low taxes, permanently including the rich.
Military Spending because it fuels technology in all sectors.
Small government.
The issue I'm on the fence on is Universal Health Care:
I don't personally mind it because I don't think that hospitals should be closed down because they keep having to treat people who aren't covered.
I would possibly support a UHC system as long as other reform comes along with it such as reform against trial lawyers.
I also think people should have the option of having their own private care as well.
But I'm labeled as a nut for thinking things like:
Maybe our past 4 Presidents shouldn't all be named Bush or Clinton?
Maybe there is a God out there (Christian, Hindu, Muslim, or whatever) and not feel the need to call people retards for believing we aren't an accident.
Maybe Islamo Fascism is a problem in the world?
Maybe America has to act boldly in the world to keep other powers from being too aggressive to their neighbors? Maybe looking back at history shows not only that we must do this but that we are the most peaceful superpower in history.
Maybe the glass isn't always half empty? We live in the freest and richest country in the world at the height of its prosperity, how can everything be all doom and gloom?
I'm the kind of voter that you should be looking for here libs. Give me Clinton minus the scandals and I'm totally 100% on board. Give me Billary, Edwards, or Obama and you not only lost one but the Republicans gained one.
As much as you guys claim that Republicans are so "hardcore right wing evangelical conserative" you have to admit that a social Democrat in Giuliani is currently leading and Republicans aren't going further away from the center, they are trying to win.
Perhaps the DNC should reach out to voters like me rather than voters like the ones on these boards?
Just a thought, but when '08 comes around and the Democrats are still not in the White House maybe THEN you will listen eh?
Thoughts?