Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sorry, GOP. Its wasn't the messenger that made you lose.

With the election over 3 weeks ago, some GOP pundits and politicians are saying that it was Romney that caused the GOP to lose the election, and not their ideas. Well, I'm sorry to say GOP, but you have it all wrong. Don't believe me? Just look at the Senate, the House, and the debates.

In almost every instant that a hard-right Tea Party candidate defeated a so-called RINO in the Senate primaries, they were beaten by the Democrat in the general election. After winning a majority of the state houses in 2010 and redistricting the state to make it easier for the GOP to win House elections, the Democrats still won 8 more seats than they did in 2010, and nationally Democrats won more votes in the House than the GOP did. And when did Romney do best with the American people? It was after the first debate, where Romney went against everything that he he was for in the primaries. He stated in the debate that he was for immigration reform, against lowering taxes on the rich, for abortion in certain circumstances, and against drastic cuts in government programs. This went against everything he said he was for during the primaries. And the acceptance of his policies soared, and his favorable numbers went up. But then, in the next few days and weeks, he slowly but surely took back his what he said in the debate and reverted back to the Romney that he was in the primary. This was a way to assure the far right that he was really one of them. But with every step back to the right, his favorables went down with the American people, as did the acceptance of his policies.

I'm sorry, GOP, but it wan't the messenger that caused you to lose the election. The fact that your ideas for the country are anti- immigrant, homophobic, anti-social services, and pro-Big Business were the reason you lost. It wasn't the messenger, it WAS the message. And the fact that you can't see that shows just how out-of-touch with America you really are.        

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