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To: LindyBill who wrote (519891)	11/7/2012 2:30:56 AM
From: prometheus1976	4 Recommendations Respond to of 793600

Nope,We will end up like France...... like the American Indian , people of our ilk can only anticipate a steady decline . The United States has trended in this direction for decades and now that trend will continue indefinitely... Romney got 7 million fewer votes than McCain... All we can do is prepare ourselves, but politically it is over forever for those of us who wanted a return to the America in which we grew up ..At least now we know..

To: LindyBill who wrote (519891)	11/7/2012 2:37:25 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793600

>> We will all look back now on our major objection to him last spring. "He is too nice a guy." Turned out to me right. Trouble is, I don't think any of the others could have done better. It is hard to run a clean campaign when your competitor is willing to get down in the mud. But I really have a different attitude about the primary process now; at the time, I thought, "How cool, we've got tons of debates and we'll hear all the candidate's ideas and it will be wonderful." WRONG. It just made them all unelectible. It also speaks volumes about the power of incumbency and the ever-increasing 47%. If the economy continues to creep along, four years from now the 47% will be the 52%, and then what? The Republicans, or Libertarians, or whoever, need to get it together and raise a lot of money in the coming four years and come together with one or two superior candidates who can get off the absurd hard-right social ideas and get themselves elected.

To: LindyBill who wrote (519891)	11/7/2012 6:11:23 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793600

RE: The Road to Perdition There are only murderers in this room.

To: LindyBill who wrote (519891)	11/8/2012 9:49:23 PM
From: greatplains_guy	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793600

The GOP has to get over its fascination with being democrat lite. Coke reversed course within a year of failing to out Pepsi, Pepsi. Why are Republicans unable to digest the lesson. Dole, McCain, Romney. (Two war casualties and a Rich CEO.) The list reminds me of McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis. Democrats learned not to send a boy scout to do a man's work. Republicans need to learn the same lesson. Yes, some times a Kerry slips in, but people often fail to question things that sound too good to be true, such as Kerry's "war hero" status. We will all look back now on our major objection to him last spring. "He is too nice a guy." Turned out to me right. Trouble is, I don't think any of the others could have done better. I suspect that we will continue down this road to perdition until it gets so bad that a firebreather on our side can reverse it. Otherwise, we will end up like France. It is probably already too late for America. Look at Argentina for an example of how fast we can slip over the edge.