Actually, it WAS Bush’s fault: he never defended himself, and lies became “truth.”

To be fair, no other Republican has ever defended him, either. Or called “bullshit!” on Obama.

The short answer is, this is true because Republicans are cowards, which applies to a whole lot of things.

I am really glad to hear that.

Not much to say. I’m angry that people wanted free stuff too much to think it through.

I still blame the establishment’s “electability” argument.

ND-Rick Berg-LOST

WI-Tommy Thompson-LOST

FL-Connie Mack-LOST

PA-Tom Smith-LOST

OH-Josh Mandel-LOST

VA-George Allen-LOST

MT-Denny Rehberg-LOST

NM-Heather Wilson-LOST

The one race I truly do not regret ousting democrats best friend Dick Lugar but I truly am dissapointed about Richard Mourdock losing the seat. Im guessing sore loser syndrome there.

Putting aside issues we can do nothing about — Chris Christie, self-exalting Libertarians, Romney’s use of the prevent defense — I see the need for more political education to overcome the left-wing orientation of most of the media. Great steps have been made to advance conservatism and Constitutionalism, but just a leetle bit more is needed. The continuing demise of liberal newspapers and news magazines will make this easier.

What we shouldn’t do is surrender strong points, like giving up on control of immigration or opposition to abortion, or accepting the concept of Fortress America. And we absolutely mustn’t give up on the Republican Party. Attempting to start a new party would be far more difficult than continuing the effort to convert the RINO-ish and stiffen the spineless.

Assuming that Obama hasn’t converted to fiscal responsibility, our strongest move probably lies in opposition to spending and taxes, combined with a mantra of “Bush wasn’t the one who made things worse.”

Opposition to immigration should stress the practical side of policy. Immigration — legal as well as illegal — ought to be suspended while the unemployment situation is so dreadful. Additionally, we should point out that the justification for immigration lies in its ultimate benefit to the U S not its standing as a welfare program for foreign citizens.

Opposition to abortion should include the argument that children are needed to grow up into wage-earners and taxpayers who can help support their retired parents.

And for those who’ve been asking: Yes, I will accept your nomination to high office.

It is time to give up on concerning ourselves with what is best for the country. The people of this country voted for a candidate who ran a vicious and divisive campaign. They voted for a candidate who inherited a recession that would have been over in a year and prolonged it for 4 years and counting. They blamed the weak economy on George W. Bush (no longer valid, because recessions run their course in a year or 2 if the government does nothing) and on Republican efforts to stop the worst aspects of Obama.

The solution now is to prove once and for all that the left’s economic policies don’t work. The House must refuse to compromise at all on preventing the tax increase. Either Obama and the Democrats must keep all of the current rates where they are or they must allow all of the rates to go up. The reason to do this is to ensure the maximum possible damage to the economy in 2013. We should also give Obama the policies he dreams of, but with a provision allowing them to expire in early 2017, so the next President doesn’t have to waste time repealing them. 4 years of a carbon tax ought to cause some serious damage to the economy. 4 years of card-check (with mandatory secret ballot decertification elections for all unionized workplaces if it is allowed to expire) ought to show just how much mischief unions can cause. 4 years of heavy taxes on the “wealthy” (I think 90% sounds about right) ought to cause job creators to flee the United States for a less hostile environment. We need to discredit the left. Then, we can win in 2016, turn the economy around and never have to worry about the country electing a leftist again in our lifetimes.

Until we show the American people that socialism doesn’t work and capitalism does work, around 50% of the country will continue to believe that government can create prosperity. They blame Bush instead of seeing the cause and effect from the left’s policies. Our concern for the country cost us the election because many swing voters bought into Obama’s claims that our opposition to his policies caused the bad economy. We need to stop caring about doing what is best for the country in the short term and start doing what we have to do to permanently discredit the other side’s views on economics. That is in our nation’s long-term interest. When we’re done discrediting them, we can allow the policies to expire, repeal their other policies and even pass an amendment to the Constitution defaulting on the national debt and prohibiting the federal government from borrowing money in the future. Our priority should be nothing less than total victory over the left, not trying to limit the amount of damage Obama can cause.

Dear America,
Fuck You.

What a silly dichotomy.

Right. Because “VOTE DEMOCRAT AND GET FREE STUFF!!!” is such a penetratingly complex argument.

“Media bias aids Democratic candidates by about 8 to 10 percentage points in a typical election.”

“Left Turn, How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind”, Tim Groseclose.

An objective media means Romney wins. We need to shoot the biased “journalists” FIRST, then the lawyers.

‘The dumbing down of the electorate’ began way back with FDR treating Americans like infants with his Fireside Chats [perhaps it even goes back to TR].

And a free whack with the banhammer!

We are well rid of rubbish like Lugar. If Boehner and McConnell don’t shape up, we need to find primary opponents for them as well.