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To: Suma who wrote (90114)10/15/2008 11:47:19 AM
From: Paul Kern  Respond to of 544348
 
I can just hear them the next four years bashing Obama..

But they mostly just preach to the choir.



To: Suma who wrote (90114)10/15/2008 11:52:14 AM
From: Dale Baker  Respond to of 544348
 
I can just hear them the next four years bashing Obama..

Very possibly eight years too. We are probably looking at a realignment election like the following:

1980 - conservatives who endured Nixon's disintegration and Carter's malaise finally felt empowered again.

1992 - liberals end their exile in the Reagan-Bush years with a unifying moderate Democrat.

2000 - the Clinton haters finally get their revenge with a neocon-friendly conservative president.

In 2008, we could see the end of any neocon influence and the Rove crowd headed for a political desert island for quite a while. The hate-talk jocks will bask Obama 24/7 to get their ratings, but who outside their base audience will care?



To: Suma who wrote (90114)10/15/2008 12:26:52 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 544348
 
I don't know what the PFP thread is going to do if McCain does not win.

They are busy making up all sorts of absurd scenarios as to what will happen if that occurs. I thought (very briefly) about compiling a list of them to play back in a couple of years, but decided it wasn't worth it. Delusional.