Solace for Conservatives

[Sun Tzu]

McCain essentially had ZERO ideas about anything.

Obama had lots of ideas - and they are almost all bad.

The sad thing is I have little doubt that the majority of voters today couldnt articulate what the candidate's position was on much of anything, except maybe Obama supporters on the tax cut - who of course dont understand they arent getting a tax cut even if he keeps his promise, and the check they get wont be much, and McCain supporters who dont want redistribution of wealth. It became "cool" to vote for Obama and it carried the day.

 

[kosar]

$515.4 billion?....

lol....you`re ridiculous...

kosar......."the parse-master general".....

/you can`t wake a man who is pretending to be asleep...

I'm not parsing anything. Please show me where Barry is proposing spending 500 billion on this civilian defense thing, or whatever it is.

As an aside, while you're here, do you believe that the 700 billion 'bailout' is welfare?

 

[kosar]

McCain essentially had ZERO ideas about anything.

Obama had lots of ideas - and they are almost all bad.

The sad thing is I have little doubt that the majority of voters today couldnt articulate what the candidate's position was on much of anything, except maybe Obama supporters on the tax cut - who of course dont understand they arent getting a tax cut even if he keeps his promise, and the check they get wont be much, and McCain supporters who dont want redistribution of wealth. It became "cool" to vote for Obama and it carried the day.

Yep- had nothing to do with Bush.

Nice analysis.

 

[Sun Tzu]

Yep- had nothing to do with Bush.

Nice analysis.

You mean the guy that has a higher approval rating than the inept Democrat controlled Congress that is gaining a ton of seats tonight? Your point is valid as to a number of voters, but also supports mine that most voters have no clue what they are doing or why. Being anti-Bush shouldnt necessarily correlate to a vote for Barry - especially if you dont know what Barry really stands for-and folks are voting because they are unhappy with how things are going they shouldnt be throwing out Pelosi and Reid and their clan as well. Bush has not done a good job, and if the War were the big issue that would be one thing, but the economy falls much more on Congress than him in reality, though that isnt the perception.

 

[kosar]

You mean the guy that has a higher approval rating than the inept Democrat controlled Congress that is gaining a ton of seats tonight? Your point is valid as to a number of voters, but also supports mine that most voters have no clue what they are doing or why. Being anti-Bush shouldnt necessarily correlate to a vote for Barry - especially if you dont know what Barry really stands for-and folks are voting because they are unhappy with how things are going they shouldnt be throwing out Pelosi and Reid and their clan as well. Bush has not done a good job, and if the War were the big issue that would be one thing, but the economy falls much more on Congress than him in reality, though that isnt the perception.

As i've posted numerous times, Nancy Pelosi is a joke. And Harry Reid is right there with her.

Whatever the approval rate of Congress, it's nothing compared to the perception of the executive branch, especially one that has been around for 8 years and really has been a disaster in every way.

People like Pelosi and Reid will never be 'thrown out', no matter what you and I think about them.

The bottom line is that there was no chance for a republican candidate, even against a pretty weak, on balance, opponent.

There is only one reason for this and that is George W. Bush.

 

[bleedingpurple]

McCain essentially had ZERO ideas about anything.

Obama had lots of ideas - and they are almost all bad.

The sad thing is I have little doubt that the majority of voters today couldnt articulate what the candidate's position was on much of anything, except maybe Obama supporters on the tax cut - who of course dont understand they arent getting a tax cut even if he keeps his promise, and the check they get wont be much, and McCain supporters who dont want redistribution of wealth. It became "cool" to vote for Obama and it carried the day.

I don't really think that it was "cool" to vote for Obama. I have said this before, what won this election right or wrongly was GW. He made it easy for bipartisan people to be anti-republican... He BECAME a hated president and I believe that the people who would of been undecided thought to themselves, "I can't vote for the republican party." Maybe I don't know what I am talking about but that is my gut feeling.

 

[kosar]

I don't really think that it was "cool" to vote for Obama. I have said this before, what won this election right or wrongly was GW. He made it easy for bipartisan people to be anti-republican... He BECAME a hated president and I believe that the people who would of been undecided thought to themselves, "I can't vote for the republican party." Maybe I don't know what I am talking about but that is my gut feeling.

No, you're exactly right.