Now Playing: Shut the hell up and quit asking me questions
Posts: 3,412
Re: America Votes 2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond
Here's to hoping Obama is a centrist. I'd prefer not to regret my vote.
Ditto.
I like how he actually won the election by a large margin. It shows that people can change and make judgements off of who is running and not directly what party they're in. Though honestly I think if Mccain played his cards better he would have had a chance to make things closer or even win.
__________________ "I have been saying this for some time, but customers are not interested in grand games with higher-quality graphics and sound and epic stories,"-Hiroshi Yamauchi
Obama's spedch was actually very encouraging for me. He remained centrist in his language and his word usage was even much more stern when referring to international threats than it was during the election.
This is going to be interesting and I wish the President Elect the best. Regardless of disagreements he my and our President-Elect and deserves that respect and support. This recent history od such disrespect for the office based on differences of opinion needs to stop.
The election is over and hopefully he is honest in his appeals for bipartisanship. Time will tell.
Location: Resident of Alfred.. Yes the town named after Batman's butler
Now Playing:
Posts: 10,317
Re: America Votes 2008
It's funny how many people don't get the EV college. I was watching the first few hours of the election with my co-workers and kept having to explain to them the importance of the EV number and really only thing that mattered.
I wonder if that system will ever be done away with.
Now Playing: Shut the hell up and quit asking me questions
Posts: 3,412
Re: America Votes 2008
The first 2 minutes of the video is bad enough. I like how they're trying to blame Palin, even though Palin was Mccain's decision. She wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for him picking her.
__________________ "I have been saying this for some time, but customers are not interested in grand games with higher-quality graphics and sound and epic stories,"-Hiroshi Yamauchi
Location: Resident of Alfred.. Yes the town named after Batman's butler
Now Playing:
Posts: 10,317
Re: America Votes 2008
I agree with Jon Stewart on this.
They sat on this story until after the election? What would they not have told us if she was elected VP? I think it is important to have known when casting a ballot. Though like O'Reilly said, some of this stuff she could have been taught on the job but still.
The problem here is that the GOP has drifted away from intellectual, fiscal conservatism (William F Buckley and Ronald Reagan), and has moved to small-minded, social conservatism (Sarah Palin and George Bush).
The problem here is that the GOP has drifted away from intellectual, fiscal conservatism (William F Buckley and Ronald Reagan), and has moved to small-minded, social conservatism (Sarah Palin and George Bush).
Did someone say William F Buckley? Who is he?
I 100% agree. The Palin pick never should have happened and hopefully this will teach Republican strategists that the social conservative is no longer the key to victory... its the pragmatic conservative.
Example: Palin was brought on board to do one thing... keep Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and a few other red swing states in the Republican fold. She failed to do so because the demographics of these areas have shifted.
On the other side, Palin's choice killed McCain in "purple" states like PA and New Hampshire who are filled with social progressive but affluent and educated independents who like McCain before Palin threw a wrench ion the machinery.
Now I'm not saying Palin cost McCain the election, because she didn't, but the point is that the social conservative is hurting the party in elections and Republicans need to go back to the realm of ideas where they have succeeded in the past. The problem is social conservatives are uncomprimising and hold a powerful voting block that they are more than willing to withold if they are now cowtowed.
The Republican party is in trouble and can pretty much guarantee to keep losing elections until they begin to see the young guns of the party like Bobby Jindal and Charlie Crist as the future.
Re: America Votes 2008
Hybrid Mode
