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the problem that the republicans face is one of branding. The Bush era pretty much ruined the Republican brand. They can nominate zombie Reagan(the person repub

by vaksel 18y ago

the problem that the republicans face is one of branding. The Bush era pretty much ruined the Republican brand. They can nominate zombie Reagan(the person republicans believe Reagan was, instead of the actual man) and still lose. Whats actually concerning, is that unlike Democrats who came out of the 2004 loss by organizing towards the future, the Republicans seem to be digging in. I mean, instead of spending the effort to attack Obama on his fiscal policy, they are attacking him on everything. I mean seriously, what exactly is the GOP hoping to gain, by making fun of Obama using a teleprompter?

jacoblyles 18y ago
>"I mean seriously, what exactly is the GOP hoping to gain, by making fun of Obama using a teleprompter?" I wonder if you would have gotten as many upvotes if you had called out Democrats for making fun of the way that Bush speaks, which was surely instrumental in destroying the Republican brand. To many people between the ages of 14 and 30, "Republican" is slang for "idiot", in part because of endless clips of Bush's speech stumbles being played all over the evening news + Jon Stewart. I agree that politics should be about substance and not style. Isn't this alternative budget proposal a substantial critique?
- vaksel 18y ago
  Bush did it to himself. That whole, "I'm a moron" thing was just an act. Look at his speeches from when he was a governor, night and day compared to the Bush of 2008. No this isn't a substantial critique. Why? Because it just repeats the same stuff we heard before. Just a repetition of the same old mantra...low taxes! low taxes will fix everything! 36% tax rate = free market working at its best. 39% tax rate = marxist pigs, set out to destroy this nation. There are plenty of Republicans to admire, unfortunately for the GOP, the only people at the front are the hypocrites who noone takes seriously any more.

by vaksel 18y ago

jacoblyles 18y ago

>"I mean seriously, what exactly is the GOP hoping to gain, by making fun of Obama using a teleprompter?" I wonder if you would have gotten as many upvotes if you had called out Democrats for making fun of the way that Bush speaks, which was surely instrumental in destroying the Republican brand. To many people between the ages of 14 and 30, "Republican" is slang for "idiot", in part because of endless clips of Bush's speech stumbles being played all over the evening news + Jon Stewart. I agree that politics should be about substance and not style. Isn't this alternative budget proposal a substantial critique?

vaksel 18y ago
Bush did it to himself. That whole, "I'm a moron" thing was just an act. Look at his speeches from when he was a governor, night and day compared to the Bush of 2008. No this isn't a substantial critique. Why? Because it just repeats the same stuff we heard before. Just a repetition of the same old mantra...low taxes! low taxes will fix everything! 36% tax rate = free market working at its best. 39% tax rate = marxist pigs, set out to destroy this nation. There are plenty of Republicans to admire, unfortunately for the GOP, the only people at the front are the hypocrites who noone takes seriously any more.