[dirtboy]

ok, the morons who stayed home only consigned 300 million people to this.

The morons who stayed home?

I guess you failed to notice where voter percentages, across gender and ethnicity, shifted to the Dems.

The GOP failed to give a good reason to the average swing voter as to why they should stay in power. They stressed how important it was they maintained control - after showing they mostly saw power as a way to get the lion's share of earmarks and pork. That resonated with a lot of voters.

So if you want to blame someone, blame the pork-eating pubbies. Don't blame the voters. Blaming the voters is like a rapist blaming the victim for dressing in a way that "deserved" rape.

[KC_Conspirator]

So if you want to blame someone, blame the pork-eating pubbies. Don't blame the voters.

You are exactly right. The voters, nor the people who stayed home, nor any poster on FR, is to blame for this.

The blame squarely falls on Bush, Rove, Mehlman, and the GOP leadership for sowing a loss over a span of 2 years. One should feel very let down by them.

[MEGoody]

So if you want to blame someone, blame the pork-eating pubbies.

Anyone who voted for a Democrat because they thought it would reduce pork eating is an absolute moron with zero knowledge of history.

[Williams]

let me guess, you didn't vote. Well you get what you deserve. Richly. You think the republicans "raped" you, well you better just lay down and enjoy the democrat gang bang. What BS.

[Myrddin]

I guess you failed to notice where voter percentages, across gender and ethnicity, shifted to the Dems.

The demographics on the last election suggest the 18-29 age group voted heavily Democrat. People in that age group have never experienced the crushing taxation that is the hallmark of having Democrats in power. Their paycheck stubs will soon tell them they made a big mistake.

If the Dems jack the marginal rates way up on income tax, my only refuge is to request participation in the salary deferral program. My company will simply put the money on the books in my name for a future withdrawal. It makes for a smaller paycheck, but when you consider the prospect of losing 70% of every dollar earned over the threshold, it makes good sense. I can take the money later.

[Moonman62]

The GOP failed to give a good reason to the average swing voter as to why they should stay in power. They stressed how important it was they maintained control - after showing they mostly saw power as a way to get the lion's share of earmarks and pork. That resonated with a lot of voters.

I second that. It's not 1994 anymore.

[prov1813man]

Not to be argumentative, and I may be wrong, but it seems that we lost the senate because "libertarians" and others who normally vote republican voted their "conscience" in Montana by a large enough number to give the election to the dim.

Still, it shouldn't have been that close, conservatives outnumber dims by a large majority in this country. I assert that the limp, leaderless, majority in the Congress caused most of us to wonder if there was a difference worth defending.

[ModelBreaker]

To all of those who are crying about conservatives who stayed home, please read dirtboy's post 13. We lost the election because independents voted against us. It's that simple.

There is NO evidence nationally that conservatives either stayed home or that they voted D. Nor is there any evidence to that effect in my neck of the woods, where I am intimately acquainted with the election results.

Would respectfully suggest that such folks educate themselves about what actually happened in the election instead of imagining that conservatives threw the election. One starts fewer unnecessary firefights amongst political allies that way.