Dear GOP,
It’s already begun: the hand-wringing, asics gel lyte 3 mujer azules gnashing of teeth, goedkope Nike Air Max 90 and much ruminations, fulminations but little illuminations amongst you regarding why Mitt Romney lost the election to Barack Obama.
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After all, Obama had to run on his record of presiding over a stagnant economy, huge rise in debt, instituting the hated Obamacare, and a never-before-has-an-incumbent-president-been-re-elected-at-a 7.9% unemployment rate. Wisconsin Badgers asics gel kinsei donna new balance 574 pop damskie Plus he was still black, and according to large numbers of you, a Muslim and not even an American-born one at that.
How could you lose?
And yet you did, and somewhat resoundingly at that.
Noted Republicans even went on record saying that if you couldn’t beat Obama, you should dissolve the party and start from scratch.
I don’t think that’s quite necessary. New Balance Furon homme
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But first,
let’s review some of your party’s own internal theories:
The Tea Partiers amongst cry that you should’ve nominated a “true conservative.” But Romney was clearly way more conservative than Obama, so it’s hard to see how veering further right would’ve pulled in non-Republican votes.
Others say the opposite: that the Party has veered off into the extreme reeds of the political landscape and needs to GPS its way back to the center. Air Foamposite Pro nike air max pas cher adidas tubular mujer While alienating women, blacks, Latinos, gays and other groups that collectively constitute roughly 80% of the population isn’t instinctively a winning strategy, the fact remains that you still do well in Congress employing this stratagem. Auburn Tigers Jerseys baskets noires Asics Lyte Jogger
Nike Air zoom Pegasus 33 damskie Besides, “moderate: Mitt didn’t do much better than “severely conservative Mitt” and anyway going “moderate” at this point just muddies the “brand.”
Still others vent that you have to weed out the obvious “loonies” – the Bachmanns, Akins, Nike Pas Cher Mourdocks, Wests – the ones who excuse rape, Scarpe Air Jordan consider it “God’s plan,” or make fantastical claims about issues unhinged from science and reality. Air Jordan 3 Retro nike air max 2017 wit adidas chaussure femme But while being associated as “the party of crazy” isn’t great, new balance 373 classic how would it look for the “pro-life” party to “abort” some of its own by casting them off? Not good, is the answer.
Other “suspects” are the “lame-stream media,” class-warfare, Chris Christie, Sandy, “the 47 percent,” and virtually everything that isn’t “people just don’t like our ideas.”
Personally, I don’t care what you do – even if it’s something as totally “out there” as appealing to women and minorities (!) I’m about as interested in giving you my advice as you are in taking in.
However, because I believe in retaining a vibrant two-party system that offers an honest choice between two competing visions of America, I proffer one wisp of wisdom as to how your party can offer us that choice in 2016. asics gel lyte 5 hombre negras Los Angeles Angels Jersey nike air max 2017 mujer asics donna You may not win with it, but at least you’ll have a chance:
Next time, don’t nominate a lying sack of shit as your candidate.
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