To Dem party leaders: Wanna win? Here's a novel idea! [View All]

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Let's count this as my quarterly posting on this subject that no party leader will ever see, shall we?

We lose because our party leaders are wussies of the highest order. The DLC are the biggest wussies of them all. "Moral values" got you down? Let's not get a better message that gives irrefutable proof that it's actually the republican party that is immoral as hell (damn, that is an EASY case to make). No, instead let's embrace the immorality of the republican party as our own, and of course sell out our constituency while we're at it. Hell, they'll vote for us anyway, right?

Too "left" as defined by the immoral republican party? Well, damn, let's just keep moving right then. People LIKE that, right? Hell, let's just BE republicans. That's the ticket.

No, you dem politicians just suck at messaging. And get this through your heads, FINALLY -- when you continually and publicly recalibrate your position every time the wind blows EVEN the party faithful lose faith in you. Ain't NO ONE gonna vote for a party that doesn't seem to know where it stands on any issue without a frigging opinion poll to tell them where to move.

Half the damn people who voted for Bush (and for Reagan, and for Nixon) didn't agree with them on MANY, MANY issues. But people want a leader who will stand firm, EVEN when they don't agree with him. People want leaders who LEAD more than they want leaders who match them on every issue. In fact, I dare say they don't even care that much about "positions" on "issues." They are too lazy to even pay attention to that shit. All they see is a guy who stands up for what HE believes in, and that is good enough.

The fake moral values of the right won this election for them? Oh hell no. What lost this election for us was the constant recalibration of our party and our leaders AND pandering to groups the general public knows you have never had the courage to actually DO anything for either.

Wanna win? Stand by the courage of your convictions. For once! Offer bold proposals even if the polls say only 40% of the public agrees with you. Gain a smidgen of respect. For us. For the party. For yourselves.

Try it. I promise it will work.