Do the REpubs actually expect the voters to forget the damage they have done...?

[kentuck]

...as soon as 2008? Do they expect the voters, even Republicans, to forget the mess they left us in, way back in 2006? There are Repubs that are not even that stupid. People see what they have done for the last six years. They should never be put back in charge again - never. They could not even follow the laws of our Constitution. They thought they were there to rubberstamp whatever the King wished for. Something about our Revolutionary War they seemed to have forgotten about? They must have missed their train to Canada??

[SHRED]

1. well....

...we are talking about the USA aren't we?

I have little hope for the majority of our country.
They are brain-dead, incurious, reactionary, non-critical thinking sheep...and that is the positives.

[anitar1]

2. They expect it to happen now. Far as I feel , I would never

trust one again, nor do I want to do any of them a favor. Their behavior was the worst I have seen in 55 yrs of voting.They are crooks, liars, murderers,cult leaders,deranged religious nuts, pedophiles--what else can I say. This is my opinion of them. It will never change. They do not know the meaning of truth. Just look at what we have seen these last years. Their greed and morals have no limits.

[jobycom]

3. Their only strategy is to make their voters more afraid of Democrats

than they are of Republicans. Dems will destroy marriage, they will aide terrorists, they will turn the nation socialist, they will take your guns, they will cancel Christmas, they will compromise the moral underpinnings of the White House, they will bring the wrath of God to bear on America...

They don't give a damn whether voters remember the damage they've done. They don't even think voters are smart enough to understand it. Their only strategy since Reagan began running is to make people more afraid of the Democrat than of them. It works well, too.

Since that isn't working, they try to shave as many Democratic voters away from the party nominee as they can. They push Nader, they create fantasies about our frontrunners being too conservative, too corporate, too pro-war, too rich... This was part of Newt Gingrich's GOPAC strategy in the 90s, to split the Dem party from the far left. It worked in 2000, where Nader picked up enough votes to cost Gore New Hampshire, thus the election. Every time you hear a "liberal" bashing Hillary or Obama or Edwards as "too liberal," you hear Lee Atwater and Karl Rove shouting "Yessss!"

That's how they win. Fear, division, short attention spans, and gullible minds. If 90% of Americans hate the Republicans but fear the Dems worse, the Republicans will still win.

[kentuck]

4. Of course, you have nailed their strategy, but....

..their methods are now exposed and out in the open. They showed their true colors when they had absolute power. Of course, they will all try to unite behind a "Ronald Reagan conservative" label, as if all the damage done over the last six years was only minimal and nothing to be alarmed about....Just give them one more chance and they will show you the difference between the Democrats and "real" conservatives...

[jwirr]

5. Yes, they do but it is because they do not really understand the

full implications of *ss's 6 years. Many of them are sheltered by their money and their refusal to hear both sides. If they cannot see the problem in their back yards it does not exist. Few pugs look at the world as a whole, instead they see the USA as THE nation of God and any others are not important. It is the attitude that is going to have to change if we are ever to fight global warming.

[leftofthedial]

6. 2008?

they expect it to have happened already. No repuke ever was disappointed by the stupidity of the American public.