Congratulations, Obama
posted at 11:37 pm on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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One of the last things Dean Barnett said to me was that, as best he could tell, Barack Obama is “a good guy and a decent man.” I don’t think he’d mind me telling you that, especially under the circumstances. It’s a testament to his generosity of spirit that even in the heat of a campaign, with every reason to think the worst of his opponent, Dean couldn’t help but give him the benefit of the doubt. That’s Barnett all over, and that’s what made him an indispensable man whom we’ve been forced, horrendously, to dispense with.
I offer that as comfort to those of you who have no faith in The One but who do have faith in, and abiding affection for, DB. My guess is he’d have handled the news tonight with the same magnanimity that distinguished all of his writing. So in that spirit, congratulations to Barry O on a race superbly run and to our country for not having let the wrong reasons deter it from making the wrong choice. I’ll never be a fan, but I swear I’ll never take a nutroots posture either in relishing his failures because it helps my party. Like it or not, he’s my president. As a great man once said, country first.
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I don’t know AP. Seems like a good argument only if applied to a patriot. One of the Loyal Opposition. BO is not loyal nor patriotic. He despises the very founding ideals of this experiment in human liberty. How can one see this other than the end of the Constitutional Republic and the beginning of European Socialism? I need to be drinking what you are. Anyway. I might as well give notice at work and join the ranks of the welfare leeches. Heck I can go back to school professionally and duck my loans. Free medical. Time off. Might as well get mine while the gettin’s good eh? No hard feelins and all that.
Barf! I put in 23 hours in the last 2 days. What the f#uck am I thinking? Lower back pain. Bursitis. Arthritis? Why am I working to pay for anyone else? Screw it. It’s party time!Hell I hear being a junkie is considered a disability. SSA here I come! How much education does it require to become a stinkin’ junkie. I’ll gets me my guvmunt CHEESE! Thanks to you and your president for my newly found retirement.
ronsfi on November 4, 2008 at 11:58 PM
I’m giving Obama the benefit of the doubt. He ran as a centrist and I’m trusting that he will govern as one and not as the radical Soros/Marxist leftie that I fear he is. The question is whether his wingnut radical left supporters will allow it. Pelosi and Reid will push a radical agenda and if Obama doesn’t put the brakes on it will be to his own peril. The media will serve as a huge buffer to his presidency and ACORN will provide a huge advantage in his reelection. Never the less, he starts with a clean slate in which to prove his worth.
DieHard on November 4, 2008 at 11:58 PM
This wasn’t a win by Obama. It was a win by the media for Obama. Without them, Obama wouldn’t have been elected.
Disgusting.
gumble on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Those of you wondering about Franken/Coleman
With 49% of the precincts in – Coleman 584,331 Franken 581,061
gophergirl on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
You guys are over-reacting just a tad. Did the sky crack while I wasn’t looking?
Have another beer and console yourselves with knowing that the sun will more than likely rise tomorrow as it always has.
Oh, and ManlyRash, I hope you don’t leave: there’s nothing concilliatory about fighting until the very end. In fact, its part of the greatness which founded our vast United States. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. But we can agree with Roosevelt that this place shall never know the cold and timid souls of neither triumph nor defeat!
Other than that, I’m out of here for a few days. You guys are way too overreactive and emotional. And if I wanted to be around that I’d still be married.
Take care, and remember that tomorrow is a new day…not the end of the world. Why? Because so long as there are good people – like you – to do what’s right, it will always tend to spin in the right direction. Its only an amount of effort and time.
-James
James OK on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
NO!!! Let’s not be like that. I think Republicans will return to power sooner if we don’t act viciously.
terryannonline on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
ITA with this one, too.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
No more McDoles. From now on it’s Rightwingers only.
Tony737 on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
congrats to Obama
trailortrash on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
STFU Juan. Are we going to hear this for the next four years? I thought this was beyond race and all that. Geez.
God Help Our Country.
HornetSting on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
He’s my commander-in-chief, and I pray God grants him the wisom to lead well.
joewm315 on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
ditto, it is absolutely disgusting…and this is supposedly not a state run media
jp on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Exactly. Every single thing was blamed on Bush and racist Republicans. They’ll never be held accountable for sinking this country with Freddie and Fannie.
I’m not racist. F*ck’em.
p0s3r on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Well, he’s not MY president. He can piss off.
MBP1982 on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
FTFY
Enjoy it while you can cause you know it aint gonna last!! Talk radio and conservative websites will be a thing of the past in a couple of years…
Hide your guns and stock up on ammo tomorrow, we might need it…
virology76 on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
congrats obama… you’re a radical that defrauded his way to the top on the backs of millions of blacks that think you’re their savior… now you have to live up it…
you are now Atlas… the world is on your shoulders… and Arnold said you have scrawny legs, arms, and ideas… great. this shouldn’t take long to overthrow you.
Fozzy Bear on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Screw this unity BS. GWB was never given an ounce of air to breath. We gave BJ a friggin oxygen tank and we took it in the shorts when his screw ups came home to roost. We should stay on BO and the libtards starting tomorrow. If you don’t…..you will get what you deserve. Grow a pair or go ball-less throughout your life.
David in ATL on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Politics is war. They won this battle. So OK, I will keep my powder dry for now. But I will remain vigilant. And they won’t catch me with my guard down again.
We need to take action starting tomorrow to retake Congress in 2010.
huckleberryfriend on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Obi Won – I fear all is lost.
Yoda – No, there is another.
Palin 2012
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Many times…thanks to Acorn and your $800K donation. It’s gonna be a LONG FOUR YEARS!
HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Obama and thanks to HotAir for the information provided during this election.
This is my 1st comment, so let me give you some of my observations:
1. The popular vote so far is 51/48 or 3 points. Yesterday, the RCP average gave 7.6 points lead to Obama! Nice comeback for McCain or great screwup for the pollsters?
2. Obama outspent McCain 2 to 1. The media were in the tank for Obama 2 to 1 (or more).
3. Obama also had the financial crisis playing in his favor.
And yet, on a popular level, he’s only ahead 3 points. He should have won by 20!
For me, this shows that the ideals of freedom and small government are still well alive. There’s nothing historic, just a democratic change of party in charge. This happens all the time.
FrenchguyinTaiwan on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Just turning 18 years old in June, I am extremely saddened to see that this is the tone set to beginning of my adult life. I voted today for John McCain, and I am very sad to see that he, and (in my opinion) the American people did not win. Don’t get me wrong, I would have loved to see a black president in my time, but Barack Obama was not the one I wanted to see. I do not think that Obama is a “good guy” or a “decent man”, just because he is the president elect. So much was swept under the rug, and the things that weren’t never took off. Just goes to show you that anyone can become President. I’m still in shock that a man with barely any experience, lack of judgment and an inconsistent voting record is the next president of the United States. God be with us all.
YoungAmerican on November 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Tonight, racism officially jumped the shark. If a black man can be elected to the highest office in the most powerful country in the world, it’s time to reassess just how horrible that country is towards its minority members.
(Which, as of tonight, includes us, I guess.)
GoHskrs on November 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM
HE”S NOT A BLACK MAN!
Stop the liberal BS!
His mother was WHITE! He has 50% White Blood in his veins! Additionally, his father came from Kenya, his ancestor were never slaves in this country.
Barak HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH) Radicalized himaelf, he HATES “white” people, as does his wife, and all his aasociates!
READ HIS BOOK! He says it himself in his own words!
You people are truly clueless.
We did NOT “elect a ‘black man’ to be President of the United States.
An Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi/Anti-White/Anti-semitic Racist Marxist-Muslim who HATES this country, and white people, and Jews, was elected by the Mainstream Media, the Hollywood Crowd, the Left, the Jihadis and Liberal White Guilt and Safe-Hate!
Get a clue!
Dale in Atlanta on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
The fact of the matter is, Obama had to move center to win (he ran as a tax cutter for goodness sake). If he moves back to the left, the Dems will pay dearly in the midterm elections. If he remains a centrist, well, maybe he can deflect some of the Pelosi/Reid insanity we’re about to see.
Either way, I think the America I love is still intact – but just barely.
One realization I had tonight: We really need to fix our education system. Truly informed voters don’t need the MSM to help them make a decision.
FuriousAmerican on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Yeah right . . . but don’t count on that “most powerful country in the world” designator for too long.
rplat on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
He has to leave. He embarrassed himself too much. Not by predicting a McCain win, and a big win at that, but by denigrating those who had a firmer grip on reality. That is why he promised to leave if he was wrong.
keep the change on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Will we ever learn about voter fraud?
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Their first moves will all be political to make sure they cannot lose in 2010. They will make fully legal every last illegal alien. They will make DC a state and give them two senators. They will ressurect the fairness doctrine, by the way, they don’t have to vote on it, barry can do it all by himself with an executive order to the fcc. They will put controls on the internet. I live in a county that has voted republican for president forever. Romney crushed mccain in the primaries. At this time of the evening it’s still not certain who won the county. There is no way in hell barry legitimately won here and that should be extrapolated thoughout the country. It is unlikely there will ever be a fair and honest election in this country again. Anyone who doesn’t believe it can’t happen here might want to go and read up about germany and austria before wwII.
peacenprosperity on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
I am sitting in shock that some of you don’t understand what he will do to America. He hates this country. He plans to destroy it…his friends tried to blow it up. I plan to stop him in every way I can.
SouthernGent on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
At least I’m not bitter.
ronsfi on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Okay, so our new president has a silver tongue. Let’s see if he can actually acomplish anything.
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Mitt / Bobby ‘12
Obama will be worse than Carter and will lose big next time.
Tony737 on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Manly, listen – it’s an internet site. You made a bet with some anonymous people, hiding behind screen names. You’re under no serious obligation to follow through; we’re not third-graders.
Get your ass back here. Now. Piglet commands you.
capitalist piglet on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Well, let’s see what the marxist does. Hopefully there will be enough resistance to his most radical ideas to prevent total melt-down before the adults can re-gain control
It’s time to start working for 2010 and 2012. It’s pretty clear that the idea of a candidate who “reaches across the aisle” and who can “appeal to the middle” wasn’t the real way to win, was it? Nor was letting the Dems and media pick our candidate. The only excitement in the campaign occurred after the conservative VP was chosen. Conservatives need to take back the party and boot the appeasers who got us into this mess. Reagan didn’t get two landslides by moving to the Democrat’s position, but by getting Democrats to move to his position.
We have two obstacles to overcome: 1) The media. I’ve been politically aware since I was very young and I’ve never seen the media so unabashedly biased. 2006 was the Twilight Zone; what we’ve seen this year goes beyond that. Somehow, we have to overcome this huge obstacle. The fact of the matter is that the bulk of American voters who aren’t very politically astute watch the main stream media and formulate their opinions and make their decisions accordingly. If congress does re-enact the Fairness Doctrine, we need to be working through that law to demand equal coverage for and by conservatives (we can make this work both ways). Very possibly we are going to see the failing media giants looking for and getting government bail-outs, dancing on the NYT’s grave may have been a bit premature.
2) The liberal wing of the Republican party. These are the ones who brought us to today’s state of affairs. They were open to letting Dems crossover and pick our candidate early. They were eager to espouse the views of the left: global warming agendas, run against Bush, etc. Conservatives have got to boot these people from control, they have managed to engineer the defeat of the Republican majority in 2006 and have now enabled the election of the most liberal, un-vetted presidential candidate in the history of the country. The first thing we need to do is stop donating to the RNC until they figure out that change is needed.
So, my question is, how do we start working this? How do I get involved locally to start reforming the party and rebuilding it?
AZfederalist on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
*sigh again*
dead-duck on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
the MSM is what makes the GOP not have any balls politically.
We have to play ball against the MSM and destroy the MSM to have a chance at any ‘real change’, period.
jp on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
As a Republican, I promise to show President-elect Obama the same amount of respect as the left has shown President Bush.
74impala on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Congratulations America, you have allowed the media to elect your first demagogue.
I haven’t any doubt that somewhere in hell, Nikita Khrushchev is laughing.
George_Canada on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
With all due respect to Dean, I’ll give Obama as much respect as the left has given President Bush.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
It’s mourning in America.
Mojave Mark on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
I hope he gets 60 Senate votes too.
Just to see him burn it all down. Burn Barack, burn…
Theworldisnotenough on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Don’t talk to me about Republicans either. Until they show they are ready to move back towards some sort of conservative ideology I will remain a rogue and an Independent
Just A Grunt on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Obama deserves his props. Yes he had a sycophantic media, an extremely unpopular incumbent of the opposing party, and a financial crisis that fell into his lap at just the right time, but it’s still an amazing achievement that he was elected President in 2008. I knew after his convention speech 4 years ago that he would be a future contender for the Oval Office, but I never thought it would be this soon(partly because he himself said he wasn’t ready).
That being said, while I hope for the best for my country’s sake, I’m not naive enough to believe that the triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid will amount to anything other than disaster.
My feeling right now is that if we’re lucky, we just elected another Jimmy Carter. If we’re unlucky, we just elected another Herbert Hoover(with a little bit of Neville Chamberlain thrown in).
Doughboy on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Congratulations to Obama. Please do not squander this opportunity that America has granted you. We will be praying for you.
Dilophos on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
I am not a fan of President-Elect Obama but the will of the people is the will of the people..and for good or bad that is the principle on which our great nation is founded. So I am going to get up tomoorow and live my life pretty much the same as I did yesterday and what ever the future and our government brings I will deal with it as I must. If this nation survives the next 4 years fine if not that is sadly fine too..I will continue to do what I needed for me and mine to survive… I wish you all well in the future
Kidd on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
I just cant shake the feeling that this is beginning of the end for the United States pr-eminent position as the worlds only super power and its leading role as the prime force for good in the world. All I can say is that I hope America and its allies survive the next four years and that President elect Obama lives up to the the great responsibility that has just been placed into his hands and does lead the United States in a disastourous course of action from which there may be no recovery.
Dreadnought223 on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
people in new york are honking horns and yelling “obama” up and down columbus ave. i want to stab myself.
gannak on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
NO!!! Let’s not be like that. I think Republicans will return to power sooner if we don’t act viciously.
terryannonline on November 4, 2008 at 11:59 PM
the dems have been in charge for 2 years. the rep and the right refused to play the Kos game and blame everything on the dem controlled congress. Result? Dems sweep presidentacy and congress.
You be the judge of what works.
I will not rally around a socialist as my president. Nor my leaders. i will fight with everything I have for freedom. freedom from taxes, freedom from government, freedom for individual liberty.
I will not blindly follow my paycheck into the toliet.
Let’s call it. bush was a liberal who pandered to social conservatives to ensure reelection. He did nothing to advance conservative principles. Liberalism is bush and Obama.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
At least I’m getting inebriated
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Conservatives, whites, Jews … Christians will continue to be villified by the left. Obama represents decades of work by the left to change the face of America. I cannot respect a man who has lied about his past and threatens the very existence of this country.
He is no President, he is a puppet.
darwin on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
He kept us charged up. Unlike our candidate. I had no love for McCain. I loved Sarah and I loved our country. I knew this would mean certain doom for the country.
Manly has inspired a lot of people here. So shut up, sit down and you better hope he comes back.
HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Stand up Chuck and let em see ya.
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
I find too many conciliatory blog postings.
Can anybody find a good rant?
desertdweller on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Hey, Where’s Joe O’Biden?
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
They told me for 8 years “not my President.” Well guess what — I’m throwing the words back at them.
Say a prayer for our Country tonight.
kc2ige on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
I was wrong. I thought we’d win.
jazz_piano on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
It’ll be funny watching them ankle-bite themselves for the first few weeks, just out of habit. They’ll pass a bill in the morning and then come out and dump snark on it for the 6 o’clock news. Then Rahm Emmanuel will be heard off-camera hissing, “For Chrissakes guys, that’s OUR bill!”
“DOH! Like I was saying, it displays the wisdom of Solomon!”
smellthecoffee on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Like I said: NO! Let us be better than that. I guarantee we will return to power sooner if behave ourselves :-)
terryannonline on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Here’s the distinction. To deny the honor to the victory is to deny the process. To deny process is a shortcut to that which you fear – the death of the Republic.
Oppose him on his policy, oppose his actions, but on his election, for the sake of the Republic how can you not say, Congratulations. Tonight, Congratulations, tomorrow we fight politically.
Spirit of 1776 on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
As Barack had just said “Change has come to America”. Congratulations, America! YOu’re now on the path to socialism. Well done!
Imperialistu on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Bought & paid for. Congrats, China/Russia/Iran – hope you got a receipt, just in case.
aero on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Manly Rash; get your sorry bag back here now!
Man, no one cares about the election prediction!
I deluded myself for the past two weeks too!
Forget it; I need an ally here, for the 4 years, until we can get this Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi/Anti-White/Anti-Semitic Racist Taqiyah-practicing Marxist-Muslim POS out of our Oval Office!
Dale in Atlanta on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Oh and I hope Oprah’s ratings tank.
Theworldisnotenough on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
it’s about race to everyone that is black… it’s funny their appointed savior is just half black… what is that… the bridge between blacks and white like Jesus is between man and God? what a joke… there will always be a group of people in this country that will be racist whether as that protagonist or the antagonist.
it’s like this everywhere. there is no post-race human so long as all humans are more than one race.
Fozzy Bear on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
That is truly sad that grandma did not live to see this.
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
National Unity My A$$
pappy on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Yes, but unlike when Clinton won this is personal for me. I’m only able to afford my apartment (tiny studio costing 775 per month – in Evanston, IL) because of Bush’s tax cuts. If the tax cuts are repealed (which is likely), I’ll have to pay an extra 100+ a month. This makes paying for my rent and other bills much more difficult.
I graduated Summa in college with an accounting degree and would like to get a better paying job, but cannot because of the recession. How the hell is the Obama adminstration going to help me?? Unless I quit my job and move to the ghetto or decide to sleep with one of Mayor Daley’s associates, it isn’t. Jesus’ tax cuts aren’t going to occur and the spending crap he’ll push through will benefit A. the people who financed his campaign, B. union bosses, and C. poor black people living in the ghetto.
Illinidiva on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
How about your illegal alien aunt living in public housing. How about her…you are a puppet. I will give you no respect because the scum you call a dem party didn’t give him the respect. tit for tat. Screw you.
HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Well this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into Ollie!
Welcome comrads to the Peoples Republic of Amerika!!
N4646W on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
NUMAS?
carbon_footprint on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
The one bright spot is now we can get these RINOs who think the only way we can win is to nominate a moderate out of control of the party.
Welcome to the Detroitization of America.
jbarkley on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Amen, brother (or sister)
Burghardt on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Living room of Bill AYERS!
Man, Americans that voted for this pr*ck are stupid.
HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Agreed. I could care less about the man’s skin color; or to quote someone loosely, “it’s the political ideology, stupid”.
That being said, I won’t become really worried unless the Dems somehow gain supermajorities in Congress. Even with slim majorities in both the House and Senate, BillyJeff was not able to completely screw America in the first two years of his term.
I am deeply concerned, though, at how readily our enemies cheered on the prospect of an Obama presidency. Kennedy, LBJ, Carter, and Clinton were all weak on the world stage, and we are still dealing with their collective foreign policy failures.
Meanwhile I’ll congratulate Obama on his win. I can only hope the radicalism of his own past is blunted by the responsibilities of the office he will soon hold on Pennsylvania Avenue.
And I will completely understand it if Israel concludes that she is on her own.
-Wanderlust
p.s.: ManlyRash, I am sad to see you go; I enjoyed reading your posts.
Wanderlust on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
In his victory speach he sounds like he’s at the Academy Awards. I’d like to thank you and you.
atxcowgirl on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Please OBAMA:
Close every Coal Plant
Confiscate Every Gun
Raise Every Tax In Pennsylvania and Ohio
Let them swim in a sea of Blue
Muslims_for_Obama on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
am not a fan of President-Elect Obama but the will of the people is the will of the people..and for good or bad that is the principle on which our great nation is founded. So I am going to get up tomoorow and live my life pretty much the same as I did yesterday and what ever the future and our government brings I will deal with it as I must. If this nation survives the next 4 years fine if not that is sadly fine too..I will continue to do what I needed for me and mine to survive… I wish you all well in the future
Kidd on November 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Bullshi* go tell the KOs kids, the sorors of that. they started to fight on Nov 4th 2000 to overturn the “will of the people” they have not stopped yet. The dems didn’t care about the will of the people. they just lied, stoled, and cheated their way to power.
the people have been lied too. Obama ran as a conservative tax cutter.
I will hold him to his promises.
unseen on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
I am out.
HornetSting on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Honor is a serious obligation to some.
Spirit of 1776 on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
You are going to offer us comfort AllahPundit – the king of the Eeyores?
jbarkley on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
The last time i saw Republicans stand up for their beliefs and fight back against the Democrats was in 2004 and that turned out pretty good for us. We’ve spent the past four years doing nothing as Democrats and their friends in the media pounded on us day in and day out and it’s cost us two elections, this one a landslide for a person who started his political career in the home of a domestic terrorist. The theory that we should be polite and wish our opponents well has lost and the time for magnanimity is over. Stand up for what you believe in, fight back and don’t compromise.
clearbluesky on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Republicans need to do the following:
1) Get together.
2) Formulate platform and what we stand for.
3) Unite and present ONE face on policy and end the public dissention in the ranks.
4) Clearly determine where we draw the line and fight/filibuster to all Hell freezes over: Fairness Doctrine, Card Check, Civilian Security Force, etc.
5) Pick a leader who will unite social, economic, fiscal, military conservatives.
6) Determine the future of neo-conservative philosophy in the party. Many Republicans are not happy with trying to save the world every day whether with our military and our money.
7) Study Obama’s campaign and pirate all the good stuff and duplicate his strong groundgame in 2010 (test election) and then really finetune it for 2012.
8) Pick a really good leader of the RNC who can raise money and can really present a good face to Americans and is slick with the TV interviews, etc.
9) BE a TEAM and FOCUS on whichever year you target whether that is 2010 or 2012 depending on objectives.
This is just a start. If you don’t want to be compared to Bush, don’t do Bushie things like spend a lot and don’t veto pork and overextend military in nation-building.
Sapwolf on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Where has my country gone? I am mortified. After all the blood and sweat and tears and hardship this country has gone through for over 230 years, we have, in the end fallen to sloth of mind and spirit and become the enemy. Marxism will kill us before we can rebuild. This man has been selected and elected. He will never leave his new post and will crush my beautiful country. I am so damn grieved…
katy on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
This is the beginnings of one-party rule.
We may pretend, and may play the gentlemen, but this is the beginning of an era of fallacy which will make Jimmy Carter’s inept caperings look like the doings of a second Washington.
Just because the man and his minions was more organized doesn’t make him worthy of any admiration, nor does it portend that he’ll run things with any thoughts in his head but those of party, ideology and arrogant presumption.
I have seen no evidence in his nearly two years of motoring toward Pennsylvania Avenue of the decency he’s supposed to have…I’ve seen only pride, cold calculation and a sense of entitlement. That forcasts badly.
The cult of personality, with worshipful throngs there to punish nay-sayers as heretics, has begun. Mark my words, it will end badly.
Mr. Bush made this inevitable. Mr. McCain’s missteps made this inevitable. The sold-out press made this inevitable. We must learn to live with it.
I harbor for Mr. Obama no ill will. He will need none. I wonder at my country. I submit to God’s holy will.
…and I plan to watch and wait.
Puritan1648 on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I’ll admit it. I was wrong. And as such, I go.
It’s been fun to work with everyone. I am officially out.
AP and Ed, please delete this account for good if at all possible.
Sakaki on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I guess America just wanted to get it over with…
Come on Barack big spender hit us where it hurts, defend your enormous deficit and by blaming it on George Bush.
Theworldisnotenough on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I’m officially making the first call for Obama’s Impeachment right now, for any cause!
I’m also proclaiming him as of now: “Worst President Ever”; and I will use that tag when ever I talk or write about him.
That’s the respect that the Anti-American Traitor Democratic Left gave to President Bush since his first day in office, and that includes Obama (PBUH), and that’s the exact respect I will give them, and him!
Dale in Atlanta on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
*PUKE* I’m just curious, since I have a video game company that is in it’s embryonic state right now, how could I better protect myself from the spreader of wealth? I have lots and lots of family members in S. Leyte and Quezon. I need to know the benefits financially of outsourcing and as far as paying them the prevailing wage of the country, I’ll pay them the same amount of money as I would have paid an American in this country. Cheap labor was never a consideration when I was thinking of this.
userboo on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Ditto …
darwin on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
NuMas.
desertdweller on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Like it or not, he’s my president. As a great man once said, country first. – AP
I haven’t waded through the comments so my apologies if this point has already been made.
AP: I totally agree that my country comes first. What comes first for Obama? That answer determines this country’s immediate future.
As another great man said: Live free or die.
Also: All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing.
Obama is not a good man. Barring a ‘road to Damascus moment’, he will not be either.
SwampRat on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
oppossing Clinton and being negative worked, oppossing bush and being vile and negative worked, we’d be insane not to go for the jugular on Obama.
this is what changes the ‘mood’ eventually for the mindless moderates to take in and then vote on
jp on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
I cannot believe Ohio voted for Obama, and Iowa. F#$k!
I thought knew Ohio. I beleive less in America right now than at any other time in my life.
Theworldisnotenough on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Ha! Obama just said “we won’t get there in one term.”
terryannonline on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
I’m going to puke.
So, what do we do? Everytime Obama screws the pooch we just grin, bear it, “buck up” and put country first?
Or are we going to take the damn fight to them?
If we are going to cede the frickin fight for that kind of platudinous BS (the same kind of BS we’ve been lambasting The One for BTW) then what the hell is the point?
I will not do to Obama what the Left did to Bush. But it doesn’t matter, we’ve already seen what even justifiable criticism will be called – “racist”.
And another thing, why should I be happy that America elected a black man for President when that man is the wrong one for the job? Does the color of his skin give him some kind of shield for his leftist/socialistic politics?
Many have tried to make the argument that race doesn’t, shouldn’t matter. Yet I hear and read that that very thing is somehow special? The content of Obama’s character is what should matter right – or IS it the color of his skin?
Many on the right are justifiably and understandably pissed, we have every right to be. Expressing that frustration is, if nothing else, cathartic. Because of that I think that a few days of angst isn’t the end of the world, nor does it equate to anything of the dKos caliber.
I don’t mean any disrespect, but Obama being a “good and decent man” is irrelevant frankly. It will also make for a poor footnote if he runs our country into the ground.
catmman on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
NUMA !!!
darwin on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
So is the country now a center left country?
goldeagle11 on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Our song. ;-)
aero on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
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