The election has left me very sad, in part because I believe the answer to your question is now "no."
I feel the same way. I look at every post I've made here since the election and I see they've almost all been cynical, dripping with sarcasm and contempt. Truth is, I just can't process how we lost this one. It isn't like '96 when we fielded a lousy candidate against Clinton enjoying a gangbuster economy. In this case, we fielded a decent, competent man against one of the worst economies ever and still had our asses handed to us.
I just feel that demographics have finally turned against us. Run a moderate and we lose the base. Run a conservative and we lose the middle. Either way, we lose. We've lost every demographic short of white males over 30 and married white females. This just can't cut it anymore. Nobody seems to be buying what we're selling and we'll never be able to compete against Santa Claus.
I find solace in the fact that I'm employed, have a great wife and beautiful kids. I think that from here on out, I'm just going to stand on the sidelines and watch it all crumble, making sure I look after me and mine.
I agree with you.The election has made me pretty much indifferent to politics The America that I knew as a kid some forty-five years ago has vanished and in it’s place is something I just don’t understand. Obama has seen to it to create a dependent class that will scream and holler if their ‘’free stuff’ is not forth coming.
Change the age to vote back to 21, pull the female vote and we will come back to our senses.
Only half kidding.