[BW2221]

"Rove was anticipating a 65% turnout. A lot of conservatives decided to stay home."

During his presidency, particularly the second term, Bush has been careful not to alienate any segment, except his base. Whatever the fat cats, Vincente Fox and even Ted Kennedy wanter they got.

Bush and his advisers sent Reagan Democrats back to the Democratic Party.

[taxed2death]

"Bush and his advisers sent Reagan Democrats back to the Democratic Party."

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He sure as hell sent large chunks of blue collar Republicans a barrage of insults in the last two years with his utterly moronic "immigrants just do the jobs that Americans aren't willing to do" bullshit line.

Jobs like Carpentry, heating / HVAC / automotive repair / auto body repair..basically all the trades people got sick and tired of his BS line.

the dums don't help the blue collar working bloke...most blue collar guys I know are conservative. They just got tired of being berated by a POTUS with no clue or connection to the common guy. so, they sat home and ate cheetos and drank beer instead. This election was soooooooooo predictable. Really.