Do you think the right wing will ever come back into power again?

[begin_within]

If so, how will they do it? Will Americans fall for the same things they did before: the "national security" threat (commies, terrists, etc.)? Or the "social issues" technique ("abortion? gay marriage? I better get to that voting booth!")? Or will they simply try to buy their way back into power? Or use electioneering, fraud, and electronic mischief?

[parasim]

1. 1) Of course they will. 2) all of the above

[DireStrike]

2. BACK into power?

They may not have congress or the presidency, but somehow almost everything is still going their way.

Or are you talking about like, social conservatives? Those guys and gals are a buffer that is used over and over to prevent any real issues from ever being addressed. They will come back as soon as the reanimation spell is cast again.

[live love laugh]

28. Bingo. Very little has changed--or will. nt

[readmoreoften]

3. I don't know, their wants and needs still seem to rule the roost beyond their voting power.

[Richardo]

4. Of course.

The Dems will eventually overreach, get entrenched and get entitled. The country will again vote for change. The pendulum will swing.

Hopefully, that can be 3-4 decades from now.

[saltpoint]

5. Across time the control freaks are always at the ready to seize and

hold power.

Which is why Zorro and Robin Hood are such vital figures. They're lucky, they're plucky, and they subvert authoritarianism.

[lonestarnot]

6. They are regrouping and scheming. On that you can invest.

[mwb970]

37. So far the result of their scheming is increased irrelevance and mockery.

"We lost because we weren't far enough to the right" is their rallying cry. Oh, but "Hip Hop" Steele is going to change everything! :eyes:

[lonestarnot]

41. Those are the ones you can see.

:puke: The other ones are on vacation with our money in a scheming meet up. :puke:

[Idealism]

7. It is an inevitability

Our goal is to try to educate people to their wrongness and go from there. There is so many ways the GOP could get back into power: high-ranking scandal, GOP-controlled media propaganda that resonates with teh stupid, terrorist attack, disillusionment regarding "hope and change", etc.

Look at Herbert Hoover's fuckwad of an administration. His policies (deregulation, laissez-faire capitalism) brought up the Great Depression, and helped FDR assume the presidency. After winning 4 elections, FDR dies and gets replaced by a complete fool. Ultimately, Eisenhower is next into the oval office. Odd after the GOP sends us into the Great Depression, FDR saves us from our financial troubles and wins World War II, that we still can't get 3 Democrats in a row into the White House...

[ShortnFiery]

8. No! The right wing will stay in the smarmy shadows IF there is a merciful God. n/t

[MrSlayer]

9. Shit floats.

They'll be back and sooner than people think. The next President will be a Republican. We'll do all the hard work to get us out of this mess just have them come back and loot and plunder again. It's the way of things. We build it up, they knock it down.

[KG]

10. the right wing isn't even close to being out of power.

[stillcool]

15. I agree.

[Selatius]

11. In 30 years another president as bad or worse than GWB will be in power. I fear it.

People thought Nixon was bad. Then came Ronald Reagan. People thought he was the bottom of the barrel with Iran-Contra/BCCI. They were wrong. George W. Bush proved that they were all wrong.

Don't listen to me if you want, but you should listen to this man as far as totalitarian control goes:

[Esra Star]

14. For as long as the President is voted for by the masses

you will always end up with a Reagan or Bush. They can always present as an answer
when the voter doesn't see past the superficial.
If the masses just voted for their local member, their decision would be of better quality.
These local members can then subsequently elect their leader.
This leader then would have no political power, so carpetbaggers would not be interested.
That's my thinking.
Cheers

[rocktivity]

12. "The revolution won't be televised--it will be online."

That was one of DU's earliest slogans, and it's the reason why we've gotten THIS far.

Of course the Rethugs are terrified of the revival of the fairness doctrine: Look at what we accomplished with only nine per cent of the radio airwaves. And the Internet. And the relatively few shows we've managed to get on national TV.

Unlike the last time the Rethugs got into power, they won't be able to rewrite history. We're on to them. And that the rate they're going, they're piling on the evidence against them like fertilizer.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[corruptmewithpower]

13. The next right wing leader could be another Hitler.

Better hold onto our guns.

[craigmatic]

16. yep

they have the media and the money to do it. the only thing they lack is a message, charisma, a leader, and ideas.

[elocs]

17. Yes, they will be back in power when Dems get smug and complacent

and act like they will be in power forever, when we become legends in our own minds and self-congratulatory on our greatness. RWers will do it the old fashioned way--to our utter disbelief they will win elections which we, in our wisdom, can only contribute to stealing elections because what voter would not want US in comparison to THEM.

[Peace_Sells]

18. They'll be back.

They'll be back they're not going away. Americans are still idiots and will fall for their bullshit again and next time it will be worse. I agree with the post that said the next one could be the next Hitler. It may seem far fetched but I beleive that highly likly considering bush stole the elections, tortured people and you know the list.

[sammythecat]

33. "Americans are still idiots."

62 million votes for George Bush in 2004 confirmed that for me.

"and will fall for their bullshit again..." Yep, 'cause they're idiots.

"and next time it will be worse." If those 62 million morons from 2004 think Obama's first term is a failure, they will be back with a vengeance and they will be unbearable.

[Marr]

19. Of course. There's been a right-wing authoritarian party practically since the country started.

Names change, issues change, but as long as we have a wealthy class, we will have a right-wing.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. They're still in power

"But, but, but," you say, "we passed the stimbill over their whining."

That's because they wanted it to pass. They know it is needed. They just wanted to be vocal in opposition.

They're one senate vote away from being out. But out they most assuredly are not.

[BlooInBloo]

21. Proof positive that our side is just as fucking stupid as theirs.

[Bigmack]

22. Yes... 50% of the population has IQs under 100... nt

[dysfunctional press]

23. definitely. it could happen as early as 2010 in congress...

and 2012 in the white house.

[bertman]

24. For sure.

[Baikonour]

25. They will forever control the media, and that's all the power they need. nt

[Mr. Hyde]

26. There's only two evils to choose from in the election booth and sooner or later

we'll be the greater one.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Best case scenario in forty years or so

worst case scenario, sooner than that

It is STUPID to think that this will never swing again

By the by, that is the mistake Karl Rove made

[pa28]

29. The scum also rises.

The RW is all about justifying or even glorifying the worst in human nature. I don't think greed and inequality will be going away anytime soon so you can bet they'll be back.

[treestar]

30. Not the far right

As the older generations die off and the younger ones come up, right wing conservatism will die out. The older generation (in general and not DUers) with memories of WWII and communism are the ones that can be whipped up about national security.

[tritsofme]

31. Reagan won just six years after Nixon resigned in disgrace.

Depending on the state of the economy, Obama is no shoe-in in 2012.

A few years is a lifetime in politics.

[begin_within]

38. but they don't have another Reagan

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

32. They never lost power. nt

[omega minimo]

34. is that a trick question?

:think:

[kentuck]

35. They are like Machivellian locusts...

They burrow into the earth for about 30-40 years each time they are discovered to be the culprits of society's decline. Then they reappear with the same old "conservative" theories. Cut taxes. Make it easier on the entrepreneurs. Preach about "cutting spending" even as they run up huge deficits for our future generations. Spend huge amounts on rebuilding our once-strong military. We all know the script.

[LiberalPersona]

36. After what they've done

I don't foresee it happening for the next 30 years. I think this disaster has awakened the country to the reality of how republicans have been destroying this country ever since Reagan's time.

[derby378]

39. Only if we LET them

The phrase "a republic, if you can keep it" comes to mind.

Our party needs to learn from its past mistakes, and fast.

[Mari333]

40. yes, easily, as long as the Dems stay centrist and keep appeasing them nt

[Political Heretic]

42. I dunno, we'd have to get them OUT of power first.