Posted on 11/06/2012 9:35:19 PM PST by quicksilver123
Too many voters clearly indicated that they want to be fed by the state. Honest work is too much for them. As the economy self-destructs more and more americans fall into that category, whether they like it or not. As the Big Government is getting bigger, public servants vote for more Big Government. The electoral base of Obama and his followers is growing. The conservative electoral base, on the other hand, is shrinking because they don't make them anymore. Every new voter, fresh from school, is a liberal because that's what was taught. Every reader of MSM is getting brainwashed on a daily basis. Normally people used to become conservative as they get older and better understand what in this life is important. But the rate of those conversions is falling; there are 40 and 50 years old people who are convinced that the universal solution to all world's problems is in slaughtering the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Sarah Palin may be a better candidate. But even an ideal candidate, one who appeals to 100% of conservatives, will not win if conservatives themselves comprise only 40% or less of the electorate. Gary Johnson may have gathered 100% of libertarian votes, but that's a drop in the ocean. Conservatives were being marginalized for years, but today they have been marginalized enough to win an election.
I asked, before Romney was overheard talking about the 47%, how many people actually paid income taxes in this country. Total. Not “working age”, not “eligible workers”. Total. I said 40% which would leave 60% paying nothing, income tax wise.
After thinking about it, if you take the children into consideration, who after all pay no income tax, then it’s probably closer to, what, 80%? Now, once again I’m guessing but the point is still there. 20% of the population is paying for 80% of the resident’s of the US. Is this possible, you say? Well sure, it’s possible. But it’s 100% not sustainable. That’s what Romney meant and what he should have said.
Cool, I’ll add Honduras to my list. I’m just a certified EMT so I hope that counts for something.
Well, my congressman was as hard core conservative as they come *Joe Walsh* 8th District IL - and he lost, to a freakin loon who used HATE as her driving campaign.
So please, save the speech on blame and IF a candidate is conservative or not - what won this sick election was
1. the negligent media
2. 1/2 the country on the dole
3. the damn open borders - check the numbers
Hate the Gop all you want, but do yourself a favor and take into consideration all the factors at play here.
plus, its like the people that follow these stupid kardashians....what kind of shallow minded person follows this junk....we have so many of these people...mostly the younger stupid generation...
the fight is over...for now...it'll take a world war with a draft of their skinny little butts to get them thinking again....
yeah..I’m on to the LOTR too....relief....
The MSM wont be around for much longer. They have been dropping like flies lately (bankruptcy) and the economy is not improving anytime soon.
“I’d like to move overseas somewhere. Suggestions, anyone?”
While I understand where you are coming from, just think if your “solution” won the day when the British decided to try and keep us from becoming an independent nation. I am sorry though, that I may not live to see us finally hit bottom and be forced into a recovery. And I am glad that I have been able to live my life in post WWII America. It was wonderful, too bad most don’t remember just how good it was!
There wont be much of the MSM still solvent in three years.
I don’t want to waste my life waiting for the day when the US returns to its sense—if that day ever comes. I have no obligation to this place. As far as I’m concerned, America left me.
Thing is, I’m a 28 year old male with no dependents and little opportunity in this country, and I need somewhere I can actually thrive, be inspired, and do some interesting things with my life beyond the kind of basic survival I’ve been reduced to for the past few years.
Poland, ive had my eyes set there for years. Its a very Christian nation with strong family values. Much like the USA in 1960.
“I don’t want to waste my life waiting for the day when the US returns to its sense—if that day ever comes. I have no obligation to this place. As far as I’m concerned, America left me.
Thing is, I’m a 28 year old male with no dependents and little opportunity in this country, and I need somewhere I can actually thrive, be inspired, and do some interesting things with my life beyond the kind of basic survival I’ve been reduced to for the past few years.”
I am 72. I have a daughter who is 28. Unlike her, you are an ungrateful twit. Godspeed in leaving this country. My parents generation sacraficed so a jerk like you can cry about his “sorry lot” in life. Go contemplate your navel on some desert island. We won’t miss you in the least.
I admire and appreciate what better generations of Americans did to build this nation, but what’s the point of sticking around on a sinking ship going nowhere?
The democrats have cheating down to an absolute science. That is why they were so confident that they would win. Nobody actually knows what the real numbers are in any election, nor to what fantastic extent that cheating goes on. There aren’t any checks and balances to catch or even help stay cheating. They know that and love to cheat right under our noses. They think it is their duty to vote as many times as they possibly can.
You have a point there. Even the UN observers were shocked by how unregulated our voting process is here in the US.
They will continue to blame Bush for all the ills that befall them.
Apparently no one believed that. So they lost. Notice that Obama even lost his edge in this one ~ his people didn't listen either.
Nobody really wanted these guys
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