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What a weird rewriting of history from a bitter partisan hack. Now we have a president that isn't a moron, you seriously need to shut up. So the only thing that will unite the GOP is hatred of a person ? How telling.
I really resonated with Colin Powell's comment that the Republican Party needs to stop shouting at everyone. The ultracon pundits and interest groups that have been the "base" of the Party have been made irrelevant by the voice of the people. The vicious willingness of the Party to stomp the moderate voices is the simple reason for the defeat in November and will be the reason for its continued failure to win elections. I have been a lifelong supporter of the Party, but at age 59 I am prepared to move to a more reasoned approach to our society and the world more generally. Mr. Obama did not win the election so much because the people were enamored with his platform, but because people like me were sickened by the meanness I find in the Republican Party. The American people spoke clearly: that's enough. Nineteenth century politics have no place in the 21st century. The pundits can rant all they want; the only people listening are the pathetic few who still live in that 19th century dreamworld. The election is over. The GOP may well be over too if it doesn't become a party of inclusion and respect rather than exclusion and contempt.
The real nub of the problem is shrinking middle class incomes. Republicans and many Republican leaning independents signed on to the party to better themselves. A rising tide that lifts all ships. After 2000 and 9/11, people thought it was the recession that was holding them back. But then as time went on and things did not get better or deteriorated, it became apparent that the middle class had been discarded.
Resentment against Iraq became more intense as people started saying ??? what are we doing spending all that money over there? Then we see CEOs and Wall Street strutting their hugh paychecks and we felt like fools. It is ironic that Wall Street made so much money under Bush as they mostly donate to Democrats.
Corporate types, hard core conservatives and religious conservatives will continue to vote Republican. The greatest loss when you look at it has come from plain old middle class Republicans, many who were brought up in Democrat households. It is clear to see how our wages have been undermined by offshoring, outsourcing and illegal immigration. Our healthcare cost have soared because of the ideological straight jacked that that Republican leaders wear that permits one of the most inefficient and costly health care system to continue.
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