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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (432289)	11/3/2008 10:59:38 AM
From: tejek	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576732

THE REPUBLICAN RUMP "Maybe the polls are wrong, and John McCain is about to pull off the biggest election upset in American history. But right now the Democrats seem poised both to win the White House and to greatly expand their majorities in both houses of Congress. Most of the post-election discussion will presumably be about what the Democrats should and will do with their mandate. But let me ask a different question that will also be important for the nation's future: What will defeat do to the Republicans? You might think, perhaps hope, that Republicans will engage in some soul-searching, that they'll ask themselves whether and how they lost touch with the national mainstream. But my prediction is that this won't happen any times soon. Instead, the republican rump, the party that's left after the election, will be the party that attends Sarah Palin's rallies, where crowds chant "Vote McCain, not Hussein!" It will be the party of Saxby Chambliss, the senator from georgia, who, observing large-scale early voting by African-Americans, warns his supporters that "the other folks are voting". It will be the party that harbors menacing fantasies about Barack Obama's Marxist - or was that Islamic? - roots. Why will the G.O.P. become more, not less, extreme? For one thing, projections suggest that this election will drive many of the remaining Republican moderates out of Congress, while leaving the hard right in place. Also, the republican base already seems to be gearing up to regard defeat not as a verdict on conservative policies, but as the result of an evil conspiracy. A recent Democracy Corps poll found that Republicans, by a margin of more than two to one, believe that Mr. McCain is losing "because the mainstream media is biased" rather than "because Americans are tired of George Bush." But the G.O.P.'s long transformation into the party of the unreasonable right, a haven for racists and reactionaries, seems likely to accelerate as a result of the impending defeat. This will pose a dilemma for moderate conservatives. Many of them spent the Bush years in denial, closing their eyes to the administration's dishonesty and contempt for the rule of law. Some of them have tried to maintain that denial through this year's election season, even as the McCain-Palin campaign's tactics have grown ever uglier. But one of these days they're going to have to realize that the G.O.P. has become the party of intolerance". -Paul Krugman, New York Times - 11/03/08

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (432289)	11/3/2008 12:52:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1576732

Jim, Obama just lost my geek vote. Deep Space 9 to Obama ... Deep Space 9 to Obama ... This is Captain Sisko. It's "Green Hornet," not "Green Lantern." everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com And then this man so often praised for his rhetoric and eloquence made his blunder. Cheney's endorsement had given Obama more ammunition for the John McCain = Third Bush Term line of attack, and after mentioning the fact that McCain voted with Bush 90-percent of the time and now supported Bush's economic policies completely, Obama said, "That's not a maverick, that's a sidekick." As the crowd chuckled, he went on, "He's like Kato to The Green Lantern." I know, right? Can you believe Obama confused The Green Hornet with The Green Lantern?! Does America really want a president who can't tell the difference between The Green Hornet and Green Lantern?