The lie that conservatives stayed home en masse on election day and inflicted a left-wing Congress on the country as punishment for a lack or “purism”.
It’s a flat-out lie, pushed by liberal republicans to smear conservatives. It simply didn’t happen, and the number bear that out. The Dems won because the independent vote broke 65-35 against the Republicans. That’s it.
I agree. Also, voters that are primarily fiscal conservatives and/or libertarians who are usually reliable republican voters either stayed home or voted 3rd party.
The social conservatives had absolutely no reason to stay home even though some in the south were duped by "conservative" democrats like Heath Shuler.
It’s a flat-out lie, pushed by liberal republicans to smear conservatives. It simply didn’t happen, and the number bear that out. The Dems won because the independent vote broke 65-35 against the Republicans. That’s it.
Methinks you are right ... and it deserves repeating.
Although in some cases this falsehood is being pushed by disgruntled conservatives, too ... "we told you the GOP shouldn't have abandoned its base."
IMO, the '06 debacle was an Iraq thing ... and to try to draw broader electoral lessons from it ... or to try to use it to batter one another ... is a mistake.