I suppose there are all sorts of reasons the Republicans got their clocks cleaned when it shouldn't have happened. IMHO when McCain dropped his campaign and went to DC over the first bailout brouhaha, he ought to have stumped for the lenders to re-negotiate loans and for arrest warrants. Dodd and Frank should have been named - he said he would name names, right??? but nooooooooo......
While I respect those who like Ron Paul, Ron's a bit of a lunatic. I like hisrespect for thletter of our Constitution but he was wrong on the war and most foreign policy. Romney's a Mormon, and for President that would probably have made him unelectable what with the polygamist scandals and the story of that Utah massacre being hyped all over, even though it took place in the late 19th Century. He would have made a better choice for Veep than Palin, probably.
The Dems made two brilliant moves: Practically no Dem candidate ran against his opponent, from the most junior Representative to Obama himself they all ran against George Bush, who wasn't even running for dog catcher. Obama also ran against Palin, painting her as a nut who would surely become President as McCain was bound to croak as soon as he completed the Oath of Office.
And Obama ran on a short and simple sound bite. While McCain and the Republicans had to explain their positions, the Dems had a simple mantra: Things are rotten and wrong and it is time for a "CHANGE".
And lots of white folks wanted to put a little gold star on their personal report card and/or "Make History" by electing the first black President. I personally watched two neighbors go across the street to Ubamanista Central, pick up their yard signs, and carry them home held out in front of them, smiling like toddlers who have just pooped in the potty and think they deserve a toy. Well, they pooped all right. What a mess.
WHAT IS SIGNIFIGANT is that almost no Dems ran on or even went anywhere near guns. THAT issue is STILL a very live wire, and they damn well know it. This is where the NRA has resources we cannot do without. The assault on the RTKBA will come as riders quietly slipped into bills and snuck past debate. Look for some Democrat to sponsor a bill ratcheting up the penalties for possession of Kiddie Porn another 5 years for example, so that his buds can sneak anti-gun riders and amendments into it (also to protect the kids, natch) and accuse anyone who objects of "coddling child-abusing perverts" or some such. It takes a very vigilant atchdog to detect such subterfuge and nip it in the bud. OCDO, VCDL, etc. do not have the money or the people or the expertise or the connections to do this.
The National Rifle Association does. You all know I have a short ton of 2A cred. I am also an NRA member. I don't always agree with the NRA either. But as Benjamin Franklin said, if we do not hang together, we will assuredly hang separately.
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