I wonder if Republicans spend much time worrying if we'll accept their candidates?

[Beelzebud]

I've had it.

"Don't vote for Barak Obama, he's black, the racists assholes in the GOP will never vote for him"

"Don't vote for Hillary Clinton, she's a woman, the sexist assholes of the GOP won't vote for her."

WHO GIVES A SHIT WHAT RACIST ASSHOLE REPUBLICANS THINK?

This is the sort of "keep the powder dry" politics that has RUINED the Democratic party.

We second guess our front runners because we're afraid of what the big bad Republicans might think?

GROW A FUCKING SPINE! VOTE FOR WHO *YOU* WANT, NOT WHAT SOME DIPSHIT REPUBLICAN MIGHT WANT!

[TwilightGardener]

1. They're delusional, so no. They think America wants four more years of Bush policies.

[helderheid]

2. Beelzebud

:applause:

[NightWatcher]

3. not worrying about what the repukes do, but the HUGE numbers of people who do not claim either party

you know them as "average americans". I think that they'll determine the winner of the election.

[fascisthunter]

4. Very Well Said

Oh, and by compromising on our principles, we forfeit any such respect from them. It's no wonder they claim Democrats are balless and stupid!

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. If I try to "Think like a Republican"...

my brain gets "vapor-lock" and refuses to work.

[Der Blaue Engel]

10. That IS thinking like a Republican

You're not doing it wrong; that's how they live 24/7. ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

6. People aren't saying that

People are saying they don't want a candidate which will bring out every sixtoed dumbass redneck in the country to the voting booth to vote against them, rather than them staying home fucking their sheep, where they belong.

[Beelzebud]

7. If thats how we pick our leaders, we don't deserve to lead.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Fine, but they are different things

Just sayin

[redqueen]

8. No, but they spend as much time worrying whether the 'moderates' will. (nt)

[donkeyotay]

9. There was an infamous remark about bipartisanship being "date rape"

The Republicans have raped this country, starting with Newtie's Republican Revolution and Contract on America, started just before the impeachment of Clinton for consenting sex - er, or lying about it, thus disgracing the office. Right. Like GOPers have a problem with lying. We've had the screaming rightwing talkers on teevee and the full time hate radio assault, the political exploitation of churches and faith, Karl fuckin Rove, the "election" of bush, the "re-election" of bush, the Republican Rubberstamp Congress and their Nuclear Option - it has been endless nastiness and a takeover of democratic processes by a rightwing elite - and teevee wants to talk now of "divisiveness."

Has Dennis Kucinich been running the country? Has the Left been implementing policy. If the country moves to the extreme right, does it make sense to push back toward the center by moving left, or to declare both sides equal and demand a neutral compromise? Teevee is our enemy. They are trying to neutralize a natural and needed swing back toward liberalism with a false demand for being nice, followed by the rise of a pseudo-Independent candidate to stay the course for corporate rule.

[DefenseLawyer]

11. To quote Herm Edwards, "You play to win the game!"

Your "grow a spine" rhetoric is all well and good, it just misses the whole point of the process. That point is to win the election. You can choose to ignore the fact that most people in this country aren't political, much less Democrats, even among people that actually vote. Do the math. If the MAJORITY or people are not Democrats, if you have a candidate that will get no support among anyone but Democrats, you will lose. You may lose with your head held high because you had a fucking spine, but you will still lose. Ignoring electability isn't noble, it's stupid.

[Boojatta]

12. You don't include the Green Party as an option though, do you?

Anyway, you mentioned two front runners. How do you feel about people who don't care how much or how little support a candidate for the Democratic nomination is receiving ... and who donate money based on nothing but the policies and character of a particular candidate for the Democratic nomination?

[Marr]

13. No-- Republicans are expected to appeal to their base. Clinton is praised for alienating hers.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

14. thank you

spineless Dems aren't only in Congress, it seems.

[eallen]

15. Yep, they worry about electability. That's why Hunter & Keyes are "also rans."

If Republicans were the entire electorate, Hunter and Keyes would be first picks. Which is a very scary realization. It's only because the Republicans also need candidates with broader appeal that those two instead are on the margin, with no hope of winning the GOP nomination.

:hippie: