Posted on 11/09/2008 1:35:10 PM PST by AmericaTalks
We may never know why things turned out the way they did. History will probably attribute the result of the presidential election of 2008 to a number of different factors. Republicans abandoned their conservative principles and nominated a RINO for the top of the ticket. Whether that was due to the fact that there just wasn't anyone else qualified to take on the Democrats may take years to determine. The GOP has been in shambles since 2006, and the liberal left was just poised to take advantage of that fact.
It also didn't help that McCain sputtered during the last couple of weeks leading up to the election, leaving it up to Sarah Palin to carry the torch for his campaign. And as valiant an effort as she put forward, she was not able to save the ticket. In the aftermath, infighting and finger-pointing were the rule, with many McCain insiders laying the blame for his defeat squarely at Palin's door, sending her back to Alaska with a bitter taste for national politics in her mouth.
Now, as the Republican Party attempts to regroup and resurrect itself before 2010, one is left wondering if the direction our country is taking will be so far down a dangerous path as to make a return to the values our founding fathers intended virtually impossible.
Barack Obama feels he was given a clear mandate. Despite what we know about this man and his associations, the American people decided they wanted not just a tweaking of what isn't working in our country, but a sweeping change in our very system of government. And they will get it in an Obama administration.
The Marxist philosophy of income redistribution will soon become a reality. Joe the plumber and others will see their pockets picked by a regime that will determine where its new found wealth will be spent...and on whom. Our currency will be devalued, and possibly be replaced with another that will serve more than our country.
The fighting men and women of our United States military will leave Iraq and return home in disgrace, humiliation and defeat despite the Iraqi people begging us to stay and finish the job. Congress will cut defense spending by 25 percent, and put that money toward entitlement programs and other pork barrel projects.
Obama will sit down with those groups who endorsed him in this election. Members of Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations will now see their wildest dreams fulfilled, as the United States waves the white flag of surrender. We will abandon Israel, and watch as they either preemptively strike Iran to take out their nuclear facilities to prevent their own destruction, or as Iran wipes them off the face of the earth while Obama and the Democrats in congress sit by and do nothing.
The mainstream media will drool all over this president for the next four years, chronicling his every decision as a brilliant move if not a divine inspiration sent from heaven above. After all, he is their messiah.
Talk radio, the last bastion of political free speech in this country, will be silence by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as the Fairness Doctrine is brought out of the closet, dusted off and put back into effect. The alternative media will attempt to carry on, but , alas, the Internet will probably also be given its marching orders to be fair and balanced.
With the far left in complete control, our nation will forever be changed. We will no longer be the shining city on the hill that Ronald Reagan so eloquently spoke of, but rather just another suburb of France.
One can only hope and pray that within the next two years the GOP can find its way, with new leadership and fresh blood ready to tackle the progressive movement before the dire predictions laid out here can come to pass.
The problem with conservatives is that we are just too nice. We play by the rules while the other side cheats. We stay above board, while they get down and dirty. Unless conservatives change their Weltanschauung, we may never be able to overcome the slippery slope leading to the demise of our nation.
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This echos my predictions almost word for word.
I am glad I don’t have kids who will suffer under the new 4th reich.
Only the new fuhrer could bring fascism and communism together.
More like “shining path.”
President Reagan, I am so sorry you are having to look down upon this once great nation and see what it has become. I know that the Good Book says no one in Heaven will cry but it must be hard not to.
IMHO, we are approaching a time in which God Himself will begin taking measures to make those who have known Him, but have fallen away recognize He is still in control of all things.
This just in. Sources tell us that advance copies of plans for the coronation have leaked and we have a glimpse of the delights to come on January 20th.
William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright lead attendees in God Damn America with music by the Marine Band (who will be strapped to their chairs to prevent them from abandoning their instruments).
(For those unfamiliar with them, here are the words)
Now we Marxists gather, here in old D.C.,
And we curse the memory of our ancestry,
And the wicked men who brought us to this place,
Let us cleanse this nation of the damned white race.
God Damn America,
land built by slave,
Stand astride her, deride her,
Bout the blight with Obama well rave.
From the blue states, to the cities,
Commie leaders we will host
God Damn America, this curse our boast
God Damn America, this place is toast.
The lights are already out and the candles have burned down.
The neighborhood punks are already pumpin their chests.
This thing? Is about not just the US but the G7/8. Its also about Israel and Europe. And its all coming undone as he experiments with change you can believe in.
Flippin right. Change you will experience. But it wont take even 60 days. Its done already. The adversaries and detractors placed their bets and their pony came in.
Right now the world is facing economic turmoil and the thugs are ready to go. Its a poor time to be experimenting.
This comment unfortunately has an undertone of those bad Monica Lewinsky jokes from the 90's. I'll say this, though - if Sarah Palin IS going to compete in the national arena, she'll need to be prepared for worse than this. The Left will do its very worst to destroy her, as she threatens every ugly thing they hold dear.
Talk radio, the last bastion of political free speech in this country, will be silence by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as the Fairness Doctrine is brought out of the closet, dusted off and put back into effect. The alternative media will attempt to carry on, but , alas, the Internet will probably also be given its marching orders to be fair and balanced.
I say we draw the line in the sand right here. We fight this tooth and nail, march on Washington if we have to. We cannot let them muzzle us.
UNDERGROUNDUnder water grottos, caverns
Filled with apes
That eat figs.
Stepping on the figs
That the apes
Eat, they crunch.
The apes howl, bare
Their fangs, dance,
Tumble in the
Rushing water,
Musty, wet pelts
Glistening in the blue.
Republicans abandoned their conservative principles and nominated a RINO for the top of the ticket.
No, I don't buy this. Why would conservatives not vote for McCain because he wasn't conservative enough - and instead vote for a liberal?
McCain came out being very quiet and calm. He showed no enthusiasm, while Obama came out the gate fired up. It wasn't until the last couple weeks that McCain showed any enthusiasm. People fell for "The One's" rhetoric. He promised all things to all people, and people only heard what they wanted to. Maybe in the next election the GOP candidate should hire an acting coach.
Uh Nope! Obama's America will not come to Israel's aid, but "wipes them off the face of the earth"? Uh Nope! According to Ezekiel 38 & 39 God is going to defeat Israel's enemies. Not Israel, not the U.S.A., but God Himself.
The Left will do its very worst to destroy her, as she threatens every ugly thing they hold dear.
Yep - and while this country was ready for a black President, they (and our MSM) werent ready for a woman.
Wow. That’s inspiring! /s
LOLOLOL. Moron!
After four years of 0, we’ll be lucky if it doesn’t end up the dingy, crime-ridden, police-run slum-on-the-hill.
We let the press choose McCain for us. Would Thompson or Hunter have been any worse? No, and they would have been much more principled in their stands, which would have helped Republican candidates in all the other contests.
Let us not forget the population demographics will be altered to thier liking. Africa and other third world nations will flood the shores of America tipping the balance to a majority in thier favor and a minority in ours. It is truley the end of this nation as we knew her!
It seems that no matter how good, true and Conservative a candidate is, voters are picking the liberal Democrat over them now...
It's the liberal trending of the new electorate. "New Electorate" is a term I use to apply to transplants from the north migrating into Virginia bringing their liberal ways and voting habits with them. It also applies to college age and college graduates that have been indoctrinated and brain-washed into liberalism and socialism. They went all nuts for Obama.
Bottom line: The "Conservative Movement" cannot be rebuilt just by putting forth good or even great candidates. The "New Electorate" must be transformed into conservatives. That, will be difficult, if not nearly impossible. Why? 1. Blacks are not going to become conservatives. 2. Hispanics are not going to become Conservatives. 3. With high divorce rates or just plain non-married women - single women with children vote for government to be their husband and father to their children. 4. The seemingly increasing homosexual population are never going to become Conservatives. 5. The "New Christians" (who are not really true Christians) are trending to vote liberal. I think I read 25% (or higher?) of 'so-called' Christians voted Democrat/Obama.
So, what is there left to work with? Many, but not over half the population I think.
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