Obama vs. None of the Above
This is what this rethug thinks about Dems; I found it enlightening, funny, oh, and whiney. 
And I know this source is r/w so no one needs to inform me of that.
Obama vs. None of the Above
By George Neumayr on 1.5.12 @ 6:10AM
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Say this at least for the Democrats: They have the sense to run nominees who actually support the platform of their party. This rudimentary task is too tricky for Republicans to perform. They haven't been able to locate in over a generation a presidential nominee who supports theirs. George Bush Sr., Bob Dole, George Bush Jr., John McCain, and now Mitt Romney in all likelihood: this is a dismal roll call of nominees with little to no interest in the ostensible platform of the GOP.
Out of this "Big Tent" came not a larger party, as its proponents promised, but a more bewildered and demoralized one. Romney's likely coronation is a symbol of this confusion, and not even Obama's outrages will be sufficient to cut through it.
Imagine the Democratic equivalent of a Mitt Romney and one can see how odd it is for the GOP to settle on him. But the Democrats don't play these games. They prefer philosophical coherence to the Big Tent concept and thus never get saddled with nominees who alienate their core supporters. A Zell Miller who had changed his mind and returned to liberalism wouldn't even be able to crawl back to a Democratic convention, let alone run for a high Democratic seat.
And that is not even a parallel analogy, since Romney hasn't changed his mind dramatically. He remains proud of his liberal record from Massachusetts and his few modified positions, such as on abortion, are largely muted ones. In 2008, he pandered a bit to conservatives. But this time around, except maybe on issues like illegal immigration, he hasn't really bothered. The field is so weak that he has been able to leave his liberalism open for all to see and still win. Far more polite and gentlemanly than John McCain, he hasn't stuck his finger in the eyes of conservatives, but it is clear, as it was with McCain, that his interest in their conservatism is near nil.
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http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/05/obama-vs-none-of-the-above
