Well, as a card-carrying liberal who posts more frequently to
Smirking Chimp more than here, I have read my share of the same "Blame Bush" posts. Personally, I would blame our past three presidents for September 11 (yes, all of them) more than I would Shrub. And lest we become too focused on our own navels, let's not forget to blame Osama bin Laden, Sadaam Hussein, Omar Gaddafi and friends. But right now isn't the time to blame, and I wish people on both sides of the political aisle would understand that. Blaming Bush or Clinton or what have you is wasted energy right now. Right now is the time to do everything in our power to help us against
our common enemies. I fully support President Bush as Commander-in-Chief of this country. I do share concerns about his military leadership abilities with other liberal friends, and I wish we had a more reliable CIC in the White House, such as FDR or JFK, but the fact is that he is unproven in war. Give the man a chance to show his mettle. And certainly don't blame him for the circumstances we are in now.
And Bryan, if you want to look at the scoreboard, let me point out that Democrats have been in the White House for 40 of the last 69 years. Doesn't matter if they won in landslides or not...just ask our current Prez.
Hmmmmmm. Scoreboard. Hmmmmmmmm. Sixty-nine years brings us back (very conveniently for Democrats) to the start of the FDR Administration. I'm sure that you have your reasons for choosing 1932 as your starting point -- rather than, say, 1952 or 1968 or 1980.
And I'll point out that 1964 was a benchmark year. It was the last time that we saw a classic liberal party in this country, and it won a landslide victory. After that, it completely redefined itself by adopting homosexual rights, the right to murder unborn children, the disarming of law-abiding citizens so that they can become defenseless victims of violent crime, and affirmative action quotas as the cornerstones of their party platform.
Since then, out of nine elections the conservative party has won three genuine landslides (1972, 1980 and 1984). The now-radical liberal party has won only three, and two of them were plurality victories (less than 50% was still good enough for a win, thanks to Perot).
I choose 1964 as the benchmark because the vast majority of Americans never voted in an election prior to 1964. This is really the modern era of American politics. So much has happened since 1964 that distinguishes this era from every election before it.