I accept the legitimacy of the election. Form triumphed over substance.

But I shall be exactly as loyal in opposition as the Democrats were during their time in the desert. Obama’s Presidency deserves the same respect from us as Obama showed to the current sitting President.

drewmesq on November 6, 2008 at 9:39 AM
They called Bush “Chimp”. I don’t think I’m going there, but it’s tempting.

unclesmrgol on November 6, 2008 at 2:27 PM

how about bonobobamastalin?

Learning to bend over the loyal opposition

fify

I am going to do my part to see that no more RINOs go back to congress and it will start with me working against the election of Saxby Chambliss who is facing a run off election in GA.
His opponent is liberal but the outcome will not strengthen the Democrats hold on the senate beyond what it is already.
If conservatives can block Chambliss’ reelection, and somehow be given credit for taking an active part in it, then maybe we can get a seat at the table and have our voices heard.

Talk about petulant children!!! Saxby Chambliss is NOT a RINO or liberal, and we will need his vote in the Senate!

Right now we have, for sure, 40 Senators. Ted Stevens probably won in Alaska, but he will have to resign due to his conviction, and his replacement will be appointed by…Sarah Palin! Norm Coleman is involved in a very tight recount and leads by only 342 votes. We’re waiting for mail-in ballots in Oregon, and Gordon Smith is behind right now.

The other uncertain Senator is Saxby Chambliss. Chambliss leads by 113,828 votes, and the Libertarian candidate got 126,328. If the Libertarian is eliminated, most of those votes should go to Chambliss.

With President Obama and a wide Dem majority in the House, the only thing stopping this country from lurching far left is Senate filibusters, and we need 41 Republicans. One of them will be appointed by Sarah Palin, Coleman MIGHT be another, and the other will be Saxby Chambliss, unless petulant children like yourself work against him.

McCain campaigned on the slogan of “Country First”. Put your Country First, get Chambliss elected, so he can drag his feet as strongly as possible against socialism in America!

We do not need to go nuts. There will be congressional elections in only 2 years. We need to get the right leadership in congress now to prepare for this.

I accept the legitimacy of the election. Form triumphed over substance.

But I shall be exactly as loyal in opposition as the Democrats were during their time in the desert. Obama’s Presidency deserves the same respect from us as Obama showed to the current sitting President.

drewmesq on November 6, 2008 at 9:39 AM

They called Bush “Chimp”. I don’t think I’m going there, but it’s tempting.

Im glad they dont have 60 in the senate.

Its all in their zone now and its just a matter of time before they over reach.

The conservatives meanwhile must cleanse themselves of the phonies and prepare for 2010.

The future is out there, we just have to take it back.

We can let go of the issues in Obama’s past, though. The American electorate has heard those issues and absorbed them.

ED? Are you unwell?

I will counter with a PETULANT response…

“Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.” -G.S.Patton

America has “absorbed” his Socialist past? ED, buddy… A M E R I C A was at the friggin’ MALL and the media colluded to keep the electorate ignorant….

Respectfully Ed…..are you out of your mind?

The battle for the very CONSTITUTION IS. A. WAR. ED.

HA is going soft….

One Angry Christian wrote on November 6, 2008
You see if the dems had lost this election as badly as we did there’d be hundreds of lawsuits

I guess I don’t see the loss as a bad loss. It was noteworthy, but there was no landslide victory or statement by the American people that “Change” was where it’s at. It showed that we are an ideologically divided country, and in the middle are those who either sat it out, or went with the flow.

I appreciate Ed’s tone, and I agree with him on this much–it’s time to get to work. President Obama was made at the grassroots, and that is where we can do the most work in stopping similar politicians from getting a standing with the electorate, while working to ensure quality leaders get a voice. Sarah Palin started there and despite the current snipings, she will have a strong part to play in this rebirth. Same with Tom McClintock, who was rejected (with much regret and remorse) by Californians for governor, but now has a seat in Congress. Quality rises when given the opportunity.

We also can hold our Republican and conservatives representatives feet to the fire to stand against a tidal wave of liberal ideas that will ruin the country. They did an excellent job this summer on the oil drilling issue–if they reflect that form of passion and commitment to be heard on the issues we are currently facing, I see us having a much better foothold come 2010 and 2012.

I have been reading various commentary from left and right since the elections and have to admit to some fatigue and discouragement. I am not discouraged by Barack Obama’s election. To the contrary, I think the Republican failures, in conjunction……

I have no intention of collaborating with an enemy who seeks the destruction of my personal freedom. So no, I’m not going to “agree to disagree” or to offer “respect to the office” of the new regime.

You see if the dems had lost this election as badly as we did there’d be hundreds of lawsuits, posts about voter fraud (even if there were no proof. Oddly enough we have proof and I see no posts here because it really matters very little), conspiracy theories about a one world government and “emperor McCain and Crony Palin”, but as is with one side that harbors and fosters and encourages class … defeat is taken with a sense of honor.

The American people have chosen. In my opinion they have not chosen wisely, but my opinion is worth no more than any other person who casts a ballot.

Therefore we concede to the will of the people – even if we sense disaster.

I am dismayed at how the dems have behaved when in these shoes, and at how they have underhandedly gone after the personal lives of people who have bothered to oppose them. It is unquestionably fascism and a mark of shame on them for their selfish ambition where they have shown that they have no moral qualms with destroying an innocent person for self gratification and gain.

I see criminality in the way Obama ran his campaign, and in the way the Dems dealt with media outlets that heavily criticized them. I see credit card fraud and voter fraud. I can do nothing about those things. Therefore I turn my attention to the future, and to what I can do.

I also turn to support a man whom I heavily disagree with. I will criticize his policies, and oppose his views. I will honor my country and support my President.

He is – regardless of our difference in views… My President and the leader of the free world. That I will not question. Leave the questions for next campaign season. Now it’s time to get to work seeding the grounds for future conservatives.

“For now, we have a new president-elect. In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president.”

Ann Coulter

I second the above. What was it they called Bush? Chimphitler? McPretzelchoker? Shrub?
drewmesq on November 6, 2008 at 9:39 AM

And Ann Coulter — as great as she is as an in-house cheerleader — has persuaded SO MANY people to come out of the left and into the Republican/Conservative fold.

/sarc

RegularJoe on November 6, 2008 at 9:20 AM

I’m not suggesting name calling or politics of personal destruction. That is childish and counterproductive. I’m suggesting that we don’t meet them “halfway” on proposals and legislation. They will only use that as validation of the worth of their ideas.

And I am no young voter at 48…I remember all too well the Clinton years…and the price we are still paying today (see mortgage crisis and terrorism) for meeting misguided and naive Democrats halfway in their pursuit of satisfying their feelings of moral and intellectual superiority

AmericanUnderground on November 6, 2008 at 9:38 AM

Amen, brother. I’m not suggesting we be weak and accomodating; but sufficiently confident to meet them full on with sound policy, not with childish name-calling. I think you and I are on EXACTLY the same page.

Ann Coulter

I second the above. What was it they called Bush? Chimphitler? McPretzelchoker? Shrub?

RegularJoe on November 6, 2008 at 9:20 AM

I’m not suggesting name calling or politics of personal destruction. That is childish and counterproductive. I’m suggesting that we don’t meet them “halfway” on proposals and legislation. They will only use that as validation of the worth of their ideas.

And I am no young voter at 48…I remember all too well the Clinton years…and the price we are still paying today (see mortgage crisis and terrorism) for meeting misguided and naive Democrats halfway in their pursuit of satisfying their feelings of moral and intellectual superiority

Get your butt back here; engage my friend, we need ya!!!!