Changes brought about by the Election

No doubt I was disappointed by the results of last Tuesday's elections. First in Ohio, where it appears that only Democrats live, and then on the national scene.

As I've been considering the outcome and trying to keep up with some of the media coverage, I see some key facts that should not be forgotten.

Even though the Democrats took the House by a number of seats, there is no way this should be viewed as a great sweep or tidal wave. It was really a series of individual elections many of which were extremely close. You can say the Democrats landed more votes than the Republicans, but not by much.

Amazingly enough, and opposite of what you would find in the main stream liberal media, the real winner in the election was conservatism. You say, "But wait, the Republicans lost." That's true, and the reason they lost is that they got lazy in their Washington politics and forgot what they stood for. At the same time, those apparently shrewd Democrats, found conservatives in key states that would run as Democrats. Those two factors combined did the trick. In reality, the Republicans have no one to blame, but themselves. The strategy of the Democrats was from the party leadership, even though by this strategy they made enemies with the traditional liberals in the party. The libs say it was not necessary to dress up like conservatives.

This is not a new phenomena. The only time Bill Clinton talked about real family values was shortly before each of his Presidential elections ( I don't know about his gubernatorial campaigns). Other than election time, Democratic family values are fine - abortion and sleeping with interns. What is most disturbing with this election is the appearance that uninformed voters are stupid enough to fall for this masquerade.

In light of post election discussions it does appear that the "cut and run" conservatives did just that. Their logic, be it ever so warped, was that they will punish the Republicans for not doing as had been expected by either not voting or voting for a Democrat. We should all be concerned at the ignorance of the American Voter.

Even the Democratic voters are ignorant. They just elected a whole bunch of leaders on the platform of 'change' and 'we hate Bush'. That's it! Nothing about what they could do different to make things better. If you have watched American politics at all, you know the likelihood of Democrats improving our country is nil.

Now is the time to watch every move of the Democrats. Every lie and every screw-up needs to be logged and publicized. Of course, the mainstream media will not do that. Dems are not so likely to go hog wild liberal, because they are focused on the 2008 Presidential campaign. They will continue to play the conservative card (and it is phony) as long as they perceive it is working.

If the Democrats make any changes to taxation, it will certainly mean an increase in taxes for all those people they say they represent. (Considering the amount of government waste, that is a crime in itself). They are prone to screw up Iraq, although their softness is already starting to show. The enemy nations and terrorists organizations are quite elated to have the Democrats on board, so expect more terrorist activity on our soil. There are a number of new Democratic committee heads that are giddy with excitement over liberal agendas.

The Republicans are going to have to provide something better for the American people, or they will not have a chance in 2008. If not, they can only hope that the folly of Democrats will make Americans ready for change in two years.

So much to say, so little time.

Have a great day,
Dennis