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Comment by Joy Burgess on May 20, 2011 at 11:50am

Alan,  I understand the complacency issue.  You are 100% correct on that issue. To lose because people don't vote is past frustrating, it makes the people who work hard to achieve a goal want to scream or cry.  But I was looking at the other aspect of the outcome of the elections.  The left decends on elections like swarms of wasps.  They  will have to pick and chose which elections they find critical in 2012.  They will not be able to swarm in mass to all of them.  We as conservatives fighting for our very way of life need to identify which elections they deem critical in 2012 and focus in mass on those elections also. You are right complacency will cost us our country.  Hopefully people will see what happened and mobilize. Billie talked about the newspaper in your area.  She is right, people read the newspaper and only see the liberal talk.  How does this sound.

                                              THE FLORIDA EAGLE

                                            A conservative news paper

We need a conservative newspaper in Florida.  Without it we have limited ways of disiminating information.  You can't force people to come to our websties or our meetings. Democrats and independents who are not engaged do read newspapers.

What do you think?

Comment by Alan Starcher on May 20, 2011 at 10:49am

I'm sorry to disagree, Joy, but complacency is foolish.  That's a big part of why Hogan lost -- turnout.  Too many sat back and figured that he had it in the bag.  Don't assume that it won't -- or can't  -- happen again.  My wife even chided, "The Republicans don't organize like the other side does.  You guys should be in every public forum, nursing home, and senior center, explaining why your side is the better choice.  If the other side is buying meals and busing people to the polls, why aren't you guys?"  Even though she is registered Republican and votes conservative, she sure put it to me (and us).  I didn't have an answer for her rant.  So, how about it?   2012 is almost here.  And now we have even more reason to stand up, stand together and work hard to achieve our goals.

Comment by JL Gawlik on May 20, 2011 at 6:26am

Joy, i have a feeling they will be back, they lost Jacksonville in 2010, 2008. But they had victory on their side in this election. We were the only major city in Florida that did NOT vote for Obama, if i am not mistaken. They have enough Progressives down south and on the west coast. Hopefully the mood in America will be a return to conservatism. Brown sold himself as a conservative after the primaries. Personally, i think the old moderate Democratic party is dead, perhaps even liberalism is dying but the Progressives have taken over the Democratic party and they will fight very dirty trying to survive. They will continue to lie, cheat and steal, the end justifies the means. That is what is so frustration is going up against a group who lies continually because if they told people what their true intent was, people would turn their backs on them. WHO in their right mind would give up their liberty and freedom for government control and socialism?