Do republicans throw more red meat to their base?

[redqueen]

Seems to me like this very well might be the case.

I was just wondering how much bearing that might have on how likely conservative voters are to stay unified and supportive of their candidates.

What do you think? Do we on the left get less red meat? Seems to me like we sure do get less... and if so, perhaps that might have something to do with the willingness / unwillingness to back the nominee no matter what.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Yes. Them Democratic "Strategy", if you can call it that, has seemed to involve not just ignoring

the base, but deliberately going out of our way to alienate it.

[redqueen]

4. I see lots of complaints

about how weak support is...

Perhaps the leadership should take this issue into consideration, if they hope for that to change.

[corkhead]

2. No, our expertise is "keeping our powder dry"

[redqueen]

5. God how I hate that phrase.

:grr:

[ixion]

3. yep, I would agree

I don't remember Clinton ever giving much of anything to progressives that I would call 'meat'. I remember him placating many whiny rethugs, though. :grr:

[redqueen]

6. He threw red meat out during the campaign though...

all that stuff about the Fairness Doctrine... instead we got the Telecom Act.

[ixion]

9. yep... and I'll never understand why he didn't end the

disastrous so-called "War on Drugs". That he continued that bit of fascist propaganda (which paved the way for it's ugly younger brother, the so-called "War on Terror") is unacceptable, IMO.

[redqueen]

10. *sigh*

I didn't mean to go down this road... I completely agree and could go on and on (and on)... but... mainly I just wanted to find out if anyone else thought that perhaps congress could do a bit more to at least appear to be addressing our concerns before too much time passes.

[ixion]

11. sorry, didn't mean to go off topic

yeah, I would be very happy if they would at least appear to give a damn that our country is going down the toilet.

[redqueen]

12. ah no... it's sort of topical...

but with all the brouhaha over clinton & obama... i just didn't want to keep on with it

[mzteris]

7. fortunately - or unfortunately - depending

on how you look at it -

we're not mindless cloned-drone ijuts.

[redqueen]

8. Yeah... as with much in life...

a lot depends on your perspective.

:hi:

[leftofthedial]

13. "democrats" haven't voted to my left

in my entire adult life

they have very rarely even voted as I would have.

[BootinUp]

14. Most Democrats are for the common good

video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNpgH6jrUs

[redqueen]

15. I was meaning more talking... red meat stances on issues...

like the bloated defense budget.

Nobody talks about cutting it. We only hear them talk about spending MORE.

Well... not all of them. :)

[BootinUp]

16. I can understand that.

I believe with more and more people getting information from the internet that it will move in the direction you want to see.

There were some big cuts in defense programs and bases in the 90's of course. And I still think there is a big difference between the two parties on this issue. One wants the big weapons programs and screw the soldiers and the other wants some big weapons and a little more help to the service men and women. It is a tough issue to get agreement on though. later.