Posted on 11/05/2008 6:19:47 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
I suggest this because I am tired of the parsing by ethnicity and skin color.
Barack Obama, the 44th Male Human to be elected President.
I think McCain probably would have won if the meltdown in the financial markets hadn’t occurred with almost perfect timing in September, when he was leading in the polls.
I will never understand how he let Obama essentially blame him for the mortgage mess in the debates. He told this fairy tale of how the problem was caused by Bush deregulation of banking, or “shredding” of regulations, and that McCain was a supporter of deregulating things, so therefore he was somehow the cause of the problem. He said it in the first two debates at least, maybe the third as well. McCain made no attempt to refute it. Biden repeated it in his debate with Palin.
McCain needed to flatly deny that any deregulation had happened - take that lie head on, and then explain how the GSE’s had caused the mess and how the Dem’s opposed legislation to reform them. Instead all he did was mention a letter he and some other Senators had written about the GSE’s without going into any details, while saying that Obama’s name wasn’t on it. It was a sentence or two. Nobody even knew what he was talking about.
I don’t know what it is with Republicans, they don’t seem willing or able to really convey information or take on Democrat assertions point by point in these things. The Obama 95% tax cut was another. McCain went into these things with the idea of just emphasizing a few themes he wanted to get across, leaving the door open for Obama to say whatever he wants. This seems to be how Republican strategists approach these debates. Yes these aren’t debating contests, but you can’t allow your opponent to basically pin an entire crisis on you unchallenged. It’s truly bizarre.
Maybe it’s something in Republican DNA. Bush was also pathetic when it came to explaining things but somehow got elected anyway, maybe because he was facing weak opponents, and his father wasn’t very good either. Dole was really bad too. He made one fumbling attempt to talk about the Clinton ethical lapses in his debates. No one knew what he was talking about.
When are we going to get an articulate Republican candidate who can really give complete, pull no punches, answers that don’t concede these critical points to Dems? Don’t just do it once but keep doing it. Don’t worry what the media will say. Don’t worry about seeming to be blunt. The Republican way loses.
Thank you Sweet Diane! I will tell her EXACTLY what you said.
She went to Latin class today and one of the boys was marching around saying McCain should have won. They were all into it. She drew an Obama with big ears on the board and everyone loved it. She feels better that Our Lord, Mommy and Daddy will not let anything happen to her.
Prayers are all we’ve got but how Powerful they are!!!!
“If I see a movement happen that I can support, cool. “
I’m starting up one. Called YOYO.
You’re On Your Own.
LOL!
I’m planning for a garden in half my yard next year.
Yet the public has not embraced many of the central aspects of liberalism.
Through attrition, fear, conversion, sinful rewards and just beating people stupid, that is exactly what the public has embraced! Good grief, an environment has been created that entirely removes any incentive not to embrace liberalism. For your mind to be free of liberalism, you almost have to be a freak, a zealot, a loner, a masochist, or some combination therein! Also, this has been going on for a very long time, and the pace is only going to hasten now. Puh-leeze, this has been spoon-fed to us by NRO-types since I've had pubes. That's right, I just need to be more erudite in my congratulations of the Afro-American Demi-God from Illinois.
Well, Conservative, are you going to wake up and see what has happened to the country our founder's left us? Thus far, we deserve every single thing we have gotten.
I'm glad I didn't get too preachy for you! I've been known to get carried away and have to remind myself this is a political forum, not a Christian forum (even tho many very cool Christians hang out here :)
My 21 yr old daughter is just getting ready to start her day (late shift).. she was getting ugly texts and voicemails last night from her 0bama supporting friends. I'm going to cheer her up and tell her that MY first Presidential ballot went to Jimmy Carter! ack!! (my dad coulda fainted) At least she's smarter than her mom was at her age!
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