Grabbing The Greasy Pole
The predictions of the Inside-the-Beltway pundits came true yesterday when Democrats regained control of the House of Representatives. The U.S. has now grabbed the greasy pole that slides straight to hell for this country. Democrats are fumbling over themselves in glee, attempting to put together a logical chain of events and proposed policy that gave them the edge. Many of the media is helping the Democrats grab for straws to explain their win. I believe John Murtha to be closest to the reason for his loss, although not entirely. For me, two bellweather votes explains the whole reason for the Democrat win.
Or rather, the Republican loss. John Murtha says that the election was a reaction to President Bush's policy in Iraq. He is only half right or less. Definitely a reaction to President Bush's policy this swing was. It certainly was not because the U.S. citizenry was excited about a Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
This election amounted to a reaction by conservatives to neo-con republicans. The reaction was that many stayed at home. Other conservatives, such as myself, who have felt the knife-blade turning in our backs by Republicans, voted for more conservative independents. The Libertarian candidates in Georgia garnered 4% of the vote in most races that included a Libertarian candidate. Ordinarily, they only total maybe 2% or less in Georgia.
And yet other conservatives stayed home due to apathy. In South Dakota, who only 2 years earlier defeated Senate Majority Leader and flaming liberal Senator Tom Daschle, rejected a measure that would amount to the toughest ban on abortion in the U.S. Arizona rejected a measure that would ban gay marriage from that state. Both of these states only two years earlier elected Bush and helped to boost Republicans into the Senate Majority. So have the people of these states changed their political stripes so quickly as to be intolerant of conservative measures that they appeared to support only two years earlier?
The fact of the matter is that the Democrat win is a reaction to Federal issues. The effects spilled over into these states, due to the fact that the Federal portions of elections often overshadow the state portion. The bottom line is that conservatives are fed up with Republicans who govern like Democrats.
When I heard that Lincoln Chaffee lost his senate seat, my first thought was, "At least now Rhode Island has someone in the Senate who is actually honest about where he stands."
So let this be the wake-up call to those who have rode the conservative train to Washington, but slid into neo-conservative (watered-down liberal) pinstripes when they arrived. Those conservatives who tried to be true to their convictions, such as Representative Mike Pence, were silenced by the leadership.
To Republicans who wish to have the support of conservatives: take the example of Mike Pence and govern by it if you have the opportunity again. I fear that it will be difficult to win back the trust of conservatives to loyal Republicans again.
Or rather, the Republican loss. John Murtha says that the election was a reaction to President Bush's policy in Iraq. He is only half right or less. Definitely a reaction to President Bush's policy this swing was. It certainly was not because the U.S. citizenry was excited about a Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
This election amounted to a reaction by conservatives to neo-con republicans. The reaction was that many stayed at home. Other conservatives, such as myself, who have felt the knife-blade turning in our backs by Republicans, voted for more conservative independents. The Libertarian candidates in Georgia garnered 4% of the vote in most races that included a Libertarian candidate. Ordinarily, they only total maybe 2% or less in Georgia.
And yet other conservatives stayed home due to apathy. In South Dakota, who only 2 years earlier defeated Senate Majority Leader and flaming liberal Senator Tom Daschle, rejected a measure that would amount to the toughest ban on abortion in the U.S. Arizona rejected a measure that would ban gay marriage from that state. Both of these states only two years earlier elected Bush and helped to boost Republicans into the Senate Majority. So have the people of these states changed their political stripes so quickly as to be intolerant of conservative measures that they appeared to support only two years earlier?
The fact of the matter is that the Democrat win is a reaction to Federal issues. The effects spilled over into these states, due to the fact that the Federal portions of elections often overshadow the state portion. The bottom line is that conservatives are fed up with Republicans who govern like Democrats.
When I heard that Lincoln Chaffee lost his senate seat, my first thought was, "At least now Rhode Island has someone in the Senate who is actually honest about where he stands."
So let this be the wake-up call to those who have rode the conservative train to Washington, but slid into neo-conservative (watered-down liberal) pinstripes when they arrived. Those conservatives who tried to be true to their convictions, such as Representative Mike Pence, were silenced by the leadership.
To Republicans who wish to have the support of conservatives: take the example of Mike Pence and govern by it if you have the opportunity again. I fear that it will be difficult to win back the trust of conservatives to loyal Republicans again.
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