Although it seems the election was certainly not decided by Democrats, I'd be interested in seeing how the rest of the Romney campaign plays out...apparently, at least the people of Michigan don't care that they've thrown the eggs in the basket of a corporate, pandering flip-flopper...the exact type of guy, as Huckabee referred to, as they guy that sent Michigan jobs overseas, rather than the type of guy who worked next to them. We'll see what the future hold, but mark my words, I believe the left is seriously underestimating "Multiple Mitt!'"
We may be on our way to a nightmarish Bush sequel!!!!
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Yes, it seems everyone has under estimated him. With some connections to that state, I find it interesting that Rev. Huck didn't do better though. One of my uncles was a UAW member who worked in Flint... if anyone would have gone all bigoted over MR being LDS and gone with Rev. Huck instead, it would have been his crowd, and the results and the exit polls suggest otherwise.
This is a seminal year for the Republican party. Either it will be a loosely allied group of knee jerk single issue voters (such as the social conservatives who support Rev. Huck in spite of goofiness such as his sending of "apologies" to Pakistan after the B.B. assination... ohhh, were he not a major candidate for president, that would have been funny, but since he is, it makes me want to weep!) or if it will return to being the party of less but better run government AND individual liberties and protections (including ones against the government knowing when you go online to view some sweaty snugglebunnies) & responsibility.
A loose coalition of special interests worked well enough for the Dems for years, but it could make the Repubs go the way of the Whigs whom they supplanted.
I just wonder how pure the thoughts of all those Repub regulars who'd never vote for G- because of his marital issues have been? Have they really done a "fearless moral inventory" before casting the first, second, and third stones? Glass houses... rock tossing...
Me, I don't care what the religion or sex life of the Pres are like, so long as he doesn't impose them on me, kicks the terrorists @sses, and keeps the government out of my life and my wallet as much as possible!
Problem was, McCain went into Michigan and told those people that their jobs weren't coming back and then babbled on about 'training' people for new jobs...unfortunately, nobody ever says what that training is, who's going to pay for it--your average auto plant worker in MI can't afford a two year program at DeVry--and what, if any, new jobs are going to materialize. Mitt went in there and lied his ass off, which is something the Mittster's been quite good at.
So why then did the people of Michigan choose the pandering liar over the 'Straight Talk Express?' Well, because any impression that McCain was a 'maverick' or a 'straight shooter' pretty much crumbled in 2004 with those pictures of him hugging George Bush's ankles as he was running for re-election. Any Dems or moderates he had supporting thereafter were pretty much done with McCain after they say him kissing Jerry (may-he-roast-in-hell-forever!) Falwell's fat ass up at Liberty University when he was trying to appeal to the fundie base.
No, all in all, this was McCain's to lose and he went out of his way to lose it! Now we might be saddled with a Mitt Romney nominatiom, since he is, afterall, the pick of the Bush family and corporate America.
Roosevelt: "We have nothing to fear but itself."
Bush: "Why ain't our childrens learing" and "Osama gonna get ya".
Which applies to Americans thee days?
BB: Yeh, McCain has gone a bit soft, its true. I'd like to believe his backbone hasn't totally crumbled due to osteoporosis, but you cite some very compelling evidence.
I totallyagree that platitudes and inspiring speeches don't get anyone work, keep our nation safe, etc.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately... we look to the government to fix all our problems, when its really the source of so many of them.
Once again, JFK was a great example of the kind of president this nation needs... but given the popularity of American Idol and Dr. Phil makes me think that the current president and crop of candidates are about what we deserve.
Kennedy was a cut above- He challenged us to "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"
What would the nation and the election look like were that the case now? What if we looked to our leaders to inspire us lead us and challenge us with truths and realities we don't like but must confront, instead of to spoon feed us what we want to hear, change our didis, etc?
Roger Waters' modern reiteration of Juvenal's sage comment about the people of the Roman empire being content with its decline so long as they had bread and circuses strikes me as the perfect diagnosis of the pathology of our body politic:
And when they found our shadows
Grouped 'round the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then, the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
No tears to cry, no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
Amused itself to death (repeating)
(switch channels)
Indeed, Rug Goth. We've became a lazy citizenry of verrrrry short attention span, reliant on quick fixes, simple (only) answers, and instant gratification. Our national debt (consumer and government) is a testament to that. We're not just "amusing ourselves to death," we're "spending ourselves to death."
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