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jack3566Why I Happily Await the GOP Bloodbath in November
Why? Tough love.
I recall seeing on Politico, an article about how the GOP can save itself. This year, it can’t. And basically that article stated that the GOP needed to keep up the fear mongering .. I think that’ll work great these days.
I’d prefer an Obama presidency with a GOP Congress, but that seems unlikely. Some estimates show a few dozen more seats being lost to the Democrats. The hold on southern states is falling apart, all the donors don’t want anything to do with them. They’re right to think that.
The GOP is sometimes at its finest when in the opposition role. Take a look at the Clinton years for example, Republicans were willing to ask the tough questions. They aren’t anymore, because they’ve been dumbed down by being in Washington. They had some principles, like how the budget was balanced, and people give Clinton the credit, but it was Congress that did it. Blind loyalty to the Bush Republicanism will cost them dearly.
So now that it seems almost impossible for an Obama/GOP Congress mix, what is there left to do? All that is left to root for now is the bloodiest, most embarrassing loss the Republicans will ever have in November 2008. McCain needs to lose 40+ states (and might at this rate), while the House GOP takes 50-70 more losses from the already bad 2006 elections.
Most Republicans are a bunch of phonies, and perhaps ironically, there is a phony leading the parties national ticket this year in John McCain. He is sacrificing the party’s base to get independents. He spits in his bases face by endorsing global warming mania, speaking with La Raza, and reaching out to liberals. Sure, he has a record of cross-party legislation, but those also happened to be the worst legislation in recent memory.
A lot of them will be staying home in early November, if I had to make a guess. So I guess McCain might as well run as a liberal Democrat since he apparently doesn’t care about the base. A big loss will show that the next GOP nominee can’t take them for granted.
Republicans have also managed to scare off most young upcoming voters (to Obama), are having trouble fund raising, and don’t utilize the internet very well. Though I know a certain someone .. who ran for the Republicans .. who didn’t have those problems.
But it doesn’t really matter at this point, the only way to truly save itself is to fully and completely reject the Bush Republicanism (Neoconservatism mixed with compassionate conservative .. mm, tasty). As for me, I will probably stay home. If I was forced into the voting booth with a gun to my head I ‘might’ pick the Libertarian, or Obama at worst. Then again, I might just take the bullet.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics, Republicans
Constitution Party with Chuck Baldwin is who I’m leaning toward.
Good Choice Lance. That will be two votes.
I didn’t realize that acceptance of a scientific theory was a Republican versus Democrat issue? Just like I didn’t realize that Republicans were historically pro war and Democrats weren’t? How quickly history is forgotten and the current fad becomes the de facto standard.
I too hope for a crushing defeat for McCain to set the party straight, but as long as the Republicans hold a filibuster proof margin that is enough for me. They know how to play that game well enough judging from the last few years.
To turn a scientific theory into a religious cult and use it to further socializing the economy is the issue. Especially when the theory is still in contention, being disputed by at least 31,000 people with science degrees- and they never even got around to getting my name.
Problem is, Dave; I don’t think the GOP will hold the filibuster-proof majority. Then there will be Hell to pay with one part having complete rein.
And the second reason I’ll reluctantly vote for McCain is as the best way to assure that the jihadists finishing packing it in in Iraq. If Obama wins, I fully expect a big, bloody push there to see if they can get Obama to withdraw. If it’s McCain, they’re unlike to bother trying. It is not worth the cost to let Iraq be a complete loss at this point, no matter what you think of going in in the first place. The political point can be made (and has been) without that.
And I don’t believe for one minute that McCain hasn’t learned from Bush’s big mistake in going into a mess like that willy-nilly. He’ll be more reluctant to start anything than the anti-war types believe.