daytripper wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:03:46 -0500, "Mr Opus McDopus--Mark H. Bowen"
wrote:

Thank goodness sound judgement won out this time!

Op

Indeed, and it's so much more than just electing Obama as President.
Between this election and the mid-terms of 2006, the Republican Party
has suffered tremendous losses at all levels of government -
basically, it has had its head removed and handed back to it. Such is
the cost of their having run the country into a financial, moral and
ethical ditch while they were in control. Now they have two choices:
sit on the sidelines and snipe, while hoping things get worse, or
change their stripes, moderate their dogma, and join in the effort to
extricate the country from the abyss that the neocons sank it in.
snip

I think there's a third and better choice. As George said is some other
thread, this isn't the same Republican Party I signed on with. I think
conservative ideas hold a lot of water and need to be presented by a
conservative. The latest batch of republicans-come-lately that we've seen in
the past several elections talked a conservative game during their campaigns
and then spent money like drunken sailors once in office. The party's choice
to run for POTUS this time was a lame-assed attempt at trying to prop up a
moderate to draw in independent and moderate voters while retaining their
conservative base. Yeah, *that* will work! IMHO, the party either has to get
back to its conservative roots, present conservative ideas in a way that
draws people to the party, or just get off the stage. Also, "conservative"
shouldn't be confused with "neocon", 'cause they don't have anything to do
with each other. In fact, they're opposing viewpoints entirely.

Well, boys and girls (I *really* miss Nancy Anderson (Cyli) during the
recent roff **** storms), that's just about all you'll get out of me
regarding politics. It's all over now and the US needs to stand behind their
president in unity. The new administration and congress certainly have their
hands full and will need all the prayers and good vibes we can send their
way. Congrats to my Democrat friends here on roff for their party's victory.
God bless the USA.
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TL,
Tim
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