OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS THE REPUBLICAN HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF THE CLINTON SURPLUS..., THEIR "VALUES" OR WEDGE ISSUES... AND A SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE...
REMEMBER...NADER AND PEROT...TOOK A LOT OF THE PROGRESSIVE VOTE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE DEMOCRATIC..
OF COURSE AFTER THE ELECTIONS YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS SPLIT IN THE PROGRESSIVE VOTE......!
AFTER THE ELECTION... IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOW CARL ROVE AND CHENEY WERE "POLITICAL GENIUSES...!"
THEN CAME...2006 AND 2008...THE PROGRESSIVE VOTE WAS UNITED...NADER AND PEROT WERE SILENT... AND THE DEMOCRATS WON BIG...
SLOWLY THE REPUBLICAN WEDGE ISSUES.. THE OLD RAY-GUN "SOUTHERN STRATEGY" ...HAS BEEN LOSING ITS GRIP ON RURAL AND STUPID WHITE VOTERS....
THIS PROGRESS HAS BEEN SLOWED BY THE RISE OF THE "INSANE RIGHT" ...MOSTLY ON AM HATE RADIO...AND FOX AND FREAKS...
REMEMBER, FOX CAN ALWAYS BE MORE "INTERESTING" THAN MSNBC OR CNN...BECAUSE A FREAK SHOW IS ALWAYS MORE INTERESTING THAT RATIONAL CONVERSATION...
BUT CAN THEY DELIVER THE VOTE...THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THAT!
THE ONLY HOPE FOR REPUBLICANS IS TO REVIVE THAT WEDGE ISSUE ENVIRONMENT... BUT THE NEW GREAT DEPRESSION IS REAL...AND MANY "BUBBA" REPUBLICANS CAN NOT AFFORD TO VOTE "GUN RIGHTS" OR "FLAG BURNING" WITH THEIR HOUSES IN FORECLOSURE...OR "UNDER WATER..."
VERY FEW OF THE REPUBLICAN BUBBA REPUBLICANS...HAVE TO LUXURY OF IGNORING THE ECONOMY...
AND THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE THAT REPUBLICANS...AS THE PARTY OF "NO"...ARE WOEING MANY OF THESE VOTERS FOR THE 2010 ELECTION...
I WOULD PREDICT SOME MAJOR GAINS FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE COMING ELECTION CYCLE... AND THEY SHOULD BE TOUTING THAT...NOT SHUNNING IT...
SIMPLY PUT...THE OLD BUBBA REPUBLICANS...THE WEDGE ISSUE VOTERS...ARE "ON TO" THE REPUBLICAN GAME...
THEY SAW BUSH TRASH THE ECONOMY...AND STAMMER AND BLATHER TO THE END OF HIS TERM...
THEY HEARD THE REPUBLICANS JUST SAY "NO" POLICY APPROACH TO THIS DEPRESSION...
THEY KNOW THAT FOX NEWS IS NOT FAIR OR BALANCED...BUT RATHER A POLITICAL FREAK SHOW THAT IS GOOD ENTERTAINMENT...BUT BAD POLICY FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE...
FINALLY...LETS JUST SAY THAT IF REPUBLICANS WIN IN 2010'S RACES.... THEN THE FOX CLOWN...GLENN BECK IS A REAL POLITICAL COMMENTATOR...
AMERICANS ARE STUPID...AND YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND A FEW FREAKS...
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY...EVEN THE STUPIDEST AMERICAN...THE MOST POLITICALLY DETACHED AMERICAN SEEMS TO KNOW...OR AT LEAST INTUIT...THAT THEIR BEST INTERESTS ARE WILL THE DEMOCRATS NOW...
NOT THE CURRENT FREAK SHOW ON THE RIGHT...