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Election 2008 post-mortem
Well, the battle’s over, at long last; the battle of 2008, at any rate.
With the dust settled, WonderfulPessimist.com wishes to congratulate the victor, Barack Obama. Of course, we still believe he’s the wrong guy, woefully underqualified and determined to take the country in the wrong direction. Yet, as the victor, that’s his prerogative and we wish Barry well.
To be honest, despite all the hours at the espresso machines worrying about an Obama victory, the truth is that a McCain victory would have been worse for the GOP, because McCain was at the top of the ticket, after all, not Sarah Palin. And McCain would have done many of the same things Obama is gearing up for, only it would have been the GOP that took the blame for it all.
So, in an “addition by subtraction” sort of way, an Obama victory, while wrong for the country from a political philosophy point of view, is probably the best thing that the conservative movement could have hoped for.
Rather than being saddled with yet another liberal Republican in the White House, the GOP field for 2012 looks rich with a commodity sorely lacking in ’08, and that’s genuine conservative candidates. Though four years can change a lot, I certainly anticipate eagerly the potential presidential campaigns of Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal.
Sure, there are still risks that could shut conservatives out; Tim Pawlenty is a mirage when it comes to genuine conservatism, Mitt Romney was the best of a bad field and doesn’t measure up to Palin or Jindal, and there are still threats from Charlie Crist (liberal) and Mike Huckabee (fake conservative who seems to want to be the U.S. Pastor, not the U.S. President) to fend off, but Palin and Jindal are definitely the future of conservatism, if not necessarily the GOP.
One name I can guarantee won’t show up in 2012?
Jeb Bush.
Dems worry Barry’s blowing it
Who would have thought the governor of Alaska and a careless comment about lipstick could have such a huge impact on the political messiah, Barack “Barry” Obama?
John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin struck all the right chords to energize the GOP base, while at the same time intriguing middle-of-the-road and undecided voters, as well as not a few disenfranchised Hillary voters. It’s a dream come true for the GOP, which until the GOP Convention was buying into the Beltway spin that this was fated to be a big Democratic year.
Now, the promotional items are being ordered in bulk at McCain-Palin HQ, and there’s a new enthusiasm for the GOP ticket that comes from a pair of candidates who seem to not only be about “change,” but change with a full agenda of specific proposals – something Barry the Messiah is quite thin on.
Major Dem fundraisers and bigwigs are saying, behind the scenes, “Here we go again.”
Hey, considering it’s the Dem-led house and Senate that are riding the lowest approval ratings in US history, what did they expect, a cakewalk to the White House?
Oh wait… I guess they did.
