Posted on 11/07/2006 10:19:51 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
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.
Pakistan already has the nuclear bomb.
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 idiots have been saying the war on Iraq fomented more Islamic terrorists.
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.
We have a great economy.
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.
In fact, I consider the Democratic Party 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.
I don’t think this blessing is going to last much longer. Not after tonight.
You and your ilk can go shove it tonight. I blame the unappeasables that were the my way or no way crowd like you and the writer of this crap as much as I do anyone. Hope you like Pelosi as the Speaker and no conservative judges approved. I blame you and your ilk for the fact we will have trouble getting any judge that is good through the Senate. You all can take it and shove it!
Excessive Republican spending = reduced Republican base turnout. Are you really that obtuse?
Exactly. All you freepers whom freaked out and blamed all the immigration issues on Bush and wanted to close the borders wit 20 foot walls, etc. where did that mentality get JD Hayworth? JD was a great congressman but should have taken more the middle ground. He is gone now.
This is the biggest bunch of tripe that I have read in a long time.
I don't want ur job.
1000%
This was all about Iraq.
The president is the defacto head of the GOP. The GOP failed to maintain a majority. If not Bush, who would you blame? Conservatives?
Bush wins tonight.
And I see you still don't have the balls to say things to people's faces and continue to talk about them behind their backs.
And if you agree with Brian about anything, you're useless.
Sorry, we were proven right. I know how upsetting it is to hear that you're wrong.
And, BTW, I voted Republican, so your extreme statements do not apply to me.
If ALlen was perceived as being half the man Bush is, he'd have had a cakewalk. Didn't happen did it. ANd if you knew ANYTHING about what is going on in Afghanistan and Iraq you'd amaze yourself.
WTF? There have been plenty of instances where the sitting party in the oval office loses seats in second term elections.
Yes, Bush and this past few Congresses have stunk on some issues and also on getting the message out but I am not going to ignore history either.
1) We have been mucking around in Iraq longer than it took us to win WWII. The politically correct approach to winning a war will not work. Bad guys need to be killed, not counseled.
2) Spending and government growth are way out of control. So we got a token tax cut. If a small one was good, a big one would have been better.
3) Our country and certain western states have been invaded and colonized by Mexico and the president has turned a deaf ear to it in hopes of getting the (illegal?) Hispanic vote. Hey George, how'd that work for you?
4) Polls over principle governing. The party has consistently worked against strong conservatives in the interest of RINO's and "moderates". Hey Carl Rove, how'd that work for you?
This election was not a rejection of conservative principles, it was firing an incompetent work force.
We managed to pull off things here in TN. We might have even improved our position in the State Legislature. It appears more to me to be a whooping in blue states that used to have more semi-Republicans in Congress. Some good ones went out with the bad. But look at the CNN House map and how little changed in the South and West. Allen and Talent ran stupid. We can still pull out a good last two years. I just don't expect the Congresscritters to show the spine to do it. Though the Rs do better as the minority it seems.
Oh really, care to share how I've talked about people behind their backs?
They showed the leadership crowd's pictures, and I have to believe that the majority of Americans will not like the fact that they don't look like America. I hope we live through it, because that group looks like the Star Wars bar scene and when they open their mouths, put your hands over your ears.
Well, its Iraq. Everything else is second. Was the invasion of Iraq a mistake? Maybe. Should we have played to win? Yes. Do we have the stomach to win now? I am afraid to ponder an honest answer to this question.....
Dems will blackmail Bush with impeachment hearings for every bill he threatens to veto-we are fudged!
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