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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:38 pm | |
| Beth Reinhard wrote: - Quote :
- Brent Bozell is making no apologies. The chairman of ForAmerica, a conservative grassroots group, said, “The moderate branch of the Republican Party turned its back on Cuccinelli, and that hurt him big time. When this is all over, win or lose, there’s got to be a conversation about that.” But in the dialogue Bozell envisions, the Tea Party isn’t compromising its principles and groveling for support. Like many in the movement, he points to the failure of mainstream Republicans, such as former presidential nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain. If anything, Bozell said, Cuccinelli should have been more aggressive in defending conservatism.
“Running toward the middle is the old paradigm,” he said. “Politics is solidifying and mobilizing your base—and the hell with the middle.”
McAuliffe is trying to have it all. Taking his cue from Obama, he’s targeting black, gay, and young voters, and touting gun control and abortion rights. But he’s waffled on coal regulations and offshore oil drilling to avoid rankling conservatives and the business community, and one of his closing ads touts “sensible business-friendly policies.” That’s putting to the test Bozell’s theory that the middle doesn’t matter anymore. If the middle class doesn't matter anymore -- or soon won't, in the Republican-controlled post-democracy -- it's because their policies have been directly targeted at eliminating the Middle Class. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:01 pm | |
| I think he's talking about the political middle, not the middle class. Of course, today the political middle is what used to be called the right. What used to be called the middle is now called socialism.
What's the mystery in "How Ken Cuccinelli Blew It"? He blew it by being Ken Cuccinelli. God, I am so tired of these motherfucking idiots. |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:07 pm | |
| - _Howard wrote:
- I think he's talking about the political middle, not the middle class.
Yes but: The Left = The Poor
The Right = The Rich
The Middle = The Middle
And The Poor are being disenfranchised, and The Middle are being turned into The Poor.
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:12 pm | |
| - NoCoPilot wrote:
The Left = The Poor
The Right = The Rich
The Middle = The Middle
I think you've over-simplified this. There are a hell of a lot of right wingers in the poor and middle classes, If there weren't, then the Republican Party would have died off long ago. |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:30 pm | |
| - _Howard wrote:
- I think you've over-simplified this.
Nah, say it ain't so. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:39 pm | |
| "It ain't so."
But really it is |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:42 pm | |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:51 pm | |
| "It ain't so." Is that better?
But really it is |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:55 pm | |
| Maybe if you dropped the air quotes. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:57 pm | |
| Well, at least I am trying. You'll have to forgive me; I've been drinking this: |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:02 pm | |
| Hope it tastes better than it smells spells. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:07 pm | |
| Actually, it's a little sweeter than I prefer. BUT IT'S MONTY PYTHON!
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:11 pm | |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:30 pm | |
| "Real" and "Monty Python" don't go well together.
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:36 pm | |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:47 pm | |
| I don't know. Some things are a hell of a lot funnier after a few beers. Like Fox news. Or Sarah Palin.
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20311 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 70 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:40 pm | |
| Fox News, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter are as funny as rubber crutches in a polio ward. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: "The Middle doesn't matter anymore" Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:43 pm | |
| Well, maybe it would take more than a few beers. |
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