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I remember being called all sorts of names here at Free Republic six months ago when I warned that Obama would be the Democratic version of Ronald Reagan, that he would win in a landslide reminiscent of Reagan’s 1980 spanking of Jimmy Carter. Most conservatives here called me nuts, crazy, high, etc, buying into the Clinton argument that Obama couldn’t win the general election. Most conservatives were already so myopic in their view of Obama that they didn’t see the groundswell that was building for his campaign.

And we didn’t lose this election on November 4th, we lost it when the GOP was gullible enough to settle for RINO as the party’s candidate. John McCain is no more a true conservative Republican than Jimmy Carter. And as evidenced by his campaign staff’s pathetic handling of the general election and its aftermath, McCain cares for nothing except his political career and no one except his own self. He’d sell his mother if it meant career advancement.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

0bama sure seemed like the longest of long shots to me. I saw the groundswell developing but like 99% of us on FR, I didn’t see it coming to any fruition.

In no way was I happy with McCain as a candidate. In short, I thought he was Bob Dole redux, maybe even worse.

I don’t know if I would make those comments about McCain but frankly, he never interested me enough to check him out in any great depth. Perhaps that’s the bottom line story of the election anyway. I still don’t consider him as selfish as you portray, but there’s not much use in quibbling about shades of uselessness. We’re stuck with the guy we’re stuck with, and I don’t mind telling you I’m sick over it.

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...we didn’t lose this election on November 4th, we lost it when the GOP was gullible enough to settle for RINO as the party’s candidate.

We'd lost it long before that.

The GOP lost this election when they previously reviewed the GOP Primary process in each of the 50 States and decided NOT to make ALL GOP Primary elections "closed" primaries.

THAT is a sucking chest wound that STILL hasn't been addressed.

I've already written the Vice Chair of CAGOP about it. Residents of other "open GOP primary" States should do likewise, and keep applying increasing heat until the primaries are closed.