Spurminator
11-03-2004, 11:33 AM
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For mobilizing the Republican base and turning America's attention off of President Bush's Presidency and onto themselves with their hyperbolic rhetoric.
What we have now is a high deficit President leading a flawed (and increasingly unpopular) war, while pushing controversial religious initiatives at home, who will be sworn in for his second term because his opponents, rather than discussing the issues with level heads, chose to focus on whether or not he was Satan Incarnate.
Rather than challenge the loyalty of conservative voters to President Bush with reasonable concerns on the issues, Kerry supporters in the media and on the streets helped to strengthen that loyalty with outlandish attacks on his character. They focused on things like the National Guard, Halliburton, and whether or not Bush "lied."
I believe this rallied conservatives in support of Bush, because the election was no longer about whether or not Bush had been wrong... instead, it was about how full of shit Liberals seemed to be.
How many people were originally unenthusiastic about a second term for Bush, but became more hopeful that Bush would win just so they could see people like Michael Moore fail? Many, in my estimation. Probably enough to swing the vote to Bush.
You can't attract undecideds by screaming in their faces. It's like the "Hellfire and Brimstone" approach to Christian evangelism... it simply doesn't work. You have to attract people to your party, and you can't do that when you look more insane than the candidate you're trying to vote out of office.
For the benefit of the Democratic Party, and frankly for the good of the nation, it is important that moderate, level-headed Democrats take their party back from the lunatic fringe.
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http://images.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/_photos/2001-10-17-dan-rather.jpg
http://www.wcpj.org/mcaulw00.jpg
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2003/speaking/events/images/franken.jpghttp://kino.tiscali.cz/apollo/pictures/200426142553259091.jpg
http://www.democraticunderground.com/home/new/dulogo.gif
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/images/bushvisit/images/protesters%204.jpg
http://members.aol.com/askdeep/images/bush-hitler.jpg
For mobilizing the Republican base and turning America's attention off of President Bush's Presidency and onto themselves with their hyperbolic rhetoric.
What we have now is a high deficit President leading a flawed (and increasingly unpopular) war, while pushing controversial religious initiatives at home, who will be sworn in for his second term because his opponents, rather than discussing the issues with level heads, chose to focus on whether or not he was Satan Incarnate.
Rather than challenge the loyalty of conservative voters to President Bush with reasonable concerns on the issues, Kerry supporters in the media and on the streets helped to strengthen that loyalty with outlandish attacks on his character. They focused on things like the National Guard, Halliburton, and whether or not Bush "lied."
I believe this rallied conservatives in support of Bush, because the election was no longer about whether or not Bush had been wrong... instead, it was about how full of shit Liberals seemed to be.
How many people were originally unenthusiastic about a second term for Bush, but became more hopeful that Bush would win just so they could see people like Michael Moore fail? Many, in my estimation. Probably enough to swing the vote to Bush.
You can't attract undecideds by screaming in their faces. It's like the "Hellfire and Brimstone" approach to Christian evangelism... it simply doesn't work. You have to attract people to your party, and you can't do that when you look more insane than the candidate you're trying to vote out of office.
For the benefit of the Democratic Party, and frankly for the good of the nation, it is important that moderate, level-headed Democrats take their party back from the lunatic fringe.