Comments on: Eureka!

By: fritz8945

fritz8945 — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:43:58 +0000

Huge campaign in my forest, Nevada, to unseat Sen. Reid next re-election cycle.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:41:15 +0000

That’s precisely why I like Scott Leigh’s post and suggestion so much, Tracy. You’re allowing yourself to get mired in the details. Abortion is obviously a very serious and important issue, but what if we had federal representatives who understood the importance of allowing the states to manage themselves? Roe v. Wade would be overturned, it would be back in the states (where it belongs) and 80% – 90% of states would not allow abortions.

We (all of us fall for this) get obsessed with the details and then it becomes an all or nothing game. We have to get out of that trap. The devil is in the details. Keep the message on the big stuff, the important stuff.

Freedom and liberty. Don’t even focus on party names. Stress the fact that Congress is trying to take freedom and liberty from the states. From you. We want to restore our country to the founders’ intent; a limited, Federal government. If we do that, the rest will happen. You know most your neighbors agree with you on most of the important stuff. Have faith they will make the right decisions when control is given back to them; to us. The founding fathers did and look at all our predecessors accomplished with just four sheets of paper.

Big picture. Focus. No details. Forest. No trees. You and Dr. Zoon and your neighbors will take care of the trees, and me and Mrs. Firefly and our neighbors will take care of the trees in our neck of the woods. We need to get Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi out of the forest.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:31:31 +0000

“conservatism = freedom” is not intuitively obvious to the casual observer. Which is why I am a (now regrettably small-l) libertarian instead of a conservative.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:06:50 +0000

I agree with the focus part but I do still worry that our ideals will get lost or shuffled to the side. If we sell freedom but then don’t let them kill babies, how is that going to go down with the pro-choicers?

I do remember reading that many of the early candidates not only didn’t campaign but had to be convinced to take the job. Any man who wants the job is showing an amazing amount of naivety or hubris. Hey, we got both! I also remember GWB at least reporting that he was unsure of running and had to be convinced. I don’t know if that’s truth, but I like it better than, “I could do that, that EASY!”

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:01:30 +0000

No Tracy… that last one is Googery.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:58:21 +0000

I may have made the last one up.

Rufus here; perhaps, Tracy, but I do remember them honoring kiss a whale day.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:57:50 +0000

GOP marketing gurus working for Google. That’s funny.

Google a few years back didn’t acknowledge memorial day, but does Earth day, Arbor day, save a whale day, kiss a same sex person day….

By: fritz8945

fritz8945 — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:24:33 +0000

Kenn, Since when did nepotism not achieve it’s goals of the free exercise of the Peter principle?

By: Kenn Christenson

Kenn Christenson — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:20:08 +0000

BTW, how come that stupid ad for “The God Who Wasn’t There” keeps showing up? There aren’t GOP marketing gurus working for Google, too?

By: Kenn Christenson

Kenn Christenson — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:16:40 +0000

As someone who makes a living making TV commercials, I couldn’t agree more! I would absolutely fire every person in the GOP marketing dept. They obviously don’t understand the current state of media – probably all nephews or buddies of party leaders. Too bad.