elections & politics
Posted: October 11th, 2010, 4:45 pm
A recent poll suggests that only 18% of the nation identifies themselves as liberal while 54% id as conservatives. 27% say they are moderate.
The scary truth is the 18% are basically running the country through Obama & Pelosi.
Landslide projections are being made for the November elections with some saying the GOP will gain 100 seats in the House.
They say people are shifting to conservatism but I say nay. People, the majority of people, have always been conservative but it's only at specific points in history that the polls show that or better yet the elections show that.
I point to 1952 when after 20 years of a democrat in the White House through the Great Depression, giving us Social Security & all sorts of liberal ideas & policies, Eisenhower won by a landslide. 442 electoral votes to Stevens 89.
The country was in a recession at that time as well as a war and the GOP could not be blamed for it.
In 1980 Reagan got 489 to Carter's 49and some still say Carter was the best prez we ever had. Carter seems to think highly of his service too. We had a recession and record interest rates.
In 1984 Reagan won 525 to 13 over Mondale.
In 1988 Bush won 426 to 111 over Dukakis. Do we see a pattern here?
In 1992 many conservatives through their support behind Perot because they found out Bush was not conservative. This gave Clinton an overwhelming win. The same went for 1996 as Dole was not a good conservative candidate and Perot again ran.
We know how close 2000 was and Bush ran as a Reagan conservative. We all know he isn't but many found out after the election. I voted for Buchanan myself.
My point is that if a real conservative runs then a conservative will be elected every time. If you offer the people a fake conservative then it's anyone's election.
The scary truth is the 18% are basically running the country through Obama & Pelosi.
Landslide projections are being made for the November elections with some saying the GOP will gain 100 seats in the House.
They say people are shifting to conservatism but I say nay. People, the majority of people, have always been conservative but it's only at specific points in history that the polls show that or better yet the elections show that.
I point to 1952 when after 20 years of a democrat in the White House through the Great Depression, giving us Social Security & all sorts of liberal ideas & policies, Eisenhower won by a landslide. 442 electoral votes to Stevens 89.
The country was in a recession at that time as well as a war and the GOP could not be blamed for it.
In 1980 Reagan got 489 to Carter's 49and some still say Carter was the best prez we ever had. Carter seems to think highly of his service too. We had a recession and record interest rates.
In 1984 Reagan won 525 to 13 over Mondale.
In 1988 Bush won 426 to 111 over Dukakis. Do we see a pattern here?
In 1992 many conservatives through their support behind Perot because they found out Bush was not conservative. This gave Clinton an overwhelming win. The same went for 1996 as Dole was not a good conservative candidate and Perot again ran.
We know how close 2000 was and Bush ran as a Reagan conservative. We all know he isn't but many found out after the election. I voted for Buchanan myself.
My point is that if a real conservative runs then a conservative will be elected every time. If you offer the people a fake conservative then it's anyone's election.