americanthinker.com - 11/5/2008
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John McCain's incoherent, C- campaign did not deserve to win the Presidency this year. On the other hand, America doesn't deserve the punishment an Obama presidency is about to inflict upon us.
powerlineblog.com - 11/5/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
Barack Obama's victory last night was no doubt
historic, and the Democrats, as expected, extended their leads...
in the House and the Senate. But their victory was no landslide, despite what appeared to be overwhelming advantages. Obama won around 52 ...
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No Landslide
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com - 11/4/2008
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maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com —
Your Editor here at Maggie's will vote tomorrow
(even though there is no point in ever voting)...
out of duty and citizenship. We promise no blame or recriminations towards anybody (except the press) if our preferred candidates lose in ...
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Appearances and Mood
pollster.com - 11/4/2008
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pollster.com —
The economic recession/financial meltdown dominated the headlines from
mid-September to mid-October. The war in Iraq remains enormously...
unpopular. Bush's approval ratings are near an all-time low for modern Presidents. And the GOP brand is weak and ...
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One Day to Go and McCain Is Between Barack and a Hard Place
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Post-Election Wingnut Roundup
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda —
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We know that John McCain lost because he was a shorter, angrier
version of George W. Bush. The wingnuts, however, have other ideas:
Ace of Spades - we lost because McCain wouldn’t let Sarah Palin drill in ANWR.
American Thinker - we lost because we nominated a Reagan Democrat.
Macsmind - we lost because McCain neglected to emphasize the fundamental tenets of the GOP: fags, flags, and four more wars. ...
Why McCain Lost
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... able to attack McCain’s strategy directly, by in fact making McCain out to be the “risky,” even “ideological” choice versus the reasonable, moderate, bi-partisan Obama. Result: McCain was unable to get independents or centrist Democrats not named Lieberman to support him (or at least get them known!) And, quite foreseeably, the media hive has been bursting with stories about “lifelong Republicans who are planning to vote for Obama.”
Read the rest of the article here at American Thinker.
Nods to One Shot.
Persons of the Year
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... . John McCain, the real drag on the ticket, lost. It was an election he was doomed to lose. Outspent and out-maneuvered by his opponent, not trusted by his party’s base and cast aside by your own profession, he probably could have never won even if the financial meltdown had never happened. Sarah Palin already has a philosophy, Ms. Gibbs. It is one she shares with the late Ronald Reagan — fiscal restraint, a secure America, a smaller and less obtrusive federal government, and traditional values. Your colleagues should have asked her ...
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