tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post3468902605667533600..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: The Democrats Vs. the Tea Parties Day 10: Do the Dems Have a Planmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-60656122247487886182009-08-13T12:58:19.253-07:002009-08-13T12:58:19.253-07:00The angry activists worked to get the dems elected...The angry activists worked to get the dems elected in 06 and 08.<br /><br />Only diference is they had the protestors and the media to get out their angry hateful message.<br /><br />Many people who usually vote democrat are realizing the democrat party is not the democrat party they voted for. Heck Bush spent more like a democrat. These people are spending like Germany and Russia of the past and people are coming to se the light. Unless of course they are the left wing fringe. Ther is no hope for those people.<br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-47029538973814019882009-08-13T09:40:53.907-07:002009-08-13T09:40:53.907-07:00I think you're right on the Japanese, but I th...I think you're right on the Japanese, but I think you overstate what a politician would do when said bill is polling in the 30's. If you think that pols aren't seeing their jobs flashing in front of them with all of this protests, you don't understand politics.<br /><br />What is a politician supposed to think about thousands of angry voters screaming that they will vote said pol out of office if they vote for a piece of legislation.<br /><br />Have you seen the latest polling in Pa. Toomey is now beating Specter and badly and that was reversed a couple months back. <br /><br />I think you are missing a major shift in our political fault lines. These people reflect the public and the Dems have decided to demonize them. That's just politically brain dead. I will, however, change the Japanese reference.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-28160416612575462862009-08-13T09:17:19.718-07:002009-08-13T09:17:19.718-07:00I still don't think you make sense. Your prot...I still don't think you make sense. Your protests could poll at a 90% approval rating and it wouldn't matter at all because protesters don't vote on HR 3200, elected officials do.<br /><br />How many of them have you convinced not to vote for it? How many of them have you convinced that they will lose in 2010 if they vote for it? These are the nails that you need to drive into health care reform, not angry activists, Bill O'Reilly, and Rassmussen numbers.<br /><br />Frankly, the only thing you've convinced most of these Congressmen is that the protesters don't have any idea what they're talking about.<br /><br />I swear, its like watching a vote to invade Iraq all over again. I think its time you learned just how insular politicians can be to activists and protesters.<br /><br />And finally, why do you keep referencing Kabuki? What does Japanese classical theatre have to do with this? Are you sure you don't mean Seppuku, a Japanese ritual suicide for Samurai?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com