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Originally Posted by theking
I look for incumbents in both parties to take a hit...but I do not have any confidence that the Republicans will take control again. They have nothing to offer other than the same shit they have been offering since President Reagan...and I am not sure that the people are ready to buy into that again...at this point in time.
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One thing that the republicans have been amazing at is repackaging the same bullshit and selling it over and over again. If things are going well they run on the platform of "morality and god" and if things aren't going well they run on the platform of "balance the budget, lower taxes, reduce the deficit and shrink the size of the government". Of course they fail to deliver on both of these platforms almost every time, but that doesn't stop them from selling it again.
One of my all time favorite Daily Show moments was when John Stewart asked Huckabee, "So your platform is basically, 'we are the part to fix what our party fucked up'?" and Huckabee just kind of smiled and nodded yes.
Of course the democrats aren't a whole lot different, but normally they just run on the platform of "we aren't them".