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2005-08-07 Home Front: Politix

Steyn: Democrats' new strategy: Almost winning

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Posted by Frank G 2005-08-07 13:48|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "flatulent" Dhimmidonks - so true.

Positively wicked piece. Thx, Frank!

Posted by .com 2005-08-07 15:07|| 2005-08-07 15:07|| Front Page Top

#2 What's the matter with links, another one that doesnt work.

Posted by Hupomoque Spoluter7949 2005-08-07 16:01|| 2005-08-07 16:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Rush was all over this one last week.

"Two-party systems need two parties, not just for the health of the loser but for that of the winner, too."

Man!! Everything is social, social, social with these people. Research doesn't show that when the Demons were in power, that there was "a spirit of cooperation" with the Right. Whatabunchof Hypocrites!!

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-07 16:18|| 2005-08-07 16:18|| Front Page Top

#4 hypocrites is too kind. Ideological thieves is more accurate

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-07 17:39|| 2005-08-07 17:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I am reminded when the republican party about hit bottom, around 1964. It seemed like their entire leadership were embracing things like "Impeach Earl Warren", the John Birch Society, the anti-flouridation league. Goldwater looked moderate to liberal to them. While the radicals owned the party apparatus, the moderates quietly began making friends with democrat conservatives. Finally, Nixon came forth and swamped the ultra conservatives, and broke their power for good.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-07 19:04|| 2005-08-07 19:04|| Front Page Top

#6 You wouldn't be making fun of the Anti-Floridation League would 'ya Moose?

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-07 19:12|| 2005-08-07 19:12|| Front Page Top

#7 The radicals still own the party in California that is why the Dems are running the state into the ground. Radical Republicans don't get elected.

Stupid bastards.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-07 19:57|| 2005-08-07 19:57|| Front Page Top

#8 SPOD, help is on the way. They are trying to get the redistricting plan back on the ballot and if they do the Dems will be heading for the hills (or many Oregon). Yes things look dark now, but I am hopeful. BTW I loved this article, hit on all th right notes and heres to hoping for a bunch of close loses for the DNC in 2006.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-08-07 21:30|| 2005-08-07 21:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Not just CA SPOD, many states are experiencing a fairly decisive split beween moderate Republicans and the far right with the effect of boosting otherwise weak Democrats. E.g., my home state which should be a conservative bastion by any measure (Bush won in '04 by 25 points and carried over 98% of all counties) recently elected a Democratic governor.

Trouble there is that the far right has taken control of the local party apparatus and has only 2 litmus tests for their candidates, they must: 1. be absolutely opposed to all abortion and be willing to do whatever they can to impede the ability of anyone to have or perform abortions, and 2. work to replace the teaching of evolution with creation in schools. The net result is that staggerinly unqualified candidates (e.g., the last Republican candidate for governor who handed the win to the Dems, or the recently elected Republican attorney general whose law license has been suspended by the state bar for many years) end up on the Republican ticket.

I'm not so sure that our enjoyment of the Donks' suffering at the hands of their radical wing isn't premature. To me, current politics looks a lot like a race to the bottom with the religious right and the moonbat left both racing to destroy their respective parties. I'm not at all certain which of them is going to succeed first.

Posted by AzCat 2005-08-07 21:53|| 2005-08-07 21:53|| Front Page Top

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