Thread: Obamas first bad decision.

Jim of course its going to continue the rabid right needs a bogeyman, they had the Soviets, Terrorist, Gays, Socialist (even when they aren't), if they don't have one they'll invent one. I think they find fear sort of titillating in their sexually repressed world.

Originally Posted by Hutch

Jim of course its going to continue the rabid right needs a bogeyman, they had the Soviets, Terrorist, Gays, Socialist (even when they aren't), if they don't have one they'll invent one. I think they find fear sort of titillating in their sexually repressed world.

Well, then, it's very sad. If the Republicans maintain that view, they're going to be marginalized in ways they can't even imagine. They may even fail to survive.

Right now, they're in denial. They're doing everything in their power to claim that their loss was not a referendum on them, but the fault of a "bad candidate" (i.e., McCain). I've got news. He did far better than any Republican had any business doing, when you consider that they've run the country into a very deep ditch. This wasn't a rejection of McCain; it was a rejection of right-wing Republicans. The sooner they recognize that and adapt, the sooner they'll be viable again.

My prediction is that Sarah Palin will be the new Moses of the Republican Party, leading them even deeper into the religious fringes of their "base." And she's about to lead them into the wilderness for the next 40 years.

j

Couldn't agree with you more. If McCain had of stuck to his guns instead of going to bed with the christian right and had of appointed a moderate like Rudy Giuliani, he would have lost the religious radical right but would have been far more palatable to the moderates, and may have given Obama a run for his money.