ELECTIONS ARE A WAKE UP CALL
The election results from New York to California demonstrate one very important thing, Democrats are ready to fight and win. For Republicans, it should be a wake up call. Next year’s national elections will be the dirtiest, nastiest and most expensive election ever.
I don’t for a second see this election as any kind of indictment of conservative ideas and values. How could it be? Every Democrat who won ran as a “reform” candidate offer no ideas other than “let’s change what Bush and Cheney are doing.” It reminds me of the scene in “Oh Brother, Where Art Though” when Govenor “Pappy” O’Daniel’s nephew suggests that they are losing the election because the opposition has a reform platform. “Maybe we should get us some of that reform, Pappy?” suggests the nephew. “How can we run as the reform candidate when we’re the incumbent you idiot?”
Democrats maintained the govenors seat in Virginia, that wasn’t much of a surprise, but John Corzine edging out Doug Forrester in New Jersey was. Forrester was a good candidate and had the support of Rudy Guliani. What he lacked was Charisma and an election machine to rival John Corzine.
Michael Bloomburg won soundly in New York, but what that’s a hollow victory for Republicans as Bloomburg is Republican in name only and not even close to being conservative.
I am not worried about conservative ideas. I am worried about our willingness to fight the fight. Liberal Democrats NEVER win on ideas. NEVER! They win by fighting the political fight. If it means sacrificing truth, decency and anything else, they’ll do it for victory. Are we Republicans ready for such a battle? I’ll never forget some advice my sister gave me. She is a bank manager now, but used to be an attorney, so she has always been consulted by her siblings on legal issues. The advice she gave was in response to a problem I had with a former partner improperly using work that I had done and calling it their own. I sent a letter to the former partner asking them to stop and his lawyer sent a letter back to me that basically said, piss off! My sisters advice was this. ” Well, they’ve taken the game to a new level and if you’re not willing to play the game on that level, you’ll lose.”
The point was that my former partner had deep pockets and was willing to use them and unless I was willing to play the same game I should just forget it. Republicans and conservatives are in the same boat for the upcoming elections. We has better be prepared to spend money and get bloody or we will lose much of what we have gained in the last 7 years.
Get ready. The storm is coming.
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