Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
First, congratulations to Pres-elect Obama and his supporters. He ran a better campaign and did a better job telling people what they want to hear.
I've been reading comments from Democrat Party leaders such as Donna Brazile telling us that Republicans and Democrats need to "come together" and how it's not about red and blue. According to Ms. Brazile and others, we should put the election behind us and line up behind our new Savior...eh...President.
What's funny to me is that I don't recall this same willingness to put the election behind and take on a spirit of bipartisianship after the 2000 or even the 2004 election. I remember bitter and vitriolic comments from Democrats, and rants about "stealing the election" and other fantasies.
I'm all for trying to bring the country together, but I think it's typical of the Democrats to feel this need for bipartisanship WHEN THEY WIN, but not when they lose. Their hypocrisy is typical to me. It rings just as true as the calls for tolerance and diversity, except when opinions don't agree with the Democrats, then it's attack and belittle.
This will be an interesting 2 and 4 year cycle until the next elections.
The 2008 election, like the 2006 election before it, was a clear and unmistakeable repudiation of the politics of one party. That claim can hardly be made over the elections of 2000, 2002, or 2004. Do Republicans have a strategy for dealing with having been repudiated? If so, is it any better than the strategy they had for invading Iraq? The much-touted at the time Republican Revolution has failed. Well, crashed and burned, actually. Americans are simply tired of being misled, lied to, and oh so poorly served by the right-wing. What is your Plan-B???
The 2008 election, like the 2006 election before it, was a clear and unmistakeable repudiation of the politics of one party. That claim can hardly be made over the elections of 2000, 2002, or 2004. Do Republicans have a strategy for dealing with having been repudiated? If so, is it any better than the strategy they had for invading Iraq? The much-touted at the time Republican Revolution has failed. Well, crashed and burned, actually. Americans are simply tired of being misled, lied to, and oh so poorly served by the right-wing. What is your Plan-B???
Your going off on a political diatribe, as you mostly do, without answering my question. Answer my question...why are the Democrats such great winners and such sore losers? Where were the calls for "coming together" and bipartisanship in 2000 and 2004, or in 1994 for that matter? You seem to only want to repeat your mantras. I don't recall anyone saying that 2004 was a repudiation of John Kerry's policy on Iraq.
Good luck to Obama. Unlike Democrats, I want our country to succeed and thrive, no matter who is President. Democrats prefer to see our country fail, so long as they can make political points and get benefit.
Enjoy your time in the sun, but remember that another election will come, and once Obama has to actually govern, instead of just spout promisies and rhetoric, the American people will form their judgment.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
