10-11-2006, 04:23 PM
Point #1 is something I'm very surprised the democrats haven't been focusing on more. Not about the environment, and our kids and waah waah waaaah the world is going to end - because most people either don't care, don't believe it, or are sick of hearing about it.
But focusing on weening ourselves off foreign oil because it strips the terrorists of their major funding source. The democrats can position themselves as cutting the terrorists off at their knees while the republicans are in bed with the bad guys.
This is obviously not a revolutionary thought - I have seen the point made by democrats, but not as the centerpiece, and they really haven't made a big piont of it.
Point 5. That's the democrats biggest problem. As much as the republicans get branded as racists and homophobes, there is not a single person as closed-minded and less tolerant than a real passionate democrat. The "If you don't agree with us, you are an idiot and a bigot" mantra has not only not worked, but was a major reason why they lost the presidential election. The way they openly mock and dismiss the intelligence of their oponents and their opponents' supporters is killing the democratic party.
I will say, I haven't seen as much of it lately, but the election is still a month away, and the Democrats are looking solid so they don't have to play up the cranky "I can't believe we aren't winning - what are you all fucking retarded?" mantra they have had for the last four years.
But focusing on weening ourselves off foreign oil because it strips the terrorists of their major funding source. The democrats can position themselves as cutting the terrorists off at their knees while the republicans are in bed with the bad guys.
This is obviously not a revolutionary thought - I have seen the point made by democrats, but not as the centerpiece, and they really haven't made a big piont of it.
Point 5. That's the democrats biggest problem. As much as the republicans get branded as racists and homophobes, there is not a single person as closed-minded and less tolerant than a real passionate democrat. The "If you don't agree with us, you are an idiot and a bigot" mantra has not only not worked, but was a major reason why they lost the presidential election. The way they openly mock and dismiss the intelligence of their oponents and their opponents' supporters is killing the democratic party.
I will say, I haven't seen as much of it lately, but the election is still a month away, and the Democrats are looking solid so they don't have to play up the cranky "I can't believe we aren't winning - what are you all fucking retarded?" mantra they have had for the last four years.