EXACTLY
The figures I believe show that the Dems really never got a massive turnout compared to the last two elections but instead evangelicals and some conservatives stayed at home
I have not watched much news since the election as obama makes me want to puke with that arrogant stuck face of him but I sat down today to watch.
This is what I heard today
he is trying to appoint a woman who headed the socialist international
getting a man to run the treasury who never paid taxes for 4 years
getting a man to head the CIA with no intel experience what so ever
Now he wants openly homo’s to share a room with the military personal.
I am glad I got out now and have done my service but my two sons wanted to join and now have said that they will not join if this is the case and I would not want them to either.
B/S I am right now
what ever happened to the Kenyan passport deal?
Yes I am grasping at straws right now
I tend to place more blame on those that voted for this mess. If those conservatives and 3rd party voters you spoke of had all voted for McCain, it still wouldn't have been enough for McCain to win.
Folks, Reagan isn't going to descend on a white horse and there is no one out there that is going to be able to right this wrong because the folks that are controlling the government right now aren't going to give it up. Look what happened with Al Franken. Dems are going to have a superior majority after 2010 by hook or crook.
If mclibtard had tried to win, he might have, instead he did everything he could to throw the election to his good friend and colleague the senator from parts unknown.
And for what it's worth, No, I didn't vote for mcscumbag, I voted for Governor Palin like most who managed to swallow their vomit and put a check by the (R).
If you have to flail around looking for someone to blame, mcloon.
Look, stop blaming the voters, OK? Please remember that not everyone is as politically astute as FReepers. The vast majority of people are just brain-dead morons.
Also remember that if it wasn't for Palin, McNut would have lost in a blowout.
Hey, McLame was not the answer. He was a Dem apologist. Had McLame won, the GOP would have ceased to exist, which long term would’ve been far worse.
We’re victims of our own prosperity. Too many morons were overpaid and underworked. All they did was show up and BAM! They got a paycheck. Well, guess what? That sh!t’s not gonna cut it anymore, and they know it. They voted for someone as incompetent and faithless as they are to save them, and they’re gonna have to find out the hard way that slacking won’t cut it.
We have two left parties right now, thanks to the media. centrist-left GOP and far-left Dems.
This outcome was inevitable. This schmuck will be lucky to go 4 years without a successful move to impeach him.
It is the moderates of the R party that selected a candidate that the “base” seriously disliked. The Base voted their conscience, collectively.
Bring forward a worthy, conservative candidate, and this doesn’t occur.
It’s funny, but saying this before, during, and after the primaries, and during the general campaign, brought derision and slurs, much like the ones you pronounce now.
I voted Palin/whats-his-name. Bite me, utahson. You, and those who espouse the BS you spew here, are the problem.
Principle comes before party.
That is not true.
You need to examine the voting stats.
Obama won because he grabbed the moderates and had a very motivated youth, black, latino and oriental vote.
Mccain only got 3 million less than Bush 2004.
Obama got 10 million more than Kerry 2004.
7 million new voters maybe....
Obama got nearly all the middle of the road idiots, some of whom Bush got in 2000 and 2004.
And Obama got a lot of new folks...minorities mostly.
You are right though that a high GOP turnout is all we got left, that and a stronger white vote. We got 57% this time...first time in history that wasn’t more than enough.
Thanks open borders.
We lost because:
1. McCain ran a half-hearted campaign that gave no reason why people should vote for him, other than he is not Obama.
2. He more than likely believed his "maverick status" would attract the moderates and independents to his side to offset the loss of conservative votes (which did not).
3. McCain fumbled badly during the economic crisis.
4. McCain's "maverick status" did not prevent the perception that McCain meant another four years of Bush.
5. McCain simply shunted the conservatives. Then probably realized that he was in serious trouble and brought in Palin as a desperate measure.
6. The GOP still has no clue on how to counter the media spin.
7. In this age where image is everything, an old geezer ran against a younger, more dynamic candidate...nuff said.
The GOP better learn that you cannot win without the conservative base. They also have to learn how to better sell the idea that conservative principles are what is best for the US (especially to younger voters). Finally, they have to counter the negative media spin.
“Thank you stay at home conservatives and third party voters.”
Sory, we don’t vote for scumbag liberals. Yours OR theirs.