tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post116302193392252624..comments2024-03-20T03:54:53.101-05:00Comments on SpaceBeagle: I could not have said it better myselfToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817043549668896479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1164472758776436912006-11-25T10:39:00.000-06:002006-11-25T10:39:00.000-06:00The analysis of election results here is typical r...The analysis of election results here is typical right wing talking points. The GOP lost not because it was too liberal but because Americans don't like fascism and the radical Neocons were very much fascists. The middle class ejected Republicans from office in droves. The pendulum is swinging back to the center and savy politicians in the GOP will be sprinting to the left in order to stay in office. '08 is going to be another very very bad election cycle for the Neocons and hopefully it will mark an end to the ridiculousness and mean spiritedness of the Reagan conservative movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1163371987874803292006-11-12T16:53:00.000-06:002006-11-12T16:53:00.000-06:00Perhaps some time in the wilderness will help educ...Perhaps some time in the wilderness will help educate the Republican leadership -- candidates must be recruited, trained, and elected by voters NOT simply "anoited" by political party leaders -- another Biblical reference :) A good example is US Senator Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania. He lost this year primarily I believe because the Republican Party leadership shunned the favorite son of the conservative movement in Pennsylvania - Cong. Pat Toomey (R-PA) - when he challenged US Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) in the Republican primary. Toomey lost the primary in 2004 but by 2006 the "conservative base" said "forget it, we aren't going to help anymore........" which led to Santorum's loss in 2006. <BR/><BR/>Pretty simple, todd <BR/><BR/>ToddToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817043549668896479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1163038266280181342006-11-08T20:11:00.000-06:002006-11-08T20:11:00.000-06:00I don’t think this election is a surprise or the “...I don’t think this election is a surprise or the “big referendum” the news pundits are making it out to be. Admittedly I am a Republican (and a Christian), but I do not count myself with the religious right. Both parties are full of hypocrisy, Nancy Pelosi being the biggest hypocrite of all with here millions of dollars and employment of un-documented workers for her wine vineyards. If Pelosi and her extremist followers had there way we regular folk (she and her pals would be exempt) would be driving around in horse and buggy and working by candle light so as to not harm the environment.<BR/>Another point that played into the election is that (unfortunately) many Americans saw the Republican answer (which could have been done better) to Michael J Fox’s commercial as an attack, when in reality Fox opened himself up for criticism, but the media would not allow a fair discussion here. The problem was that people in the media thought that Fox was above criticism because of his disease, but he was not. If someone with every bad thing that could happen to a person came out and backed Osama Bin Laden (or Adolph Hitler) as the greatest most moral man to walk the planet, they should be open to criticism (Quite honestly my life has sucked, but I am not above criticism).<BR/><BR/>All this said, I am certainly do not always agree with the Republicans. The religious right is more about image than substance and I can say this from experience; I have three special needs children and our Evangelical Church turned its back on us in our family’s darkest hour. One has Autism and was kicked out of our Evangelical Church Nursery, who knows, maybe stem cell research can help him. My daughter was “harmed” by a person during a nervous breakdown my wife had after multiple difficulties and diagnosis with our children.<BR/>The interesting thing about the large switch of congressional seats is unlike the pundits claim of a referendum, this is quite normal in two ways; One it is common for the party in power (President) to loose seats in the midterm; Two every president since the Civil War has lost seats in a big way during war time, and this includes Roosevelt in WWII (considered to be a popular war?) and Lincoln in the Civil War. And I personally think Lincoln was our greatest president, the Emancipation Proclamation was very un-popular and as important as the Civil War was in holding our nation together, it was neither popular or a good vs. evil war (unlike WWII in my opinion), there were plenty of issues on both sides.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://american-aquarium.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Carl Strohmeyer</A>Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990418413388950446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17080558.post-1163032111234197352006-11-08T18:28:00.000-06:002006-11-08T18:28:00.000-06:00amen.amen.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997308555426814949noreply@blogger.com