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Wait a minute... Bush and Cheney are moderate Republicans. They certainly are not conservatives.
He was like all other Republican presidents. They call themselves conservatives, but as soon as they get to the white house, they start spending like drunken sailors and expanding the government.
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are liberals. McCain is a loser, he had his chance to lead the GOP and it was an epic fail. Why would ANYONE listen to them about what to do????
Funny, McCain/Palin were up by approx 5 in the polls just before the financial mess came crashing down - of course the candidate of the party in the WH would be punished for that.
Call me paranoid - that crash cam at a most opportune time for Obama. Look for the man behind the curtain (Soros).
I was responding to this; Her misconception of the election events.
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Originally Posted by LML
I happen to actually KNOW some who were delighted when John McCain ran for president and who donated money to him in the beginning. But as McCain sold out more and more of his ideals to the neo cons those people started re-thinking their decision to support him and when he selected Palin for VP it was the last straw. He lost both the Independents who had supported him the first time around and the moderate Republicans who had become disillusioned by 8 years of Bush/Cheney. I actually think that he could have won if he would have stayed true to his moderate stands and selected a better VP candidate.
McCain/Palin were in the lead, then the financial crash hit.
McCain was lack lustre on the campaign trail compared to Obama while Palin, after a strong start, was increasingly a liability. She turned out to be a disastrous choice. On the other hand, Obama managed to keep Biden from being the liability that I though he could be and also effectively muzzled Pelosi, Clinton, etc. The Republican cause was not helped by a much stronger fund raising effort by Obama or by Bush taking much of the blame (rightly or wrongly) for the recession.
Truth is, Obama was gaining momentum while McCain was losing it and the credit crunch/Palin accelerated this.
He was like all other Republican presidents. They call themselves conservatives, but as soon as they get to the white house, they start spending like drunken sailors and expanding the government.
I live in a very Republican area and I voted for McCain in the last election mainly because I thought he was more believable on the economy. But I know people who have voted Republican for the last 30-40-50 years who voted for Obama because of Palin and the "niche" she represents.
These shrill neo-cons are a real turn off for moderate Republicans like me.
People were turned off to republicans in 1977 and again in 1993.
Palin, Limbaugh, Beck … now it’s Republicans seeing the downside
Palin, Limbaugh, Beck â€Â¦ now it’s Republicans seeing the downside | csmonitor.com (http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/10/03/palin-limbaugh-beck-%E2%80%A6-now-it%E2%80%99s-republicans-seeing-the-downside/ - broken link)
Some moderate conservatives see danger in the vociferous right, especially among broadcast pot-stirrers. They want to advance the GOP by changing the tone. [Mod edit for copyright]
Of course. It was bound to happen. As I said in a post yesterday, the Republican party is in a horrible state with behaviors they have exibited. The US has been embarrassed all over the world by their attitudes. They'll get no votes if they act like hooligans, unless their supporters are hooligans, too.
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