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To: koan who wrote (96353)	7/8/2011 8:12:01 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 149317

(D)'s don't do the ugly work of forming public opinion, as the (R)'s do. They have this ridiculous idea that people should make up their own minds..

To: koan who wrote (96353)	7/9/2011 11:37:59 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

If all of the above is true [and I don't necessarily agree with your supposition], liberalism should be the toast of the land? Why isn't it? A couple of things: 1) 1964 civl rights act lost the conservative dems in the south. Republcians played on that oen big time. Liberals lost more than the South. Most of the country reads conservative. The only reason that liberals are successful at all is because of their population bases in the cities. Its why we have a shot at the presidency every 4 years. 2) yelling tax cuts was a super duper winning strategy. Dems tried to talk about raising taxes and always lost when they did. Dems have wanted to rasie taxes and a .50 gas tax for 50 years. 3) People vote their culture not what is logical (book, what is wrong with Kansas), so they vote for conservatives even when they hold liberal ideas. Republican's know this and play on it. 4) Negative campaigning. Liberals hate to do that stuff. If you know this, the Dems must too. Why are they not effectively counteracting the moves by Rs?