What a load of excrement. I heard the same thing two days ago on "Rush" and now its working its way through the echo chamber. I think that before anyone really blieves this garbage they should spend a few hours listening to and reading the Republican noise machine and see for themselves that it worked both ways. Republicans have managed to demonize "liberalism" and cast it in the same light as communism. Mean while they hold the extreme Christian right, famous for their efforts of thought control, as the one shining representation of things American. They vilified a majority of the country to mobilize those that have not voted in the past. How was this different from what the extreme left attempted in this election? There is no difference. The only difference is that one side of the battle refuses to acknowledge that they have any responsibility in such actions.
The reason the Democrats lost is because they never managed to stay on topic. They continually allowed Karl Rove to dictate the forum and the topic to them. Rove had the Democrats chasing their tails the last 18 months. If the Democrats had managed to pick a candidate that could stay on topic and could attack it effectively, appealing to the wants and needs of the nation rather than their "base" (that term is so much BS) they would have been much better off and likely would have won. The Republicans managed to keep the Democrats off balance and managed to make THEM look like the incompetant boobs even while Iraq (the issue the Bush team wanted to fight the campaign on and the one the Democrats should have left alone) was imploding around them. If you're looking for a reason why the Democrats lost, look at their action plan, not the actions of the Michael Moores.
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