On the 47% who don't pay taxes
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The Thriller
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I think one issue that remains to be appropriately addressed by the GOP is their lack of credibility.
Americans might not be going ga ga over Obama like ESPN is with Blake's latest dunk.
However, I think the majority of voters still lack a lot of confidence and trust in the GOP. they still have never admitted any mistakes from the Bush administration. It's like they just try and ignore it. According to them, the Presidents were in the order of Clinton and then Obama took over. and now Americans are suffering after decades of "Democrat" destructive policies. The entire Bush administration of 8 years seems to have been swept under the rug. In fact, the only reference to any previous GOP President seems to be Reagan. Who the hell was Reagan? That was 30 years ago. Can many voters really identify with a man who was President so long ago?
In reality, the stigma of the GOP being the party of the white rich evangelical uneducated and angry American continue. the doubt on whether they truly know what the hell they're doing exists.
Have they separated themselves enough from Bush's policies to become a significant threat to Obama? What effect will all this in-house fighting do since they're basically dirtying up each other and doing Obama's job for them.
Have they really convinced American voters that a vote for Newt/Romney will be really that much different than a vote for more of the same Bushlike policies? Has enough time passed so that Americans will "forget" how utterly pathetic the GOP was for 8+ years?
The GOP might be hoping to "run out the clock" and hope that the economy tanks and that Obama can be blamed for. Unfortunately, for the GOP, I don't think they've done enough to repair the damage they created. They haven't done enough to prove to Americans that a vote for the GOP really will be better than Obama or Bush.
And all this mudslinging, probably isn't exactly helping their cause.
Is this the year that a third party candidate really might have a chance?
Americans might not be going ga ga over Obama like ESPN is with Blake's latest dunk.
However, I think the majority of voters still lack a lot of confidence and trust in the GOP. they still have never admitted any mistakes from the Bush administration. It's like they just try and ignore it. According to them, the Presidents were in the order of Clinton and then Obama took over. and now Americans are suffering after decades of "Democrat" destructive policies. The entire Bush administration of 8 years seems to have been swept under the rug. In fact, the only reference to any previous GOP President seems to be Reagan. Who the hell was Reagan? That was 30 years ago. Can many voters really identify with a man who was President so long ago?
In reality, the stigma of the GOP being the party of the white rich evangelical uneducated and angry American continue. the doubt on whether they truly know what the hell they're doing exists.
Have they separated themselves enough from Bush's policies to become a significant threat to Obama? What effect will all this in-house fighting do since they're basically dirtying up each other and doing Obama's job for them.
Have they really convinced American voters that a vote for Newt/Romney will be really that much different than a vote for more of the same Bushlike policies? Has enough time passed so that Americans will "forget" how utterly pathetic the GOP was for 8+ years?
The GOP might be hoping to "run out the clock" and hope that the economy tanks and that Obama can be blamed for. Unfortunately, for the GOP, I don't think they've done enough to repair the damage they created. They haven't done enough to prove to Americans that a vote for the GOP really will be better than Obama or Bush.
And all this mudslinging, probably isn't exactly helping their cause.
Is this the year that a third party candidate really might have a chance?
Funny how your post has so many interchangeable parts.
We've had four straight RINO/DINO shills. And we're not going to get "change" this time either.
Ron Paul won't be the spoiler, will pass the torch to son Rand. The strategy that might keep our nation free would require some of trouts' type of grass roots. Run for local office if you want to make a difference.
Ron Paul won't be the spoiler, will pass the torch to son Rand. The strategy that might keep our nation free would require some of trouts' type of grass roots. Run for local office if you want to make a difference.
TheSilencer1313
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Romney has flip-flopped on the bailout issue as well. Oh yeah...... also creating jobs is not the responsibility of the government by the way.
The Thriller
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LOL. Yet every GOP candidate keeps talking about... "When I was governor I created x amount of jobs.... LOL.
Hilarious.
I guess it can if you want it to have....
The bottom line is, I don't believe enough time has passed for Americans to forget Bush I & II. The mere fact that they never talk about those Presidencies and can only refer to some dude who was elected President over 30 years ago seems to strengthen that point. And i don't think the GOP has done enough (or anything) to separate themselves from the horrific policies that dug us into this gigantic dung heap.
But don't wait up hoping for that to change.
The RINO/DINO folks all blather out both holes. They also have sensitivity groups they test campaign rhetoric on, and they know it'll lose votes if they don't distance themselves from one another. People react negatively to Bush and Clinton, just like Obama. I bet in the whole campaign cycle you won't hear anyone claim the "Bush mantle", and Obama won't even campaign on his record but on new "hope" and new "change". I heard him yesterday saying "Our phony housing programs to help the poor bankrupt homeowners stay in their overvalued homes and go right on paying too much for them so the banks can rip them off even worse hasn't worked as well as we would have hoped, but we're going to try it again". Not an exact quote I'm sure. My brain filters out a lot of idiocy and turns it into everyday language.
Advertising science has long known that public perceptions respond to massage. If your gidget is known to have some negative public response, you devise an advertising campaign that says the opposite. . . . . and the numbers will change. If people don't believe your lies, you need to say them continually for a while. . . . . then public opinion will fall into line.