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Explain to me

Posted by Sanity 102 on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:22:06 AM
It began with a discussion on the first 100 days of the Obama administration...and evolved into, again, Bush.
 
What he did wrong...agreed to by the talk show host...what he didn't do right...agreed to by the talk show host.
 
Can someone please explain to me what purpose raking Bush's presidency over the coals is serving for people who claim to be the base of the Republican party?
 
Does anyone really expect all this insistance on being "honest" about Bush to somehow make people vote for the party that nominated Bush twice?
 
And as they go from Bush to the rest of the "sorry" lot...McCain, Palin, Jendal, you name the Republican...and how somehow, somewhere we have got to find REAL conservatives who will be the kind of president that only real conservatives would love...tell me exactly how all this bashing of Bush and the GOP supposed to get rid of Obama and his Democratic Congress?
 
Does anyone realize that the man is gone...really, he's honest to God not president anymore. 
 
This constant parading of Bush's supposed sins serves what purpose?
 
I'd really like to know.
 
 
 
 
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Why would a "nice" Independent support the GOP?

Posted by Sanity 102 on Sunday, April 26, 2009 10:57:27 PM
Someone once called me a "pragmatist" and I thought that described me perfectly. 
 
I believe in God because it is practical to believe that a higher being created our bodies, "machinery" so complex, scientists and doctors are STILL trying to figure out how to repair it when it breaks down.
 
I am pro-life because I believe that a civilized society cannot afford to allow the criteria of being "wanted" to decide who lives and who dies.
 
I am for lowering taxes because I am one of those that actually pay them, but I realize that as a society that has been blessed, Americans will never tolerate hungry and homeless people.
 
For many years, I voted mostly GOP primarily because of their pro-life stand.  Yes, many times it was mere lip service and it angered me when Republicans allowed their opponents to get away with announcing their "pro-choice" stand as though being "pro-life" was somehow unAmerican and anti-woman.  But being "practical", I choose politicians that would give me lip service instead of those who would insult my values by implying that they shared mine.
 
Then 9/11 happened--and the idea that my world, my comfortable little world that I had worked hard to create, was going to come to an end and that politicians' decisions really can affect that world--put any other issue I may have thought important on the back burner.
 
I took moments from my busy life to hook up with the only party that seemed to be taking the war seriously.  For a period, I even flirted with the idea that I may in fact be a conservative.  But I have never been one to cut off my nose to spite my face and conservatives seemed bound and determined to shrink their number until the party they claim to be the base of became unelectable.  And "winning", "succeeding", are fundamental traits of non-losers.
 
I would not become a loser.
 
Still I tried for 4 long years to get conservatives to comprehend one simple fact, the only way you can get a GOP president to be ONLY a president to conservatives is to have a nation only of conservatives.
 
We are NOT a nation of conservatives.  Conservatives don't even make up the majority.  Neither do Liberals.  The party that rules is the party that wins.
 
Let me repeat this: the party that WINS, get to make the rules.
 
And if they win big as the Dems did, they get to ignor Republicans and spend money like there will always be a tomorrow and wealthy kids willing to foot the bill.  They get to make criminals of our troops and strip safeguards that make our nation safe.
 
If they have slight majorities as GWB had, then they have to deal...and yes, here comes the grown up word...COMPROMISE with Senators and Representatives that represent Democrats.
 
For 4 years, I, the Independent, has shown more "loyalty" than many conservatives...why?  Because in the end, MY world depends on the survival of this nation...and this nation's survival depends on the only party able to stop the Dems.
 
It's as simple and as practical as that.
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Lies told to Conservatives

Posted by Sanity 102 on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:25:19 AM
1- The Contract With America won Congress for Conservatives
 
Let's try and understand exactly what would be needed for the above statement to be true.  This document, made by POLITICIANS, was actually BELIEVED, so much so that American voters gave Republicans the majority in Congress and later the White House?  When has anyone actually believed what a politician said, much less promised?
 
2- The GOP lost the last two elections because they weren't conservative enough
 
It is a political reality that neither Democrats nor Republicans can win without the 125 million Independents.  It is also well known that Reagan, Clinton, and GWB won with cross over Democrats/Republicans.  Now does it make any sense that being MORE of what Independents and cross over Democrats are not (conservative) will help Republicans win?
 
3- Reagan was the perfect Conservative
 
Reagan accomplished a great deal and gave this nation her pride back, but he also spent tons of money, left Bush senior a huge deficit, and gave illegals amnesty.  Which made him, per the "real" conservatives of today, a RINO.
 
4- GWB's presidency was a failure
 
Bush kept this nation safe for 7 years, a feat no one thought he'd accomplish.  Most of Bush's years had near nero unemployment.  He brought down two terrorist regimes, gave two nations their own Bill of Rights--and purple fingers, ended female apartheid in those nations, and convinced two more nations to give up their nuclear ambitions.
 
NO presidency that accomplishes all of the above, can, be any stretch of the imagination, be considered a "failure".
 
5- Liberals and their MSM coharts caused the GOP to lose.
 
Yes, the MSM was unfairly bias and yes, they picked on GWB unmercifully.  But very few people expected different; Democrats ARE after all the competition.  What hurt the GOP was when their own people, the ones that was suppose to be on their side, decided that LOYALTY was an option. 
 
6- The only way to show our moral superiority is to be honest about our own people
 
Ever notice how many times a person will use the excuse of "being honest" to hurt and destroy the person they claim they MUST be honest with? The fact is that your friends do not need to be honest about your faults; your enemies are only too glad to point them out.  A true friend, someone who really does want you to succeed, spend most of their time finding and magnifying your virtues.
 
When you donned that "mea culpa" hair shirt and aired the Republican leaders sins, you didn't convince Independents to trust conservatives, you validated the fact that conservatives make lousy choices.
 
7- Everyone, including my Hispanic friends, was against illegal immigration.
 
Only FOUR states border Mexico and even the towns directly on the border had no wish to end cheap labor or the commerce generated by illegals.  For most Americans, illegal Mexicans wasn't the big issue.  And most LEGAL Mexicans resented the racism implied in the effort to stop only illegals to the South.
 
8- Illegal Immigration was all about national security
 
Right, which is why the wall being demanded to be built was to the South NOT the North...nor was there an outcry to stop illegals from arriving by the thousands of ports on both oceans.  It is why all the vitriolic rhetoric was aimed at Mexicans that had a financial vested interest in the survival of America and NOT at the Canadians who join their European cousins in looking down their noses at Americans.
 
9- We need to follow the intent of the Founding Fathers
 
The Founding Fathers were great men who created a truly impressive document.  But they lived in an era of slavery, child labor, and gender inequality.  We cannot demand strict adherence to their wisdom and cherry pick their morality.  If these men needed future generations to correct inhuman injustices, then we must accept the idea that the wisdom of governing wasn't the exclusivity of the Founding Fathers and that the greater wisdom may have very well been found in our time.
 
10- "Compromise" and "Cooperation" are dirty words
 
Show me a person who has never had to compromise and cooperate and I'll show you someone who has not grown up--or someone very lonely.  Show me a group too proud to compromise and cooperate and I'll show you a group that loses every time and fails to build anything of worth. 
 
 
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Republican stories to tell

Posted by Sanity 102 on Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:17:43 PM
I am in retail.  It is my job to understand how the average consumer thinks.  In the case of politics, that "consumer" is the voter.  One of the tools used to make a "sale" is the telling of "tales", little antidotes that foster a connection, and a little bit of trust between the person trying to make the deal and the person making the decision. It is in this context that I have been trying for nearly 4 years to get conservatives to comprehend what happens when they insist on being "honest" to the point of talking themselves right out of making the "sale".
 
The following are two antidotes that can help bring the consumer back to the Republican "store".

Getting "Capitalism"
 
The other day, a caller told Michael Medved's substitute host (Medved was on passover leave) that he was leaning toward socialism because he had built a mountain of debt in student loans in pursuit of his M.D. Now the doctor was injuried and would not be able to make use of his degree or pay off his debt.  If America was socialist, the debt would not have been made as Medical School would be free. 
 
The host asked if the doctor had NOT been injured, would he have paid off his loans?
 
The man quickly answered: "Of course.  But--"
 
The host interupted, "And would you have then gone on to CAP your wages?"
 
"What do you mean?"
 
"CAP...say the average person made $60,000, would you agree to also accepting $60,000 per year?"
 
"Excuse me," the man replied, indignation all over his words," $60,000 for a man with my education??? That's ridiculous!"
 
The host said: "So you DO get capitalism".
 
The Ace in the Race Card
 
I used to get into huge "discussions" with a Liberal colleage in Britain (obviously not my business partner) after 9/11 when I no longer would tolerate America bashing.

One day, we were watching on t.v. Colin Powell discuss America's plans in the war...and Simon (the Labor colleage) got real quiet.

"You know," he said finally, "that would never happen in England".

I was about to go off on him and what I thought was going to be his "Britain always does it better" tirade, when he continued. "We pay lip service to Blacks, but we'd never let a Black man get that high up in the government."
 
 

 
 
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Liberal Negatives--from an Independent viewpoint

Posted by Sanity 102 on Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:22:36 PM
A few posts ago, I promised to write about the vulnerabilities of the Democratic party; positions that are their weakest point--and should, be pressed at every opportunity.


The Race Card
 
Most of our mega bucks athletes are Black.  They are the highest paid t.v. talk show host...generals...CEOs...stars of music and movies.  America even voted a man with zero experience to the highest position in the world because she wanted to have the first Black president.
 
Independents bristle at the taboo of any but Blacks to call a Black a derogatory name. They are told they can't even think it.  If they must use it, it must be with a letter aka "the n word". They hate the implied apology in anything having to do with Blacks, the idea that just because of the color of their skin, they share guilt for something that happened before many of them was born and before many of their ancestors arrived in America. They cannot comprehend how a whole generation has grown up expecting Blacks to be given preferential treatment but this generation is being asked to pay for the sins of humanity.  A sin that was shared, in EVERY nation, in EVERY culture, the evil that is slavery.  They do not understand the logic behind EQUALITY in all races, yet Blacks NEEDING the government to give them priority in attending the better colleges and getting the better position in a company, as though Blacks cannot do it on their own.
 
The "race card" is coming to the end of it's usefulness.  The Liberals know it, but they also know that the Blacks will never allow them to give it up.  Why should they?  They have used it to climb the highest position in every area of American life. 
 
There WILL come a time when the accusation of being "racist" will cause the same rolling of the eyes that the cry of being a male chauvinist causes.  
 
When I get accused of "not giving Obama a chance because he is Black", I reply that I am condemning his inaction/action BECAUSE I am not racist; because I hold him to the SAME standard I do anyone holding that position.
 
Independents are more and more, simply saying..."Oh pah-lez"
 
Owing The World An Apology
 
"I'm sorry...so sorry...please, accept, my apology".  Liberals LOVE to show their moral superiority by apologizing for America  being richer and more powerful.  They are the first to admit to the "sins" of our military, first to condemn our laws of justice, first to condemn our sense of humor and our colorful culture.  They see "millions" of slaughtered civilian lost in the effort to stop the rape rooms that terrorized millions of Moslem women and ignore the graves of children whose parents didn't "cooperate" well enough with dictators.
 
They celebrate those who will bad mouth a leader of a free nation where they have all the rights of free speech, but look away at the purple fingers and the true courage it took to mark themselves as free people voting against terrorists who threatened their very lives.  They do so solely because GWB is given credit for that extraordinary event.
 
The problem is that because GWB was our president at the time, his glory was America's glory.
 
I think most Americans stood just a little bit prouder--and grinned when pictures of what was second class citizens--women--PROUDLY displaying their courage.  GWB may not have said anything cool like "tear down that wall" or "ask not what your country can do for you", but that vision of "true grit" will be in the minds of many of Americans for many years.  It will be the most powerful rebuttal to a Liberal feeling the need to say "I'm sorry".
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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In Defense of GWB - Communication

Posted by Sanity 102 on Friday, April 03, 2009 3:53:52 AM
"The Teflon President"..."Slick Willie"..."Lincoln" and "Jackie"...how the world loved these great communicators!  Compare them to GWB who didn't take time off from fighting two wars, getting this nation pass two recessions, trying to use his political capital in 2004 to fix Fannie Mae and Freddie Max (and avoid what happened in Oct. of 2008) and Social Security (which will eventually come to bite us in the rear with a vengence), to convince his own party to support him or to sell his policies and decisions in the public arena.
 
Think of all the great blogs that could have been written, the talk shows that could been broadcast, if only GWB had allowed the Left and the Right media to pick him apart publicly...
 
Think of the ratings of Ingraham...Hewitt...Rush or Fox???
 
He could have, as this president is doing now, go on Jay Leno's show and 60 minutes.  Of couse they wouldn't have given him half a chance to explain his decisions and they certainly wouldn't have given him the respect they are giving Obama.  But surely he could have taken a few days out of his leading this nation to entertain us...like bait among blood sport dogs.
 
The fact is that nothing GWB could have done would have ever stopped the bloggers, columnists, talk show hosts, pundits on both sides from attacking and blaming Bush. 
 
The proof is in the fact that GWB has been out of office 2 months and they are STILL attacking him. 
 
It is also a fact that unless the Right stops joining the Left in this obsessive need to blame Bush, Independents will go on voting for the party that at least has their own members supporting them.
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In Defense of GWB - The War

Posted by Sanity 102 on Friday, April 03, 2009 3:22:56 AM
Bush's greatest mistake was taking us into the Iraq war.
 
I find it utterly amazing how many people have forgotten that Sadam had made it perfectly clear that he intended to destroy America.  And he didn't need WMD...he was the biggest supporter of terrorism, funding not just Al-qaeda groups but regimes in Syria and Libya; nations that upon seeing Sadam's teeth being examined decided they didn't want to mess with GWB and America. Don't people realize how much money and lives were saved by these nations volunteering to end their nuclear ambitions? 
 
Then there was the Bill of Rights of Iraq and Afghanistan...the end of the rape rooms of Sadam's boys...the incredible courage of purple fingers...
 
THESE were mistakes?
 
Millions of innocent civilians died.
 
Did you expect us to fight and win a war where no one died?
 
Innocent people were captured and taken to prison where their rights were violated and they were tortured.
 
And many of those prisoners were released, to go home to become a high level officer in a terrorist cell...that killed civilians and captured and BEHEADED innocents.
 
We have to be better than the terrorist; otherwise what makes us different from them?
 
It is the height of arrogance to hold non-Americans to a LOWER standard than the one we set for ourselves.  Why do we have to be extra-ordinarily good to the point of stupidity?  Why can't we expect them to be as civilized as the rest of us--and punish them as we would one of ours that murder and terrorize?
 
Americans have nukes, why shouldn't other countries?
 
Just because the sane has weapons, doesn't mean the insane should have them.
 
GWB acted like he was the god of this world, he didn't even try to reach out and communicate with the terrorists.
 
GWB acted like the leader of the world's sole super power.  The rest of the world thought he was god, blaming him for hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes, global warming. 
 
 
 
 
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In defense of GWB-the economy

Posted by Sanity 102 on Friday, April 03, 2009 2:51:48 AM
As I mentioned in a previous post, my belief is that we have got to stop the Bush bashing now if we intend to stop the Dems from bankrupting this nation and removing our satelite defenses.  The following are things said about GWB by Liberals as well as Conservatives who refuses to let go of blaming Bush even though we have a new president and the Democrats have all the power.

Bush left Obama a 1.3 Trillion dollar debt
 
Actually, the number was more like 150 billion dollars until the last few months where it jumped to around 1/2 a trillion.  Did you know that in GWB's time, we had near nero unemployment?  That he dealt with 2 recessions (dot com and post 9/11)?  Most people barely noticed because it was dealt with quickly and correctly...GWB did not use the "crisis" to do some social engineering or to further a conservative agenda.
 
Speaking of the economy...did you know that Alaska has no income tax and that their governor, the GOP VP nominee Palin, got the oil companies to give the public rebates?  Did you know that she has managed to work with these companies for their profit and to increase jobs for Alaskans?
 
Did you know that McCain, the GOP presidential nominee, never took pork in his 20 something years in Congress and proved by being elected time and time again, that politicians don't have to buy votes?
 
But didn't Bush spend, spend, spend?
 
Absolutely, on what a president is supposed to spend money on--the war 9/11 plunged us into.  He also spent money on the no-child left behind program which made teachers accountable for what their students learned; as long as the Federal government was into the Carter created public educational system on a Federal level, GWB wanted to make sure that teachers couldn't just pass their students onto the next grade without learning what they should be taught in that level.  This did not make him particularly popular with teachers who felt it put an undue pressure on poorer schools with lesser educators.  GWB also refused to have Republicans be known as the party that would force the elderly to choose between spending their meager Social Security check on the new (and expensive) miracle drugs and eating.  He pushed forward and enacted a drug plan, that thanks to free trade drug companies vying for Senior Citizen's business cost far less than originally expected.
 
After 9/11, GWB's deficit was around half a trillion dollars.  By the end of his second term, mere months before the THIRD recession of his two terms, the deficit had strunk to a fourth of the post 9/11 and the deficit left by Reagan.  This happened because while GWB DID spend money, he also gave what those before him and Obama after him did NOT...TAX CUTS.
 
Did you know that McCain is famous for his demanding spending cuts?  And Palin has been accused of acting like the Alaskan tax money is HERS, because she guards it as though every penny spent is her money that needs justification and full accounting. Every time I hear about the trillion being spent here and trillion being spent there, I think of McCain and Palin and how these two would have given the Democratic run Congress a real accounting nightmare.
 
 
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The Fight MUST Begin with GWB

Posted by Sanity 102 on Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:00:52 PM
The Obama administration is hard at work trying to sell this economy as being "Bush's".  Now this is rather expected, the dot com recession had been blamed on Bill Clinton even though Clinton had a Republican congress.
 
The difference is that now, conservatives claiming to be the base of the Republican party is accepting and apologizing for "Bush's failed presidency".
 
Now, let's start with some honesty here.  If Clinton had taken us pass two recessions (dot com and post 9/11), got purple fingers, put an end to female apartheid, made two nations give up their nuclear ambitions, presided over almost 8 years of economic boom, kept us safe for 7 years years, the Left would put any criticism of Clinton on a par with treason.  He would be liken to Washington, Lincoln, and Churchill all rolled into one.
 
But because GWB belongs to the party that has loyalty as an option, the first reaction is to agree to any faults and hope that Palin or Jendal or Romney can somehow escape the crucification of GWB. 
 
Let me tell you here and now, this is NOT going to happen.  Why?  Because it works so well.  GWB could be out of office for 20 years and the Dems will STILL be making every candidate with an "R" in front of their name answer for the "sins" of GWB.  I can understand that some of the base, aka Libertarians and third party wannabes, feel this justifies the making of a new party.  But they know that a party that represents one view point with no room for cross overs and Independents will NEVER seriously challenge Democrats much less win. 
 
Bloggers, Columnists, Talk Show hosts are fond of saying how they read Liberal material as if getting the Liberal viewpoint arms them to win points with the group that wins elections.  Who they should be listening to is the very people they are trying to win to their side.
 
That people, are Independents--125 MILLION voters like me.  And while it is true I lean more Right, I can tell you how Independents may view an issue.
 
In the case of who owns this economy, my British partner (and strong Tory) believes that most people don't care who is at fault.  They just want their jobs back, their credit restored, their 401ks showing a future again. 
 
To some extent I agree.  Most people may blame Obama no matter what he says because he is the man in charge NOW.  But unless, the Right...pundits, bloggers, talk show hosts start RIGHT now to defend GWB, in 2 years or 4, voters will remember that Republicans make bad choices...that they leave impossible economies and wars that cannot be won.
 
All during McCain's campaign, Obama attacked him for Bush's decisions and every Republican has had to answer for GWB's supposed sins against this nation.  Like it or not, to most Independents, Bush IS the GOP.  He can either be the GOP greatest asset or it's greatest liability.
 
If you believe that Obama and his Congress is destroying this nation's economy and weakening her defenses, then you need to use every means to defend the man who's biggest sin was that he was a Republican, not a "real" conservative, not a Democrat. In any other time, GWB would be praised for what he did, instead of crucified for what he didn't.  History, most people agree, will be kind to him. 
 
Unfortunately, America cannot wait for History.  Every attack on GWB is an attack on the only party that can stop the Democrats from destroying this nation. 
 
It's as simple as that...it's time to end the GWB bashing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Belonging to the other party

Posted by Sanity 102 on Saturday, March 28, 2009 3:56:22 AM

Sandra Wise ( who write the blog "A word to the Wise") replied to my post:

Amen!

I'm so tired of hearing conservatives who are still saying Bush failed. I too miss his quiet strength, resolve and love of country.

It seems that conservatives contemplating running for President are running against Bush!

And then there are the talk show hosts...Today Glenn Beck on Fox, stated that everything we are going through now was started by Bush.

Another thing, Republicans have got to stop apologizing for "getting things wrong." So, they weren't perfect...When has a Democrat ever apologized for anything?
 
 

and this was my reply...

 
Every apology says "the party of Republicans make lousy choices" for it was Bush and McCain that Republicans put on their tickets.

And it's catching...every day I hear "real" conservatives apologizing for Jendal, Steele, Palin.

If Bush had been a Democrat, we'd never hear the end of this great man...HE got us thru two, count them TWO recessions with hardly a wimper on mainstreet America...HE freed two nations and ended female apartheid! HE put fear into the hearts of our enemies and MADE two nations give up their nuclear weapons program...HE appointed Blacks in high places and most of his closest advisors are WOMEN!!

And McCain would be up for a belated Congressional Medal of Honor...his every moment of torture required reading...his no taking pork and his ability to work across the political aisle would be lauded as the ultimate statesmanship, an American Churchill!

Jendal and Steele would be proof of the parties respect for minorities and the reward of a good educational system that MUST be government supported forever.

Palin would be the first "serious" female candidate and her rural upbringing, her union husband, and her teacher parents would be examined and fawned over...

But they belong to the party where loyalty is an option...and thus, apologies are a requirement.
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In Answer to "Why the Bush presidency failed"

Posted by Sanity 102 on Friday, March 27, 2009 2:22:38 AM

GW KNEW that the war could be a presidency killer, but GW had never been in it for the power or the glory.  A Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Newt, Fred Thompson, Romney...yes, they would have played it "smart".  But GW is the other side of the same coin of Obama...willing to bet it all on their passions.  America was lucky that GW's passion was THIS nation.  Unfortunately, those who worship at the altar of communication got their "great communicator" and HIS passion is to change America into a Liberal Utopia.

The day that Israel attacks Iran and terrorist emboden by Obama's incompetence attacks America, most Americans are going to wish for the quiet, humble man who may not know how to give a good speech but knew how to roll up his sleeve and get the work done.

The fact is that GW's presidency did not fail...America survived not one but TWO recessions...America became the undisputed sole super power...America gave two nations the Bill of Rights and ended female apartheid in those countries. You and I know that If GW had been a Democrat, we would right now be measuring his likeness at Mt. Rushmore for all the things that had been accomplished during his two terms.

What DID fail is the American people's gratitude...if someone had said that GW was going to keep us safe for 7 years, people would have made bets that if he could manage that, just THAT MIRACLE alone, the whole nation would love him forever.

Who knew that 7 years later, many of those same people, some from his own party would instead be lamenting his inability to "communicate" properly?

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How the Middle sees Democrats

Posted by Sanity 102 on Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:09:19 AM
Even before the lost of the 2008 election, conservatives have been pondering why Liberals seem to get away with so many "sins".  Surely, the hypocrisy and the bias of the Left is so obvious, good and decent Americans should reject Democrats at every poll!
 
Only, most Americans stand in the middle, leaning Left on some issues, Right on others.  Most Americans do not pay attention to politics.  Most couldn't tell you who the Vice President is; what state Nancy is from, and exactly what are the 3 branches of government.  They are more likely to know who got eliminated on American Idol, who won the Super Bowl, and how many Mission Impossible movies there are.
 
Now, as perhaps the worst president to ever occupy the oval office finishes his first 50 days, many who would like to see the GOP take back Congress in 2010 and the White House in 2012 are starting to understand that ideological purity is a luxury serious grown ups know they cannot afford--and that only the winner gets to decide who defines marriage, gun rights, how much to spend and where to spend it, and what kind of defense this nation will mount if attacked.
 
And most importantly, they are finally beginning to comprehend that despite all the claims to the contrary, NEITHER Democrats or Republicans can win WITHOUT the middle.
 
So it's cram time: to win the middle, you need to understand, REALLY understand just how the middle views Democrats and Republicans.
 
I have written many posts trying to get conservatives to see that from where I sit (and I believe most Independents), if the base of the GOP has loyalty as an option, it does NOT bode well for Republicans...loyalty, yes even blind loyalty is what we expect to give to the company that signs our paychecks, to the family that nurtures us, and to the nation where we live.  It is the least of the requirements of decent folk--and to view it as something that is optional makes all claims to having "values" and "principles" appear empty rhetoric.
 
But, conservatives love saying that surely those on the Right are much more morally superior than the Left.
 
They say that because they see Democrats thru the eyes of conservatism.
 
So to win the middle to the GOP in 2010 and 2012, let me tell you how Democrats appear to most Americans.
 
--When Democrats close ranks and defend one of their own, they appeal to every voter who want and expect "true" friends and co-workers to do the same.
 
--When Democrats want to take everyone's money and pay someone to take care of the homeless and the sick, voters who are a pay check away from losing it all thinks it's a good idea.
 
--When Democrats want to take care of grandma and help our children pay for college, voters know that without these social programs, parents and grown children may have to come and live with them--and baby boomers (the largest voting block) like their freedom and the idea that the family obligation of previous generations can be "shared" by all.
 
--When the MSM shows bias toward Democrats, voters find it hard to see bias since there doesn't seem to be another side to the story when conservative pundits, bloggers, and talk show hosts start every half hearted defensive of the GOP and Bush with the words: "I don't agree with everything that he/they've done but..." and "I agree with you that Bush failed/did wrong/spent too much/should have but..."
 
--When Democrats get caught in a lie--or doing something unethical, voters think, well they ARE politicians, not nuns--and haven't we ALL sinned, lied, did something that was not quite right?
 
--When Democrats want to talk about domestic issues (aka social programs), voters see Democrats as taking care of business at HOME.  Most voters have never been to Europe or the Middle East and couldn't care less what was going on half way around the world.  The tremendous courage of purple fingers only made a fleeting impression, like the high of winning a come from behind game or watching someone from your home town win a gold medal at the Olympics. 
 
Does this mean that the Dems can't be beat?  Of course not.  But to beat any opponent, one must learn the first rule of any competition: KNOW your opponents' strengths...respect them and never underestimate them.
 
My next post will deal with their weaknesses--and how Republicans can exploit them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Why the GOP REALLY won in 2004

Posted by Sanity 102 on Friday, March 20, 2009 2:36:52 AM

From 2000 to 2004, we had a GOP in the White House...he gave us the "no child left behind" and "drug plan for the elderly"...there was no line veto...no grand communication with the American people.

We had a GOP Congress that spent tons of money...that didn't solve a 3 decade illegal immigration problem...that continued to work with Democrats instead of launching the "nuclear option."  We had senators who gave birthday wishes at a private party that might have, could have meant, seemed to imply, something racist--well sort of.

Every complaint conservatives accused Bush and the party of Republicans of was true before the 2004 election.

Yet the GOP managed to swell the number of seats in Congress, on the State and local level AND keep the White House.

If all the above "sins" caused Republicans to lose in 2006 and 2008, why did they win in 2002 and 2004?

And if NONE of the above bothered most voters, then exactly what issues moved cross over Democrats and Independents to join Republicans into voting GOP?

Or maybe the question that should be asked is what turned these voters off in the last 2 national elections?

As one of those Independents I can tell you pre-2004 and after:

pre-2004:the courts, the economy, and most especially, the war.

After: what turned me off and almost made me want to stay away from politics period was the sanctimonous demand for conservative purity from politicians of all people!  This is so unrealistic, it borders on irresonsible stupidity.

Obama and his gang is practically gift wrapping 2010 to the party of Republicans.  The only thing that could mess up this is allowing conservative purist to once again decide the tone of the party of Republicans.

Right now, each conservative has to ask themselves if their "principles" are more important than the survival of this nation.  If it is, then END the unhealthy relationship between they and a party they have no faith in and cannot feel any loyalty to.  If it isn't, if they understand the destruction the Democrats will bring down on this nation, then DEFEND the only viable party that can stop and undo all the damage...defend the GOP against anyone that would bring it down as you would against anyone attacking America.

And if that little voice would object about giving "blind" loyalty to a political party, remind it that "blind" loyalty is given to an imperfect America that sometimes make bad decisions...and that only Liberals seem to have difficulty understanding that type of loyalty.

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Principles vs. This Nation

Posted by Sanity 102 on Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:45:29 PM
As Obama gives conservatives a "real" reason to complain about government spending...
 
As "real" national security takes the form of removal of the missle shield, bribing Hamas, dissing our friends and pandering to our enemies...
 
As courts redefine marriage, allow babies to be experimented on, and relegate gun ownership to military militia...
 
Many conservatives are foretelling the doom of America as we know it.
 
So tell me conservatives...
 
Is YOUR conservative principles worth the death of this nation?
 
Life has always been about choices...especially in a free society. When you choose to join the Liberal counterpart in bashing Bush and all things Republican...when you gave the American voter only ONE side--and that was Bush and the GOP is bad and cannot be trusted...when you refused to support enough "R"s to give the GOP the majority...when you refused to vote for the GOP CHOICE on the Republican ticket...
 
You put YOUR principles above the survival of America.
 
I used to hear you claim to be a conservative first, a Republican a distant second or not at all.
 
Now, tell me...if being an American trumps being a conservative.
 
 
 
 
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Lies Told

Posted by Sanity 102 on Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:33:17 AM
There's a saying that if a lie is told often enough, it becomes the "truth".
 
Two particularly nasty pieces of lies will doom the party of Republicans to minority status for generations.
 
1- The GOP lost Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008 because they spent too much money.
 
How quickly people forget the near zero unemployment and the overflowing coffers of local government in most of Bush's terms and the GOP majority.  There were a number of reasons for the lost, but making deals to fund troops and to take off the political table the senior citizen issue and education was not it.   Remember, conservatives and their focus on spending and tax cuts number are at most 35% of the voters, which is why "real" conservatives don't run their own party nor do they win elections. 
 
2- "Having an 'R' in front of their name isn't important." 
 
Ok, here's some basic reality.  When it comes time for figuring out who gets to run committes or which bill gets heard, no one counts "real" conservatives or "real" liberals.  All they count is the Rs and the Ds and if there are more Rs, YOU get to make the rules and YOU get to push your agenda.
 
Now here comes the hook...a food for thought to those who wanted Bush and every Republican in Congress to cater to THEIR concerns and TO represent THEIR viewpoint.  You should be very proud of Obama and company...for they are doing exactly what you wanted from Republicans...they are catering to their base and pushing the Liberal agenda--instead of taking care of the rest of America.
 
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