Originally Posted by Zaro

Why The GOP Is Seriously Screwed if Obama Wins
by thereisnospoon
Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 06:30:41 AM PDT

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.......... But make no mistake: the red-state/blue-state division so loved and exploited by Republicans starts--and often ends--with race.


If Obama wins, Republicans are screwed in more ways than they can possibly imagine. Or then again, perhaps they can--and they're petrified to the core. If so, we should expect them to pull out all the stops to create the ugliest election we've seen in our lifetimes.
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In come Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton--a black man and a woman vying fiercely for the Presidency and making history in the process. Obama triumphs. And looming on the GOP's horizon is its worst nightmare: the possibility that a majority of Americans might vote for an African-American for President.. And not just vote for one, but get used to one. Americans might become accustomed to the idea of an African-American family living in the White House, and being its public face to the world. That in the process, Americans might actually make leaps and bounds forward on the issue of race and thereby remove the most effective wedge in the Republican toolbox for decades.

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And that is why this election terrifies the GOP. In just one election cycle, an entire agenda and electoral strategy spanning over three decades could be dashed on the rocks, with no credible replacement. Milton Friedman's privatization agenda would be dead in the water, without hope of rescue barring military coup. Republicans in this situation are like a desperate, dangerous cornered animal.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/18/93041/0587/...

Originally Posted by superdude17*

I hope this is true. Many Democrats don't even support obama. he is pandering to 15% of the US Population. If you read Newt Gingrich's book, "Real Change," he lays this out perfectly.

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I should definitely believe something posted by 'thereisnospoon' on the internet.

Originally Posted by TheStripey1

much the same as anyone should believe anything by... say... Southpaw on the net...

Originally Posted by Southpaw

better than stripey1! just kidding [not really]

Seriously though, if you want to introduce something as evidence for serious consideration, it probably shouldn't come from a blog with an author name like that. It's just not credible or professional.

An online debate forum is a little different. I'm sure you can concede that point.

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I should definitely believe something posted by 'thereisnospoon' on the internet.

Originally Posted by Angel Of Mercy

Actually, yes, you should...

Originally Posted by Southpaw

better than stripey1! just kidding [not really]

Seriously though, if you want to introduce something as evidence for serious consideration, it probably shouldn't come from a blog with an author name like that. It's just not credible or professional.

An online debate forum is a little different. I'm sure you can concede that point.

Originally Posted by TheStripey1

That's TheStripey1...

but don't bother looking for my handle on any blogs... cuz I don't DO blogs, I prefer hanging on these boards, interacting with other people, just like you, that don't use their real names either...



just because someone doesn't want their name on the internet, doesn't mean the research they've done or the information they put out there is wrong... it just means they aren't interested in some whackjob looking them up and paying them a visit... late at night...

know what I mean, SouthPaw?