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Monday, March 30, 2009
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
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by Rich Galen
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I may have told you that I flew to California on Friday to give a speech to the Lincoln Club of Northern California. These are Republicans from the Bay Area and north who put their money where their politics are and help fund candidates they think can win elections.

It was one those very rare occasions when the audience was fine but I stunk out the joint. To the point where I am not going to bill them for my fee. Seriously. I was awful.

The best part of the otherwise painful experience was the question and answer period when they asked some pretty good questions and I gave some pretty good answers. That is what I want to tell you about today.

One person asked "What is our message?"

That was a good question. I said "You are setting the bar too high. There isn't ONE message which will be the magic bullet and suddenly make everyone realize they should be a Republican."

There is not ONE message which will suit all voters. The notion of being a majority party is the edges move farther and farther apart, so there have to be messages which will appeal to voters all along the continuum.

No one has gone to Ford …

No one has gone to Ford and said, "Why can't you build a car which will appeal to everyone?" Ford builds everything from a "Focus" compact to an "Expedition" SUV to a "F-450" heavy duty pick up truck. Different people need different things in a vehicle.

Different people are looking for different things in their political affiliation.

I said, during my remarks, that there was a problem in DC with the guys trying to elbow each other out of the way to be the "Voice of the Republican Party." I didn't think it would be such a bad thing if we had a chorus as long as everyone was signing off the same page.

A woman suggested that "guy" thing was part of the problem. Maybe so. I wasn't endorsing an all-male chorus, I was merely reporting. Continued...
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Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 2:27 PM EST
trade 2004 Chevy Malibu for '51 Plymouth

Roy Location: WV
Reply # 2
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 12:40 PM EST
Jim_CA
I can identify with U on the need for a choice of 200 (at least) varieties/models of Vehicles.

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I mis read what you mis read on my post earlier.

I don't want 200 different models, I want less. Of course color can make all the difference, and when was the last time you saw a car painted in a pretty color?

I have rented nearly a 1000 cars, from Saipan and Guam to various parts of Europe and nearly 40 States, mainly in my business life. At one time I noticed the car I had so often was hard to get in and out of. I asked the gals at the rental desks, where I visited monthly, why I was getting such a cramped vehicle.

They said exactly the same thing in Phoenix, Frisco, and Sacramento, "We thought you would like the sports car, so we saved our best for you." I replied, "Just give me one I can step into, rather than craw into."

I would trade my 2004 Chevy Malibu for my '51 Plymouth, straight up. I know comfort when I feel it.

And that '78 Caddy that I drove for 22 years, is still one of the best.

75 years ago my brother and I would sit on the front porch on a Sunday afternoon, and he would count Fords, and I would count Chevys.

In spite of all the publicity on the part of the auto makers, I have owned only one Ford in my life and did not like it, and when I visited with my brother a few times over the years, he never had a Chevy.

So there.



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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 2:14 PM EST
Ugly, Ugly, Ugly

I told a guy the other day, "That looks just like the box my first car came in."
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