No offense taken, LH.
This past election and its results have us all frustrated.
But talk of a third party is not embarassing on this board.
All political options need to be explored.
The two party system works when there are opposing viewpoints. But now, the GOP doesn’t seem to have the will to be different. Rhey are happy to go along and get along. Their present spinning on this campaign and the reasons they lost show they don’t really care about American exceptionalism, just the power they once had.
We had this problem with the GOP before. In 1992, 19% of the folks voted third party. Yes, it gave us Clinton, but more importantly it gave us the 1994 Congress, with Newt and his contract with America. It forced a rethinking of beliefs and priorities.
In spite of the Dole misstep in 1996, they became a msjority in both houses. And then we gave them the Presidency.
The rest,as they say, is history.
The GOP leaders were, and are, embarassed by the latest conservative star, Sarah Palin. And McCain, after Palin worked her heart out for him, could not even be bothered to speak in her defense post election, until the time it did not matter any longer.
This is the fate that awaits conservatives in the future reworking of the GOP. Send money, get out the vote, and shut up-so we don’t scare away the moderates.And don’t bother us with principles. Oh, and learn Spanish.
Well,that’s not a future I want.
You just nailed the problem. The GOP needs new leaders desperately.
I saw some clips of McCain today on Fox News. The clips were from today. I was floored by how old McCain looks. He should be chasing teenagers off of his lawn. Like Dole in '96, this year was "his turn". The Republicans have to stop slitting their own throats.
It was absolutely no shock to me that McCain lost, nor was it surprising that Obama won. Two years ago on this board I was laughing at Hannity and his "Stop Hillary Express" because Obama looked like a dangerous "dark horse" (no pun) candidate and I believed that Hillary Clinton was totally unelectable. (Heck, even the Democrats didn't want her.)
FRegards,
LH