Posted on 11/07/2008 6:16:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
REPUBLICANS FAIL TO FIELD A CANDIDATE SO OBAMA WINS
The rest of us are unfairly tortured.
Cry me a river. I voted for Sarah, but really, after a while the "We Suck Less!" formula fails to inspire.
Also consider the possibility of Liberals having their version of Operation Chaos (voting for the worst of the Republicans so as to help their side). All primaries should be closed and all caucuses should become primaries. Democrats should be the only people allowed to pick the Democratic nominee and Republicans should be the only ones allowed to pick the Republican nominee.
Ooops - I meant masochism - but some sadist stuff came out, too, I’m sure.
Ooops - I meant masochism - but some sadist stuff came out, too, I’m sure.
What neither they nor the McCainiacs had planned on was the huge disaffection McCain had created in the Republican rank and file last year with his threat to make the illegal aliens permanent residents.
Hence, a large surge in Democrat voters turned into a modest return for Obama and a serious crossover factor for McCain that initially obscured just how many Republicans didn't vote.
Although immigration reform may not be a big issue nationally in all sectors, it is a major issue with Republicans, and a politician who shows his a$$ to them on this issue WILL NOT GET THEIR VOTES.
Yeah - our diocesian weekly mag with “Vote Pro-life” on the cover arrived just in time at our house - Wed morning. The only time I heard/saw anything of the kind from our diocese during the entire campaign - pathetic.
Bullfeathers. I am sick of hearing that crap. Run real conservative candidates or sharpen up your wilderness survival skills. Quit blaming the customer because he won't buy your POS product.
My prognosticator says they’ll be impeaching Obama in December 2010 as the first order of business after swearing in a new House of Representatives. Rahm Emmanuel will be seeking political asylum in Lebanon.
“Ultimately, those who failed to support real conservatives in the primaries are the ones responsible for the nomination of McCain”
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Unfortunately, the way the Republican primaries award delegates, worked to screw us up this time.
If we had a system like that of the Dims, whereby its not a “winner takes all’ system, but votes are split according to % of votes attained, , McCain will probably have lost the primaries.
Of course the fact that the more conservative candidates split the votes of conservative voters, ended up helping McCain as well.
It’s time we changed our system, and did away with “winner takes all” primaries.
Mostly BS!
Maybe it was your timing - when everyone is on edge and sees the opposition - rightly - as evil, the time to criticize the “good guys” would be after the election - after would be a great time to say “I could’ve told you” but during the fray, not good timing. Ask Noonan, Parker, Will, Krauthammer, ad nauseum...
Agreed.
Good point.
In a football game, you have to play Offense and Defense.
We did not have an Offensive candidate, so you had to vote defensively for McCain to stop Obama.
Looking at the alternative choice, especially after picking Palin, this was a no brainer.
You win a cookie!
Those Republican voters the author is describing are Ron Paul supporters. How many of these people stayed home after seeing their candidate trashed by the very party that’s supposed to represent his values? How many of them stayed home after they registered Republican in the primaries only to see local GOP party hacks laugh at them and call them kooks? I know, I was there registering Republican voters before the primaries and most of these new voters only became Republicans because of Paul. The unprecedented fundraising Paul received online, yeah, that really came from Soros. Not - it came from everyday people who believed in liberty. The rallies that Paul was getting were the equivalent of what Palin was getting. Ron Paul was Palin before Palin became a household name. Add to the fact that the GOP completely ignored Paul’s advice on the economy and limited government, and maybe even on foreign policy a little too. There’s an elephant in the room here that the conservative media simply refuses to address or even acknowledge.
I don't see President Plugs as a whole heck of a lot better. Ask your prognosticator if both of them can be included ....
If Palin wasn't on that ticket, McCain would've lost all 50 states. I voted for McCain because of Palin. If he would have chosen Ridge or Lieberman I would have been spared the agony of who was going to be President-elect the next morning.
Face it, McCain ran an uninspiring campaign. No historic calls to Americans, no quotes from the Founders. Even Bob Dole in '96 called for abolishing the Dept of Education. Sheesh!
PUMAS, LOL. I was one of those idiots who thought the Pumas were coming to the rescue. I felt like one of the besieged in Constantinople before the Mohammedans finally breached the wall.
where’s that stupid winking Puma pic? LOL
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