What exactly will be the GOP platform in 2008?

[KansDem]

Going on now for two days, I've read and heard the Rove love-fest given by the media. About his accomplishments as Bush's brain and how the GOP just loves him.

But I wondered during these media gushings what Rove left the GOP, the party he wanted to have a Permanent Majority™ Just what will be the platform for 2008?

Endless senseless war?
Crumbling infrastructure?
Torture?
War based on lies?
Lousy healthcare?
Prescription price gouging?
Outing American intel operations to America's enemies?
Bankruptcy hell?
Exploding national debt?
Politicizing the judiciary?
???

Just what do the Repubs have to run on? Just what will the GOP thank Rove for?

[Renew Deal]

1. Fear, terror, war, homophobia, 9/11, sexism, racism, cronyism, repeat

Would you expect anything more?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Yup. You nailed it.

[liberaldemocrat7]

16. punish the poor, tell the middle class you pay too much taxes, reward the rich, repeat.

cut taxes, cut social programs, instill fear, blame others for their failings especially for the failure to defend america on 9-11-2001.

[SoonerPride]

10. My God, are you Karl Rove?

That is their plan to a T.

[Virginia Dare]

3. Fear and racism...n/t

[Justyce]

4. Terror, anti-choice, anti-gay marriage, supposed tax cuts

(though they will leave off the part about the tax cuts only being for corporations and ultra-wealthy), 9/11, and the usual false claim of being the party of family values/religion. Hey, it's been working so far & their followers are so easily conned, why stop now.

[warren pease]

5. And don't forget immigrant bashing...

...even though most of BushCo's employers in the international oligarchy love illegal aliens, since they drive prevailing wages down and will take any degree of shit to avoid being turned in to La Migra. Still, bigotry and xenophobia resonate loudly in the heartland (or the heartless land, as is more the case).

And terra, terra everywhere; fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here. Al Qaeda in EYE-RACK. You know the drill. They've got nothing else.

So the key will be demonizing the opposition; it'll be interesting to see how they can top Kerry's swift boating adventure. But I'm sure they'll think of something. Swine always gravitate toward slime, and the GOP is no exception.


wp

[EVDebs]

6. "Stay the course"

Don't change Dick's in the middle of a screw.

[paparush]

7. drumroll please.....

F E A R

[OregonBlue]

8. They are already setting up illegal immigration as the big one for '08 and they're

actually doing a pretty good job of it. Lots of Dems are opposed to illegal immigration. This is going to be a VERY divisive issue and will probably get them Colorado and maybe Nevada, New Mexico, etc.

[WI_DEM]

9. Terra! and opposition to gay marriage

[bunkerbuster1]

11. Mooozelems! Messicans! and Terra!

They might be done with TEH GHEY, but then again, they might not.

In any case, it will be, as it always is with these fuckheads, all about the hate.

[mmonk]

12. Terror, taxes, and religion.

It's a cult. They don't change.

[lpbk2713]

13. The denial of global warming

and anything else that might be a threat to Big Oil.

[tekisui]

14. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: CRIMINALS

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Diebold machines in every precinct. nt

[Ganja Ninja]

17. The Bart Simpson platform.

"I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove a thing."