No, conservatism did not lose, but nanny-stating Christian Socialists did.
Finally, I'm always amused when the American people are called "Lemmings" and "Sheeple" when Republicans lose elections but not when they win them.
Oh yes, the ones who just want to use the levers of power for their ends. They're another equally dangerous bunch if you ask me.
Oh they just want to get back to that ole timey religion but in the end they'll mangle the Constitution just as bad as the lefties will.
Maybe even worse.
The election was in the end about Iraq, no matter how you slice it, and the scandals.
Those played a part to be sure, but what really did 'em in was the fact that they were just playing 'catch up liberalism' with the Dems.
Couple that with the absolutely inept leadership of Hastert and Frist and the disaster was inevitable. I will admit that I predicted the Pubbies would hold Congress albeit barely.
I was wrong. They lost and we lost.
And we have no one to blame but ourselves.
It's not the fault of the press or some individual idiot Pubbies who couldn't keep their hands out of the till or their peckers in their pants.
The Republican Party traded its soul for power and in the end lost both.
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