https://www.dailykos.com/user/PatrickToday/rss/index.xml News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:39:26 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 18:39:26 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/17/815974/-Why-the-Republicans-always-win <p>In a word: passion. The successful messagers out there are able to defend their convictions with 100% personal certainty. It makes no difference if the belief or the backing for the belief has any grounds in reality; they're always right, the "Left" is always wrong. Let the facts bubble up to where it's absolutely impossible to maintain the tenet: they were still right, just maybe taken out of context or "demonized" by the "Left" who twisted their words.</p> <p><em>April 13, 2004</em> <br />[on WMD in Iraq] </p> <blockquote> <p>HANNITY: He had weapons of mass destruction. He promised to disclose them. And he didn't do it. You would have let him go free; we decided to hold him accountable. </p> </blockquote> <p><em>January 2, 2007</em> </p> <blockquote> <p>HANNITY: &nbsp;I believe there were WMDs. I believe they were moved. </p> </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (PatrickToday) republicantalkingpoints _815974 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:58:10 +0000