Posted on 11/11/2006 2:28:17 PM PST by crusher
Notwithstanding the breadth of the results, their depth was but a micron deep. 2/3 of the races resulting in House switches had a margin of something like 2 or 3%. You can claim a mandate all you want with results like that, but it won’t sell except in the Lamestream Media, especially when you aren’t spouting anything even remotely resembling a platform, except that you hate W and you aren’t him, and...
Some big-name Dem, I think it was San Fran Nan, already admitted they don't have a mandate.
I see you're from MD. What happened with Steele there, anyway? I heard black folks turned out in droves to vote for him, but that he did poorly in heavily Republican areas. Any truth to this?
You had me wincing there a little about DeWine, mainly because of the role he played in that incredible "Gang of 14" con job that we put over on the rats to get John Roberts, Sam Alito, Priscilla Owen, William Pryor, and even Janice Rogers Brown!! confirmed without breaking a sweat.
But then I checked DeWine's ACU rating and he had a 56 in 2005. Almost Chafee numbers! Horrible!
I never realized he was that lame.
Regards,
LH
A delayed phryyic victory?
The Dems might be able to add 20-30 million more loyal voters in the next two years, Bush seems to like that idea.
While this election was not a good thing, conservatives can make something good come from the aftermath. The inevitable recriminations of defeat give them a golden opportunity.
Incidentally, the portrayal of Jim Talent was unfair. While his pandering on stem cell research was foolish, he was one of the best conservative minds in the U.S. Senate.
Not bad, but there's one thing you forgot...many stupid conservatives still send their young to leftist schools, and even though conservatives are outbirthing leftists, they are turning our young against conservatism. We'd better focus on stopping that leak, and soon.
Calling President Bush 'silly' lands your entire vanity in my garbage can.
Very thought provoking. Thanks for posting it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
He was "punished."
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Time to rebuild?As an old geezer, hope I live long enough to celebrate an 'articulate, principled, engaging, conservative leadership.'
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But I thought Talent avoided conservative issues in the campaign. Am I wrong?
I believe it is all the same war and that will become explicit as the invaders begin to convert to Islam which they will do when they understand that that is where the power lies and that they will thereby make themselves immune to Immigration sweeps. The whole nature of the threat will change drastically as we realize the enemy is, indeed, within the gates and in many millions.
The Amnesty that is now assured will set all of Latin America in motion and we will not be able to slow it without putting the army directly on the border with orders to shoot wholesale.
In the Northeast it seems that Republicans still won't vote for a black man. I would expect a black Republican senator to come from Alabama or Louisiana before anything north of Virginia in the East.
Your loss.
One thing you neglected and is certainly a reason for optimism is the dims penchant for overplaying their otherwise weak hand and shooting themselves in the foot. They were not elected to go and impeach Bush, however deserving he is for breeching every conservative value there is, other than a strong national defense and cutting taxes.
However certain dims see this as payback time and are out to prove a point. This is going to backfire and blowup in their faces. It will become a Wellstone moment for the party. Now that JF Kerry has a "mandate" we can expect many more blunders from him. Same with Nancy.
The only thing I wish Bush would do is turn Justice loose on the dims. He could easily knock out 10-15 of them within 6 months. Dingy H, Conyers and many more. I can't imagine why he would hold back.
But all things considered, I agree with your premise, that this was a necessary blood letting that got rid of a bunch of no good crooks, weak kneed rinos and otherwise incompetent pols. They were total B list pols. Frist while he may have given a great hysterrectomy, was never up to the task of circumsizing the dims. Hastert was simply not up to the task really leading and rather simply used the majority status to slice up the pork and otherwise destroy the conservative values we all believe.
In a way, I see Bush as being something like NY's George Pataki. Pataki's weak indecisive unpricipled leadership, after 12 years has left the pub party in shambles. I went to the voting booth on election day and could not believe the losers that were running. They simply provided zero challenge to the dims who wound up sweeping the elections.
If Bush had 4 more years, that national party would wind up in the same condition, which is another reason to be grateful for this purge.
And finally, much credit for this disaster must go to Karl Rove. He appeared to be the driving force behind prescription drugs, the education bill and numerous other socialist policies that were going to get the MSM and the dims to like republicans. We all can see where this got us.
But I urge everyone to remember that your own personal happiness does not and never has hinged on who is running the country. Rather it relies upon your own view of yourself, your family, your friends and your ability to stay true to all of them.
We will make it through this period and look back and be thankful. Remember, anything that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
They might well get that from illegal immigration alone once Amnesty is assured. Remember, illegals vote in Democrat states and in Machine-run cities.
With the Illegal-American vote and the Dead-American vote and the Multiple-American vote, Republicans probably have to have a million vote margin of the Live Citizen vote in order to break even. That margin will increase exponentially when Amnesty is passed.
One hopeful sign is the continued rumbling among Baptists about making a Convention reccommendation that Baptists shun public schools. It may never pass the Convention but it is influencing many Baptists and others, just by being a strong current.
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