I may want to borrow your crystal ball sometime! :)
Thanks. I would like you to think I am brilliant LOL, but I had the exact same opinions back in 1992-1993 as many freepers do now and learned then that apparent losses can be easily turned into much bigger future wins that would not have been otherwise possible. If Bush 1 (who I still like to this day, unlike McCain) was re-elected, republicans would not have taken congress in 1994. But if Republicans never took congress in 1994 AND Clinton was president, he most likely would have lost (or at least closer election) in 1996, probably against a better candidate than Bob Dole.
As bad as democrats are , having republicans in power indefinitely regardless of what they do is not healthy for the country. If they could hold power by force, there would be a violent revolution and it would be justified.
My bigger Point : I have learned we must think outside the box and be willing to challenge the crowd when the points do not add up, even if we draw fire from those that tell us daily that ‘we are not REAL conservatives’ if we don't agree with them. Many times they are repeating a message they hear from a personality that they really want to believe, I call it the "Glasses that tell you your wishes will come true or that your beliefs are true." Some of it is just defending past bad predictions. If I don't get insulted here once per day for challenging the crowd, I haven't done my job.
I just got called a RINO at 7:12am today, YES!