Liberals need to stop sneering at people

[GePap]

Originally posted by Sikander


Wrong. The most effective part of the Swift Boat attacks were they drew attention to his radicalism in the 1970s. None of the other stuff stuck, but there was no question about his involvement with the VVAW and the crazy sh!t he testified to in congress.

Not according to exit polls, which is the only evidence we have.

The election was yours to win. Bush has alienated much of the Republican base with his populist spending, military spending, recklessness in foreign policy etc. He's hurt himslf even worse in the center by aligning himself with the religious right. But Kerry could not take advantage of that. His votes came from further left than Gore's, his only success was that he turned out a higher percentage of them. Much of the country was left with a bitter choice between two candidates who they couldn't support ideologically.

Bull- every poll shows this to be wrong- the republican base was very motivated for Bush the whole time- the base of the republicans are NOT liberterians- they are the religious right. They won the election, not liberterians. Maybe you need a primer on what the republican party is now.

There are no more votes on either the left or the right, all those people voted this time because they both had a candidate who they could relate to, and they turned out like never before. The group who liked or at least could stand Bush was simply larger than the Kerry group. There is a hole between them which you could drive a truck through. Imagine if John McCain had run as an independant candidate for president and had as much money as Kerry did. I think he would have given both Bush and Kerry a run for their money.

One day soon liberterians in the Republican party will have to accept they owe the power they have to the religious right.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
In FDR's time the Democrats owned the South becuase they were closer to the people.

Wrong. The South was a one-party terrorist-state. The Dem's owned the South because the Dems owned the South.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Oerdin
For one thing Kerry touched on hot button issues like gay marriage which are political suicide

Kerry avoided that issue as best he could. It was gay activists, who may have been politically foolish to try it in an election year, but rushed forwards towards freedom and equality when the opportunity presented itself.

also Clinton would get up and speak out against rap music like Queen Latifa advocating killing cops

Sistah Soldier, not Queen Latifah.

and he also pissed off lots of liberals by advocating centrist and conservative issues like welfare reform.

And how's that working out for the poor?

He found issues which were of concern to average Americans, especially the center or right of center guys, which made them think he wasn't your run of the mill lefty.

Perot killed Bush in '92 and Dole was a lousy candidate.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
The economy is no longer an issue. The recession was over, far over, in April. People did not connect the poor economy with the President.

Consumer confidence was down in October. The recession is over when people feel it is over. People don't feel it's over yet.

[Pax]

It seems to be a world turned upside down when you look at the facts and see that the majority of americans still voted for Bush.
Ned,
I find a lot of comments you and others make about the left to be insulting. I believe that I am a pretty civil person. I don't believe that you are.
Democrats are not trying to turn the rest of the country gay or make people stop going to church or submit to the will of terrorists or force your daughter to have an abortion. This is the way the Right has painted us. As a group that would take away Americans freedom. This is a dirty lie. So you can't blame us(the left) for being angry about being slandered.

[Arrian]

Re: thread title:

Absolutely true. You're not going to get people to vote for you if you insult them. There are definitely people on the Left (specifically anyone associated with the Democratic Party and/or who has a high profile in the media) who need to soften their rhetoric.

-Arrian

[Pax]

Originally posted by Ned
Horse, agreed. A bit of civility from the left would be welcome. We need a battle of ideas, not insults from the left when the rest of us are a little wary of what the left proposes.

Also, IMHO, a lot of the insults flow from the left's "secularism" and that philosphy's basic premise that belief in God is unintelligent.

I disagree. Ned, please stop stating what democrats believe. Part of our problem is allowing people like yourself to define our position. Democratic position is that the founding fathers got it right when they decided to seperate church and state.
Ned, your model for a religous government would be Saudi Arabia or Iran. Democrats also believe that God gave man a brain to use. That means that when faced with insurmountable evidence, man should use the brains god gave him instead of praying to god for answers. God, is clearly sarcastic, so he would most likely say things like "What are you asking me for?", "Did'nt I give you a brain?", "Duh" , "There is such thing as a stupid question" or give you the wrong answer with a sarcastic sneer. This appears to be what happened to the other 51% of americans. God forgive them for they know not what they're doing.

[Arrian]

Civility is a two-way street, and I don't see much on either side of the spectrum.

I will continue to sneer for a bit, however, 'cause I'm still pissed off.

-Arrian

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
* If you like this thread, vote for horse for Apolyton President - he understands the common man*

Ok, sign me up.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Pax
I disagree. Ned, please stop stating what democrats believe. Part of our problem is allowing people like yourself to define our position. Democratic position is that the founding fathers got it right when they decided to seperate church and state.
Ned, your model for a religous government would be Saudi Arabia or Iran. Democrats also believe that God gave man a brain to use. That means that when faced with insurmountable evidence, man should use the brains god gave him instead of praying to god for answers. God, is clearly sarcastic, so he would most likely say things like "What are you asking me for?", "Did'nt I give you a brain?", "Duh" , "There is such thing as a stupid question" or give you the wrong answer with a sarcastic sneer. This appears to be what happened to the other 51% of americans. God forgive them for they know not what they're doing.

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
* If you like this thread, vote for horse for Apolyton President - he understands the common man*

I nomiate Alexander's Horse for Apolyton President , becasue Apolyton derserves him.

[Caligastia]

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You go first.

Eat **** , loser*. The left are the ones who need to adjust, to stop being losers. You do not expect the winners to adjust. polerization seems to be advatageous to the right at this point. Go on playing to other sides advantage, if it make you feel more significant.






*for dramatic and illustrative effect.

[DanS]

About 20% of the population identifies themselves as conservatives, 11% calls themselves liberals, and the remaining 69% of the American population is right in the middle.

Those numbers are constructed with glib math and understate the differences. About 34% of voters identified themselves as Conservatives. 17% of voters identified themselves as Liberals. Glib math is then applied (the 60% turnout figure) to get to your numbers. The percentage of voters likely tracks the percentage of the population at large -- it's silly to assume that all conservatives or all liberals voted.

Liberals need to evaluate themselves in relation to the 66% of voters who are not conservatives. It's a tough slog when you have taken 34% of the voters off the table.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Eat **** , loser*.

My party got between five and six times the vote they got in 2000. It may not be winning the Presidency, but we're growing by leaps and bounds.