haxxiy said:
Mr Khan said:
haxxiy said:
Yo Mr Khan, what are your thoughts about the elections?
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Mostly pleased, except for the shellacing my congressional candidate (Pennsylvania 3rd district) got. The one i was working for.
Anyway... I think the general theme of this election is that the Republicans have flung themselves too far to the right. I mean, i won't deny that Obama's overseen a period economically comparable to the hated 1970s, and some of that may have been his fault (though in all objectivity, partisan obstructionism on both sides is a big part of our gridlock as well), but while the Democrats are willing to move to the middle, the Republicans clearly aren't. The embrace of some of the more radical economic policies, as well as their extreme slants on gays and reproductive rights have completely screwed them over. I mean, look at Todd Akin, who got his ass whomped over his rape comments even though McCaskill (his opponent) was not very well-liked in Missouri.
Similarly, we have Richard Mourdock from Indiana. He beat the Republican senator, Lugar, in the primaries, because Indiana Republicans didn't like Lugar's willingness to work across the aisle, and then his stupid rape comments caused the Republicans to lose one of their coveted Senate seats entirely.
It's clear. The Republicans need to focus on common-sense reforms and abandon their extreme stances on the economy and wedge issues, or face irrelevence. I mean, if they can't beat Obama under these conditions, their only hope (other than changing themselves) is that the global economic meltdown comes in the next four years.
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Interesting. What do you think it's more damaging to the image of the republican party - the Bush years creating sort of a public perception they are warmongers or the attachment to christian morals? Perhaps where they both mix? I can't say I would be happy if my country were fighting wars over some two-thousand year prophecies.
Personally I would disagree with the economic instance of the GOP being an issue, yeah perhaps a bit extreme and liable to not make a part of the population happy, but a genuine conviction nevertheless that could turn out to be right one, who knows. But I could be wrong and you could be right, I don't know a lot of the inner workings of it to express a stronger opinion.
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I think their role in helping to manage the economy isn't necessarily bad, as we do need counterweights against unions and regulatory agencies overstepping their boundaries, or government programs getting too bloated or inefficient, but i feel that the way the Republicans have chosen to address these problems (union-busting, calls to eliminate regulatory agencies altogether, calls to eliminate government programs altogether) are things that the average American does not want. I think Americans do agree that there's a place for keeping unions in check, for keeping welfare programs accountable and streamlined, and making sure regulations are not over-excessive, but the Republican solutions take it too far.
