E-mail from Frist - Republicans worried about Democratic Turnout

[dbackjon]

Back when I lived in Tennessee, I signed up for both Frist's and Alexander's e-newsletters, to keep abreast of their BS. Got this gem today.




It happened again.

Votes cast by Democrats in the recent primaries in Maryland, Virginia and Tuesday's Wisconsin primaries have greatly exceeded those cast by Republicans in each state. In fact, if you combine the total of votes cast for Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee in Wisconsin they don't equal the number of votes cast for Senator Obama (and come nowhere close if you add in those cast for Senator Clinton.)

Our Republican Party is going to have to get on it’s “A game” if we expect to curb this Democrat fervor. The good news for us is that this enthusiasm is being fueled by a flowery rhetoric and little substance and it won’t take Americans long to figure that out. That said, we need to start to work today, as the elections in November will be here before we know it. Because, while the enthusiasm Democrat voters are showing for their candidates is a real concern, it is far outweighed by the dangerous national security ideas the Democrat presidential candidates and the Democrat Congress seem committed to:

Before the Surge was even implemented, Senate Democrats declared the war was lost in Iraq. And today, in the face of obvious and overwhelming progress, they remain committed to their “retreat at any cost” position.
Senate Democrats dragged their feet on reauthorizing and the House of Representatives blocked reauthorizing President Bush's terrorist surveillance program. Letting lapse a critical piece of our national security efforts to keep us safe.
Finally the Democrats silence and downplaying of Iran's nuclear ambitions has likely emboldened the radical elements that control Iran, telegraphing a real weakness to our enemies in Iran and around the world.
And these are just a few of the items that should concern us about the Democrats foreign policy. I am certain there is more to this iceberg than what we know today, but the media will do us few if any favors in exposing the Democrats foreign policy agenda.

What can we do together to prevent this and return steady leadership to the Congress?

We can rally around our conservative Senate and House candidates and focus our VOLPAC support on the races where we can win and cut into the Democratic congressional majorities. Remember, it only takes a two seat pickup in the Senate for Republicans to regain control of the Majority.

Volpac is committed to identifying these races and focusing our financial resources and get out the vote efforts on them. Our goal is to identify a core group of 5,000 individuals willing to support our efforts with a financial contribution of $25 or more. I write to personally ask you to be a part of this effort now.

Will you join us and make a contribution of $25 or more today? Will you invest in our efforts to shine a light of real scrutiny on the Democrats and support strong conservatives' campaigns through Volpac? Together, we can stem this tide – AND WE MUST! – but our work has to begin immediately.

Your support is critical.

Sincerely,



Bill Frist, M.D.
Fmr. Senate Majority Leader





VOLPAC
Post Office Box 158552
Nashville, TN 37215
Office: [phone]

[tanyev]

1. VOLPAC

Maybe those Voldemort for President bumperstickers weren't just a joke.

:scared:

[crispini]

2. K*R

:spray:

[zbdent]

3. uh ... the point could be made that "record turnout" in Dem primaries

are from Repukes who are trying to throw the election into turmoil ...

Unfortunately (for them), Barack Obama seems to have taken the lead, and actually is young, as opposed to the guy the Republicans are trying to draw the youth vote with ...

[EFerrari]

4. What a terrible letter. n/t

[RebelOne]

6. Yes, mainly because he doesn't know

the difference between it's and its.

[EFerrari]

11. Can't write a paragraph either.

Fundraising letters need to be short or people bug out. I hope he didn't pay someone to do write this letter.

[Wickerman]

5. Remember, it only takes a two seat pickup in the Senate for Republicans to regain control

Remember, it only takes a two seat pickup in the Senate for Republicans to regain control of the Majority.

:spit:

R U Series!!11!!??

Geeez, Bill, that is supposing you can actually retain all of the 5, possibly 8 Republican vulnerables...

http://politicalinsider.com/2007/02/2008_senate_races_bad_map_for.html

[Irishonly]

7. Frist Always Has Been A Jerk

The letter is awful but states what republicans believe. They care for the party and not the country.

[LSK]

8. the asshole has to LIE about all those issues

Iraq is not critical to the war on terror - Afghanistan and Pakistan is.

The FISA courts never went away.

The ENTIRE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY downplayed Irans nuclear ambitions.

The ones with "flowery rhetoric and little substance" is Frist and the GOP and Americans have figured that out.

FRIST CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. Uh...McCain's too far ahead to make the R race as interesting as the D race

How stupid are Republicans who are convinced by this illogic and give up good money to Frist in response?

Though the situation was much the same even before Romney suspended. But Frist's letter doesn't even consider the fact that a 1.2-candidate election (counting Huckabee generously as two-tenths of a real candidate) may not be as interesting as a 2-candidate election.

[monmouth]

10. Wouldn't ya think a person of "supposed" brains would know how

incorrect his usage of "Democrat" vs. Democratic. The sentences disrupt me as a reader because of the poor grammar usage. God what dolts....

[Contrary1]

12. Still fancies himself a doctor, I see...

He's every bit as good at diagnosing the problems the Republic party is experiencing, as he was with Terry Schaivo.

[trof]

13. There are more Dems than repugs. That's a fact.

The only way repugs can 'win' is to keep our folks away from the polls. They've been successful in the last national elections.
Not this time I hope.