Posted on 11/08/2006 4:30:06 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
Watching in stunned amazement from the other side of the Pacific, trying to take in the electoral devastation meted out to the GOP, I have only one question (and my inquiry is genuine): How the hell was this allowed to happen?
The GOP didn't lead.
DB's right. The Republicans didn't lead. They quit acting like the Republicans we wanted them to be and started acting like "less liberal" Democrats. Combine that with the constant negative drumbeat from the traitorous mainstream media, and the stage was set.
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After watching explosions on our televisions for 3 years, the American public thought they could "Wah, Wah, make it stop, make it stop". By electing Democrats, they may at least make the television coverage of Iraqi violence stop because NOW all the talking heads will be convinced that we've got a "new direction". ;-)
A failure in our twelve years in the House to really lead. We let spending get even more out of control under our watch for instance. And we couldn't get much done the last few years despite holding all the levers. Equally importantly we really ran a poor campaign. In previous elections we've had a unified message. We didn't this time and not only that a lot of our candidates sniped at each other instead of concentrating fire on the Dems.
Republicans and conservatives attacked our President and Commander in Chief during war time.
That is exactly how it happened and everyone here knows it.
The GOP has been controlled by moderates and fools with socialist tendencies for some time now. 1994 is a distant faded memory, and those Contract With AMerica people are no longer effective in any way. The DC power structure has long ago neutered that voice.
We conservatives have been saying it, we've seen this day coming, but noooooo, we're just trolls. Now here we are.
You make a good point. How many soldiers are still in Serbia? Since the media doesn't mention it...
I read this earlier and I truly believe it!
The MSM won this election. They have been after Bush since 2000 and they finally got their way. Of course, the Republicans and scandals have themselves to blame too!
And make all that nasty political sniping stop, too. ;-)
This could have ALL been prevented, with a simple fence.
You're right.
Actually I think this is normal for mid term elections. It always seems that good Republican rule is followed by the folly of the Democratic party. Americans seem to have short attention spans and have forgotten the Democrat iniquities of the past. When their taxes are raised and their freedoms curtailed by the Dems we will probably see another shift to the right in '08.
Serbia? Where's that? ;-)
We lost because of a pervasive and dominant left wing press that has convinced a majority of Americans that our economy is in shambles and the Iraq war has been lost. Both of which are patently false. The loss of Talent, Steele and Santorum to ignorant boobs is particularly hard to understand.
It's simple. The Republicans were elected to do a job by their constituency. People want lower taxes, smaller govt, and less spending. However, a lot of elected officials get to Washington and start thinking of the next step, whether that's the Senate or the White House. They become more concerned with being Press Darlings and being viewed by the nation as 'moderate' than doing the jobs they were sent to do. It's similar to 1994 when they employed a masterstroke with the Contract With America, then abandoned its principles shortly thereafter.
It's quite simple. Bush abandoned his conservative base.
federal spending explosion, growth of government, IMMIGRATION!, Harriet Miers nomination, Religion of peace rhetoric, Fighting a war with half-measures, supporting losers like Lincoln Chafeee...
This is the Chemotherapy the GOP needs. Whether or the chemo is successful remains to be seen.
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