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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:00 AM

What is happening to GOP electoral tactics?

Standard GOP patriotism tropes are failing to resonate and are actually backfiring. Why?

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  • Wednesday, October 22, 2008 08:26 AM

    They're terrified, quaking in their blackboots

    I can imagine what it must feel like to a winger. Here's a biracial, young, highly educated, culturaly diverse, thoughtful/reflective choice of up to 52% or more people to assume the most powerful position in the world and they're scared. Ghast, he's a "liberal communist, socialistic, Marxist terrorist sympathizers. We are doomed. This is is the age of Drudge- facts and reality are what they post.

    The followers of Dobson's god are thinking civilization as we know it will be lost when he's elected (not selected as previously)

    ...and the free thinkers of our culture will win the battle over the god-ordained moralists.

    It's their worst nightmare. A wounded, cornered beast is about to be unleashed.

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