Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:44 AM

dawg (10,552 posts)

A serious and sympathetic post for any lurking conservatives.

Your pollsters and your pundits lied to you.

They told you all the mainstream polls were "skewed".

They told you it was going to be a Romney landslide.

They said their internal polls showed that Romney was ahead, and that Pennsylvania was in play.

They lied.

They did it because they wanted to manipulate you and make sure that you were excited enough to go out and vote. Maybe you understand why they lied, but it should be clear to you by now, that they did indeed lie to you.

They lie to you about other things as well. They definitely lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They are lying to you about climate change. And they constantly lie to you about the income distribution of the tax cuts they propose.

The biggest lies they tell, though, are about us - the liberals. The truth is this:

We believe in hard work, and that it would be best if every able-bodied working age person had a job.

We believe in families; strong families make a strong America.

We believe in the freedom of religion. We would never support a candidate who was openly hostile to Christianity (or Judaism, or Islam, etc.).

We believe in success. Most of us do not favor punitive tax rates for the rich; we just think that middle class and working class families should get extra breaks on their taxes that the rich do not need.

We believe in free enterprise capitalism (well, most of us). Capitalism works through competition, and competition fails when big businesses are allowed to run roughshod over smaller businesses and workers. That's why we favor regulated capitalism instead of a Wild West free-for-all.

Most of all, we believe in America. We love this country and we strive to make it better. We may not always be right about everything, but we are motivated by our love of the country and its people - ALL of its people.

We are your friends and your neighbors. We have jobs, kids, mortgages, bills, honey-do lists, and headaches just the same as you. We aren't the monsters Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck told you we were.

Your pollsters and your pundits lied to you.

I'm telling you the truth.

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A serious and sympathetic post for any lurking conservatives. (Original post)	dawg	Nov 2012	OP
Seriously on target.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#1
Agreed	LostinRed	Nov 2012	#140
dawg. this is an excellent post. i am a voice along with yours.... thank you. nt	seabeyond	Nov 2012	#2
Aww, thanks!	dawg	Nov 2012	#13
I concur with Jackpine and Sea. Get it out there.	Eleanors38	Nov 2012	#29
That's very kind of you. You are a better person than I am.	Glorfindel	Nov 2012	#3
Maybe some numbers might help.	ErikJ	Nov 2012	#102
Very well said..	txdemsftw	Nov 2012	#4
Perfectn/t	Horse with no Name	Nov 2012	#5
Well put. A solid manifesto for a new liberalism. Watch out for the 'its'	coalition_unwilling	Nov 2012	#6
Thanks.	dawg	Nov 2012	#12
Excellent dawg, We are Hardworking Americans who want to step ahead instead of lag behind....	Tikki	Nov 2012	#7
If the Liberal media lies then how could it get it right and the Conservative media get it so wrong?	ieoeja	Nov 2012	#8
He's your President, too.	Tommy_Carcetti	Nov 2012	#9
Bravo.	PowerToThePeople	Nov 2012	#10
Nice	ismnotwasm	Nov 2012	#11
The George Allen campaign was the perfect example of your post.	FSogol	Nov 2012	#14
You know it was the same with McCain's supporters in Arizona	Cha	Nov 2012	#144
Beautifully said	1gobluedem	Nov 2012	#15
One of the best, most grounded and honest posts I've read all day...	EnviroBat	Nov 2012	#16
I like this. Very good.	slutticus	Nov 2012	#17
reality	heaven05	Nov 2012	#76
Perhaps The Best Post I've Seen on DU	Dirty Socialist	Nov 2012	#18
+1000. The original post should be forwarded to as many Repubs as possible.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#56
It should be made into a graphic and Facebooked!	savebigbird	Nov 2012	#134
Great OP	lillypaddle	Nov 2012	#19
Another thing, conservatives.	sarge43	Nov 2012	#20
I've been trying to find the words	Mz Pip	Nov 2012	#21
Of course.	dawg	Nov 2012	#22
I love it when someone sums up my thoughts in writing. Thanks.	libdem4life	Nov 2012	#23
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2012	#39
amazing and succinct	il_lilac	Nov 2012	#24
The best post I've ever read on DU...	zaj	Nov 2012	#25
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2012	#43
UMAD?	stonecutter357	Nov 2012	#58
well said	librechik	Nov 2012	#26
This is a monumentally	Mira	Nov 2012	#27
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!	Liberal In Red State	Nov 2012	#28
Thank you	barbtries	Nov 2012	#30
Only one thing to add . . . If we are embolden now . . . It is to say this . . . We will no longer	Liberal In Red State	Nov 2012	#31
I like this! A lot!	classof56	Nov 2012	#45
Hear, hear!!	jhrobbins	Nov 2012	#145
We believe life is a plus-sum game, NOT a zero-sum game.	TahitiNut	Nov 2012	#32
This puts into words exactly what I've been trying to quantify for myself today...	agtcovert	Nov 2012	#33
Rock On!!	hibbing	Nov 2012	#34
REC	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#35
Beautiful...	StarryNite	Nov 2012	#36
This was great.	Sheepshank	Nov 2012	#37
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2012	#38
go away.	SammyWinstonJack	Nov 2012	#66
S/he did!	catrose	Nov 2012	#81
If you believe in families, then tell people to stop making babies	kxm40	Nov 2012	#68
Amazing. You hit the nail on the head. n/t	2theleft	Nov 2012	#40
I don't think they're lurking	apples and oranges	Nov 2012	#41
On target ..	N_E_1 for Tennis	Nov 2012	#42
Excellent!	redstatebluegirl	Nov 2012	#44
And another thing: turn off FOX and hate radio and give the vitriol, and yourself, a rest.	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2012	#46
This is fantastic!	NCGardenGirl	Nov 2012	#47
Sharing far and wide	garthranzz	Nov 2012	#48
A most excellent post.	Uncle Joe	Nov 2012	#49
Very well said, dawg. We liberals are not hostile to religion, but we also respect non-religious	catbyte	Nov 2012	#50
Well said, dawg.	redqueen	Nov 2012	#51
Perfectly and honestly said. Thanks!	patrice	Nov 2012	#52
Well said	drmeow	Nov 2012	#53
Well said.	blackspade	Nov 2012	#54
Beautifully put!	dorkzilla	Nov 2012	#55
Very well written. Very much needed to be said. Worth repeating. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#57
K&R	gateley	Nov 2012	#59
Great post!	defacto7	Nov 2012	#60
WHY cant this be SHAREDon FACEBOOK	zander77	Nov 2012	#61
You have one post, zander. You can't post to social media until you have at least 5,000.	Melinda	Nov 2012	#63
I love this! Well said! nt	flygal	Nov 2012	#62
Very well put.	Berlin Expat	Nov 2012	#64
I have no sympathy	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#65
Scoot	Doc Holliday	Nov 2012	#77
Possibly; I picked it up from an Ayreon song, though. Forget which	Scootaloo	Nov 2012	#84
Great OP, dawg!	BlueMTexpat	Nov 2012	#67
At least one GOP bubble head got popped last night (his take)	ffr	Nov 2012	#69
We believe the writings of Ayn Rand have done great harm to our democratic system	SleeplessinSoCal	Nov 2012	#70
They say that not every Republican is a racist but....	chknltl	Nov 2012	#71
Well said.	efhmc	Nov 2012	#153
Many thanks for your attempt to unite us. Conservatives can be so distrustful.	ancianita	Nov 2012	#72
i don't want to unite with them	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#80
post this on FB	bpj62	Nov 2012	#73
Guess what	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#74
Beautifully written!	Wind Dancer	Nov 2012	#75
In fact, most of Rawmoney's talking points are lies. And Fox too.	grahamhgreen	Nov 2012	#78
Send it to HuffPo or Kos or ThinkProgress	Doctor_J	Nov 2012	#79
Well put!	schrodinger_I	Nov 2012	#82
Excellent post, Dawg! n/t	BeHereNow	Nov 2012	#83
Awesome post, Dawg!	CanonRay	Nov 2012	#85
I hope it's cool if I borrow parts of this to send to my right-wing friends	groundloop	Nov 2012	#86
Damn.	The Doctor.	Nov 2012	#87
Nice post, but if they need sympathy, they can look it up...	BlueNoteSpecial	Nov 2012	#88
well stated .	outsideworld	Nov 2012	#89
Good Stuff!	Bigredhunk	Nov 2012	#90
Brother	Harry_Scrote	Nov 2012	#91
Thom Hartmann is reading THIS post live.	chknltl	Nov 2012	#92
YES he did! Just heard it! GOOOOOOOO Dawg!	BeHereNow	Nov 2012	#95
Had just driven home and was in my driveway when Thom started reading this....	tpsbmam	Nov 2012	#101
Well, good on ya, but I have no inclination to explain, define, or most importantly humble myself to	WinkyDink	Nov 2012	#93
It's the only way	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#111
Thom Hartmann read this post on the air just now	ThomThom	Nov 2012	#94
Thom Hartmann just read this on the air. Well done!	helderheid	Nov 2012	#96
brilliant, beautiful, and well timed. thanks.	Hamlette	Nov 2012	#97
Thom Hartman read your rant on the air!	liberalmuse	Nov 2012	#98
My most heartfelt sympathies to anyone who voted Romney/Ryan:	Erose999	Nov 2012	#99
Dude? We WON the election. Get over it.	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#112
This needs to go viral.	loudsue	Nov 2012	#100
True-truth dat, for me too. nt	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#103
If intended for clear headed common sense individuals, there is no need of this, they are well aware	AuntPatsy	Nov 2012	#104
I thought it was Hope & Change?	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#113
If your talking to me no cynicism nor close mindedness , I am surrounded by many, I promise you	AuntPatsy	Nov 2012	#114
Yes bigotry dies hard, and it's death isn't pretty	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#117
Honestly, I try to reason, but after hearing so many derogatory racial remarks regardless of any	AuntPatsy	Nov 2012	#118
At least we have time on our side ... tick-tock ...	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#122
Bookmarked. Recommended. Kicked.	tilsammans	Nov 2012	#105
K&R n/t	myrna minx	Nov 2012	#106
My young daughter came under the influence of	AnneD	Nov 2012	#107
I'm totally stealing this Dawg, with your permission of course	99th_Monkey	Nov 2012	#108
Kick!	AverageJoe	Nov 2012	#109
Almost Perfect.	mgardener	Nov 2012	#110
It is an excellent viewpoint	humbled_opinion	Nov 2012	#115
Thanks for citing as "open-source liberalism."	Jankyn	Nov 2012	#116
I think you are mostly spot-on.	alarimer	Nov 2012	#119
Thom Hartmann read some of your OP on his show today!	arthritisR_US	Nov 2012	#120
Ruff, bark ruf ruff.	Smickey	Nov 2012	#121
Exactly!	eallen	Nov 2012	#123
Good job, Dawg. I know that my dimwitted RW relatives read DU	SDjack	Nov 2012	#124
I like what you said but it is of no avail. Republicans are willfully ignorant. Emphasis on the	rhett o rick	Nov 2012	#125
This is what I posted this morning on my own facebook page	DreWId	Nov 2012	#126
This is also an excellent post. You should post it as its own OP. nt	CJCRANE	Nov 2012	#154
keeper n/t	James48	Nov 2012	#127
If I were as big a dick as you, I would send this to my Republic family and friensds,	DCKit	Nov 2012	#128
You speak for me in this post.	crim son	Nov 2012	#129
An absolutely perfect post.	Care Acutely	Nov 2012	#130
Tom Hartman Read This On Air	Observation Post	Nov 2012	#131
"it would be best if every able-bodied working age person had a" paying-enough "job"	Amonester	Nov 2012	#132
Superb post!	JNelson6563	Nov 2012	#133
Dawg, that was one hellova post.	DonRedwood	Nov 2012	#135
Awesome post Dawg!!	felix_numinous	Nov 2012	#136
K AND R!	Wednesdays	Nov 2012	#137
Wish every republican could and would read this	PatSeg	Nov 2012	#138
ok well you get a little whiney	maindawg	Nov 2012	#139
very good! knr	Douglas Carpenter	Nov 2012	#141
!	lovemydog	Nov 2012	#142
Thank you, dawg!	Cha	Nov 2012	#143
Amazing post.	ermasdaughter	Nov 2012	#146
There is a reason there are so many rec's	DiverDave	Nov 2012	#147
K & R	Chemisse	Nov 2012	#148
Excellent post. nt	msanthrope	Nov 2012	#149
Posted to BuzzFlash.	WilliamPitt	Nov 2012	#150
Amen!!!!!	skeewee08	Nov 2012	#151
Well said dawg!	PotatoChip	Nov 2012	#152
Thank you!	looksbetterinblue	Nov 2012	#155
No worries	sunnystarr	Nov 2012	#158
You're welcome.	dawg	Nov 2012	#161
Helloooo.... freepers, trolls, cave dwelllers?	Turborama	Nov 2012	#156
They are not LISTENING!!!!!!!	mstinamotorcity2	Nov 2012	#157
In time, perhaps	will_in_chicago	Nov 2012	#159
As Long as the Republican Party Platform	mstinamotorcity2	Nov 2012	#160
Love this	jenlucu	Nov 2012	#162
That's it in a nutshell	LittleBlue	Nov 2012	#163

Response to dawg (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 11:48 AM

Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)

1. Seriously on target.

This may be one of those teachable moments.

May I suggest that you submit this as an op-ed or LTTE & get it as much online circulation as you can.

A serious and sympathetic post for any lurking conservatives.

1. Seriously on target.

140. Agreed

2. dawg. this is an excellent post. i am a voice along with yours.... thank you. nt

13. Aww, thanks!

29. I concur with Jackpine and Sea. Get it out there.

3. That's very kind of you. You are a better person than I am.

102. Maybe some numbers might help.

4. Very well said..

5. Perfectn/t

6. Well put. A solid manifesto for a new liberalism. Watch out for the 'its'

12. Thanks.

7. Excellent dawg, We are Hardworking Americans who want to step ahead instead of lag behind....

8. If the Liberal media lies then how could it get it right and the Conservative media get it so wrong?

9. He's your President, too.

10. Bravo.

11. Nice

14. The George Allen campaign was the perfect example of your post.

144. You know it was the same with McCain's supporters in Arizona

15. Beautifully said

16. One of the best, most grounded and honest posts I've read all day...

17. I like this. Very good.

76. reality

18. Perhaps The Best Post I've Seen on DU

56. +1000. The original post should be forwarded to as many Repubs as possible.

134. It should be made into a graphic and Facebooked!

19. Great OP

20. Another thing, conservatives.

21. I've been trying to find the words

22. Of course.

23. I love it when someone sums up my thoughts in writing. Thanks.

24. amazing and succinct

25. The best post I've ever read on DU...

58. UMAD?

26. well said

27. This is a monumentally

28. AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

30. Thank you

31. Only one thing to add . . . If we are embolden now . . . It is to say this . . . We will no longer

45. I like this! A lot!

145. Hear, hear!!

32. We believe life is a plus-sum game, NOT a zero-sum game.

33. This puts into words exactly what I've been trying to quantify for myself today...

34. Rock On!!

35. REC

36. Beautiful...

37. This was great.

66. go away.

81. S/he did!

68. If you believe in families, then tell people to stop making babies

40. Amazing. You hit the nail on the head. n/t

41. I don't think they're lurking

42. On target ..

44. Excellent!

46. And another thing: turn off FOX and hate radio and give the vitriol, and yourself, a rest.

47. This is fantastic!

48. Sharing far and wide

49. A most excellent post.

50. Very well said, dawg. We liberals are not hostile to religion, but we also respect non-religious

51. Well said, dawg.

52. Perfectly and honestly said. Thanks!

53. Well said

54. Well said.

55. Beautifully put!

57. Very well written. Very much needed to be said. Worth repeating. nt

59. K&R

60. Great post!

61. WHY cant this be SHAREDon FACEBOOK

63. You have one post, zander. You can't post to social media until you have at least 5,000.

62. I love this! Well said! nt

64. Very well put.

65. I have no sympathy

77. Scoot

84. Possibly; I picked it up from an Ayreon song, though. Forget which

67. Great OP, dawg!

69. At least one GOP bubble head got popped last night (his take)

70. We believe the writings of Ayn Rand have done great harm to our democratic system

71. They say that not every Republican is a racist but....

153. Well said.

72. Many thanks for your attempt to unite us. Conservatives can be so distrustful.