I'm going to talk about something that I haven't seen many other people, especially faggy liberals who voted for the Terrorist Party like myself, have said
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Yeah, there's definitely a tragic story there. It was already starting to seep out before the election; how many long-time Repubs left to vote for the other side, saying "this is not the McCain I knew", including personal friends?
I still wouldn't have ever voted for him, now or back in '00.
Back in the Clinton years, the Republicans allied themselves with the extreme religious fringe of the country to get back in power. There's a hell of a lot of schadenfreude in watching the Republican party start to fall apart due to this now: they made their bed and set it on fire, now they can lie in it. I will not be surprised at all if it splits in two, with the businessmen running as fast as they can from the end-times Bible-thumpers.
I would be pleased as punch if the fire and brimstone crowd lost the support of the republican party. I'm a giant atheist douchebag for the most part, with trappings of this and that.
I've said before that one of the best and worst things to happen to the republicans was the religious right's rise to power in the eighties, and the GOP needs to focus on being fiscally responsible rather than socially oppressive.
Very intelligent post, Jirris. I was thinking the same things about McCain. One of the reasons why I didn't vote for him was because I felt at his age, all the b.s. of being in the highest office would do him in. I feel bad that he won't ever have another shot at Presidency, but on the flipside, I have faith in Obama. McCain's exit speech was truly touching and it's exciting to know that he is going to support Obama and help him through this coming term.
McCain's exit speech was awesome. The power behind his words was something you could feel and almost taste. If he would have run his campaign like that, it would have been a much closer race than the ass-beating that it turned out to be.
I think that the opinions of partisanship are changing, and I'm happy to see people standing up and being a part of that. One of the things that I always found distaseful over the Bush years were statements like "It's unpatriotic to not support the president at this time" and other such things.
I'm really happy to see people extending an olive branch to others they disagree with politically. I mean, I understand that the average voter isn't red or blue, but tends to shift back and forth every few elections. But those who are lifers, those are the people I'm happy to see going "sure, let's work together".
The fact that McCain helped deliver that message of empathy and brotherhood shows why I say he needs a level of respect and why I feel bad for what I felt like happened to him in this election
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I still wouldn't have ever voted for him, now or back in '00.
Back in the Clinton years, the Republicans allied themselves with the extreme religious fringe of the country to get back in power. There's a hell of a lot of schadenfreude in watching the Republican party start to fall apart due to this now: they made their bed and set it on fire, now they can lie in it. I will not be surprised at all if it splits in two, with the businessmen running as fast as they can from the end-times Bible-thumpers.
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I've said before that one of the best and worst things to happen to the republicans was the religious right's rise to power in the eighties, and the GOP needs to focus on being fiscally responsible rather than socially oppressive.
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McCain's exit speech was truly touching and it's exciting to know that he is going to support Obama and help him through this coming term.
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I think that the opinions of partisanship are changing, and I'm happy to see people standing up and being a part of that. One of the things that I always found distaseful over the Bush years were statements like "It's unpatriotic to not support the president at this time" and other such things.
I'm really happy to see people extending an olive branch to others they disagree with politically. I mean, I understand that the average voter isn't red or blue, but tends to shift back and forth every few elections. But those who are lifers, those are the people I'm happy to see going "sure, let's work together".
The fact that McCain helped deliver that message of empathy and brotherhood shows why I say he needs a level of respect and why I feel bad for what I felt like happened to him in this election
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