McPherson county, Nebraska, the poorest county in the US...

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voted 80% for Bush. As seen in Progressive Magazine.

Folks, Bill Clinton - god love 'im - sent us down the wrong path. He thought that we could win if we became pugs on the fiscal side and moderated our social stance. Turns out only he could win that way.

These people will never vote with us on the basis of our social agenda. We must therefore go back to being traditional Dems in the area of fiscal policy (i.e., we stand with the poor) in order to bring these people back. It's our only hope. We must fight and fight hard for Joe Sixpack's pocketbook, and make sure they know that's what we're doing.

It will take time, Limbaugh has them convinced that we are limousine liberals (I was completely taken aback the first time I heard that in a political discussion with an aquaintance), but we've got to do it. And what's more we should. That, after all, is what the Democratic party is all about.

We should not let ourselves be sidetracked by social issues. Play offense, not defense. And when we do talk social issues, we MUST do it using their weapon: the Bible. Jesus was a liberal. And we must beat the living shit out them with that truth.

To sum up: Focus like a laser on standing with the poor on fiscal issues, make sure the poor know we are doing that, and negate social traps by using religion against the pugs.

On edit: When I say poor, I mean everyone who's not rich or well off.