Open Letter to all Democrats...
Dear Democrat,
Well, what we were afraid of has happened. George W. Bush has won a second term and will likely continue misguided foreign policy, record spending, and an atrocious environmental record. Guess who's to blame for the loss though? You got it, we are! When are we all going to wake up and realize that we can blame the "radical right' and "conservative christian's" all day long and get nowhere? I learned a very important political lesson last night. You can have a crooked administration in power but if you don't offer a more viable option, YOU WILL LOSE! We tried with Gore four years ago and now we tried with Kerry. Look where it's gotten the party. We actually lost seats to continue a tri-fecta for the Republicans. How many more boring senators should we trudge out? Is Christopher Dodd interested? We tried to run a race basing a campaign AGAINST someone and not strongly enough FOR someone. Kerry didn't energize the campaign enough. Can we please never allow Mary Beth Cahill to run a campaign again? This was an embarrassment and we, the Democrats, can continue to blame Bush over and over again until we're blue in the face, but we will not have figured a solution to take a southern state or two. Is that too much to ask guys? One lousy state? Another thing. Can we stop letting the Republicans thump us with the bible? Can we get a little more aggressive in courting some of the rural, middle America conservatives? It's important to court the inner city and minority church vote, but why do I not see a candidate talking to a rural white congregation in Alabama? Or Missouri? My point is this, until we start talking to "middle America" again and let them know we share some of their values and our policies are better for their economies, we might as well let the party burn to the ground and have something else rise from the ashes. (Can I still vote for Nader?) One more request. HOLLYWOOD GET OFF OUR SIDE. All you're doing is presenting a snobbish, elitist attitude that is turning off the average Joe voter. You're not more intelligent than the rural Kansas farmer who's voting on values. Guess what? They certainly know more about what is best for their life than you. They certainly don't agree with you that George W. is a fascist devil. They proved that last night. They must not be hurting as bad as the media would have us believe. I'm as guilty of this as anyone. I for one will never again try to sway votes by talking against a certain candidate as severely as I did this one. I hope I can accomplish this by the Democrats giving me a charismatic candidate next time. Hillary could do the trick. We'll have to see.
Well, what we were afraid of has happened. George W. Bush has won a second term and will likely continue misguided foreign policy, record spending, and an atrocious environmental record. Guess who's to blame for the loss though? You got it, we are! When are we all going to wake up and realize that we can blame the "radical right' and "conservative christian's" all day long and get nowhere? I learned a very important political lesson last night. You can have a crooked administration in power but if you don't offer a more viable option, YOU WILL LOSE! We tried with Gore four years ago and now we tried with Kerry. Look where it's gotten the party. We actually lost seats to continue a tri-fecta for the Republicans. How many more boring senators should we trudge out? Is Christopher Dodd interested? We tried to run a race basing a campaign AGAINST someone and not strongly enough FOR someone. Kerry didn't energize the campaign enough. Can we please never allow Mary Beth Cahill to run a campaign again? This was an embarrassment and we, the Democrats, can continue to blame Bush over and over again until we're blue in the face, but we will not have figured a solution to take a southern state or two. Is that too much to ask guys? One lousy state? Another thing. Can we stop letting the Republicans thump us with the bible? Can we get a little more aggressive in courting some of the rural, middle America conservatives? It's important to court the inner city and minority church vote, but why do I not see a candidate talking to a rural white congregation in Alabama? Or Missouri? My point is this, until we start talking to "middle America" again and let them know we share some of their values and our policies are better for their economies, we might as well let the party burn to the ground and have something else rise from the ashes. (Can I still vote for Nader?) One more request. HOLLYWOOD GET OFF OUR SIDE. All you're doing is presenting a snobbish, elitist attitude that is turning off the average Joe voter. You're not more intelligent than the rural Kansas farmer who's voting on values. Guess what? They certainly know more about what is best for their life than you. They certainly don't agree with you that George W. is a fascist devil. They proved that last night. They must not be hurting as bad as the media would have us believe. I'm as guilty of this as anyone. I for one will never again try to sway votes by talking against a certain candidate as severely as I did this one. I hope I can accomplish this by the Democrats giving me a charismatic candidate next time. Hillary could do the trick. We'll have to see.
posted by Big Scott | 1:04 PM
1 Comments:
You hit the nail so squarely on the head, that it makes me sad I can't make any better points.
1) The country does not hate Bush like they do in the inner cities.
2) You cannot run a campaign based on "anyone is better than Bush." You have to tell us why you are a good choice for president. Not how bad the current president is. Mostly cause, like it or not, the world is not as bad off as the media wants you to believe...and the people know this.
3) The Hollywood elite and the media need to absolutly get off your side. George Smith in Wabasha county does not relate to Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney (hypocrites by the way who drive huge SUV's and, like Dave Matthews, dump their tour bus sewage into the Colorado river). You already know how I feel about this.
4) Your candidate had no platform. He did not make himself "crystal clear" like he said he wanted to be. He flip-flopped. Like it or not, he DID flip-flopped. Once or twice you could make the argument that it was taken out of context, but he did it over and over and over and over again. Nobody knew what to make of him. Charisma may play a small part, but just making good points would've helped.
5) The campaign was horribly run. You are absolutely correct. Cahill is obviously an idiot regarding political "strategery." The case AGAINST Bush was so strong that it would've taken an idiot to lose to him. Well, guess what? They lost.
We need another Clinton (Bill) or the like. Not a Hilary. We need a Joe Lieberman or Zel Miller that EVERYONE can relate to. Don't worry though, the country is not going to fall apart over the next 4 years. I think we will be strong, and continue to grow, and we will finish what we started in Iraq. The democrats got what they wanted with the big turn-out though. We turned out, and we spoke LOUDLY. PRESIDENT Bush got more votes than any other president ever. So did Kerry, but Bush got 4 million more. The people have spoken - to use an overused cliche. However many have also spoken out against Bush. We now need unity and understanding; better media, and a positive outlook on the future, not a dismal one.
GO T-WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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