Posted on 05/11/2008 11:48:47 AM PDT by Perdogg
One of the thing I keep reading here on Free Republic is that a lot of conservatives are under the belief that if we get fours of Senator Obama or Senator Clinton that the American public would become so shocked and disgusted that they will be tripping over themselves in 2012 to elect a "true conservative" candidate. I have some issues with Senator McCain, however that's not the point here.
Lets look at the last 40 years. Only two presidential incumbents have lost their bid for re-election excluding President Ford. Ford was a special case, serving out the remainder of President Nixon's term. Even if you consider the 1976 election, the 1976 election came down to single county in Ohio despite all of the Ford's baggage. In fact we had two elections, where one of the candidate, the Vice-President, won extending the term of a two-term President (1988) and another election (2000) where another candidate, the Vice-President lost getting the majority of the popular vote, almost extended the term of the President. So it isn't easy unseating the President.
In 1992, the incumbent lost because the conservative vote was split.
Let's look at the 1980. In hindsight, it appears that Reagan blew out Carter. Governor Reagan soundly defeated President Carter in electoral college vote, however Reagan only receive 52% of the popular vote; Carter got 40%. Obviously the liberal vote was split by Congressman John Anderson. But what some people don't remember is that despite of Iran, the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan, stagflation, double digit interest rates, Billy Carter's Libyan fiasco, and the split at the democratic convention; the 1980 election was not decided until the final weekend before the election.
Some people say we can survive 4 years of Hilabama because we "survived" four years of Carter and 8 years of Bill Clinton. Four years of Carter got us 29 years of an Islamic Republic in Iran and 8 years of Clinton gave us the rise of Al Qaeda.
If Hilabama is elected, they will go to great lengths ensuring that they will never be out of power. They will leave no dime unspent in their pursuit of unabated democrat rule.
Your vote is your business. Just get all of the facts and be prepared to be disappointed.
What you said.
You’re not wrong if it’s Hillary, you are if it’s Obama...he’s incompetent...inexperienced...and appears to be in tow of his wife.
Barry will be with us for only one term...if he’s elected.
Yeah, I’m sure.
And, if McCain is elected and has a majority democrat Congress how will it be different?
I am just beside myself with the incompetence of all the candidates this time around.
Amen to that.
Sounds wisdom, to a point, how are Conservatives supposed to show their displeasure with DC, and at the same time vote and do the hard work of electing John McCain a man who routinely throws Conservatism under the Bus?
After seeing Obamao, I could never vote for the man, but there are races at all different levels that Republicans even Conservative Republicans need grassroots support to win that McCain is sucking the life out of.
Amen to that.
My guess is that a lot of these people were also saying how a loss in 2006 might be a good thing. But it doesn’t seem the American public is blaming the Democrat Congress for the problems in this country, even if their approval ratings are in the tank.
liberal judges won't be selected for the benches...
Either of the dims would be so stinking stupid they would get us nuked and then send the perps foreign aid.
Me too...this is the biggest no-choice election since FDR/Wilkie...two liberals committed to big spending and internationalism.
McCain may actually win...he will be awful. For all practical purposes he is already an Independent, like his buddy Lieberman.
I will not vote for either major party candidate this time.
I have had it.
We need to get conservatives elected to the House and Senate that will hold his feet to the fire on those issues that we disagree.
“And, if McCain is elected and has a majority democrat Congress how will it be different?”
He won’t nominate a Justice Ginsberg.
Amen to that. The guy keeps giving Conservatives the middle finger.
I have had it too, but I am going to hold my nose and pull the lever in November.
An Obama presidency would destroy the Republic.
Obama is an Anti-Christ candidate in my eyes.
Excellent post. However, none of these candidates are serious about reining in the spending power of the congress. There is a smart fellow by the name of Robert Ringer who argued that getting Obama in the WH will be a quicker death for the US. $ than with Hillary or McCain.
liberal judges won't be selected for the benches...
Neither will Conservatives. How can anyone be so stupid to believe McCain will appoint judges in the same realm of Scalia and Alito, when he HATES those types of people?
Get ready for a court full of Souters!
What would be different if Captain Queeg becomes president? He’ll raise taxes. He’ll let illegal immigrants become citizens. He’ll stifle free speech. McCain is just as bad as Hussein and Hillary. The American people are in the unenviable position of having to choose between 3 complete liberal nitwits to be our next president.
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