[ExTxMarine]

[The Republican Party was not listening either, they gave us McCain...and the rest is history!]

Yep! But, let’s not forget that the Dems made the EXACT same mistake (TWICE) and the Repugs failed to learn from other’s mistakes! Twice in a row, the Dems put up candidates that simply could NOT be elected in the general election (Gore and Kerry)! For everyone who says it is all Bush’s fault that we got Obamao, remember the left has been trying to do this far-left reach for EIGHT YEARS - this didn’t “just happen” because of Bush!

This has been a planned, long-term attack on the social fabric that is America!

[YankeeReb]

For everyone who says it is all Bush’s fault that we got Obamao, remember the left has been trying to do this far-left reach for EIGHT YEARS

Exactly right. In 2008 they found the secret, a black candidate who could appeal to guilty whites. When rev Jackson ran he was so well known and inarticulate that liberals had cover to not support him. With 0bama he was well spoken and came off as mainstream so he took the "guilty" white vote. The fact that the GOP ran McLame made Bambam a shoe in.

[BluesDuke]

For everyone who says it is all Bush’s fault that we got Obamao, remember the left has been trying to do this far-left reach for EIGHT YEARS - this didn’t “just happen” because of Bush!

No, it certainly didn't. The evidence was there, the data was marshaled, well enough in advance of 2008.

If you'll pardon the expression, they had their chance---they did not lead.

We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, what's left of it in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.---Edward R. Murrow.