The difference between Conservatives vs. Liberals, is that a Liberal will vote for Democrat, regardless of whether or not they fit the label. A Conservative does not (evidence the last election). The very thing that kept Conservatives home last November was on display during the Fiscal cliff battle, Republicans too afraid of the main stream media to stand up for conservative principles

Years ago, I met an Israeli studying here in the US, and knowing a little about their requirements for military service, I asked him what if was like to encounter so many people carrying weapons. His reply was that since he grew up in it, you really didn't notice it. He followed up his reply by saying that there was virtually no crime since if you tried to rob a convenience store, odds were good that the clerk had a gun, and half the shoppers had guns. Also, I remember when a Palestinian commandeered a bulldozer and went on a rampage, he was taken out by Israeli citizens.

The Republican party does not have a problem with Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, Gays, etc. It has a problem with liberal Hispanics, liberal Blacks, liberal Asians, liberal Gays, etc. Until the GOP can find a way to deliver its message to voters who identify as Democrats, but have all the beliefs of conservatives (and this includes whites) it will find itself on the outside looking in.

We, as humans, have a bias when discussing intellect. In sports, there are athletes blessed with innate physical talent and others with less talent but greater practice ethic and we have no difficulty reconciling and discussing the two. However, bring "intelligence" into the mix and it is time to start walking on eggshells!

I spent 21 months as a Contractor in Iraq; we had to show ID everywhere we went, had to use portajohns, sometimes slept in a tent and we had it much better than the troops. As for self reliance, during Ike, I was at Joint Base Balad while my wife and 2 teenage kids were at home near Clear Lake (the eye of the storm passed over our area). She put up the 3/4 plywood with help from the kids and after the storm, used a come-along to remove a 12" inch maple limb from a shed. By the way, my wife is 4', 11". I have very little sympathy for the people waiting for the government to come to the rescue.

The only problem with allowing tax rates to go up on the ultra-rich is that that is where all the loopholes are. It's the "Working Rich", who own small businesses and file individual that will bear the brunt of raising the tax rate. Close the loopholes and wait for the special interest howling.

Unfortunately, I believe you're right, telling people who voted for Obama the truth will not cause them to reflect on their own selfishness and and decide to become productive members of society. The Republican party does not have a problem with minorities, it has a problem with liberal minorities (and majorities).

Unfortunately, I believe you're right, telling people who voted for Obama the truth will not cause them to reflect on their own selfishness and and decide to become productive members of society. The Republican party does not have a problem with minorities, it has a problem with liberal minorities (and majorities).

So, what was the Democrat message, other than Romney bad, Obama good?

The Constitution has a mechanism for addressing what Liberals perceive to be "complex" problems; it is called the amendment process. Not counting the 1st 10, it has been amended 17 times.

Same man that used politics to determine what cities would get a shuttle; definitely not Johnson Space Center which is in a Republican district.