The Republicans need our help. The RNC has thoughtfully put up the "2009 State of the Republican Party Survey" online. The first three questions are pictured below. (And yes, you did read that correctly, the first question is: "Why did Republicans lose the White House and Congressional seats in the 2008 elections? Check all that apply."
Good thing they had an 'other' with a blank so I could write in 'Sarah Palin.'
"What are the key strengths and beliefs of the Republican Party that we can build on? Check all that apply" - Umm...yeah...wait! Wasn't it President Obama talking about "Personal Responsibility?" Oh yeah, it was. In fact, Google returns some 15,000,000 results when searching "personal responsibility Obama". Good to see the Republicans are learning (and stealing Democratic ideas).
My favorite question, however, is "What can the Republican Party do to earn and maintain your trust?" Where do I begin? Stop ideologically 'purifying' the party, stop relying solely on white, middle class, religious voters, stop moving to the right, come up with some sort of solutions instead of complaining all the time, embrace moderates, reconnect with the American people's needs, wants and desires (like Reagan), join Democrats in promoting bipartisan initiatives (like lowering the abortion rate by focusing on educating teens rather than ignoring teens and letting them do whatever they will without knowledge of the consequences), focus more on the 1st Amendment and less on the 2nd, and, finally, be reasonable and laugh idiots like Sarah Palin off the stage while embracing more 'moderate' leaders like Governors Schwarzenegger and Crist.
Actually, this 'survey' is completely ridiculous in terms of phrasing questions. It asks things like 'do you support socialism' and then tries to tie socialism to Democrats.' The only answers they're going to get are the right-wing ones the writer was looking for (aside from whatever Democrats take the survey to even out the results).
(As a side note: I'm going to be cutting down on the number of articles I cross post here. You can read more articles, like today's follow-up on yesterday's potential Supreme Court Nominee article at my (personal) blog).
Natch Greyes is a Democrat running for Senate in 2020. His campaign platform may be found at natchgreyes.com and other articles may be read at his blog.
3 comments:
Yes, we should definitely embrace more 'moderate' leaders like Governor Schwarzenegger... look what he's done for the great state of California... $26 billion in debt and counting... idiot.
Gotta love someone who's political understanding is as simple as "X is governor if state Y. State Y is in debt. Governor X is responsible for Y's debt." That's called a post hoc ergo proper hoc argument and it's a fallacy. Check it out. CA's budgetary problems began all the way back in 1978 with the passage of Proposition 13, which limited property taxes to 1% of the last sale value of the property. They also require a supermajority to pass budgets. The crisis in California has been lurking under the surface for the last two decades, they've just been borrowing like crazy to make it look like they're in the black. Gov. Schwarzenegger may not have solved their problems, but he certainly didn't cause them.
At least register for a name before dropping ad hominem attacks.
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