How much is President Bush and Bushies to Blame for this Loss?

This loss is going to have historical consequences – how much is President Bush to blame for this loss? Is it too early to say that the blame for this loss rests squarely with President Bush and the “Bushbots”?

Bush? Or is it Bush and the RINOs? . . . And worst of all to blame, the fault of what some talk show hosts call the Harriet Myers Storm-trooper crowd of Bushbots who simply would bray like a donkey whenever conservatives brought up the obvious problems with Bush from illegal immigration, to port deals, to his globalist friends and massive spending?

Well, it isn’t going to just be me saying that President Bush and the bots wasted too many years, they had the power and blew it.

Only in the last couple weeks did Bush start to try to get the message out about the good economy, but the fact is there were many conservatives who kept saying this is a winning message for a long time, if only the Republicans would get serious about getting the message out --- and the reply from the Bushbots was “the DOW and the stock market isn’t the same as the economy”, ignoring that the important message about the economy wasn’t just the stock market but much more.

The Republicans were on a dog and pony show with the “Bushies”, of which some now call the “Bushbots”, and years were wasted with what many now say were idiots who followed someone who never was a conservative anyway. The reality might just start to sink in that Bush just used some conservative lingo to take these idiots for a ride.

Yes, the President was “on track” regarding the war on terrorism – and yes, he and everyone else were correct that this war won’t be over in one or two years. The point being – no, Bush didn’t own the adage that this will not be a short war, but will be a long war, perhaps decades long – and everyone who understood the enemy said the same, and were saying so before even Bush took office in 2000.

In fact, many of these conservatives were saying Usama bin Laden and the Islamic terrorists et all hit the Trade Center once and he was coming back to finish the job, but Bush was too busy running around with Vicente Fox talking amnesty to listen.

But don’t worry, Bush will probably get his amnesty now. No, I’m not talking about the amnesty for Iraqi “insurgents” who killed American soldiers (no amnesty for our soldiers being held for “war crimes?”), no I talking about amnesty for illegal aliens from Mexico. And one may as well say exactly what we are talking about here – this isn’t about amnesty for illegal aliens from Jamaica, nor Russians, and such – it’s all about illegal aliens from Mexico, which once given will be irreversible, America will not be the same ever again and no one will be able to turn it around once done, because it’s done.

The best hope in stopping the Bush amnesty was a Republican victory in the House in 2006, but the Bushbots sunk it for us all and now with the Democrats running the show you are going to see an amnesty bill forwarded and Bush will sign it with a smile as a “great example of bipartisan leadership”.

The funding for the war in Iraq will likely now be cut off, a front in the battle on terrorism of which Bush wasn’t fighting as a “war” against the terrorists anymore – yes, let me say that President Bush has been doing a good job regarding the war on terrorism so lets just get that out there now - but, it seemed more like he was thinking the war on that particular front was over and he was “building Democracy” and sure didn’t want to accidentally kill any Iraqi civilians in the process because it wouldn’t look good in the New York Times and CNN.

Anyway, for sure the Democrats are going to have the leverage to screw us up on that one and cut and run not just in Iraq but everywhere. If and when the Democrats get there way, which they likely now will, what that tells the world, since Vietnam, and now Iraq which really was a punch drunk easy war as far as any war goes, the message to the world will now be that America can never win another war.

And that is really bad news since a lot of Americans are going to die as a result.

What that means is Iran now runs the region. And billions and billions and billions of dinars will sponsor further terrorism as they dance in the street having defeated the great Satan – and the Islamic terrorist with a likely victory in Iraq will do exactly what they already said they are going to do: they will turn their attention to overthrowing the governments of Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan.

The governments of Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan are next on the head-chopping list, of which the Islamic fundamentalists may likely have very good success on instigating the axe. Because, at least Bush did a good job on the war on terrorism, but you can absolutely count on it that if the Democrats are going to call the shots, the region is going to explode; the Islamic terrorist front will be global like no ones business.

The fact is, the growth of Islamic terrorism is an historical trend of which was escalating before Iraq, was on the march and would have been as life-size now whether we invaded Iraq or not, in fact likely even more so if their march wasn’t tripped up a bit in old Babylon.

But the economy won’t be great after the terrorist hit us again. In fact, when it happens, don’t be surprised how fast you are going to lose your job.

Democrats running the House. Now just watch the war. The war isn’t over. It’s now going to get bigger than ever.

Well, I guess some are saying, with the Dems running things, they take the blame for things, too. The problem with this is, the old media will still blame everything on Bush. So, unless the American people figure out that what is about to happen to America was the fault of the Democrats, then we are in big trouble.

But we were already in big trouble with this election. And a lot of Americans didn’t understand the consequences now, and this will be the same crowd who won’t understand later when everything blows up in our face.

I suppose some are thinking that all I have been doing is the same as the Democrats – to simply blame Bush for everything.

No, I don’t blame Bush for everything. I blame myself. Because, for some reason, I didn’t get involved enough, involved with other conservatives to get the conservative message to Americans.

Thank you President Bush, you have had to deal with a lot of crap from the old media. As far as I’m concerned, I consider them an enemy of Democracy.

And, thank you President Bush, since 911 we, America, hasn’t had another major terrorist attack on our soil. I give the President thanks for this. It has been a blessing.

Well I think you are completely wrong.
Bush has been good on the war and the economy.

What could not be overcome his both history and the 24-7 slamming of the war and this Administration by the press.

Do you think Democrats could have in any way gotten more than 40% of the vote this election without the press acting as an arm of the terrorists and Democrats in opposing the Administration the last two years?

Then historically, in a 6th year like this, the other party usually picks up 45 seats in the house and some in the Senate.
By historic averages, the Democrats did poorly.

Had they not had a press giving a billion in good press to them and over a couple of billion on free bad press to the Republicans and Bush, there would probably have been gains for Republicans in both the Senate and Congress.

Sabotaging of the war effort by Democrats and the press along with other negative press efforts on the Administration is what came into play here IMO.

It makes you wonder just who the Republicans In Name Only are, doesn't it?

I was late to this thread because I've been trying -- with no little difficulty -- to exercise adult restraint in composing an email reply to a good friend, a self-proclaimed Republican and conservative, who's gloating ad nauseum about "the lesson Bush has been taught today."

The guy's a veteran, has a PhD. from a respected school, built a multi-million dollar business from scratch, and bitches to high heaven about taxes, the minimum wage, welfare, crooked politicians -- and President Bush!

His first email tonight after the returns started coming in could have been written by Chuckie Schumer. I hope he enjoys watching the fruits of his labors against his own interests...

No, I take that back; tonight, I'll cherish the consoling thought that he'll be as miserable as his choices will make me in the coming days and months. I'll pray for forgiveness tomorrow.

With the facts staring you right in the face, you Bushbots STILL don't GET it.

True, somethings - like Foley, were beyond Bush's control.

But an intelligent, articulate President who was true to the values which put him in office twice would have been able to minimize the effects of an inevitable fluctuation in power in Washington.

Bush was and is right to a great degree on the war against terror, but has failed miserably in foreign policy objectives. Even there, such as the failure to employ "profiling" he has been wanting.

He turned what SHOULD have been a quick blitzkrieg in Iraq, followed by another in Iran and Syria, into what he said he would never do - nation-build. His attempt to create a "democracy" in an artificial tribal state dominated by a murderous sectarian religion, an area in which democracy never existed before, was simply too much for the American people to absorb in lives lost by American soldiers. Bush's military actions in the Middle East were initially correct, but he showed his "family values" by following in the footsteps of his incredibly inept - and far from conservative - father. Our continued presence in Iraq as targets of sectarian lunatics without taking an active initiative against those terror states supporting them is illogical and counterproductive. Now with the Democrat victory, America will do what it always does when the Dems take over - cut and run - and give the Muslims moral support in their ideological battle with western values and society.

Bush gave us one conservative Supreme Court justice, but had to be strong armed by his own constituents into giving us another.

He reeled from one foolish decision to another - failing to destroy Hezbollah when given the chance, defending the Dubai Port deal until forced to abandon it, digging his heels in over amnesty for illegal invaders when the overwhelming majority of Americans opposed it, and failing to step up to the plate and put mavericks in his own party like John McCain in their place when they crossed him.

The sad part of all this is the Dems will find they will be dealing with a far more compliant, "moderate" Bush than ever before, a man who never before used the veto when he should have, will not use it now. My prediction is they will never impeach him. He will be far more valuable for them as a negative portrait of what a Republican president should not allow himself to become - a portrait which can only help them in 2008.

Rove's master plan of pandering to illegals in the hope that the Hispanic vote will be secured has been exposed for the failure it is.

Finally, Bush's total ineptitude in intelligently articulating what his POSITIVE policies were, led to a fatal communication gap with the electorate.

It will take ANOTHER Newt Gingrich to fashion a populist, conservative Republican policy to regain control of Congress and America and undo the failures of the Bush Administration in connecting with the Republican base, securing the Reagan Democrats, evangelical Christians and conservatives.

The only "good" thing about this scenario is that most RINOs up for election like Tom Kean Junior, won't be in office to help a chastened Bush and the Dems achieve their social objectives - objectives which can only assure a Republican victory in 2008 if the Republican national leadership develops some backbone, and puts the blame where it properly lies, instead of putting on the traditional defeated Republican sackcloth and ashes, and blaming their ostensible but in fact very NON-
"conservative" values for this defeat.

Its time for the Republicans to regroup, re-assess the damage and the reasons for it, and learn from their tactical mistakes which contributed to this defeat. Its time for Bush's own party - what's left of it - to take STRONG and VISIBLE stands against the inevitable Bush-Democrat initiatives which will follow this defeat - like the amnesty for illegal invaders.

I, for one, hope NEVER to see another Bush in national office. They are all closet liberals who are closer to RINOs philosophically than they ever were to mainstream Republicans.

The Democrats never waver in their loyalty to their extreme left-wing base, although adopting the masque of a conservative appearance in areas where it would benefit them in the midwest, west and south. Unless the Republicans "come home" to their own base, abandon the philosophies of the Lincoln Chaffees, Rudy Giulianis,
John McCains and Tom Keans, the Republican party will become dead as a dodo and their constituents will coalesce around a new party after 2008 - one which more adequately expresses and defends traditional American values and opposes liberalism and European socialism.

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		Senate			House
Year	President	Δ Dem	Δ GOP	Δ WH	Δ Dem	Δ GOP	Δ WH
1998	Clinton	0	0	0	5	-5	-5
1986	Reagan	8	-8	-8	5	-5	-5
1974	Ford	5	-5	-5	49	-48	-48
1966	Johnson	-4	4	-4	-47	47	-47
1958	Eisenhower	15	-13	-13	49	-48	-48
1950	Truman	-6	5	-6	-29	28	-29
1938	Roosevelt	-6	6	-6	-71	80	-71
1926	Coolidge	7	-6	-6	12	-10	-10
1918	Wilson	-6	6	-6	-19	21	-19
Mean				-6			-31

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