Let’s face it. conservatism as we know it is over. we don’t have the numbers. the country will be majority minority (who tend to be dependant & collective) in 2 generations. government is going to get bigger and bigger.
sorry to be doom and gloom, i’m just depressed about the whole thing.
Okay now stop being depressed. This does no good at all.
This country survived Jimmy Carter and we will survive OBama.
The vast majority of this country is of a conservative bent. Most of them just don’t know it is all.
Go out and vote. My pitiful 115 pound husband with a damn brain infection is going to the polls, eagerly and with a smile on his face.
Stop whining, keep the faith, and in the event of a loss, STILL keep the faith and STILL do not whine.
Instead work feverously to install conservatives in your local area. In due course the times will change.
Buck up there, WesA—this is no time to go wobbly!
Look...the majority of the Country isn't in line with these liberal loons. If a minority party does assume power, it will be our duty to fight them in any legal manner we can.
We have watched the liberal nuts rooting against our military and supporting the enemy. We have also watched these nuts root against the average American, even (Obama) making fun of “Joe The Plumber”.
If the nuts gain control, it will be our jobs to be the checks on their power. There are many legal means to to keep them in check...but this is only if they get an electoral victory on Tuesday...which they still may not get.
Given all of the above, I'm expecting a sizeable McCain victory. 52 or 53 vs 45/46. It's not quite the landslide I predicted after Palin was announced, but hey...what's a few points?
Down ballot is worrisome, but it looks like McConnel will still be able to lay roadblocks in the Senate. And perhaps there are some Rino's we could do without that'll be knocked off. Conservative R's and conservative leading D's did best in '06.
Buck up all.
This from Jerry Pournelle's day book:
I'm with Dr Pournelle on this one.Despair is a sin, and often a mistake. The polls do not record the "refused to respond" which in my judgment is a much larger category than any admit -- it includes me, five times so far this year since I'm home to answer the phone more than many people are -- and I suspect that more McCain people refuse to respond than the trendier Obama enthusiasts.
Few Republicans are enthusiastic. I wish there were a safe recipient for the Turn The Rascals Out! vote. There isn't. Electing a junior senator whose political positions are indistinguishable from McGovern except on the checkoff unionization which even McGovern opposes cannot be a good thing for the future of the nation. If the Democratic candidate were Colin Powell, who has fairly traditional liberal views but is primarily a centrist with some military (including political military, but who has led troops in combat) experience, I'd very likely vote for him on the grounds that he would be a good restraining influence on Rangel, Franks, Dodd, Pelosi, and the weak Reid. Alas, Obama isn't likely to stand up to much of anything; his political experience has been Chicago machine go along to get along.
But the election is not over. There are more decline to answer voters than it takes to change the election.
One vote per precinct in California delivered the nation to Woodrow Wilson.
The way to win elections is to get those who intend to vote for your candidate to go vote. Few readers here are not capable of getting two or three voters to the polls. That's well over a million votes. Think on it.