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Old 11-04-2004, 03:12 PM   #61 (permalink)
adam
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Originally Posted by alansmithee
You know what the problem with the Democratic party is? They claim to be a party of the people, but the party elite dislikes the average person. They don't listen to them on issues, and their "discourse" is just talking at, not with, people. Alot cannot see any other opinion than there own, and they leave no room for compromise. Even after the election, instead of seeing where they might have gone wrong, many liberals are simply saying how stupid people were for electing Bush, and predicting DOOM and GLOOM as much as the most fundamentalist Christian predicting Armageddon. And they seem to relish this, like they hope that bad things happen. Look at history, the US has gotten through one massive depression, 2 world wars, the Vietnam war and civil protesting, an energy crisis in the 1970's, and a direct terrorist attack. Why do so many think that the country will all of a sudden crumble now? If the same Democratic mindset is present in 2008, they will lose that election as well.
What mythical "average person" are you talking about? Surely you don't think the 51% that voted for Bush were all that much more "average" than the 48% who voted for Kerry?

You are right, though, that I see less and less room for compromise. The Republicans have drifted so far to the right that their "middle ground" is mostly as unappealing to me as their original proposals... I just don't see much point in bothering to try to work with them any more; either way, I get an unpalatable solution.

If we lose in 2008, so be it. I'd rather lose than be the homophobic party of fundamentalists and Enron executives. Winning isn't everything.
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