Non-issue? Yes. Still unfathomably stupid? Yes. Actually, I'm attacking anyone who thinks there is something meritous in a "joe the plumber" pep talk. lol, yeah - he's probably due up for a nomination...
My friend is involved in student government and he is interning at the Capitol in his spare time. He is majoring in government and he has been involved with almost every student council... with that said, he has a very interesting view regarding the republican party. He is conservative himself but he views this loss to the Democrats as a blessing in disguise... here is what he wrote I say I agree with him even though Im not quite a liberal or a conservative
As long as the national GOP clings to the notion that image is their only problem, they will stay in the wilderness and be irrelevant. Raising funds and running good campaigns is something they do well. It isn't about presentation: The message itself is out of touch.
denial. we discussed this ad nausseum during the summer. its not wraping themselves up in a nicer package with the same message. its the message. less government has not worked, deregualtion has not worked. and now people want government. as bad as the economic situation is now, its likely going to get worse before it gets better, and you're going to have an entire generation of voters that will take at least thirty years to forget what has happened, starting with Iraq.
the message is fine its the crap they actually do sucks. say small government, make it bigger. say pro rights, then take them away. say no nation building, then build up other countries.
Most people don't necessarily want smaller government. The want "government that works". Right now, the Dems have seized the rhetorical advantage and the appeal to smaller government doesn't draw the same response. Remember the move to privatize Social Security? That now looks like a catastrophe that was avoided. The recent global meltdown due to lack of oversight also tarnishes the appeal to chopping government. I could name more. Bill Clinton said in 2001, "The era of big government is over". In 2009, the era of believing that "everything the government does is terrible" and "everything private business does is great" is what's over. Or at the least, a lot fewer people feel that way.
I know not everyone is for big government but the repubs were supposed to be the party of small government and now they are not. So small government people have no one to vote for.
True. My read on the national Republican party is they are against big government when in the opposition but don't govern that way when in power.
it is amazing that he stuck around this long. I figured by now he would have been caught smoking meth with a skank prostitute in a run down motel. ( I still think that is what will ultimately happen, just unsure whether the prostitute will be male or female)
I saw my first "Palin 2012" bumper sticker this morning. The first good laugh pre-coffee I have had in a long time.
It's a tragedy, it's a comedy... Mostly it's just pathetic that anyone, particularly the people setting Repub legislative strategy, would allow this man to waste 1 second of their time. Yet they do so willingly and apparently with some enthusiasm. Another symbol of how far off base the current Repub leadership is... they don't know enough about the common man they claim to be representing that they get bamboozled by this guy because they think he is the one.
What is the republican party anyway? God? We know that our savior Jesus would not approve of their actions, so cross religion out. Family? Their kids are just as screwed up as our hippie kids. It's hard to be a good parent when you have evil to fight 24/7! Country? hmmm... Who knew spreading democracy in the 2ks would be that expensive. That leaves us with the "less government and more freedom" approach; but who do we have to vote and rely on, to protect us from all the evil around us? 2 + 2 = 5 and 1/2
I don't think they care...as long as they can control the common joe and his votes. Pun intended. That deadbeat should be thanking his parents for the catchy yet pedestrian name.
