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09-11-08, 09:03 AM | #41 | |
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Lord, protect president Obama. Only you know how bad it would be if Biden should become president. |
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09-11-08, 09:21 AM | #42 | |
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if it's possible, the 2010 maps look even worse for the GOP than 2008. edit: you are grossly underestimating Obama and Co. if you think they have not studied the mistakes of the first Clinton administration long and hard. double edit: i love the meme that somehow the country is primarily center-right, being pushed by the vanquished and thoroughly repudiated GOP, and thier cheerleaders like yourself. the GOP is now a regional party - let's see how long they have to wander in the wilderness before they come to grips with that. |
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09-11-08, 11:35 AM | #43 | |
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This thread is titled Election Predictions, not Election Wagers. Start a new thread if you're looking to make some money.
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Yes, the Republicans clearly have no continuity or reach anymore. Excuse me? What have we been hearing over and over for the last eight years? Something about absolute power and what it does? |
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09-11-08, 02:45 PM | #44 | |
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09-11-08, 07:17 PM | #45 |
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You can hardly claim that the Democrats trounced the Republicans with a mere 52% of the popular vote. The 57.4 million who voted for McCain are far too many to be considered to be on the fringe of American politics. The reason they live in thinly populated fly-over country because they grow the food and mine the minerals and fuels that keep city dwellers like you and me fat and happy. They also supply the majority of military personnel. Be glad they don't hold people like you in the same regard as you hold them, else those red areas might decide to close their borders and the military might decide to go on strike. You can breathe easy, red-state Americans are much too patriotic to do such a thing, but I wouldn't take them for granted if I were you.
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09-11-08, 07:55 PM | #46 | |
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that being said, the meme that 1)the electorate is really just yearning for the GOP to return to their conservative roots and 2)when they do, they'll be swept back into power is more than a little silly and not borne out by any post-election polling data whatsoever. now more than ever, Americans are painfully aware of government's place in their lives and they voted with the expectation that government should do more, not less. the election was not about making government bigger - it was about making government more competent. check your ideology at the door, red america - we're all in this together. |
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17-11-08, 01:28 AM | #47 | |
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What people want is a government that compliments our hard work, not one that supplements it. We're going to see if the Democrats received that message or if they're going to pursue the same agenda that lost them their majority in 1994. Their party may have the bigger tent, but it's only a tent in the figurative sense; it's not a shelter against the storm. No, we have to provide for ourselves and for each other. We need to work hard, get educated, save our money, and pay our debts (and a few platitudes from Obama to that effect would do wonders for the economy, despite the disappointment it would cause his proselytes). The government can and should assist, but it can't and shouldn't try do what we can do for ourselves, not while funding a deployed military force and paying down its own debt. |
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19-11-08, 08:23 PM | #48 | |
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I really have nothing else to add on this subject, and don't think I could say it any better anyway....
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