[Lexinom]

That's right. Politicians are so naive and vapid when they prattle on about "the last eight years". The financial crisis did not start "eight years" ago as Sen. McCain (that's right, McCain) said a few weeks ago. It finds its roots 31 years ago with passage of the "Community Reinvestment Act", and the government's unwillingness, following its readily apparent failure, to shut down the program.

[Marie]

First rule, never admit blame or fault, even if you’re wrong abd caught dead-to-rights. Deny, deny, deny. Point the finger at the other guy.

Look at how many screw-ups there were in the Obama campaign. Had a Republican even made *one* of those errors, it would’ve been the election. How many have been caught stealing, cheating or lying and been voted back into office?

They’re Democrats! It’s different!

Well, now it’s different for Republicans as well.

The other thing they have going for them is *patience*. They’re willing to spend generations laying the groundwork. We sit back on our laurels, confident that common sense and reason will always prevail.

Sadly, they have a 50 year head-start on us. It might take us another 50 years to turn the tide.

Focus on Academia, Media and Law. We need to get every young conservative into those three areas ASAP.