insein
Senior Member
Did I just read that?
oh it just KEEPS getting better and better ...
Please elaborate.
Will abortion ever get overturned?
Does gay marriage mean the end of the world?
Does pandering to the Democrats insistence that we all be segregated into race based voter blocs help this country in anyway?
These are the things holding Republicans back. They think that they have to answer these questions and enforce their views when they ultimately know that it means fuck all in the grand scheme of this country. The economy, defense and foreign relations are what a president deals with. The rest is window dressing for the simple minded. The democrats use those topics well to show how inept republicans are at answering them.
Politics is a sport just like any other. The stakes are merely higher. Democrats play to win and Republicans are playing not to lose right now.
Republicans put governing aside and made it their number one priority to beat Obama.
Forget governing wisely for the benefit of all Americans - just win an election. That's all that matters.
Their own words - not mine.
And yet, they aren't "playing to win" ???
The fact that you actually NEED elaboration is just plain sad.
I see Democrats touting the "beat Obama" crowd as the majority when in reality they were more like the "anbody but bush" crew in 2004. Did they represent the majority of Democrat voters? No they were a fringe group just as these people were. The media was all too happy to place the shining examples of the group front and center to label them as the typical Republican.
The Republican party did not play to win. Otherwise they never would have nominated Romney. He was the safe choice. He was the least disliked by the majority. He also represented the least of their ideals. So like McCain in 2008, he was the guy they put up to not lose the election for them. If they wanted to win on their ideals, they would have elected a guy like Newt Gingrich who has a track record of implementing conservative ideals and working with the opposition to improve America. They were too terrified of his baggage though. Afraid of losing. The problem that they fail to pick up on is that no matter who hey put up, the left will attempt to paint them as the most far right candidate since Goldwater. They could have run John Kerry (they basically did as Romney is a Rich, white guy from the NE) and he would have been labeled more right wing than Bush.
So the Republicans need to evaluate their gameplan and see how they want to play going forward. What they're are doing isn't working though.