Posted on 11/05/2008 11:08:59 PM PST by DemonDeac
"Intense and gripping, the 2008 election was also historic. The son of a Kenyan immigrant and an American mother has risen to the presidency of history's most powerful nation. Who was not moved by the sight of Jesse Jackson standing silently among strangers with tears streaming down his face as he thought of a long journey towards equality and acceptance?"
"Some of it was circumstance: The October Surprise arrived a month early and framed the election in the best possible way for Mr. Obama (and the worst possible way for John McCain).
Some of it was thoughtful positioning: His themes of bipartisanship and a readiness to tackle the country's pressing challenges were enormously attractive, especially when delivered with hope and optimism.
And some of it was planning and execution: The Obama campaign, led by the two Davids -- Plouffe, the manager, and Axelrod, the strategist -- carefully built a powerful army of persuasion"
"Messrs. Plouffe and Axelrod understood that over the last 28 years only 11 of 20 eligible Americans on average cast a presidential ballot. They focused on registering and motivating the other nine who don't usually vote. This decision, perhaps more than any other, allowed Mr. Obama to win such previously red states as Virginia, Indiana, Colorado and Nevada. It forced Mr. McCain to spend most of the fall on defense, unable to take once-reliably Republican states for granted."
"Second, Messrs. Plouffe and Axelrod pried away from the GOP ranks small but decisive slices of the Republican presidential coalition. "
"It is a tribute to his skills that Mr. Obama, the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate, won in a country that remains center-right. "
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
that’s because hannity has less of a brain than he does
“I think this is true. Putting ACORN aside for the moment, the Dems had one heck of a ground surge going on. It wasn’t until the last few days Republicans were shrieking “get out and vote! Take a neighbor”. “
In my part of NC the Dem ground game was awesome. Those folks had their ducks in a row.
As for our current woes, the blame rests squarely with George W. Bush. I truly think he has in fact been one of the worst presidents ever. Even his "best" achievements are tainted--every last one of them.
The war on terror? He's done a pitiful job of explaining things to America. He's done a pitiful job defending the war in Iraq. His team overpromised, and underdelivered every step of the way. His SecDef, Rumsfeld, once celebrated here, was an arrogant SOB who TRIED to make people not like him. He was cocky and antagonistic, and when push came to shove, was kicked out the the curb.
Tax cuts? Yea, real nice, except that they EXPIRE.
Judges? Yeah, but we'll always remember Harriet Miers. Even on judges WE had to force the issue.
GWB was a pathetically bad communicator and salesman. He had no idea how to use the bully pulpit. He utterly failed to speak directly to America and explain things to them.
He had awful people around him--Powell, Rice, Rummy, Wolfowitz. All useless. Worse than useless.
The country is so much worse off now it's not even funny. I comfort myself with the fact that in 2000, I didn't vote for him. I did vote for him in 04, and I comfort myself there that it gave our troops time to see things turn the corner in Iraq.
But let's be real. GWB has been a disaster, and history will NOT be kind to him. Rove? He's just a very smart number cruncher.
“Rove is a world class analyst/strategist, but he’s NOT a magician.”
He was responsible for attracting millions of illegal aliens into the country in the hope of amnesty. Acorn was right there waiting to register bucoos of the illegals to vote for their guy. Some strategist.
“One silver lining in McCain losing the election is that we will not have to endure “Day in the Life of John McCain” threads.”
LOL, I nominate that for the post of the day!
I'm not one of them... but can you really blame them? What was there to vote FOR? I know, I voted for Sarah too. Aside from that, we were given the same old retread bogeyman to vote against. And the Repubs gave us the herd leader of the RINOs as a candidate... because who else are we going to vote for?
No. This blame falls to the Repub leadership (or lack thereof) just as in 2006. People are tired of voting for the lesser of two evils... especially when they don't see a nickel's worth of difference in the parties' actions. When we had the whole enchilada, we governed like Dems. Why vote for that?
It might even be too late for a new Contract with America... it's only just over 10 years since the last one... people don't take well to re-signing one-sided contracts...
Reagan reminded us that we are always just one generation away from tyranny and loss of freedom. We must continue to fight the good fight.
Those who want to tuck tail and skulk away may do so, but I intend Continue to fight, to discredit and try to bring Obama down.
This election was stolen by a Muslim/Marxist who had the power of millions of dollars worth of illegal campaign funds, the most powerful black radical racists, Muslim terrorists and America haters on the globe behind him.
He won’t bask in the glory of his victory in peace. We intend to go after him:
http://www.freedommarch.org/
It's much more than that. The odds were heavily stacked against Bush in both elections, for different reasons.
Obama’s father was not an immigrant. He came to the U.S. to go to school, and then returned to Kenya.
I was not making a comment on the American-ness of real immigrants.
Obama’s father was not an immigrant. He came to the U.S. to go to school, and then returned to Kenya.
I was not making a comment on the American-ness of real immigrants.
LOL! A young friend of mine, a genuine Palin type Republican, was furious at the Dole campaign for all the robocalls my young friend was getting. I laughed and asked her: make you wanna vote for Hagin? My young friend knows me pretty well. My question stopped her right in her tracks. I could see her brain whirring with the rapid questions I knew she was going to fire at me, so I winked and ran off.
Frankly, I wish Democrats were this nice all the time. But when they don't get their way, they act like bullies.
lol. Yep, that’s what I’ve heard.
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