"The republican party needs moderates to win. Bush's win this year had more to do with the war on terror and the fact that not only did democrats put up an incredibly weak candidate, they ran a weak campaign.
Instead of revealing in their victory they should ask why they won by such a narrow margin. And the answer will be that their so called "moral agenda" and fiscal responsibility has turned off more voters than it turned on.
If it weren't for "knee jerk" republicans, and the fact that the majority of the electorate put more thought into picking out a big screen TV then they do their choice for president, then the republicans would have lost.
Now the party has put themselves into a dangerous position. If they push the religious right's agenda they'll turn off even more moderate voters. IF they don't push it then the religious right will leave the party and probably back their own candidate.
By joining themselves to the religious right, the party started to engage with a dance with the devil. They're damned if they push their agenda, and they're damned if they don't."
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Posted by: tatou at September 28, 2005 09:25 AM"If it weren't for "knee jerk" republicans, and the fact that the majority of the electorate put more thought into picking out a big screen TV then they do their choice for president, then the republicans would have lost."
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That is simply an obnoxious comment. Frankly I analyzed and considered extremely hard before making my choice. In doing that analysis I have found it very hard to understand how any thinking person could fail to understand how critical Iraq is to our security.
Having said that, I have refrained from calling Kerry supporters ignorant, stupid or "knee jerk".
When you call another person ignorant, without any real insight into how they have considered their position or how they may have developed their opinions, you have done nothing but demean yourself.
There were very good reasons to vote either way. Anyone who was so enamoured with their own position that they couldnt see any reason that there might be a reason to vote differently was simply not paying attention.
Posted by: mike at November 19, 2004 03:22 PM