Sam wrote: > But they had a tight grip of power and now it's a > loose grip. Should have been loosening power? :) > > Now losen up will ya?
The Dems can't articulate what their values are and when they try it just sounds confusing. I don't think that means the country disagrees with them, I just don't think they know what they are. For example, in one of the debates Mr. Kerry was asked about abortion and he gave an answer that was so confusing, it was effectively meaninless. Mr. Bush, on the other hand, is able to clearly say what he's for and he ties that to traditional Christian beliefs (whether it works or not). The country has become very complicated (thousands of TV channels, cell phones, 10 different spins on the same story) and most people just get confused. When people get confused, they tend to fall back to, "is this guy like me?" When Mr. Bush says "abortion is wrong" and "tax cuts are compassionate" People think, "yeah" even though the link may be completely wrong. So that's the problem - the Dems must develop a core set of values that they can easily articulate. Their candidates must craft policy that are extrapolations of those values and the link must be easily explained. Mr. Clinton did this so simply with, "I feel your pain." The next set of Dems must find the same connection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134259 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
