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Why Democrats Fail

People who can't spot a crystal clear pattern piss me off.

I knew a kid in my high school who used to get beaten up a lot. He was a geek with a laugh that would be best described as a snortlewhumpus. Did I mention he used to get beaten up a lot? Towards the end of middle school, he started taking self defense classes and working out. I was in line behind him on the first day of high school as we walked off the bus. He looked weird... different... hhhmmm...

A few kids spotted us getting off the bus, and they came over to pick on him. The first kid walked up, made a nasty comment, and then found himself face down on the pavement after a swift one-two punch. The others walked away, and that was the end of the geek getting beaten up.

The Democratic Party is getting beaten up - and worse - it's their own fault. The pattern is clear, but they're doing nothing about it.

When people who make less than $100,000 vote republican, there's a problem. When people who weren't born into a life of privilege vote republican, there's a problem. When elderly people vote republican... There Is A Problem.

In fact, I think there are several problems.

Marketing: I am a HUGE Kerry supporter, but in too many ways, I never really knew what he stood for. And it's hard to know what the democratic party really stands for these days. Oh, we hear talking points again and again until they can be said no more - but the talking points are about how the other guy is wrong. Party leaders should be ashamed.
Representatives: Is this the best we've got? I heard a pundit talking about how Kerry would have had a better chance if Dick Gebhardt had been the VP nominee. WHAT?! Men like Dick Gebhardt *ARE* the problem. Thy represent America decades ago... Where are today's leaders? Why is the party filled with stodgy white men in bad suits? Do we have not one credible leader who can talk with conviction rather than read a speech? We need young blood in the party so that maybe things will be different 20 years from now.
Those represented: It's time for the democratic party to figure out who it represents, because middle America has more than walked away. How the hell did the democratic party lose rural voters to the party of billionaires and big business? Democrats are simply out of touch - as are republicans... but republicans are winning. And the rich get richer.

Tuesday night confirmed that the party learned absolutely nothing from the fiasco of 2000.

Nothing.

Why should we expect 2008 to be any different?

...sigh...

And with that, it's time for this blog to move on... Enough politics.

lisa said:

I too am a little sick of listening to fellow dems lick their wounds...
personally, I believe we were robbed this election (as we were last election!)... the election was stolen...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php

I agree with randy rhodes on air america radio (www.airamericaradio.com) that there is NO WAY all those people turned out to stand, for up to 5 hours, in the rain and cold just to vote in the status quo... no way... they were there to vote for change

hang in there, rob

::::: | Posted November 4, 2004 5:05 PM

Me! said:

While I agree that we probably did win this election, and we certainly won the last election, I don't think that's the point.

Why was the election even CLOSE in the first place, given Bush's many many blunders?

The Democratic party has lost it's way. It's about more than the presidency. We keep losing in the senate. We keep losing in the house.

Also, while I agree that 'our' people waited for hours to vote for change, don't forget that republicans waited for hours to vote agains' them gays an' agains' tha' guy who wants 'Merica to lose the war on terror.

Never underestimate the power of smear and fear. ...but again, the presidency is only one example of the democrats' problems.

::::: | Posted November 4, 2004 5:19 PM

lisa said:

tom tomorrow does slate...

Why Americans Hate Democrats�A Dialogue
http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2109180&

::::: | Posted November 4, 2004 6:18 PM