--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > > From the Financial Times: > > > > Democrats must learn some respect > > By Clive Crook > > <snip> > > The Palin nomination could still misfire for Mr McCain, but the > > liberal reaction has made it a huge success so far. To avoid > > endlessly repeating this mistake, Democrats need to learn some > > respect. > > > > It will be hard. They will have to develop some regard for the > > values that the middle of the country expresses when it votes > > Republican. Religion. Unembarrassed flag-waving patriotism. > > Freedom to succeed or fail through one's own efforts. Refusal > > to be pitied, bossed around or talked down to. And all those > > other laughable redneck notions that made the United States > > what it is. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6ge6z5 > > In my opinion and experience this article hit a > bulls-eye and is completely on the mark.
I don't agree with his remarks about the "liberal" media, but otherwise I thought it was remarkably, painfully a propos. Glad you agree. Judy, > this, not the war, is why I referred to them as > Defeatocrats. Quite a large number of them > populate the posters interested in politics here > on FFL. > > Is is much easier to place the blame on rigged > voting machines than face this as true.The excuses > for losing are implicitly built into the psychology > of the supporters. The quixotic nature of fighting > this psychology, long-term, increasingly leads many > to becoming Independent voters. > > "Oh to live on Sugar Mountain, with the barkers > and the colored balloons." -Neil Young > > My experience is that any attempt to suggest > looking in a mirror to see the reasons for failure > is quickly met with derision and shouted down with > a fervor. The Repubs know this and successfully play > variations on the same tune over and over. That's the really galling part; they have the Democrats' number. The > response Palin instantly generated by that faction of > the party was deafening and continues. The inability > of Obama/Biden to respond and turn the tide shows > how flat-footed they are and doesn't bode well for the > next 8 weeks. Oh, don't worry, they'll get Hillary to take care of it! In the light of being able to run against > McCain as a continuation of a disastrous current > presidency, this is unbelievable and unforgivable. > > While I do not "agree" with the Repub VP selection, > I continue to see it as a boldly brilliant political move. > The cascade of momentum from the historic speech > in Denver on the 45th anniversary of MLK's "Dream" > speech *instantly* evaporated while the wack-jobs insist > that it is because the great unwashed masses are stupid. > Sal and Bhairitu are not alone their myopia. It's just all over the place, all the lefty blogs, HuffPo (including Chopra), TPM, Slate and Salon, TNR, MSNBC--even Gloria Steinem, for pete's sake--a veritable panicky flood of scorn. They're totally freaked. I have to say, I suspect even McCain and his team didn't envision the extent and intensity of this response. > The tremendous success on voter registration will be for > naught if the vote doesn't turn out. I remain skeptical > that the large number of first time voters will turn out > in key places. Time will tell. I think if I were a new registrant, I'd have concluded by now that everybody in politics was nuts and that I didn't want any part of it. Thanks for your comments.
