2004 AND 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS BY STATE
Posted on 11/06/2008 10:52:39 AM PST by Jeff Head
On November 4, 2008, God answered the prayers of millions regarding the American people being touched and persuaded to not elect Barack Hussein Obama.
...and the answer was no.
We conservatives have a lot of work to do, but now there is nothing for it but to hitch up our trousers and go to it. We must continiue to work, educate, stay prepared, and to pray, even as so many eloquently and spiritually did leading up to this election. And we must continue to work as as so many did so hard throughout the election. We must continue to do these things for our children and grandchildren, and we must never lose hope or faith.
Barack Hussein Obama's vistory was not a near thing. No one can say it was stolen...even if a few hundred thousand votes likely were...which is a travesty. But the win was much larger than that. It was not a Reagan style blow out, but it was very convincing. The American people have chosen and they have done so by a significant majority and a large electoral vote.
There were many reasons for that choice, not the least of which is the huge numbers of people who are already hooked on the public largess and who are entangled and emshed in its binding chords to vote for whomever promises them more.
Obama promised more of the public largess to these people and it is likely that their numbers will grow under his administration.
In addition, the DNC, the Obama campaign, and the complicit MSM, framed the election around what I consider a lie that Bush was "bad" and we needed to change away from anything remotely similar to him. Millions of people bought into this and far, far too many Republicans were distnacing themselves from BUsh, rather than defenind him. While Bush has made some mistakes, some of them significant, in general his administration has not been as terrible as it has been made out to be at all.
We have not been attacked again. No spin can change that fact. George BUsh has defended America and done a very credible job of doing so and taking the fight to our terrorist enemies who are hiding in holes.
In addition, 40-60 million people who have never tasted freedom now do, and in a part of the world where they can be our allies and bring a watershed change for the better where it is most needed.
Finally, up until this housing and credit crisis, which has been severe, and which is a direct result of democratic initiatives, our economy under Bush has soared.
But the mindless craving for change, institued by and egged ob by the DNC and the MSM, which has produced this vote, IMHO, may lead to unimaginable terror here at home...I pray not.
Millions more voted for Obama simply because he was black. And not just liberal or black Americans. Millions of heretofore conservative leaning people felt this was some kind of historic duty and the result certainly is historic and despite his horrible ideology, does historically represent a watershed occurrence which in and of itself may well say good things about our nation and where we have come on race...but history may well mark their choice as a terrible one...again,
I pray we avoid the worst horrors of his brand of Marxism, but it looks likely that we will live with it for the next four to eight years and the terrible consequences it will bring.
I must say in sttaing this that I will not be like the hatefilled Democrats and hope for ill on my country so that my political ideology can be advanced. That kind of thinking is a cul-de-sac which leads nowhere but down. I honestly hope America prospers and that OBama will institute poilicies which will proposer her and defend her. If he will, I will support him in so doing.
My fear is that he will not, and in those areas, I will oppose him and speak out and try to orgnaize others to do so through reasoned dialog and the lawful process as long as it remains open to us as free American citizens to do so.
Having said all of that, there are a couple of reasons and glimmers for hope in the election.
First, Democrats were kept from a 60 seat, filibuster proof senate. The Republicans, if they have the courage and the will, can hold up the worst legislation and we need to encourage them with all of our strength to do so.
Second, and IMHO, even more importantly, it seems that all of the Bans on Gay Marriage will pass in the three states they were up for vote as constitutional amendments. This will be critical for the future of our children and grandchildren and for the sanctity of marriage and the marriage ceremonies conducted in our churches. God in Heaven be thanks for that. It gives us hope in avoiding a complete moral breakdown
In the midst of continuing to work hard for the conservative and all-American principles of liberty, protection of life, self reliance, fiscal responsibility, the free market, faith in God, fundamental moral values, strong defense, energy independence, and protecting our borders, I pray for our nation, and pledge myself within my own sphere of influence to continue to work for her welfare.
My prayer to God in Heaven is that we shall all do the same wherever and whenever we can, and that God, at some future date, will recognize and bless these efforts and our sincere pleas to Him, and bless us to turn things back around.
We most probably are going to see very difficult and trying times before that happens and we will all have to be valiant, courageous, virtuous, and most of all, faithful to Him and to the foundational principle He has established liberty upon for it to happen.
At the same time, we should and must support our nation. Pray for its leaders, educate Obama through the legal political process, support him where we can and oppose him where we must.
When the opportunity for reversal of liberal, socialistic policies comes, we must be prepared....because as surely as night follows day, I believe with all my heart that that change will come if we work hard and are faithful to God and the principles our liberty is based upon.
We HAVE to keep USSC justices real safe and healthy for a few years. They and the American Rifleman are all that stands between this being a total rout of freedom and liberty IMO.
THANK YOU!!!! I just ordered some.
The US Senate, and inparticular the GOP Senators there now stand in the breech...and we MUST convince them to stand.
Great maps. Now, add 20 million newly-amnestied former illegals soon to be voting ‘rat for life......
We’re screwed. Demography is destiny.
Sarah Palin is the only reason McCain got the votes he got. McCain is still nothing else but a RINO...he can call himself a maverick all he wants....he a proven RINO.
Elvina, we lived for quite awhile in NM, lots of government lands (reservations), lots of welfare and the “gimmee” mentality is strong. Don’t know about CO, may be granola influence there. S. Texas along the border (Rio Grande Valley) has ALWAYS been liberal Hispanics, much welfare again. I was born and raised there speaking Spanish, I just didn’t join the Dem movement, had hard-working parents that taught me by example.
In the Rio Grande Valley, it was constant Dem mayors, sheriffs, county officials and still is. What I find hard to believe (looking at the county election map) are the blue counties in far W. Texas like Big Bend, you’re tellin’ me that those hard working ranchers and farmers went for B.O.? I think not, something’s weird about that for sure. That blue swatch above Big Bend must be Pecos and I can believe that, Pecos itself would cause the county to go blue. El Paso?, oh yeah, I can understand that!
Thanks, that helps me understand about New Mexico. I had pictured the state as being a lot more conservative and shall we say “redneck”! :) Only been through there once and stopped in Santa Fe, but I thought Santa Fe was an anomaly. The welfate mentality is also taking over here in Michigan. I would never have thought the rugged Upper Peninsula of Michigan would vote for an anti-gun, pro-abortion extremist; so that they could get some more government cheese and wait two years to get their teeth cleaned for free. So much for their former self-reliance.
Oh there are some good ol’ hard working rednecks like me there for sure. You’ll find them in the oil and gas business, primarily, forest industry, coal and maybe uranium but I lost track of that industry, friends have gone on to other things. Mining was a strong industry, good folks. And like a lot of folks, they vote Dem, thinking it’s the party of the “people”, yeah, okay.
I have a good friend (we grew up together) that was a NM representative for two terms, Republican. He proved that if you walked the walk, told the truth and got your point across, you could win the elections, did good. He said that his area was trending Leftward and so didn’t even run the third election phase, sold his business and moved out of state! I think it saved his sanity. I won’t say where that was so no one will be second guessing.
I meant to encourage you on that point. I had never been to Michigan but as an outdoorsman I always had an interest in the Upper Peninsula, wonderful wilds. Then we befriended some wonderful Michiganders, whose son served with our son in Iraq. Their son was killed in a freak accident and we traveled to the funeral. They lived in the SE portion of the state, rural area, small town America.
Beautiful state, we had LOTS in common, his redneck friends immediately turned into my redneck friends and I thought us Texans were hunters and fishermen!! There is a core of Michigander that makes me feel good that all is not lost push come to shove. They expanded our horizons, I'm proud to have them as friends.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I keep coming back to Michigan due to family ties, even though we have become somewhat of the laughing stock of the nation. There are still quite a few good folks here.
Actually, its the idiots moving from Philly who have turned Burlington County blue.
I believe that my county (Mercer) actually went for Reagan in '84, one of only two times since FDR that it had gone GOP (the other time being 1972).
I don’t seem to recall Sarah being a “pertectionist.”
Sad to see another Palin Kool Aid drinker. The girl hasn’t proven herself yet.
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