The Reason Why

THE REPUBLICANS (america's ultra conservative political party) are now fully engaged in an argument about what went wrong in the recent election, why they lost so badly. Actually,  they dikdn't lose all that badly. just a couple of percentage points in the presidential election, but still, badly enough.

There seem to be three schools of thought among republicans concerning the explanation. That the G.O.P. (for our friends in russia, a nickname for the american republican party is the "grand ole party", or GOP) needs to change and update its message to appeal to more people, that it needs to keep the same message and deliver it better, and that obama stole the election by using billions of dollars worth of unfair advertising attacking romney.

The first school of thought is the correct one. I'll tell you that right now, my republican friends, of which there are many.  You should be grateful to me for being willing to help you out with good advice. Y'all need to change your postion on the issues, because most americans don't like your positions.

The effectivenss with which the republicans delivered their message was not the problem. There was no shortage of money, or impressive camera work. But you can't have a candidate for president who says that forty seven per cent of the american people are slackers. That'll lose an election by itself.

For the republicans to blame the loss on obama is absolutely hilarious, and absolutely true. Of course its obama's fault. He was the opponent. He was the one who beat you, using the same methods you used. Only he had a message more people liked, and voted for.

Both candidates were corporate puppets, and both spent billions attacking the other. But most people want to tax the wealthy, most people think a woman should have reproductive choice, and most people think gay people should have the same rights as straight people. Its that simple. And the list goes on. If the democrats are lucky, the republicans won't figure that out.