Reply #17: I'm convinced that one reason for the 2002 debacle

[Lydia Leftcoast]

was that too many Dems were falling all over one another trying to "support the president*" (Not to mention the fact that no Dem should ever call him "the president." Like Janeane Garofalo, they should refer to him as "Mr. Bush.") Once again, as during Reagan's terms, they believed the propaganda about Bushboy enjoying strong support from the American people.

And if Bushboy did enjoy strong support, whose fault was that? The media certainly played a huge part, but if the Dems weren't going back to their home districts and telling all their local media and every constituent they met what a disaster Bush was, then they share some of the blame.

Anyway, if the Democrats, the allegedly opposition party, seemed unable to criticize the Resident of the White House, why would the average voter, the kind that barely wakes up to vote, have found any reason to vote against Republicans?

We need to keep the heat on the Busheviks and not let the Republicans intimidate or guilt-trip us. If I won the lottery, I'd fund assertiveness training for the Dem members of the House and Senate.