Posted on 11/06/2008 7:31:35 AM PST by prismsinc
We need to network our activities people. The PUMAs fooled us. I saw the exit polling data, and it showed that single/divorced woman turned out for Eclair by a wide margin. We were duped by Hillary. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on ME. We are no doubt under seige. Fascists at the top, working class moderates/liberals and the poor at the bottom.
They are very well organized, and they plan to exterminate us. Right now, they're coordinating their next move on us. We can't get involved in our minute differences. We fundamentally have the same ideals. So wake up, true conservatives. No waffling, no cowardice, an certainly no naiivete!
Get real.
The polls were putting Obama ahead for months. Do you think conservatives thought that Hillary’s people would comfortably knock McCain over the top without their vote?
Democrats voted for McCain at between 15-20%, depending on state, according to exit polls.
Some of those were Hillary supporters.
Before you start blaming the PUMAs, you lost a good percentage of the “conservative” base.
We gave you quite a bit of support in many states.
Chuckle!
They didn’t fool us, we fooled ourselves. We judged macro trends by micro statements. In other words, the dozen or so PUMAs we read and cheered for, we assumed where part of a macro movement, when in reality, they where what they where at face value, a dozen or so PUMAs. We do that a lot..
but who will lead? we need someone charming on outside and
brutal enough on inside to fight these guys.
The PUMAs fooled us.And that's pretty amazing because they didn't fool anyone else. I think the case is that you fooled yourselves. Wake up and smell reality. I actually looked into the PUMA phenomenon and it was incredibly easy to find out that it didn't exist. There were no more than a few thousand PUMAs nationwide. You believed otherwise because you desperately wanted to.
It's called the Tinkerbell strategy. "If you believe hard enough, you can save Tinkerbell." Guess what? It won't work four years from now either. How about we wise up and stop blaming everyone else?
FR needs a disinformation detector ... they need it real bad!
Are you out of your mind? The PUMAs worked their butts off for the McCain campaign. They then went to the polls and voted. That’s more than I can say for many in the Repbulican Party.
How dare you try to blame the PUMAs.
Imbecile.
You are wrong here...not "working class moderates/liberals...It's NON-working class.... If you think about it, since the 1950's the democratic party has moved from the champion of the blue-collar, hard working middle-lower class American, to the no collar, non-working, lower class anti-American who just wants everything handed to them...Blame LBJ for the biggest part of this...
Before you start blaming the PUMAs, you lost a good percentage of the “conservative” base.
The conservative base was the problem. Still alot out there that “want to teach the GOP a lesson”. I guess they didnt learn anything from 2006. As far as the PUMAs are concerned, they did what they could. I went to several rallys and saw “Hillary voters for McCain” “Dems for McCain” and “PUMA Power” signs. It would have been unrealistic to expect them all to go to McCain. Obama won by being the media darling, having unlimited funds and fraud....and the conservatives stayed home.
Next time, think before you post a vanity.
And young. As the dust is settling I can’t believe we had a 72 year old man as our guy, as much as I admire him. Anyone under 50 is practically a non-starter. It is true is that the left are not going to stop at winning the election, I have insane liberal “friends” and they smell blood.
Hillary voters went 86-11 for Obama. Yes, we were fooled big time. PUMAS? More like PUTZES.
Not really. When someone makes rash claims just ask them for their source of information. That gives you the chance to research for the opposite opinion, then determine who has the best sources.
ALL votes have been compromised.. the election is and was a sham.. a ruse.. a trick..
The lack of republican outrage is deafening..
What good does this do? IT’S OVER...there’s no use figuring this one out because it’s unprecedented...Let’s just regroup, put up good conservatives and MOVE ON. How do you think MOVEON.ORG got so powerful? Not by dwelling in the past, I’m telling you that much.
The Republican Party has good leaders, we just chose not to use them. And let's not forget Rush Limbaugh, he used his considerable pulpit to trash McCain for months; that didn't help either.
The single/divorced female voter has been killing Republicans in the last few elections. It’s going to get worse. This is a direct result of the disintegration of the American family and the secularization of America. Absent the crucial support and value systems provided by families and religious institutions these women, having marinated in a cultural stew which disparages marriage and family, naturally look to the state. Combined with their abhorrence to the use of military force and disinterest in defense funding, this is a toxic demographic for conservatives and the future of the nation.
That's one of the reasons I turned off the TV.
Yeah ... I know. I'm thinking about it. ;)
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