From: Ellen K. 

Schwarzenegger got clobbered this week.  I think it was his own fault.

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:33:16 -0500, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message :

>I went to the link.  I agree with several things he writes, and not with
>several others.  I do agree that it does seem that many Republicans have
>lost their way in Congress.  I agree that if Republicans try to out democrat
>the democrats that they will not be successful, because the Republican base
>believes in values like loyalty and consequences for poor results.  I agree
>that the Republicans are blowing it on ANWR, and I especially agree they
>failed to use the gas prices to steam roll some rational energy policies
>through congress that should have been passed, but they didn't completely
>blow it in this arena.  They did a horrible job educating the public on the
>paper non-cash inventory profits that will disappear on paper as oil prices
>fall.  I don't agree, at least not yet, that the GOP is in trouble for 2006,
>but they could be.  The GOP needs its base energized and ready to turn-out.
>Low turn-out will hurt the GOP unlike the CW on the subject.  If Republicans
>don't learn to stand up for a philosophy of government that is different,
>materially different from the democrats, their base won't turn out in
>sufficient numbers to keep them in office.
>
>Gary
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:nk07n19ico4a2qpf2ht0bg74estj3cgtr3{at}4ax.com...
>> ...has left the building.  Can Dagny be far behind?
>>
>> http://bidinotto.journalspace.com/?entryid=312
>> Okay, I have had it.
>>
>> Not a damned thing distinguishes the Republicans from the Democrats
>> anymore...not a damned thing. "No Child Left Behind" in
essence, and
>> unconstitutionally, federalized education. The GOP-engineered federal
>> prescription drug subsidy program for seniors was another huge and
>> costly step toward total socialized medicine. The Administration's
>> response to recent natural disasters -- here and abroad -- establishes
>> the premise of federalizing all local emergencies globally, and
>> reducing the U.S. military into becoming the logistics wing of the
>> International Red Cross.
>>
>> And so on, and so on.
>

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