Friday, February 8, 2008

Bush Shames Republican Party Into Hiding In 2008

That's probably the most honest assessment of this Nomination season. Republicans have a tremendous black eye in public opinion. The past 7 years have setup the greatest chance for Democrats to gain control of the White House, Supreme Court "Justices", and the direction of our nation during a dark time in our history.

Even the Republicans that voted for Bush are dissatisfied with his performance. From overt attempts to get us to beleive things that are highly unlikely (the public reasons for entering Iraq and what they are lying about regarding 9/11) and outright failure to perform in the realm of Illegal Immigration have left a very bad feeling among Republicans.

Democrats already hated bush for "stealing" the elections from Gore and Kerry so there was simply no chance of getting support from them. Essentially, the Democrats wouldn't like republicans if everybody were suddenly given 40 acres, a mule, a government expense account, and rainbow streets flowing with chocolate rivers.

But, the Republicans could have at least accomplished something positive regarding the economy and Illegal Immigration. Instead, Bush fell back on the "i don't have to do anything about it" stance of promoting "reform" instead of "enforcement". Obviously enforcement would not be popular among liberal. However, he already had a war nobody wanted so what impact would enforcing immigration laws really had on public opinion?

Bush missed a chance to get some real work done. However, he chose to polarize the nation, give Democrats every bit of momentum they needed going into 2008, and still leave the people thinking they have been lied to and ignored. In short, there is no room in public opinion for Bush. Unless the Republican party publicly kicks him out of the club, no presidential nominee will have chance. Since that's not happening, it looks like the republicans are choosing a safe loss candidate (McCain/McLame) and letting the conservative voters stay home.

Picking a strong candidate and losing would have been better for the party than watering down everything we beleive in and still losing the election. It's one thing to fail, but arn't we supposed to go down swinging?
Posted by Blog Friend at 3:28 PM

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