McConnell: Voters 'Seem To Have Stopped Paying Attention' to GOP
By Susie Madrak Friday Jan 30, 2009 3:00pmMore to the point, Mitch, the GOP is primarily an obstructionist party, famous for the iron-clad rule that party interests always come before those of the country. Really, the best thing you can do for your party is to do what's best for all of us:
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did not mince words on the outlook for the GOP during his address to the Republican National Committee's annual meeting on Thursday.
The "path forward" for the Republican Party is rocky.
"We're all concerned about the fact that the very wealthy and the very poor, the most and least educated, and a majority of minority voters, seem to have more or less stopped paying attention to us. And we should be concerned that, as a result of all this, the Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional party than a national one," McConnell told the gathering.
"In politics, there's a name for a regional party: it's called a minority party. And I didn't sign up to be a member of a regional party . . . As Republicans, we know that common-sense conservative principles aren't regional. But I think we have to admit what our sales job has been poor. And in my view, that needs to change."
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maybe it's because you all stopped paying attention to the people and won't listen when we are trying to tell you what we want and need....geeze get a clue.
"But I think we have to admit what our sales job has been poor. And in my view, that needs to change."
Mitch, you're a dumbass. We've been on the receiving end of your product line since Reagan, but painfully so in the past eight years. Nobody wants what you're selling except for you and people like you and, if you had to live where most of us do, you wouldn't want it either. What an idiot.
Your sales job has been exemplary. It's just that people finally had a good look at the goods.
... we're living the reality of their policies.
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That they lay their problems upon the sales department is well, pretty indicative of what their problem is.
The GOP mantra has always been: "... our sales job has been poor."
God forbid they might say: "Our bullshit stinks unbelieveably."
we have a winner!
They nominated John McCain to be their Presidential candidate. Of all the candidates within their party the Republican Party and Republican voters decided he was their "go to" guy.
Then his first major decision as their candidate was to pick Sarah Palin as the BEST Republican to be a heartbeat away.
Thank God they lost.
The Republican Party has become irrelevant. Now all they can do is try to stop the Obama Administration from succeeding. They are all secretly cheering Rush Limbaugh on for Obama to fail.
They are collectively doing more harm to this country than any "terrorists" ever could!
Heck, at least when they were in control the Democrats went along with them!!! (Snark).
has figured out that those "Magic beans" you sold us don't lead to any castle in the sky. And you have our only source of milk and meat because we traded you our 401cow for them.
What a shmuck. He does not have a clue that his valued "common-sense conservative principles" have wrecked this country. He still thinks that it's just that his "sales job has been poor." Talk about being out of touch. Don't worry though, we still "pay attention" - when we need a good laugh!
Shmuck. Loser. Mitch et. al, just go away.
LMAO.
That's a good one Mitch.
What exactly would constitute a common-sense conservative principle?
Sending your media minions to set up shop in front of a dead womans hospice?
Giving away no-bid contracts to a mercenary organization in the guise of independent contracters?
Giving billions in tax cuts to the wealthy and blowing the "trickle down" smoke up our ass's?
what exactlly is a common-sense conservative principle? For that matter show me a single conservative who has common-sense!
NBC rejects anti-abortion Super Bowl ad that features Obama as unborn child
> http://rawstory.com/news/2008/NBC_rejects_ant...
that any fetus could also become a Hitler or a Jeffrey Dahmer. I figure it all evens out in the end.
not to be a jerk but... environment is the primary factor in determining what a person will be.
I would say it's the individual's choice, that is the, > "primary factor in determining what a person will be." just my opinion
..another G. W. Bush.
It shows what the problem is if he can't admit that their governing sucked ass.
it still sucks ass. Past tense not applicable here.
represents only the rich 10% of the population and the rest of us can go fuck themselves. Cheney said so. Ahnold is saying so. The obstructionist thugs in congress say so.
What's to love?
You don't quite have your facts straight. The Repugs represent the GREEDY portion of the rich 10%, which is maybe only half of them (90% of my wealthier friends are Dems... but I am in CT). They also represent the fat, white, dumb-assed Limbaugh listening crowd. Limbaugh demonizes education and accomplishment while glorifying good-for-nothing-never-contibuted-a-thing-in-your-life-but-empowered-simply-because-of-your-citizenship-ugly-Americans. And then there's the evangelical end timers...
Fairfield County :-) Skip & hop to the big apple...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Conne...
Indeed Fairfield county has some big $, yet we went overwhelmingly for Obama. My point is that the Repugs don't represent the rich. Rather they represent the greedy, while indoctrinating the easily manipulated. They did still get 43% of the vote nationwide (the greedy rich only account for a small portion of that)
I will not attempt to disagree with your remark because I can't say for sure. What I believe may support your claim is explained in the following.
With a 10% donation mentality and sincere sacrificial giving ideologue among the core constituency. I could understand why maybe a few would gain a noticeable degree of wealth, while their ideological supporters "great" in number pray that they'll win.
You must understand though, I'm an atheist and realize that the left has believers as well. Though I would argue, we are all atheist when we are first born, for some reason the more motivated evangelical seem to favor the right. I could be wrong its just my opinion. There is good and bad in all of us I believe, it's simply natural, some may say good and evil?
What people do, to get their money, power, love and meaning in life is difficult to account for, I can only watch whats going on and assume from there, absent facts. I refuse to paint with a broad brush because I believe there is more good then bad and often try myself, too find the good in the bad. I'm just a human being trying my best to be humane... to All :-)
"Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil."
[Marcus Aurelius]
Jesus please-us. The utter self-involved blindness and mendacity of these asses is incredible. Their policies gut the country, entail the willful slaughter of hundreds of thousands, and hack away at our rights and liberties...and they think the dwindling support is due to BAD SALESMANSHIP???
As Daffy would mutter under his breath, "What a way to run a railroad!"
Death of a Salesman reference.
What you said!!!
When your primary concern is how one names things like gutting the Clean Air Act by instituting a Clear Skys Bill, and creating No Child Left Behind and then not funding it so that children are left behind...
I guess you would think that it is all in the packaging...
I guess they never read Shakespeare... "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" and it's corrollary:
a program for the middle class and the poor, designed by Republicans, and named "privatizing social security" might just leave you without any safety net."
I beg to differ. The SALES JOB has been outstanding. It's the product that reeks (and that is imploding our economy, destroying our planet, undermining our moral fiber and shredding our Constitution).
You have got it all wrong. The sales job has been fantastic since Reagan came in office. That's how you won elections, not with your policies on economics for example. Keep on thinking you need to change the sales pitch and not your philosophy, that's the kind of GOP I want!
the last time an outgoing 2 term president's party won the next election? Has it happened, or does it always switch to the opposing party?
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/pre...
Wow. Americans sure seem to have loved Republicans over the decades.
Term limits may have been discussed at some time?
as in repealing the 22nd amendment?
My Nephew told me something about that a while back, thanks
http://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.ht...
Saint Ronald of Bullshit. 1980-1992. 12 years from which we still suffer.
When you actually adopt common sense policies and philosophy maybe your decrepit party will actually get somewhere. And you did a poor job of selling them? LOL---no shit, genius.
Maybe when you realize when paternalistic old white men are not the majority in America then you may actually reconnect with reality.
The Neocons---putting the Moron in oxymoron in (dis)service to America.
Good luck with that - especially with Limbaugh running your party.
You people worked long and hard for your disgusting reputation. It was carefully and lovingly crafted and nurtured for many long years.
Why would you want to give that up now?
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When Limbaugh said he hoped Obama failed, it sounded to my ear as if he'd finally maybe gone too far. Could drive away a lot of sane voters, as well as put the bigwigs in the position of having to denounce or support him.
Either way, he's NOT helping.
The Irr-Elephant bitches, trumpets and stamps its heavy feet, but none of it matters, and eventually nobody even notices.
America's got a lot of work to do. No time to sit around listening to a bunch of bitchy irr-elephants.
The RNC salesmanship has been spectacular! Selling the country what it doesn't want or need for quite some time. Its the actual RNC product that has been delivered that lost them their customer base.
...what did you say again?
And that is for VERY GOOD reasons.
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... it's the pig.
That's perfect!! - thanks.
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salespitch that Obama may have to make back to the Congress. Rephrasing the Stimulus Bill. Seems the rest of the world is wondering why the new president, wants to act like the old president:
US trade partners are questioning the wording of the bill. Europe, Canada, and even Russia.
There is wording that says all materials must be USA made first? Pissing off lotts of peeps. :-/ (un-confirmed)
.. or three, or four, depending on my meds .. oh nevermind.
On the one hand, protectionism can worsen the crisis. We start it, others will retaliate too. That's what everyone who supposedly knows more than me says. And I've heard those same grumblings about the bill.
On the other hand, foreign car manufacturer's didn't put plants here until we legislated a percentage of parts that had to be made here to avoid a protectionist tariff. Multinationals will not bring manufacturing back to the US unless a law starts to make them. China and Germany have had editorials saying the only was the US can get its economy going again in the long term is to make more stuff here. Yet, a company has no incentive not to "race to the bottom" unless a government or two puts some speed bumps in its path.
So, hmmm. I suspect like the car parts, there is a balance. Too much protectionism is bad, but enough to restart some manufacturing and nurture it into a competitive position may be needed. Where is the balance? Dunno.
I've heard that corporations[Listed], "by law" are beholden to their shareholders? To above all else, return profits to said shareholders/investors. I'm not sure if un-listed corporation have the same legal mandate? So with laws, tariffs, taxes, and all the other political relations, to work/jobs "WORLDWIDE" I could not begin to accurately say what needs to be done.
With our global capabilities that we find ourselves able to do, what do we do? We have people working for little money in many places in the world. Do we forget them and just worry about our own? Can we help them if we fail ourselves? We got many charitable organizations trying to help the less fortunate for one reason or another, which I myself, think is good and at the same time not so good, depending on the charity.
I could go on and on, assuming Iran is going to nuke Israel or vice versa, though it would merely be a hunch, furnished from what I know. We have in this world, a mindset that is prepared to die to protect albeit a sincere belief, I guess we all do to a certain degree, just some more likely then others.
I respect what everyone believes, though as I look at things today from my humble domicile, I know for a "FACT" it could be worse. This money thing, the worlds got going on, reminds me of when I was maybe 3, 4, or 5 years old. I remember sitting in my living room and somebody gave me a five dollar bill. I had seen a one dollar bill before but had never possessed a $5 dollar bill and I got thinking...
How is this $5 any different from the $1 dollar bill, I mean its only one piece of paper! So I asked what the difference was and was told accordingly, it was like having five $1 dollar bills, cased solved, almost! Then I had to ask what makes this piece of paper worth anything? I was told that it was back by gold, I can't remember if they said a bar of gold, but they did say gold and it was kept at a place called Fort Knox. That was good enough explanation for me and then I was gone, off to the candy store and pronto I might add.:-)
With that in mind and the current money problems the world is facing, I look back to that happy time and wonder what has changed and why? I was told then and I know now, the people responsible is our government, sorta. See as a kid I didn't care too much about the government, I was to busy being a kid! Now I know it's a partnership with our government, that makes those dollar bills I held in my hand as a child and hold today as an adult. I'm now wondering how there can be so much gold in Fort Knox, to back these dollars that the government keeps pumping out. I know they stopped using gold... So I find my childish mind asking again, what makes the paper money I hold in my hand worth anything and that's when it gets complicated. If it's not backed by anything, can I buy just as much candy at my local candy store, as I can in Africa, Canada, or Mexico? That's all I care about, If I can't, why not? Is the rest of the word pumping out dollars as fast as us? I may not be knowledgeable but I know there is a money problem and it's worldwide, I'm gonna start looking there... All our problems seem to stem from the money source, the rest is pretty much politics!
Nixon took us off the gold standard (Bretton Woods) in 1971. Now, that $1 bill, or $5 bill is like any other commodity, its worth what someone will pay for it. Whether you can buy as much candy somewhere else is based on the exchange rate and what candy costs there. So, how many of their dollars will they give you for each one of yours, then after you exchanged your money paper for their money paper, how much candy can you buy with it there at their candy prices.
From there it gets complicated. I could list some reading. But ... on solving this whole mess, people who have been studying economics and currencies for a living are still arguing with each other.
But, you're right in one way .. always follow the money trail. It leads to clues.
I kinda get that exchange rate concept, but whose to say what's worth what? Availability and scarcity, pretty much determine the value of material things? Now from a "global" perspective, referencing my candy example, all things being equal and or fair. If someone is willing to give me more candy for that same $1 or $5 dollars, I'm taking it... Dentist be dammed! :-P Is it greedy, all things being equal, wanting the most bang for your buck?
Look at the success of Walmart® or the alleged reason for companies to move too more favorable operating environments. Sam Walton, said to be a humble man, supposedly founded his store on the claims of affordability and American made? I happened to notice a sign one day in the lay-away section of my local Walmart that read.
Something like this, we purchase "all" our products from the USA, whenever possible or maybe it was all our products are American made, as much as possible? It then got me looking at the labels and trying to define what the definition of the word is, is! :-P I think the American made philosophy got trashed when the kids took over, after his death, though I'm not sure.
It's a worldwide economy, though the laws/rules are different around the world. I believe too survive/live humans will do anything, if they feel they're on the verge of demise. The money is just a barter exorcise. What's fair when the rules are not? We don't have to figure it out, it will settle itself! Though that's often the unsettling thing... Thanks again :-)
Availability and scarcity of paper money(money supply - there is such a thing! The Federal Reserve measures it). As well, needing the currency to buy things is a demand factor. If you want to buy oil (contracts used to only be sold in London or New York) you needed a paper money that the bourses would accept. So you needed US dollars or London pounds, and if you didn't have them, you needed to go find someone with them to trade you some for your paper money. Only once you had the right paper money, could go to NY or London and buy some oil.
One of the tensions with Iran is that they started their own oil bourse. In Iran's oil marketplace they will let buyers pay in other currencies. So China can use its paper money or euros to buy oil. This means China doesn't need as many paper dollars as it did before. So the demand went down for US paper money. The US made many angry noises wen Iran did this. See how that works?
And the whole
We don't have to figure it out, it will settle itself! Though that's often the unsettling thing...
thing is pretty much a paraphrase of the Invisible Hand theory in free markets. So, you are thinking this through using your common sense example like people have before.
Though, most major economists these days say that theory is discredited. And the link above goes into the math, when you do model cheating into the equation.
So, basically, no it won't work itself out, enough people will cheat, whether they are on the verge or demise or not, to break the possibility of the markets fairly "just working it out". So, we do have to have some rules. Even in biblical times, most governments had someone that checked the weights used in the scales in the markets. Of course, too many rules, are bad as well.
Like many other things in life, we need to reach the right balance. And following the money trail ...
With leadership like he and Boner, it can only get worse?
They could have Pelosi and Reid.
Ooops, never mind.
I myself believe, the core difference the Republicans may have, is for the most part, where we get our rights/civil liberties from?
THE OBVIOUS! IT BLINDS!
When you forced to eat shit sandwiches for years and you finally get a tasty, life affirming Hope-burger, no "sales job" is going to bring 'um back.
Replicanism is that shit sandwich.
Mind if I steal that?
not to be a jerk but... environment is the primary factor in determining what a person will be.
It will never cease to amaze me that when a product absolutely sucks, like the GOP brand does right now, people in power turn to marketing as the answer rather than take an honest look at the actual product.
My advice to Republicans is to go back and look at the product you're trying to sell. People aren't buying it any longer. And all the fancy marketing in the world isn't going to change that.
so they're finally going to be a reasonable party? that's an excellent idea! oh waitaminute... he said regional. never mind.
in the hell has Al Franken not yet been seated? Ya think the GOP would wait if the situation were reversed? Seat the man and let Coleman sue til the cows come home. The MN Board of Elections has certified the election of Franken. WTF are they waiting for?
Now, here is a good example of why the Repugnants have won elections from Reagan to Bush. Someone has a little bit of "knowledge" (Al Franken won), but doesn't care to know all of the details. Sir, Al Franken will be seated (in all likelihood). However, the issue has to work its way through the courts.
Did anyone hear a voice coming from the closet?
A Long-Lived Privilege?
Bush lawyer directs Rove not to talk to Congress—once again
http://www.newsweek.com/id/182240
Looks like Joe Wilson might get to see that FROG MARCH AFTER ALL!
If Conyers can round up a couple of Capitol Hill Policemen and a pair of handcuffs, that is.
No, sorry Mitch, but it's the other way around. Your principles have been both immoral AND non-productive for the country, but your SALES JOB has been FANTASTIC! That's the only way you could sell this putrid bucket of shit to the country for thirty years, telling them it was chocolate mousse. You used every trick in the book. Iconics, mythology, identity politics, politics of resentment, and when all that was running out, just plain old fashioned FEAR MONGERING.
But a fantastic advertising campaign can only compensate for a crappy product for so long, and when conservatives have been ruling the country for two generations, and the country is in ruins, there just isn't any amount of perfume you can spray on it to mask the stench.
They managed to sell THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT to the movie audience by putting a fifty million dollar advertising campaign in front of a five thousand dollar film-student project. It managed to fool enough people into seeing it ONCE, so that the snake oil salesmen who were pedling it could raise fifty ONE million at the box office, and then scramble off to the Bahamas before the shit hit the fan about what a lousy movie it is. Well...shouldn't you Republicans all be scrambling off to the Bahamas about now?
Fool me once...shame on...uh...fool me...uh...
YA FOOL ME, YUH CAN'T FOOL ME AGAIN!
Wait, did someone hear that squirrly-faced Senator saying something? Maybe I was just hearing the wind!
Honestly McConnell, the reason why people have been tuning your party out anytime it says something are just too numerous to even begin to mention!
Maybe people aren't paying attention to the Reptilicans, because the Reptilicans have made themselves irrelevant to anything that is worthy or honorable, because it is a party composed at this point only of the maladjusted and the sociopathic, because it's highest ideals only rise to the level of criminality, because it is the antithesis of those things that America is supposed to stand for, because parasitism is no justification for political existence, because it has become the place where every degraded and unworthy instinct like greed, dishonesty, bigotry or predation can find it's true home and ultimate expression - as if the shameful were instead virtuous? Think that might have anything to do with it, Mitch?
You guys are going down for the count. That is good, because you've reduced yourselves to little more than a cancer that is eating away at the body and soul of the nation. Your party not only belongs in the dust bin of history, but almost the entire company of you Republican politicians belong in prison for the crimes you have committed and the harms you have wrought. Mr. McConnell, you need to shut the fuck up and count your blessings.
of these political Neanderthals. By calling out Rush he is already MARGINALIZING the petty obstructionist politics of the Repugs' national mouth-piece.
I would like to see Obama do or say the same for Sean Hannity... because Hannity is just as disrespectful over Obama's presidency.
As a matter of fact, I think somebody should INVESTIGATE HANNITY'S PATRIOTISM because he holds it up as an excuse to say DISGUSTING and UNTRUE things about the new Democratic Leadership all the time.
Is it true that Hannity is getting money from Tehran to broadcast his anti-Obama diatribes to the Gaza Strip and Pakistan?
Is it true that Hannity's organization paid for shipments of IED's from Iran to Afghanistan... to use against liberal Canadian and French troops?
Is it true that Hannity has a second cousin (by an illigitimate pregnancy) who had been married to an Islam0-Fascist who was held at Giotmo?
Is it true that Hannity once ASSOCIATED with a LIBERAL who smoked pot and voted for Gene McCarthy?
When are we really going to learn THE TRUTH about Sean Hannity?
Is it true that Hannity blows goats? Pictures at 11!
the people of Kentucky were stupid enough to put this lying scumbag back in the senate to screw up something else.
Jesus people can you really be so fucking stupid?
Let's see how Mitchie and his GOP dollies vote on the stimulus.
We're paying attention to your deeds, not your words, Mitch.
The GOP is responsible for the biggest mess since the Great Depression. I hope they keep thinking that it is poor advertising that keeps them in last place or regionalism. Sarah Palin can run for queen of the universe--just stay in Alaska.
If at first you don't secede, try try again. We won't stop you---and you can jam your oil too. Don't like sensible politics or people? Fine---create your own republic of imbeciles of which you can be the CEO.
they were responsible for the Great Depression. Hopefully they didn't fuck things up as bad as last time. If things get much worse, the Great Depression will become known as GDI and this one will be called GDII.
mcconnell is pathetic.
must have fallen asleep last night attempting to read a leadership book.
Re-packaged junk is still...junk! Mitch the Basset hound is upset because of the sales pitch, not the product!
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The "path forward" for the Republican Party is rocky.
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And hopefully off of a cliff.
It is hard to sell shit to people that want something that doesn't stink?
You guys stink! You are awful lying shitheads who should never be listened or allowed to hold a public office of any kind.
So mitch how you got your ass back to washington is amazing to me? I didn't know the people of KY were so ignorant until the past eight years.
Go to hell!
Mitch McConnell's just a rat looking for the lifeboat.
in their coffin and they cease to be a force in American politics. What a wonderful day that will be for all of mankind. Now all we need is for Obama and the Dem "leaders" to finish the job. I just worry that none of them know how to use a hammer and nails.
The uncaring, horrible, Reslug party is thankfully dying out.
Right, Senator McConnell. It's the GOP "sales job" that is wrong. It couldn't be the flawed principles or the divisive political tactics that are failing you. It MUST be the sales job.
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