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2007-10-30 Home Front: Politix
Desperation? Internal Dem memo faults party message
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Posted by gorb 2007-10-30 03:37|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 Dems are only emotive, never rational or just. Soros, socialism, populism, and government programs up the wazoo. Lot's of headspace and absolutely no timing. Wanting to force US to lose this war by any means necessary with no thought of consequence.
Party of single issue voters and special interest Proposing goodies to the public when the public is already broke and in great debt. Tis okay, "just raise the taxes" is a good answer for everything. Shared misery beats individualism. Afterall, it worked so well the other 24 times it failed in other countries.

Ohh, don't forget Godless.
Posted by newc">newc  2007-10-30 07:06||   2007-10-30 07:06|| Front Page Top

#2 It's all "neurological" and "fight or flight" eh? If raw emotion is what's needed, then by all means, put the folks at DU and Kos and Fortney Hillman Stark, Jr. to work drafting all your speeches--and don't pull their punches!

(There. That oughtta get the moonbats going.)
Posted by Mike 2007-10-30 07:51||   2007-10-30 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I want all the donks to start have their speeches written by the Kos Kiddies. It would appeal to their loudest base while pissing off the rest of America.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-10-30 08:06||   2007-10-30 08:06|| Front Page Top

#4 How about this for a new slogan for the Democratic Party:

We're still for appeasement and socialism but now with more spitting!
Posted by mhw 2007-10-30 08:44||   2007-10-30 08:44|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a cognitive disorder. One operating arm of the party wanted to get the majority seats in Congress, so they recruited middle road Donks to run in their districts on policies that appeal to middle of the road voters cause they knew if they ran left, they'd lose as usual and therefore would not get seats. Another operating arm of the party is now distraught that the party as a whole can't get their neo-socialist message sold to the public. The same neo-socialist message that if used in the previous election probably would have left the Trunks in power to appoint committee heads and assign leadership. The echo chamber response "He's gotten about 30 e-mails applauding his sentiments, most of them short 'attaboys.'" shows he’s in an echo chamber of like minds. They can't recognize the disconnect.
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-30 09:28||   2007-10-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 How long until the Dem party splits? The middle-of-the-roaders can't possibly stand the far left nutcases. Like P2K said, they had to move to the center to pick up the seats, but the loudest (and most obnoxious) part of the party keeps moving further and further left. I wonder if we might see a 3 party system in the not so distant future. I vote republican, but to me the far right is just as bad as the far left. I can easily vote for a socially liberal Republican (ala Rudy) so long as they understand and recognize the islamist threat.
Posted by AllahHateMe 2007-10-30 09:58||   2007-10-30 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 “There is work to be done and that’s why Democrats are working together and mounting an aggressive campaign to discuss the real victories we have won for the American people.”

Real victories huh? Hmmm…that one sounds like a tough sell. I mean…whatya got? Lets see here now…increasing the minimum wage? Hokeedoakee….and then there was that time you conned the old fogies into thinking that Social Security reform equals Soilent Green. Hmmmm….after that there’s not a lot that to hang yer hat on is there? Yesss...a tough sell indeed. Hey…here's an idea…I hear that Taco Bell monkey that rides a dog is looking for work.
Posted by DepotGuy 2007-10-30 10:27||   2007-10-30 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, they could just add 'and a pony' to all their campaign promises.
Posted by wxjames 2007-10-30 10:58||   2007-10-30 10:58|| Front Page Top

#9 I realize I'm not exactly the Dem's target demographic, but I find the message "Amerikkka Sucks. We should surrender!" to be unappealing both emotionally and intellectually.
Posted by SteveS 2007-10-30 11:07||   2007-10-30 11:07|| Front Page Top

#10 see? SteveS is one of those whose stubborn obstinance will have to be overcome by re-education camps under the coming Hillary! Administration
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-10-30 11:35||   2007-10-30 11:35|| Front Page Top

#11 We've seen this movie before.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-10-30 14:54||   2007-10-30 14:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Democratic leadership aides were not impressed, and indicated that the memo did not have a vast and immediate impact.

Great news.

It should have the Republicans redoubling their efforts to educate Americans on why liberty is preferable to socialism, and why strength is better than weakness.
Posted by eLarson 2007-10-30 15:07|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2007-10-30 15:07|| Front Page Top

#13 As far as the public goes, I think they generally vote based on a single mood: if they want government to do things or not. If they do, then they vote for whoever promises change; if they do not, they vote for the party that promises least.

That is, in the last elections, the public was very tired of government. The Democrats promised nothing, so they won big. But what is the mood for the upcoming elections?

If the public mood is against government doing things, then the Republicans should constantly talk about Hillary's socialized medicine and how much annoyance and noise it will create. But if the public mood has changed and they want government to do something, then the Republicans should offer their own program.

It sounds strange, but there is some truth to it.
Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-30 16:39||   2007-10-30 16:39|| Front Page Top

#14 TOWNHALL > ANN COULTER > HAVE YOU HUGGED AN ISLAMOFASCIST TODAY? + THE END OF AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT [John Hawkins]; + REDDIT > THE RISE OF
SECULAR AMERICA, and various others before.

*Logically, shouldn't the anti-US Globalists, Lefties, and anti-Dubya/Cheney/GOP critics be ECSTATIC - ITS SOCIALISM AND GOVTISM, is it not, and under Dubya's = the GOP's watch???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-30 23:02||   2007-10-30 23:02|| Front Page Top

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