How The Democrats Can Blow It ... In Six Easy Steps

[WillyT]

How The Democrats Can Blow It ...In Six Easy Steps
A blueprint for losing the most winnable presidential election in American history

MICHAEL MOORE

Posted Aug 21, 2008 9:09 AM

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For years now, nearly every poll has shown that the American people are right in sync with the platform of the Democratic Party. They are pro-environment, pro-women's rights and pro-choice. They don't like war. They want the minimum wage raised, and they want a single-payer universal health-care system. The American public agrees with the Republican Party on only one major issue: They support the death penalty.

So you would think the Democrats would be cleaning up, election after election. Obviously not. The Democrats appear to be professional losers. They are so pathetic in their ability to win elections, they even lose when they win! So when you hear Democrats and liberals and supporters of Barack Obama say they are worried that John McCain has a good chance of winning, they ain't a-kidding. Who would know better than the very people who have handed the Republicans one election after another on a silver platter? Yes, be afraid, be very afraid.

In an effort to help the party doofuses and pundits — and the candidate himself — spare all of us another suicide-inducing election night, as the results giving the election to the Republican pour in, here is the blueprint from the Democrats' past losing campaigns. Just follow each of these steps and you, the Democratic Party establishment, can help elect John Sidney McCain III to a four-year extension of the Bush Era.

1. Keep saying nice things about McCain.

2. Pick a running mate who is a conservative white guy or a general or a Republican.

3. Keep writing speeches for Obama that make him sound like a hawk.

4. Forget that this was a historic year for women.

5. Show up to a gunfight with a peashooter.

6. Denounce me!

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Link (with reasons): http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/22249602/how_the_democrats_can_blow_it_in_six_easy_steps/print

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[anonymous171]

1. What's wrong with a General? I don't get it.

[lib2DaBone]

2. Wesley Clark..

Would seem to be a very good choice, no?

[Fluffdaddy]

3. Moore is 100% wrong on point #2

A "conservative-ish" white guy or military guy is exactly what he needs

[AndyTiedye]

8. Obama Will Need Life Insurance

If he picks a conservative white guy, he may get JFKed.

[salonghorn70]

9. Please Explain What This Means

[WillyT]

12. It Means This Thread Was Hi-Jacked...

:evilgrin:

:shrug:

[salonghorn70]

14. I Guess So

I confess that I get touchy about the phrase "jfked."

[WillyT]

15. Me Too...

Bigtime.

Maybe it's become a generational thing?

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

4. Moore's out of his league here. nt

[WillyT]

7. Possibly... But I Do Worry About This

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So when you hear Democrats and liberals and supporters of Barack Obama say they are worried that John McCain has a good chance of winning, they ain't a-kidding. Who would know better than the very people who have handed the Republicans one election after another on a silver platter? Yes, be afraid, be very afraid.

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Same article.

:shrug:

And... I'd LOVE to be proved wrong.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Well the Clintons have #1 covered....

http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/bill-clinton-praises-mccain-because-he.html

[vi5]

6. Uh...didn't Moore endorse a general last time around?

Didn't he stand on a podium and talk about how hard it would be for the right to slander a general?

I'm not a Moore hater by any means but sometimes I do think he strains too hard to remain relevant. He's not wrong about all of this but he's also not right.

[zbdent]

10. 7. believe for a moment that the McMedia Mafia

is going to be even the slightest bit fair ...

[WillyT]

11. Oh Hell...

After the ratings bonanza of the Obama\Clinton fight, the MSM is gonna pretend this thing is close... to the very end.

How better to make the big $$$ media buys up tll the very end.

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[Naturyl]

13. Moore is becoming a bit "insulated"...

...As another DUer put it recently. He's getting a little out of touch and wrapped up in his own head. It's his millions and the inevitable effects they have, no doubt.

Mike is and will always be a great guy. But he's off on some of this. He isn't who he was 10 or 15 years ago.

[WillyT]

16. Um...

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/progressives-sound-alarms_n_119843.html

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[WillyT]

17. Kick !!!

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