The American Spectator : Why Romney Lost

Henry22| 11.13.12 @ 6:28AM

Freakin' navel gazing. Romney only lost by two points....had he won the same amount of Hispanics that George Bush won in 2004 (44%) he would be president-elect right now. End of story.
Romney would have won Colorado, Nevada, Florida, and maybe even New Mexico. And though he still would have needed Virginia and one other state, it would have put him in an entirely stronger position.

Aristocat| 11.13.12 @ 9:05AM

Rubio would have helped carry Florida and maybe other states.
And don't forget Todd Aiken and the guy from Indiana's insane comments. They helped the Democrats push the "War on Women" theme, and helped the Dems win 26 Senate elections out of 33. All the Republican Senate candidates got lower % of votes than Romney, and the House stayed Republican, so that tells me that Aiken and Mourdoch helped bring down Senate candidates nationwide...
P.S. Please stop talking about rape. Just say this:
"The abortion issue should be returned to the states where it belongs."

JP| 11.13.12 @ 9:56AM

Baloney. I can't speak for Aikens, but Mourdock never lead Joe Donnely by more than 2 or 3 points. For whatever reasons, Mourdock decided after defeating Lugar by large margins in May to veer to the Center during the Summer. Joe Donnely, who voted with Pelosi 85% of the time rebranded himself as a Cosnervative. Mourdock refused to tattoo ObamaCare to Donnely's butt. As a consequence, Donnely and Mourdock were in a statistical tie going down the stretch.

Mike Pence swallowed the same kool aid. Pence was one of the most conservative lawmakers in the House. Yet, he ran his campaign for govenor as if he was a Blue Dog Democrat. He almost lost to Dick Gregg. Indiana, which gave Mitt a 15 point margin of victory is no purple state. Yet, Republicans in Indiana somehow believe one must run as Moderates to win. Mitch Daniels, despite being billed as a Moderate governed as a Conservative. Mourdock, by the way only lost by 100,000 votes despite his incompetent campaign. He deserved to lose. He ran as a moderate and allowed the campaign to competitive.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 12:51PM

"If only we had a Better Candidate"? "If only he had been More Conservative"?

The Muslim ran the Most Far Left Campaign this Country has EVER seen, and he got 2 MILLION more Votes than Our Guy. TWO MILLION.

More Welfare. Higher Taxes. Free Abortions. Free Condoms. More Regulations. Punish the Rich. REVENGE!

He ran a Campaign on 4 More Years of Higher Food Prices. Higher Energy Prices. More Bankruptcies. More Foreclosures. More Homelessness and Hopelessness. More people on Food Stamps. More people living at the Poverty Line, and BELOW IT. More people working Part Time Jobs, at Minimum Wage. More Companies getting the Hell Outta Dodge, on the next Boat for China

Less Personal Income. Less Value on your Homes. Less opportunities to get a Good Paying Job. Less Military Readiness. Less Influence around the World. And, less adherence to the Constitution's Seperation of Power, our Laws on the Books, and any Modicum of Civility, and Decorum.

We coulda run JESUS CHRIST in this Election, and it wouldn't have made a difference.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 12:51PM

We have more Douchebags than we do People with a Head on their Shoulders.

39% of Whites, just Voted for a guy who HATES THEIR FCKNG GUTS. It's in his Puke Books.

70% of the Jews in this Country Voted for the Guy named after Mohammed's Horse. A guy who was Raised in the Muslim Schools and Mosques, in Muslim Indonesia, by his Atheist Whore Mother, and his new Muslim Stepfather, after his Muslim Father died Drunk, in a Kenyan Gutter, riddled with AIDS. A guy who Sat in a JEW HATRER'S Hate Church for 20 Years. A guy who Organized Nation of Islam Jew Hater - Louis Farrakhan's - Million Jew Haters March. And, is Systematically Transforming every Government Institution in this Country, in to a Muslim Outreach Facility, and a place to go and Apologize to Muslims for being Infidels.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 12:54PM

There is no Plan against 58 Million People that would Stand in Line for Hours, to buy that kinda Sh*t Sandwich.

None.

We should stop Beating this Dead Horse.

It's Boring.

Pelleas| 11.14.12 @ 8:44PM

...so says the REAL "Jew-Hater"..who said that Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party's plans to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, were ORDAINED BY GOD , to "punish" the "disobediant Jewish people...

TLP is the SCUM OF THE EARTH--A RACIST/ANTI-SEMITE/MISOGYNIST/HOMOPHOBE/XENOPHOBE/.. for STARTERS...

... A REAL SORRY EXCUSE FOR A "HUMAN" BEING--

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:29PM

YOU ARE BEAUTIFULLY CORRCET/ACCURATE AS USUAL! THE ONLY PROBLEM/DISAGREEMENT WITH YOUR TRUTHFUL WORDS OF WISDOM IS THAT.....THE OTHER SIDE DID RUN JESUS CHRIST.....THE BALCK VARIETY.....AND THE DUMBARSES SUCKED IT UP BY THE EJACULATION-FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Toinfinityandbeyond| 11.14.12 @ 5:20AM

Hey Tim~

Your love will-tard romney is a Legitimate Cult Loser just like you, man!

Alan Brooks | 11.13.12 @ 9:21AM

"Too many candidates chose to batter the others even though they had no chance to win."

The Framers set up the slugfest in 1789.
Guys, America is so old fashioned (not conservative, old-fashioned), if you'd simply run a first-rate candidate, you'd have won last Tuesday;
you did so with Ike and Reagan-- but now things are so complicated you don't know how to vet a top-flight candidate anymore.

Quartermaster| 11.13.12 @ 1:08PM

It's a certainty that the Dims can't, or were never able to do so. I doubt they even care. So long as it advances the interests of the Parasite caucus, it'll fly with the anti-american party.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:22PM

JC COULD NOT HAVE WON ON 11/4/08 AND 11/6/12. ANY [DOUBTFUL] FUTURE ELECTION SHOULD HAVE AS ITS NOMINEE JESSICA SIMPSON [DISCUSSING WHETHER IT'S CHICKEN OR TUNA] OR SNOOP DOG [HE'S GOT THE HOS]!!!!!!!!!!!

Fargo44| 11.13.12 @ 7:40PM

What nonsense! Cop out!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:12PM

It's amazing how it's possible to make asinine statements that have no meaning nor explanation...."cop out" WTF does that mean?

Jack in Wi| 11.13.12 @ 11:47AM

There were 3 reasons Romney lost. He ran as a Neocon in country sick of wars and warmongers. The other reasons are that he refused to reach out to Ron Paul and his supporters. In fact he treated them shamefully at the convention. Those are the reasons he lost period. He needed every vote he could get. He didn't have to agree with Paul on every issue, but he could have been courtious and where he agreed he could have emphasized it. He also dissed Sarah Palin and her supporters. Palin even said in July that the party need Ron Paul and his supporters and Romney should reach out to them. Instead he listend to the Neocons who bring virtually nothing to the table but rack and ruin.

Occam's Tool| 11.13.12 @ 12:09PM

He should have reached out to Paul voters on Domestic Financial Issues, which are their bread and butter.

He also should have engaged in 'nad punching. I would have had "Bathhouse Barry" stuff up EVERYWHERE! Accuse him of marital infideility in the worst way. Accuse him of something to hide in the college transcripts. Bring up Bernadette Dohrn's copkilling. Discuss the fact that some of his economicf theories could only be the result of someone on drugs. Bring up his former pastor. (Counter the Mormon crap)

Discuss how his friends are felons. Smear, dirtify, roll around in the gutter. Stick him in the eye and nad punch.

I hope our next Presidential candidate is Nixonian about the mudslinging. Bring back the Willie Horton approach!

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 1:36PM

You know that I love you, but I must disagree.

NOBODY gets the Perfect Candidate. Nobody on our side, at least.

Ron Paul voters should have been MASSAGED?

Romney WASN'T Obama.

That should've been enough.

They chose to sit on their hands, and they got what, exactly, for their I'm taking my Bat and Ball and going home, Infantile Actions?

They got The End Of The World as we know it.

And, thanks to them?

So did the rest of us.

Fck'em.

Fck'em all.

Jack in Wi| 11.13.12 @ 2:38PM

You can't win without us. That has been proven. Romney didn't have to kiss off Israel. Paul has always been for Israel as long as it wasn't sucking off our teat and pushing us into wars. Of course we all know Israel can't stand on it's own. It is and always will be the world's greatest welfare queen. Occam is right about the economy and how Paul has been right for decades. All Romney had to do to win this election was promise to cut federal expenses and programs, and audit the Federal Reserve. He had to make them the center of his program. On foreign affairs all he had to do was to promise to bring the troops home from afganistan now and not to go to war without a declaration of war. He also had to let the Paul people let off some steam at the convention and address some of their concerns in his convention speech. Instead he said nothing then and for most of the campaign. He wasn't even capable of doing an interview for the last 4 weeks of the campaign.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 2:56PM

And, neither can you, Dumbass.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:10PM

HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HE INTENDED ON DOING SO AS NOT TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD PANIC AMONGST THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT [LABOR UNIONIZED] WORKERS; BUT THEY KNEW ANYWAY. THAT IS WHY THEY AND THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES VOTED FOR OBAMA. THEY KNEW THAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE TO SERIOUSLY DOWNSIZE GOVERNMENTAL SPENDING VIA ELIMINATING/MERGING ETC AGENCIES/DEPARTMENTS ETC. THEY VOTED INSTEAD TO PRESERVE THEIR """""FREE STUFF"""" AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE. THEY [THE WISCONSIN VARIETY] STABBED PAUL RYAN/SCOTT WALKER IN THE BACK. THEY VOTED FOR SANTA CLAUS, AND THEY DESTROYED THIS NATION!!!!!!!!

Fargo44| 11.13.12 @ 7:44PM

Have you ever thought about saying anything constructive? And you need a new keyboard -- one where the caps lock is not frozen on.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:13PM

Have you ever thought aout saying anything INTELLIGENT?????????????????

billwitten| 11.13.12 @ 3:22PM

Fck you too. :-)

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:15PM

OT, THERE WILL NOT BE A "NEXT ELECTION" AS THIS COUNTRY IS TOAST. SELL, MOVE, OFFSHORE, WHATEVER YOU CAN. ARMAGEDDON IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. THERE'S NO TOMORROW. GOOD LUCK!!!!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:18PM

ROM PAUL IS A SENILE OLD MAN WITH ONE FOOT IN THE NURSING HOME. SOME OF HIS IDEAS ARE CREDIBLE BUT NOW USELESS, AS THE TITANIC IS TAKING ON WATER FAST!!!!

Fargo44| 11.13.12 @ 7:45PM

Yawn!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:15PM

Now that's constructively STUPID!!!!!!!

Mike W| 11.13.12 @ 12:13PM

Bush didnt get 44 percent. He got 38 percent tops.

Repeating this error reinforces the suicidal notion that somehow we are better off if we legalize 12 million more Democrats/illegal aliens.

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 2:52PM

Mike, that isn't even the worst of it; As Simpson Mazzoli illustrated, legalizing those already here will bring millions more here.

I guess that's one advantage to Obama's destruction of the economy - once we collapse, there'll be no point in coming here, except maybe to sort through the rubble.

The tragedy of the commons and all that.

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 2:49PM

The fact than anybody voted for Barack Obama the first time was evidence of hope triumphing over experience.

The fact that anybody voted for him the second time is proof that the critical mass of this country is insane. His reelection is the death knell of the United States.

We are a country driven by vanity, greed, immaturity, envy and sloth - the very building blocks of liberalism.

This isn't going to get better next time around, as Emmett Tyrrell - playing Lucy to the conservative hopefuls' Charlie Brown - promises us. Guess he has another book on the ultimate victory of conservatism in the wings.

The only way a Republican can win anymore is, as Babbin says, "evolving." Which means adopting liberal positions.

In other words, as soon as they become Democrats, Republicans will start winning elections.

Reminds me of what another bright "conservative" once said: In order to save capitalism, we have to destroy it.

America is no more.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:17PM

Yes, but he didn't ... it's called wishful thinking.

On the other hand, older whites are dying out, replaced by blue youth. You may never win Virginia, Florida, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada again. Add Arizona and maybe even Texas and you're done. Ohio will just be gravy then.

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 3:33PM

Can't wait till all those evil white people are dead. Because whites are a vastly inferior race.

Nah, that ain't racism.

Of course you are white, but you've adopted the Charles Manson escape clause - Helter Skelter: Them peoples of color ain't gonna be able to manage the race war on their own, so they's gunna need some of the "good" whites to shows 'em how to rule. That's where you and Charlie come in.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:56PM

No, it's just convenient for older whites to blame the "other" for all their problems, even though the root of all our problems trace back to Ronald Reagan.
Sadly, once they are no longer voting, America will succeed beyond our wildest dreams.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 5:24PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

SNC| 11.14.12 @ 11:27PM

Did you ever stop to think that maybe Purp is making fun of those on the right who are always claiming Gods on their side & using natural disasters to kill those on the left?

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:04PM

THIS COUNTRY RESEMBLES THE DESPERATE OFFICE WORKER WHO JUMPED OUT OF THEIR WINDOW ON 9/11/01, BUT THE REINACTMENT WAS ON 11/6/12!!!!!!!!!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:57PM

Oh, puh-lease - why the drama Queen routine? You'll live, you simply lost. Get over it.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:17PM

"Get over it"? You probably would advise the inhabitants of Nagasaki or Katrina to do likewise no doubt!!!!

Bob Grant| 11.13.12 @ 7:10PM

Dig deep into to the statistics and you will find the outlier, as always, was among the black segment of the youth demographic.

Sure, obama won a small majority of white youth votes but democrats generally do anyway, save for Reagan and one of GW's campaigns.

As per usual, obama received 100 ++ percent of the black youth vote. No diversity in thought among the black youth. Groupthink at it's worst.

Remember this, Perp, those same white and Hispanic youths who voted for obama will become thirtysomethings in no time and mark my words, many, if not most of them will become solid conservatives due to the cold bitch slap of reality. They'll learn the hard way the disaster that was the obama regime. Sadly for them, it will be too late.

The only thing that will change among the black youth will be their age.

Nancy in NC| 11.13.12 @ 3:55PM

Perhaps Romney should have pointed out to the Latinos how Obama lied to them straight faced on Univision (or whatever that Spanish station is called.)

If Romney would have hired Newt to crucyify obama sooner and often, it might have helped.

obama and co. are Chicago thugs. Romney brought a slingshot to the fight and they had Howitzers. If he was incapable of getting down in the gutter, he should have got a surrogate to handle the dirty fighting. obama had plenty, starting with stupid uncle Joe.

It's over, done and dusted. Sort of like the USA.

Warrior| 11.13.12 @ 4:16PM

He was able to shut any media opposition from Univision down by appointing the owners wife to the UN.

Fargo44| 11.13.12 @ 7:52PM

Yes so true -- but Romney still should have made that defaulted promise an issue in the campaign. And he should have made SOME effort to win Hispanic votes. His campaign was truly as incompetent as McCain's. The only thing that even kept him in the game was the total train weak of the Obama economy. No way on earth this election should have been lost. Its really a bigger disgrace than McCain 2008.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:22PM

Neither one was a "train wreck" moron! The only wreck is the complete STUPIDITY of the American people for allowing this to occur, but they will pay the ultimate price for their total lack of brain cells beginning 1/1/13!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kitty | 11.13.12 @ 6:33AM

Don't overlook outright fraud: http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/add.....-election/

After all, does anyone really believe Romney didn't get a single vote in 59 Philly districts?

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:18PM

Yes.

Fargo44| 11.13.12 @ 7:54PM

Of course you believe it -- you are well aware that democrats cheat like the breath air.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:25PM

Numbskull, "democrats" should be dapitalized. What a dumbars!!!!!!!! Oh and "breath air"? WTF is that? It should be A BREATH OF AIR, dumbars!!!!!

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 3:50PM

No, but who cares? We've already acquiesced to tyranny.

What's important here is that Romney won in the only way that really matters to Establishment Republicans: He got through the game without getting his uniform dirty.

I think the GOP attitude toward Democrats is embodied in our new motto (as proposed by Karl Rove and Bill Kristol): "If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it."

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 5:02PM

Drama Queen ... little strong isn't it?

Butch| 11.13.12 @ 7:38PM

You snot. You prick. I have been a TAS subscriber since 1990, and I read these threads for two years before I ever began commenting. Grzmlyk was--and is--always the best of the lot. The accumulation of his posts over the time I have been reading this site is roughly the same as the Book of Jeremiah. Did you ever study Jeremiah as literature, smart guy?

There is a definition for someone who is wrong and yet firmly convinced he is right: a damn fool. I strongly suggest you refrain from responding to him in the future. Stick to us lesser lights.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:27PM

"strong"? WTF does that mean? Oh and "Queen" should not be capitalized, dummie!!!!

Appleby| 11.13.12 @ 6:50AM

Romney didn't win because he was nobody's first choice except the Republican Establishment who considered him "electable" (that is: it was His Turn) and those who really hope religion just goes away. He didn't win because he was boring, and because he never really seemed to want the job. And despite the screaming of threats and the bullying of those who mixed up Romney with Obiwan Kenobe, a lot of people just didn't vote for him.

Next time let the people choose our own candidate, and then get behind OUR choice and support him. No more "electable" bland boring plastic anamatronic candidates shoved in our faces. Take the candidate WE choose and make a President out of him.

Crassus| 11.13.12 @ 9:26AM

Actually, Romney never was the fair-haired boy of the Republican establishment. Their fair-haired boy was always Jeb Boosh. Romney was just a sacrificial lamb put forward by the GOP that has always been willing to give Obummer a second term in return for Boosh becoming President in 2016.

Bob K| 11.13.12 @ 9:58AM

As they say in Brooklyn: Bush the t'erd!

Fat chance!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:19PM

Yeah, that's what America wants - another Clinton/Bush election ...

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 4:01PM

THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER ELECTION....THIS COUNTRY IS DEAD!!!!!!

PolishKnight| 11.13.12 @ 10:00AM

I going to repeat this over and over for you folks until you see the obvious as the author sideswiped in observing that you can't get votes if you don't campaign for them: The biggest electorate in the Republican party are white males. Romney did not specifically campaign for them. This killed his voter turnout and also allowed the left to grab undecided (or rubes) white males in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

In addition, since the left rewards their most loyal electorate (40% of the population) with racist and sexist preferences, the right simply cannot pander to them. Race and gender trumps religion. Until the right addresses, and deactivates racist and sexist preferences, the Democrats will win elections and they know it and even giggle about it behind the scenes on their blogs as they celebrate the end of "white male privilege". Google it.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 10:28AM

It is much more simple than that, PK. The urban voters of this nation, now the majority, prefer the materialist promise of the social-welfare state to the opportunity centered one of Liberty. A bowl of pottage for their birthright.

KennesawJack| 11.13.12 @ 10:47AM

Exactly.

PolishKnight| 11.13.12 @ 11:26AM

That is debatable (not to say you're wrong, but merely debatable.) Consider: Even when we factor out economics and religion, race continues to dominate voting trends. I have a black high school alum on my facebook page whose ultra religious, good father, etc. and he still voted for Obama and the Dems. They toy with voting Republican and with religion but in the end, they vote for the Dems because the Dems promises black people stuff for being black. And so it goes with the Hispanics.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 2:43PM

Another of those discussions we need to have one day. Actually the two scenarios are not mutually exclusive. It is true that many voters cast ballots for Obama based on his race. Many voted to prove to themselves they were open minded or fair which of course makes them racist. Still, the over riding mantra was one of social spending and "economic fairness" whatever that might mean.

It is a measure of the strength of the Social-Welfare state that people opt for the "goodies" over their own liberty. They prefer the security of slavery (those who work to serve another are slaves) to the opportunity of Liberty.

PolishKnight| 11.13.12 @ 4:42PM

Agreed. Let's try splitting the difference: When the Dems combine the sugary sweetness of Santa Claus socialism with racist entitlements, it's rather difficult to convince them to vote Republican. It's like that episode of Breaking Bad where the junkie mixed meth and heroin. Or peanut butter and chocolate!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:27PM

Actually, it's the triumph of individualism and communalism that won the day. Study hard, work hard, and help your neighbor, and the Democratic party is on your side. But when trouble hits, the community and the government will be there to help you (ala Sandy, Great Depression). You are free as an individual, but you aren't on your own. Those are Democratic Values.

Republican Party believes in helping the winners win more only, and the rest can go scratch. The last 30 years proves that. And THAT is what was rejected Nov 6th. Face it, deal with it, look in the mirror. Anything else is denial.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:59PM

NO IT'S ABOUT """"FREE STUFF"""" AND SANTA CLAUS AND HIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY BAG OF TAXPAYER FUNDED GOODIES!!!!!!

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 4:28PM

Interesting comment Purp:
Are not individualism and communalism mutually exclusive? Your definitions of the parties are flawed of course as the ever increasing number of agencies and regulations demonstrate. The administrative (mandarin class) State serves its own purposes to the exclusion of other priorities.

None of which changes the fact that the voters opted for the Social-welfare State over the opportunity of Liberty and limited government. Ergo, the nature of this nation has changed. I may not like it and may chose to find ways to mitigate its impact on my own life, but there it is. Celebrate as you wish.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 5:08PM

Actually, no they are not mutually exclusive. They cannot be, or we woulnd't have a country. We are blessed with a country that celebrates both - unique or nearly so in the world.
We are capitalist/socialist country and there is a tug of war between the two. Neither wins, but neither loses.
It's the hybrid between the two that produces a strong America. Don't forget that.
Ayn Rand was wrong, Adam Smith was correct - but you have to read his WHOLE book, not just the chapters you like.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 5:25PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 5:37PM

Actually W:
I might just agree that as a nation, we have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Our idolotry, paganism and immorality may just have brought upon us the divine judgement. While His kingdom will endure there is no gurantee that ours will.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:07PM

ALi Baba - so you degrade all the religious, devout Jews, Catholics and others that voted for Barack Obama? Yeah, that ought to win you votes. Idiot.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:05PM

LOSER ... sore LOSER ... hahaha

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:15PM

These are the things you learn? Bobby Jindal is right - you are the Stupid Party ... I get that - question is, do you?

Stevemmn| 11.13.12 @ 11:44PM

The only thing Democrats had was a shrewd, shifty campaign manager in Axelrod and Plouffe. When you have an empty suit for a president and a moron for a vice president, Democrats are not in a position to talk.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:36PM

BS, fool! The USA was founded upon Judeo-Christian principles, and is [or was] and entirely CAPITALISTIC nation, until the Black Jesus transformed it toward socialism to meet the needs of the aging hippies yearning for a return of Camelot perhaps [while watching too many re-runs of EASY RIDER]. Maybe it his guidepath toward DREAMS FROM MY UN-FATHER [at least Smith and Rand had real fathers]; or maybe he is /was dreaming of Marshall Davis instead. This country could more aptly be described as Communistic than Socialistic, since three plus memebers of this administration have ancestrial ties to the Communist Party of the USA and of Russia also!!!!!!!!!!!

PolishKnight| 11.13.12 @ 4:44PM

Hahahaha! Yeah, NYC is REALLY doing well after the hurricane! Hahahaha!

Purp, you remind me of the Soviet era commercials where people were waiting in line for bread and hearing the loudspeakers blare about what a wonderful socialist republic they live in and how everyone cared about each other. Even during Stalinist eras, people secretly laughed at the absurdity of it.

It doesn't matter though. You know that nearly all of Obama's supporters turned out for race and gender entitlements. They're basically motivated by the same thinking that Jim Crow dixiecrats voted for FDR...

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:14PM

You lost, and that's the lesson you learn? Okay, go with that.
1800 people did not die in the aftermath of this hurricane, as did after GW Bush was in charge when Katrina hit. Competence trumps ideology every time!
Comparing any segment of America with the Soviet Union is just plain stupid.
But then, as Bobby Jindal said of Republicans - "Stop being the Stupid Party" ... clearly you haven't.

PolishKnight| 11.13.12 @ 9:33PM

Sandy wasn't even classified as a hurricane when it hit! It was downgraded to tropical storm status while Katrina was a cat 5. Apples and oranges. And yes, that is the proper lesson to learn because leftists constantly crow about how Republicans are irrelevant because they have too many white males while simultaneously, they worship Europe.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:45PM

Stop quoting Jindal, since you're not qualified. People died in Katrina because of the incompetence of the Democratic governor and mayor of that state and city, not because of Bush, dumbars. I live here, and you don't....so you don't know shit, capich? If you wish to talk hurricanes, try discussing the abandoned and freezing inhabitants now of NJ and NYC from Sandy, while your Black Jesus is lining up a tee time for he and Hairplugs for tomorrow [oh he couldn't find either place with a GPS tied to his butt]!

SUBVET| 11.13.12 @ 10:56AM

PK.......it's not about BLACK & WHITE....kitty nailed it.

Too many dead people...this election smelled like a fish market.

Oh..... by the way it wasen't "our trun".....I keep sayen it's about CONTROL.

Quartermaster| 11.13.12 @ 1:11PM

Award Electors by Congressional District, instead of winner take all at the state level, and you will put an end to the electoral power of the cities.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 2:45PM

Wouldn't happen that way after the next reapportionment. The cites have the population and districts would all include urban sections which would predominate.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:57PM

YOU'RE PARTIALLY CORRECT BUT THE LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THE LABOR UNIONS [SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC/MUNICIPAL ONES]. THE WHITE MALES YOU REFERRED TO ARE MOSTLY MEMBERS OF SEIU [EACH/EVERY LOCAL/STATE AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IS A LABOR UNION MEMBER] ETC AND WERE DICTATED BY SAME TO VOTE FOR SANTA CLAUS. THE GUMPISM OF """""STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES"""" !!!!!!!!!!

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 11.13.12 @ 6:54AM

Another issue not mentioned is the aspect of cultural hero. Too many brain dead morons voting for style over substance. That's always an element but in 2012 with all the electronic devices context is important.

Kitty | 11.13.12 @ 6:58AM

Your salient point being, Too many brain dead morons voting .

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:28PM

Oh, yeah, only the smart ones voted for Romney, is that it? Denial, do I hear denial?

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:47PM

NO THERE IS NO DENIAL. tHE SMART ONES CAME UP SHORT.......WHILE THE DUJMBARSES PUT EVERYBODY IN THE BACKSEAT OF THEIR T-BIRD, CLASPED THEIR HANDS TOGETHER AND DROVE EVERYONE OFF OF THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF!!!!!!!!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:16PM

I'm sure you hope you're wrong .. what's with the CAPS? It's stupid.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 9:51PM

Anyone have the ability to read understands the truth of what I'm saying. Oh the "CAPS" are so that retards will question it, and obviously it worked!!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:50PM

YES INDEED! THE MTV/ESPN IMBICILES WON THE DAY.....AND DESTROYED THIS NATION!!!!!!!!!

Thom| 11.13.12 @ 7:08AM

You can roll the bulk of the 6 reasons up under ABO, Any Bastard but Obama. Trying to inspire people to vote for you to vote against someone else is never going to be as effective as offering substance reasons to vote for a person. All to this plus Romney couldn’t run on his own political record. Political accomplishments carry weight and Romney didn’t have that. He had money and a biography. Like defensive war, you concede the initiative with ABO which makes the opposition’s efforts more efficient and effective. Cynicism is a learned experience. Republican leaning voters say no substance behind the symbolism.

RJ| 11.13.12 @ 7:17AM

Sure, Romney had weaknesses in campaigning, but look who he lost to and the dreadful record of the incumbent. Obama would have been a joke 20, maybe even 10 years ago. Also, the 2012 campaign didn't seem to change many minds. A review of the electoral maps of 2008 and 2012 are surprisingly similar with only two states voting differently.

In evaluating Romney's loss, we must also factor in that the GOP had the worst US Senate performance since the 1964 Johnson landslide. Who saw that coming? I fear that the poor 2012 GOP performance was much more than a poor campaign (What did Karl Rove do with that much money?) or poor candidates. When you look at how the political battlelines have moved over the years, it seems that Americans are much less interested in personal freedom and have become addicted to dependence on the government (aka their fellow citizens).

Alan Brooks | 11.13.12 @ 9:24AM

"Obama would have been a joke 20, maybe even 10 years ago"

Until the Bush dynasty proved how ANYBODY can be elected president: the Everyman factor.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:45PM

BUSH DID NOT DESTROY THIS COUNTRY, BUT YA BOY IS ABOUT TO FINISH THE JOB HE STARTED ON 11/4/08!!!!

Roscoe| 11.13.12 @ 7:52AM

A commenter - Sue - on another website yesterday wrote in three lines why Romney lost.
Sue wrote: "When you tell people without jobs that your focus will [be] to help make it possible to create jobs for them and they reject that offer you lose. The person who said I will take money from other people and give it to you with out you working won. I think that pretty much says it all."
Enough said.

truthseeker| 11.13.12 @ 8:32AM

I couldn't agree with you more. As Rush pointed out, Romney was competing with Santa Claus. In this current climate in the US, takers outweigh and outvote the givers. Unless things change drastically, I don't foresee anything changing.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:36PM

Ridiculous. As if Republicans haven't been "Santa Claus"?
The difference is Santa for the Rich or Santa for the people.
It also presupposes that all Blue Staters are takers and not makers. But the RED STATES suck off the Federal teat in getting Federal money far far more than the Blue States. So the truth is the takers are in Republican leaning States. The Blue States are tired of feeding the Red. So they want theirs too.
In addition, the people will always out vote the Rich - that's why you lose. Republicanism is dying and you're in denial.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:00PM

No dumbars, let me SPLAIN IT TO YA,okay? Republicans are 'Santa Claus" to their children, by working, earning income and therefore enabling their ability to become thus. Democrats are indigents who neither have the intelligence nor the earning capacity to earn income, and therefore become wards of the state, or governmental welfare dependent. Who pays for this welfare? The Republican income earners above who pay taxes to the government which completely funds same. Government would not exist except for these income earners and tax payers. The indigent Democrats have more and more indigent children that they cannot financially support and it them becomes necessary for government to demand more and more tax payments from Republican income earners. Romney was planning on taking away part of that "teat" and therefore the indigent Democrat Blue Staters rose up and defeated him in order to PYA. Got it now, dumbars??????????

SNC| 11.14.12 @ 11:47PM

Really? You think that's why you lost? No, you lost because you called 47% of the country lazy thieves. The average unemployment rate is just under 7%. So you basically called 40% of the country who are hardworking people thieves. The other 7% are people who are suffering. Neither group likes being lied about.That's why you lost.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 8:03AM

It is easy to find flaws in any losing candidate, much like analylyzing a football game.

In hindsight Mitt should have picked Rubio to help in the battleground states with a Latino population, such as Florida, Coloradao, Nevada, and Virginia. But Obama's margin in these states, including Ohio, was only between 60,000 to 110,000.

But at some point we should stop blaming the candidate,wheter it is Mitt, McCain, or Dole, and focus on the voters. We act like children who insist the candidate motivate us, or use the right phrase, or explain to us the free market, or point out the flaws in the other candidate.

Regardless of the bias of the MSM, the news about Obama or Clinton was there for anyone interested enough. You do not need Mitt to tell you Obama increased the deficit by 6 Trillion, left four to die in Benghazi, passed Obamacare, and caused unemployment to rise to 10%.

Now we are engaged in the ritual of blaming the candidate and blaming the various groups with the Rep coalition. The moderates blame the conservatives and conservatives blame the moderates and each vow to never vote again for the other's candidate, as if this will help win an election.

We should quit crying and focus on fighting the Obama agenda in the House and in public opinion, and nominating senators who can win in 2014 to block the supreme court appointments.

Jack of Spades| 11.13.12 @ 8:18AM

Sorry, but you're completely wrong. If someone wants the highest office in the land, it is his job to explain why people should vote for him and not the other guy.

One of the Romney campaign'sbigger blunders was to fail to engage Obama on policy. Instead of arguing that Obama's policies were wrong, Romney campaigned on the notion that Obama didn't know what he was doing, ceding the policy debate by default. Obamacare in particular. But then, the Obama campaign could have talked about Romneycare.

Thom| 11.13.12 @ 8:21AM

CJW, the chief problem I have with your statement is that when the opposition does not speak to those differences you think people already know about that leads to a belief that our dog agrees with the other side. That plus Romney had a tendency to “agree” with Obama “but” leaving a pastel color difference between him and Obama. It is and will always be the candidate’s duty to define himself vs. his opposition. Did Romney do that in the eyes of the voters? 3 million less votes than McCain speaks to that…

gene| 11.13.12 @ 11:18AM

This guy mentions Ohio but does not mention that there are Ohio voting districts that have rolls that EXCEED the population of those districts. The sad tragic fact is that they were going to count as many votes as was necessary to ensure that Obama won that state. This is also true of Pennsylvania where Republican representatives were BARRED ILLEGALLY from voting stations and in some of these districts, Obama received ONE HUNDRED Percent of the vote. (And the MSM Does Not find this "suspicious"). When I was a child, we would LAUGH at Elections in "Banana Republics" where leaders received 80, 90, or 100 Percent of the vote. Now the rest of the World is LAUGHING at us, or MAD as H*LL at us.

Who can blame them?

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:41PM

What kind of crap is that? Both PA and OH are run by the Republicans, with REPUBLICAN Secretaries of State, who run the elections.
Boy, are you in denial... you lost 'cause America rejected your candidate and your ideas. Period.

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 4:31PM

You do know that the secretaries of state don't go around to each precinct counting votes, don't you? The overwhelming majority of precinct voting is controlled and overseen by - shock - Democrats in those states.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:53PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:29PM

You would believe that - those are the words of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson - but you're too stupid to know sarcasm when you see it, aren't you.
Whatever, no wonder your side lost.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:06PM

No fool, OUR SIDE lost, dumbars! We did, the USA, get it? You've heard of the FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? Well then you know where this country is headed!!!!!!!!!!

CJW| 11.14.12 @ 7:55AM

Purpie the Village Idiot
Liar. You said this one week ago after the election, and now you try to say it was sarcasm. You are too stupid to know sarcasm, idiot.
Just apologize, moron.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:03PM

Bullcrapola! Those states are about as Republican as this country is part of Africa. Oh wait, it's getting there slowely!!!!!!!!

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 1:10PM

Thom
Bush got 62 million votes in 2004 with a huge turnout of the evangelicals, McCain got 60 million, and Mitt 58 million. We have lost 4 million votes since 2004. I do not care how uninspiring McCain or Mitt or anyone is, if you are a conservative/Repubican, whatever, there is no way on earth that you vote for Obama, or stay home and pout, or vote for some loon third party candidate. The Dems had this same problem in 2000 when they lost Florida and the presidency by 600 plus votes, and I believe Ralph Nader had run as a third party.

We know the difference between Obama and McCain and Romney, and anyone with a functioning brain also knows the difference. I agree with you that we have lots of voters that do not have a functioning brain, how else could Obama win?

Thom| 11.13.12 @ 1:39PM

CJW,
About 40% of the electorate never votes. That plus the 50% (305%) of those that did vote for more free stuff would have to qualify as all brain dead for your theory to work. I’m not sure saying 70% of the electorate is brain dead will stand muster. I believe the answer is simpler and more basic to the animal instinct inside mankind. Roscoe’s comment above touches upon the foundation of the problem. Put simply there are masses of adults for whom “industry”, the tax burden/tax cuts mean nothing, who’s only interest in politics is making sure they don’t lose what they have from someone else’s money regardless of source. The Democrats have built a coalition of single interest people whose primary interest is living off someone else money or second to that misery loves company. If the bulk of the adult population were required to work and pay the same proportionate tax burden equal to their vote this situation could not have come into being. That’s how we were founded. That’s why I say the 16th amendment destroyed the “republic”. In any population group (Bell curve here) you will have fringe elements on each extreme. What we have today is a very narrow and tall Bell Curve of voter choices. Bush promised more goodies than McCain and Romney promised less than McCain. Cynicism is our largest enemy.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:55PM

Thom
You make valid points. Look at the Dems supporters here, represented by the Purp, and others. Proves our points.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:30PM

And, yet the fact you can't win an election throws that right back in your Stupid Party face, doesn't it? hahahaha

Rhoetus| 11.13.12 @ 9:40PM

Rules for Conservatives @
http://www.saveamericanow.us.com

SNC| 11.15.12 @ 12:01AM

Save America, buy my book.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:38PM

Wow, that's what you took as lessons from the election?
Can you say "Denial"?

Grzmlyk| 11.13.12 @ 4:29PM

Know what I took from it?

Hatred won. Bigotry won. Greed won. Larceny won. Corruption won. Sloth won. Envy won. Immaturity won. Ignorance won.

When the "best and brightest" among the Democrats agree 100% with the "Obamaphone" moron who only cares about what free stuff she's gonna get from Barack's stash, I say immanentize the eschaton.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 4:55PM

Hey guys, Purp is right: his side one and we have entered a new world. Sadly the sign above the door reads, "Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate".

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 5:40PM

oops, my English isn't that bad, WON not one. Embarrasing, sorry.

Harry the Horrible| 11.13.12 @ 8:16AM

Gee. Not a single mention of precincts that had over 100% of registered voters voting (sometimes over 140%!) , with 99%+ of the votes for Obama.

SUBVET| 11.13.12 @ 10:59AM

Harry......can you say rigged

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:42PM

Gee, where is that proof boy? Saying it don't make it so.

Nancy in NC| 11.13.12 @ 8:24AM

This is a competive society...even for those who only sit on the sidelines. They watch "reality" TV with one nimrod competing against another to "win" something for nothing. They tear each other up, attack and play dirty. And they watch sports on TV with one team tring to annililate the other. Sort of like obama and crew.

It comes down to Dr. Sowell's piece here today. Romney wasn't willing to fight for us. God knows he had ammunition aplenty. But he seemed ashamed of his wealth, and his record with RomneyCare was a hindrance, as well as his changes on important issues over the years.

obama has been working on the electorate since he got into office; dividing us into sections: women, races, economic groups, etc. He did a fine job.

Most Americans who voted for zero are too stupid to realize they've been played. And many don't care, as long as the next check's in the mail.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:45PM

The divisions were created by Republican policies, if you see it any other way, you're in denial.
Okay, you're in denial. But you still lost.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:57PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

The Bruce| 11.13.12 @ 5:42PM

Purp, your side may have won, but the country as a whole lost.

And I imagine you'll come to that painful conclusion sooner, rather than later.

Frank Drackman| 11.13.12 @ 8:24AM

6 reasons? typical Pointy Headism, and no offense Mr. Babbin, but if you look up "Pointy Headed Poindexters" on Wikipedia you see your photo...
I've got one reason.
The Civil Wah, the Good Guys Lost.

Frank

Ryan| 11.13.12 @ 10:51AM

There were no good guys in that one.

Occam's Tool| 11.13.12 @ 12:12PM

Well, the nice people were fighting for the crappy cause; the mean spirited ones were fighting for the good cause. That's why the Civil War is an endless subject for review: it is yin/yang.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 2:56PM

One of the great ironys of American history is that The South was right in a wrong cause while The North was wrong in the right cause.

Had The South been more clear headed they could have made use of Article I Section 10 and , with the consent of Congress which they controlled, could have entered into their compact with the other States.

Texas through a citizen petition, has petitioned for permission to seceed. It will be interesting to watch as the 33 States suing over health care take note. Also in Section 10 is a clause allowing States to make war in their own defense when invaded or under imminent threat which clause Texas, Arizona and others may note as well. Border regions in those States now being controlled by armed bands of criminals operating on U S soil.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:48PM

Once again, Republicans want to refight the past. Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Roe v. Wade, Brown v Board of Education - and now the Civil War.
Sore losers. America moves forward and you are left further and further behind.

Do you still not believe in Evolution? Global Warming? the End of Oil? Equality for All? Freedom and Justice for All?

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 4:36PM

Hi Purp:
I believe in many things, but that does not mean that any government must base its actions on them. The end of oil?... when the US is poised to be the worlds largest producer? Global warming?... which has returned global temperatures to the range of the years 850-1350? Equality for all? ...where each person is treated the same under law and their income remains their own? Or do your definitions differ? Surely you do not mean government should use its power of coercion to impose one persons idea of equality on others do you?

Have a great evening. And yes, your side won and now we are subjects of the social-welfare state.

Al Adab| 11.13.12 @ 4:38PM

Oh and BTW,
Denial is a big river in my part of the world.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:41PM

Al - I wondered who would take the oil bait. Do you have a clue how oil was made? If you do, you know there is an end. By pumping more and more, we simply hasten the end. Technology is allowing greater extraction, but at a higher price. Easy oil is subsiding. That's a fact. But stay in your bubble on that one.
On the social-welfare state - since Social Security in the 1930's Republicans have complained incessantly about socialism. Do you remember a time before Social Security? Unemployment Benefits? How about before Medicare? Where you alive then?
Since most voters around when Social Security came on the scene, are dead, i'm sure you weren't alive then. And yet, the country you love was SOCIALIST!!! If you weren't alive when Medicare was passed, you love even a more SOCIALIST country!
How can this be? Because you and your side are wrong to characterize the Safety Net as Socialism.
Socialism by definition is the owning of Production by the State, which is far, far from the truth.
If anything, we are closer to a Corporatocracy, where Corporations own the government. Luckily, they were turned back, the Kochs, Adelsons and other Billionaire Bucksters that tried to buy the government.
The people won, America won, and your cronies lost. It's that simple.
America moves upward and forward now, not backward and stagnant. Not a moment too soon.

ElGordo| 11.13.12 @ 9:10AM

You can also add ; (1) Romney should've selected Rubio as his running mate not Ryan and (2) Romney had a sub par ground game.
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The RNC should have a team to create a permanent get out the vote ground gain team
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There should be radio and tv ads in the black & hispanic communities for the next 4 years telling them how the Dems are hurting them.

loulou| 11.13.12 @ 11:31AM

For the umpteenth time: Rubio is not eligible to be President as he is not a "natural born citizen".

Rubio know it too--he's never claimed to be interested in running for President.

RCV| 11.13.12 @ 11:45AM

loulou, you're about the only person who believes such nonsense. Give it up.

JmsA| 11.13.12 @ 12:51PM

Is there something that you know but I don't, RCV? Rubio has done well by remaining in the Senate.

RCV| 11.13.12 @ 2:47PM

I don't disagree with you on that point, JmsA, but the proposition that he is ineligible for the Presidency is pure nonsense.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 2:58PM

Why do you say that?

Does he have all of his Pertinent Information SEALED IN A VAULT in Hawaii?

Seek| 11.13.12 @ 12:25PM

That strategy will never work. We've been trying it ever since Nixon. The reality is this: Blacks and Hispanics love a free lunch. And Democrats are serving the largest portions. It doesn't matter whether this "Santa Claus" approach is "hurting" them. Nonwhites don't see it that way. That's why they keep overwhelmingly voting Democrat: It's in their interests.

Either the GOP reaches out to whites or we're toast.

JmsA| 11.13.12 @ 1:00PM

Seek,

The only and true Hispanics don't want free lunches; and although they turned out in lower numbers than the previous four elections, where their vote averaged 69% for the Republican candidate, they still voted 58% for Romney. In case your math is poor, that figure fits right in the neighborhood of most conservative states. Care to guess who they are, or are you going to visit that certain faux site from which you last got your phony electoral stats, which you arrogantly proclaimed for all to see?

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:55PM

YOU are why you lost.

CJW| 11.14.12 @ 7:57AM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocki

7-08| 11.13.12 @ 9:25AM

How typical; Republican denial - blame an individual and not your delusional policies. The demise of our Republic is upon us, brought on by the liberty destroying “social” brotherhood – the “social issue” totalitarians of the extreme right and the socialist progressives of the extreme left.
You lost the election primarily because of your policies toward women, half of any subset you cite is composed of that “gender first" component. You were decidedly trounced because of your intolerance of others lifestyles and your unquenchable propensity to meddle in the lives and decisions of others. All the indignant piety in the world, all the endless lawsuits and defeat on the ballot referendums, all your blather and the fetus genocide occurring in the nightmare videos of abortion never swayed a single relevant vote (the relevant ones are the ones in the “win” column.)
Ironically you lost the election because of “religious intolerance” – a majority of the electorate decided (far more women than any other element) that they had had enough of you trampling on the First Amendment and simply became intolerant when they pulled the lever.

rightwinger| 11.13.12 @ 9:50AM

A few other issues Romney should have emphasized in his campaign: Voter ID laws, how Obama's economic policies have been tried over and over again in soon-to-be-bankrupt Western Europe, how the Democrats were largely to blame for the mortgage crisis, possible vacancies in the Supreme Court, and the HHS mandate. Many others as well.

squalis| 11.13.12 @ 10:06AM

"We". as in Republicans, didn't lose. "We", as in the USA, lost. Those that voted for O are ignorant of the economic facts, willingly or otherwise. The USA is spending itself into oblivion, All the culture issues in the world will not change that immutable fact. Push the tax rates up to an economic crushing 90% on everyone earning $50,000 or more and you will not change that immutable fact. Yes, Republicans share some of the responsibility, mostly because they have been maneuvered into give away battles with Dems to win elections. But, there is no question the Dems, O and the current batch in Congress in particular, are dramatically accelerating the process.

gene| 11.13.12 @ 11:23AM

I typed this in response to someone else but a paraphrase will work here too.
You people are IGNORING the Big elephant in the room! People talk about Ohio but do not mention that there are Ohio voting districts that have rolls that EXCEED the population of those districts. The sad tragic fact is that they were going to count as many votes as was necessary to ensure that Obama won that state. This is also true of Pennsylvania where Republican representatives were BARRED ILLEGALLY from voting stations and in some of these districts, Obama received ONE HUNDRED Percent of the vote. (And the MSM Does Not find this "suspicious").
When I was a child, we would LAUGH at Elections in "Banana Republics" where leaders received 80, 90, or 100 Percent of the vote. Now the rest of the World is LAUGHING at us, or MAD as H*LL at us.
Who can blame them?

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:58PM

America won, you lost. America is more democratic, more free, more equal with President Obama, and you can't stand it. Tough.

You're in denial, and that's your problem, not America's ...

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:58PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

Who Knows?| 11.13.12 @ 10:03AM

NICE

That’s the word.

STUPID is the other word.

Romney, like the other nice GOP guys who lost—read Thomas Sowell’s look back, that’s also prescient, on this very website, today---epitomize the “just don’t get it” crowd.

He resembled a boxer who practically apologized when Obama hit HIM on the jaw---“Oh, sorry, my face got in the way of your fist.”

As I think about it, though, it is the word STUPID that underpins all the reasons Babbin lays out, as well as any others. Or, maybe we should radically modify the well-known fact that the GOP is the stupid party, and call it like it is---the INSANE party.

Doing the same thing, over and over, and NOT learning the lesson is insanity, which at its core indicates a suicidal tendency. Yes, the GOP is truly going for the dross of utter loss, unto nonexistence, for itself as a political force, and by extension for the USA as a free country.

It’s not just that Romney should have counterpunched, when Obama stuck his jaw out. Besides this kind of re-acting, he should have COPIED The One’s strategy, and ACTED on his own, by portraying BHO in the worst light, like the latter did to him.

He didn’t hit back, or even hit!

Bob K| 11.13.12 @ 10:05AM

Romney and his handlers lost the election because they learned nothing from the 2010 elections. In those elections the states did better because they did not have interference from the national party in doing their thing.

Case closed.

The republican leadership is like the old Bourbon Monarchy of France. Like Talleyrand said about them: "They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing."

Guimo| 11.13.12 @ 10:07AM

The Party of Stupid once again loses to the Party of Evil.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:01PM

On the contrary, the Good triumphed over the evil Karl Rove, Koch Bros and the like that want all Americans in the chains of Corporate Bondage. And, you all help them do it. Luckily, you lost and America Won.

Rhoetus| 11.13.12 @ 9:47PM

They won the position of Indentured Servant to the Federal Government which is bankrupt. Tax slaves they are with a shrinking economy, psychopathic leaders like Obama and only poverty to look forward to. Oh joy oh joy oh joy. Time for Ren and Stimpy.

CJW| 11.14.12 @ 7:57AM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocki

JP| 11.13.12 @ 10:19AM

"You lost the election primarily because of your policies toward women, half of any subset you cite is composed of that “gender first" component. You were decidedly trounced because of your intolerance of others lifestyles and your unquenchable propensity to meddle in the lives and decisions of others."

I think you overstate things. Mitt got trounced by single women under 30. Over-all, he didn't lose the women vote by that much. The GOP didn't get trounced anymore than the Dems got trounced in 2004. And as more and more statisticians go through the numbers, the actual margin of victory for Obama has shrunk to less than 500,000 votes across 6 states. I wouldn't put too much into the nonsense being said.

And as far as meddling in other people's lives, what exactly do you call ObamaCare? And IRS audits? And EPA intusions? Get over your obsessions with sex. Conservatives could give ahoot who you're sleeping with.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:03PM

"Get over your obsessions with sex. Conservatives could give ahoot who you're sleeping with." - Hmmm, when the Red States sanction Gay Marriage and Woman's Right to Choose, then, and only then can you say that.

Otherwise your policies say different. Are you in denial too?

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:27AM

"Poor candidates deal with media bias by sighing. Good candidates find ways around it. Romney didn't. The whiners say that the media didn't make an issue of Obama's great vulnerabilities from the tax hikes coming in January to the Benghazi scandal. But it's not the media's job -- even if it were unbiased -- to create issues for Romney to run on. It was his job, and he didn't do it" WRONG! IT'S THE MEDIA'S J-O-B TO TELL THE GD """"""TRUTH""""" AND NOT TO HIDE/AVOID SAME BECAUSE IT IS UNFAVORABLE TO THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUBVET| 11.13.12 @ 11:03AM

Old..............AND ????

SOLUTION........would be ???

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 11:10AM

There are now no more solutions. Romney represent a possible/potential solution but that all ended 11/6/12. Now everyone whould prepare for 1/1/13 and the fiscal cliff which will be the beginning of the end!!!!!!!!!!!!

gene| 11.13.12 @ 11:26AM

Amen there. Double and Triple Amen.

This is not just an "Oldefarte" passing gas, but speaking the truth.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:21PM

Naw, you lost because Republicanism and Conservatism is dying. It's useless to America and so will wither away.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:58PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

jdondet| 11.13.12 @ 10:28AM

Mr. Babbin, I just do not know all the ins and outs of this campaign. You could be right. I do know, that before the primaries, I stated Romney could not win, my reason then was Romney care. Meaning a liberal/moderate Republican could not win a general election. What hurts is, I allowed myself to forget that. I came to believe that Romney, was going to win. I guess it all comes down to this, 'We waz whupped,' and that is that. The question then is now what's next?

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:34AM

"When Romney didn't make an issue of Obama's Benghazi mess -- with Fox News and others hammering it for almost a month before Election Day -- Romney blew it. He obviously was unprepared to deal with it in the second debate and avoided it entirely in the third" WRONG! ROMNEY CHOSE TO PRIORTIZE THE ECONOMIC SITUATIONS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, WHICH TRUTHFULLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING THIS COUNTRY. NOW THAT THE DUMBARS AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN THE OTHER GUY, OUR ECONOMY IS NOW HEADED FOR THE FINANCIAL BRICK WALL AT 90 MPH WITH NO FUTURISTIC HELP ON THE POLITICAL HORIZON AND THIS COUNTRY WILL SOON RESEMBLE CUBA OR MEXICO ACCORDINGLY. BENGHAZI IS A SUPPLEMENTAL ISSUE OF LESSER IMPORTANCE!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:39AM

"

What excuse can the Republican Party possibly have for letting people such as George Stephanopoulos and Diane Sawyer moderate the primary debates? The moderators were there for only one purpose: to help the candidates damage each other, and the candidates obliged. They all bear some responsibility for Romney's loss" IF THIS BE TRUTH, THEN THIS NEGATES YOUR PRIOR ARGUMENT ABOUT WHINING, FINDING AWAY AROUND MSM BIASNESS. ALSO WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE MSM AS A SUBSTITUTE? CERTAINLY RUSH LIMBAUGH OR SHAWN HANNITY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED!

MOS was 71331| 11.13.12 @ 11:22AM

Good point, OF. Surely the Republican candidates debating during the primaries can pick the debate moderators. Surely, Rush, Sean, Glen, O'Reilly, or Palin could ask questions of the candidates that would elicit useful information on their differing positions while avoiding personal attacks.

It would also be an improvement if the candidates got the questions in advance and had an opportunity to prepare and then deliver two minute answers to the TV audience. Debate preparation now seems designed to prepare answers on the general topic of the question without addressing the question's details. (And the questions of the overwhelmingly liberal moderators are designed to get gotcha answers from the debaters.)

Bill8472| 11.13.12 @ 1:35PM

How many jumps you got? More than 5? What was your rank when you got discharged?

MOS was 71331| 11.13.12 @ 2:20PM

I'm impressed. Prefix 7 does mean airborne qualified, and I had only 5 jumps from an airplane in fright (rather than flight). 1331 is a combat engineer troop leader, and I had a platoon in Korea for about two months before I was moved to battalion staff as a PBO, property book officer. I did two years active (2Lt and 1Lt) and seven in the reserves, ending as a captain.

Bill8472| 11.14.12 @ 1:08PM

Nine years and ended up a captain; you were close to major by then. Did you go airborne due to desire to serve in combat arms?

Who Knows?| 11.13.12 @ 10:41AM

All you can do is laugh.

And, The American Spectator has become one of the elite sites for biting political humor---on so many levels: appearing superficially serious, but with tongue stuck in cheek, and underneath it all, a deep knowing of the futility of trying to change the historical pattern of GOP leaders, etc.

Amidst all the NOW hot news---so many NEW news stories to digest, here a Petraeus, there an Elvis---how many people have forgotten the coming of:

December 21, 2012?

It’s always fun to have a laugh at the expense of those who predict the world is coming to an end on a day certain.

However, maybe we can loosen our obsession with the single day of the coming winter solstice, and understand the Aztec prediction more generally. Could it not be that the “reelection” of Obama, and an even more Democratic senate, was the “event” that would surely lead to the “end of the world”, as we know it?

December 21st, or not, it seems to me that the tipping “point” could well be the eight years from 2008-2016, during which the American people “chose” decline. And 38 days from now is as good as any other day to have the big break DOWN happen---when markets go wild, and gold sky rockets, and even the fools who had stars in their eyes about Obama will be unable to miss the annihilating bonanza.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:53PM

Well, first of all, it was the Mayan prediction, not Aztec of Dec 21, 2012 per the Mayan calendar.

Second, the American people chose diversity over uniformity. They chose the middle class over the wealthy. They chose freedom over the chains of Corporatism.

All the fear-mongering is useless blather. America always comes through and the Shining City on the Hill will again Shine with another 4 years of President Obama. Republicans need to learn to heel and follow what the electorate has dictated.

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:59PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:45AM

"The third reason for Romney's loss is one that I have been writing about for nigh onto six years. Romney is a technocrat, not someone who excites voters enough to turn out to vote for him. Romney lacked core principles and wasn't seen as trustworthy. Republicans win when they run ideological candidates. Romney has no core ideology, just business acumen. As I wrote in February, Romney's enthusiasm gap was his biggest vulnerability. If he couldn't energize the Republican base and achieve the level of enthusiasm needed to ensure voter turnout, he couldn't win in November" WRONG! AGAIN WHAT THIS NATION DESPERATELY NEEDS IS YOUR BUSINESSMAN TECHNOCRAT, AND EVERYONE WILL SADLY SEE THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS COME 1/1/13 WHEN THE FISCAL CLIFF HITS THE ECONOMIC WALL AT 90 MPH. ROMNEY WAS THE PERFECT AND PROFESSIONALLY EXPERT CHOICE TO LEAD A POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THIS AND EVERYONE WILL PAY INDIVIDUALLY FOR THEIR STUPIDITY OF DEMANDING TO BE 'INSPIRED' SHORTLY!

Libertas Americana| 11.13.12 @ 10:50AM

Look at how Obama won. First, it was "micro-targeting." Second, it was creating "empathy" with each block of voter. Third, it was manufacturing an issue out of thin air, accuse Romney of that issue, then beat him in the ground with it.

If Romney wanted to be president, he could have spent the last four years identifying with various groups of voters. He had a natural with Hispanics because he's the son of a Mexican immigrant.... create the identity, get the good will of as many as possible, then present them with the issues.

And, look, people don't identify with all the numbers and data (Romney) - but they do identify with what is happening in their own lives. Meet voters on their own terms. That's what Reagan did.

Rhoetus| 11.13.12 @ 9:49PM

Great points!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:53AM

"The minority population isn't all welfare deadbeats. Those people are outnumbered -- at least so far -- by religious people, blue and white-collar voters and a huge constituency we used to call the "Reagan Democrats." But you can't expect these people to vote for you unless you campaign for their votes. How many Catholics would have voted for Romney if he had made an issue of Obama's assault on their religious institutions?" YES MOST OF THEM ARE DEADBEATS WHO SUCK OFF OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WELFARE TEAT AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE, AND IF CATHOLICS WERE INSULTED BY OBAMA'S TACTICS, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD SENSE ENOUGHT TO VOTE FOR THE OTHER GUY, IE ROMNEY [AND HIS CATHOLIC VP CHOICE], DUH!

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 10:58AM

"The relentless negativity and agility of Obama's campaign was the fifth reason Romney lost. Obama concentrated on characterizing Romney in every way -- some fundamentally untrue -- but where was Romney's counter-imaging of Obama? Romney's sole theme was that he was better able to fix our economy's problems. That inflexible narrative was destroyed by Obama's themes -- crafted carefully to suit individual liberal constituencies -- which successfully characterized Romney as disconnected from the average American, dedicated only to helping the rich and destroying women's rights" WRONG! A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [OR A CURRENT POTUS] IS SUPPOSED TO BE DIGNIFIED, REFINED AND TO REPRESENT THE DECENCY AND MORALITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT A STREET PROSTITUTE USING ACORN TACTICS LIKE SOME GUTTER PIECE OF GARBAGE FROM SOME THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND THAT IS WHAT IS DESIRED BY THE STUPID AMERICANS!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 4:29PM

The smart people re-elected President Barack Hussein Obama - and America won! Corporatism and Cronyism lost.

squalis| 11.13.12 @ 5:34PM

Cronyism lost? I'm certain that will be news to the green energy sector and the unions.

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 9:43PM

Why, because you were told that on Fox and Rush? Get a clue ...

squalis| 11.14.12 @ 9:05AM

I know because I can read, and because I see reality for what it is. Can you?

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/.....-failures/

MOS was 71331| 11.13.12 @ 11:02AM

You say, "Republicans win when they run ideological candidates." How did Bush I or Bush II win? They were hardly ideological candidates. I believe they won because their opponents were laughably ideological candidates with terrible political skills:

Dukakis riding in a tank after giving a week-end pass to a murderer who killed again during his week-end release from the slammer.

Gore who flunked out of divinity school and speechified about global warming during a blizzard.

Kerry who threw away medals earned by someone else and voted for and against the same issues.

I respect both Bush presidents, but neither was ideological and neither was my first choice for GOP presidential nominee.

Houdini| 11.13.12 @ 11:02AM

Romney lost during the debate when Candy Crowley brought herself into the debate on Obama's side. He should have taken a swipe and asked"how many of you do I have to debate tonight" and backed her down. Showing some spine a la Gingrich would have helped to fire up the base that apparently did not turn out in sufficient numbers.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 11:06AM

IN CONCLUSION, ROMNEY DID NOT RUN BECAUSE BECAUSE OF WHAT IS SITED HERE, BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AS PRE 2008, THE INFORMATION ON THIS POTUS IS AND HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO ANYONE CURIOUS ENOUGH TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY, BUT SINCE WE ARE A NATION OF DUMBARSES, THEY NEED TO BE CATTLE-PRODED TO THE POLLS VIS-A-VE AN ACORN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT, OR TO POSSIBLY BE AWARDED A """""BEER SUMMIT""""" WITH A KING TO CONVINCE THEM OF THEI DIRE ECONOMIC SITUATION. ROMNEY LOST DUE TO THE LABOR UNIONS OF THIS COUNTRY, MAINLY THE SEIU TYPE THAT REPRESENT EACH/EVERY GOVERNMENTAL WORKER; AND WHO DICTATORIALLY COMMANDED THEIR LEMMINGS TO VOTE FOR OBAMA [AS ROMNEY WOULD HAVE DOWNSIZED GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED MANY OF THEIR GOVERNMENTAL WORKERS TO LOSE THEIR JOBS. THAT BEEZ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

gene| 11.13.12 @ 11:31AM

He also lost because certain groups were going to count as many votes as necessary in places like Ohio and Pennsylvania, etc. to ensure an Obama victory.
However, Mr. Oldefarte" is not passing gas and is right on target for the other reasons that he detailed in this chain.

TLP| 11.13.12 @ 3:01PM

That doesn't mean he's not Farting.

(Just kidding, O.F.)

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:34PM

NOT FARTING ANYMORE. THE OPERATIVE WORD IS DIARHEA AND ITS FLOWING OUT OF MY ANUS CONSTANTLY AFTER 11/6/12!!!!

djn1313| 11.13.12 @ 11:31AM

Why Romney lost? Because half of the country is infested with lazy welfare takers, illegal immigrant invaders, and guilt-ridden stupid liberal whites.

loulou| 11.13.12 @ 11:34AM

Ditto.

cclusn| 11.13.12 @ 11:37AM

A concise analysis. One clear fact is that Republicans must - at all costs - avoid destroying their leading candidates during the runup to the party nomination. The acrimony and petty attacks during the GOP debates was painful to watch. It was clear that the vile David Axelrod had only to record these sessions to give him the ammo needed for his contemptible campaign ads.

vtwin| 11.13.12 @ 11:51AM

Your problem was not Romney, nobody would have defeated Obama. But you do have problems in the Republican Party. Not only did Obama win the Presidency, every Democratic Senatorial candidate was returned to office, plus two, and the Democrats picked up seats in the House and if not for redistricting in 2010 by Republican controlled State Houses the Democrats having won the majority of the congressional votes would have won the House.
Why? The Republican Party has moved too far to the right. The Republican Party is no longer the party of business it’s the party greed. No longer the party of defense it’s the party of war, no longer the party of Lincoln it the party of racists, homophones, and religious intolerance.

squalis| 11.13.12 @ 12:10PM

And the Dems have become the party of economic treason and foreign policy / national defense fools.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 2:14PM

WRONG.....AND WHY YOU ASK? EASY, THIS NATION IS COMPOSED OF DUMBARSES LIKE YOURSELF, AND THEY/YOU NOW CONTROL THE VOTE. AS RUSH SAID.....YOU CON'T BEAT SANTA CLAUS. aLL OF YOU MORONS WANT YOUR FREE STUFF.....BIRTH CONTROL, FOOD VIA STAMP [ETB, RIGHT?], HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, INSURANCE, ETC ALL PAID FOR BY INCOME PRODUCERS, IE TAXPAYERS. EVENTUALLY THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT AND THEN YOU AND YOURS WILL TAKE TO THE STREET AND RIOT [FOR MORE FREE STUFF]. EVENTUALLY THE DUMBARS TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THEY ARE BEING BLEEDED TO DEATH BY YOU MOOCHERS [NO INSULT TO THE FLOTUS INTENDED, THOUGH SHE IS ONE OF THEM]. EVENTUALLY THIS COUNTRY WILL BECOME GREECE, MEXICO AND CUBA COMBINED, AND THAT EVENTUALLY WILL BEGIN 1/1/13. ENJOY YOUR FREE STUFF WHILE IT LASTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JP Jones| 11.13.12 @ 11:58AM

All good reasons why he lost but

the fact that he was so transparent in changing his positions and that he became the butt of jokes for it cost him the three million plus votes

fmm| 11.13.12 @ 12:04PM

Campaigns are nothing more than a big business to make a ton of money for the advertising industry, media, and consultants. The best thing we can do is limit both the primary and the main event campaigns to no more that 3 months.

Bill8472| 11.13.12 @ 12:11PM

Romney lost for one, and only one, reason: he failed to connect with the voters.

Despite that failure, he got 48% of the vote. To me, that says much more than Obama getting 51%.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 2:18PM

NO ROMNEY LOST FOR THE REASONS I SITED ABOVE. THINK OF THAT 51% WHEN STOCK/HOUSING MARKETS CRASH, UNEMPLOYMENT REACHES 30%, RIOTS OCCUR IN THE STREETS, HOMES ARE BROKEN INTO 24-7, INFLATION HITS 20%, GASOLINE COSTS $10/GALLON, ETC!!!!!!!!!!!

Occam's Tool| 11.13.12 @ 12:13PM

Santorum might have won.

RJ| 11.13.12 @ 12:30PM

I have been wondering about how Santorum would have done in the final. He is much better able to defend himself verbally than Romney and Obama couldn't have tagged him with the "rich kid" label. He is less "moderate" than Romney. Perhaps the press could have hit him harder than Romney, but given what they said about Romney, they probably couldn't have done much more. Rick also is much more consistent on his positions than Romney and has more experience in federal issues. He certainly would have made a stronger attack against Obamacare. Nonetheless, it was a bad year for Republicans as evidenced by the US Senate races.

Frank Drackman| 11.13.12 @ 1:46PM

I voted for Santorum in the primary, because I thought he was the best man, and I just couldn't not vote for anyone named "Santorum", that being said, if he couldn't beat Romeny, who be honest, wasn't exactly Richard Milhouse in the guts department, how would he have done against a Chicago Black Muslim...
our future, I see, 4 years of BOHICA

Frank

RJ| 11.13.12 @ 2:02PM

Hi Frank,

Yes, it was a bad year for Republicans and therefore a win probably wasn't in the cards. In a comment above, TLP said it well - "Romney wasn't Obama. That should have been enough." The fact that it wasn't means to me that Americans don't value personal freedom like the used to. Today the race is on to have government exploit your fellow citizens for your benefit. Dependent-minded people destroy freedom and prosperity.

Butch| 11.13.12 @ 7:59PM

Frank, first of all, you kill me; keep it coming, man. I voted for Santorum also, even though by the time we voted here it didn't matter. He might have surprised us. I do believe ole Romney did the best he could, given who he and his advisors were. He is basically conservative at heart, but he is a politician at the end of the day.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 2:21PM

Nope, Santa Claus nor JC would have stood a chance.....Richard Trumka probably; Snoop Dogg no doubt; Jessica Simpson alsolutely [if she could figure out whether it was chicken or tuna]!!!!

RCV| 11.13.12 @ 2:49PM

Santorum would have been utterly crushed. If the GOP did badly with women with Romney, the support for Santorum would have plummetted.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:20PM

Spot on, RCV.

Of course, this is pearls before swine.

ChesterBelloc| 11.13.12 @ 12:20PM

Willard is a creature of RINO-ism. He was born and bred on a RINO reserve. His instincts are to duck from the media, hide and attempt to change the subject while an assailant is kicking you relentlessly in the head with steel toed boots. His "communications" firm, the Shawmut Group in Boston, are Willard's handpicked incompetents from his Massachusetts administration. Eric "Etch a Sketch" Fehrnstrom, Beth Myers and Peter Flaherty made rivers of $$$$ reinforcing Willard's RINO message. Their motto is "do not make waves, work within the Left media narrative, marginalize conservatives". They are chicken shites who condemn Republican candidates to irrelevancy. They did not sell Willard a bill of goods, he was the architect of his own demise.

junkyard infidel| 11.13.12 @ 1:00PM

Romney lost because this country is populated by an overabundance of A.D.D. bobbleheads that are ignorant of history and economically illiterate ! He was also up against the most corrupt syndicate of gangsters to ever infest our government along with it's slobbering media whores ! But fear not, the new "Twilight" movie is out and it's gonna be LIKE, AWESOME !

JP Jones| 11.13.12 @ 1:25PM

The problem is that regardless of how many idiots there are you still have to sell yourself to 50 Plus percent.

Romney came across as a Rich used car salesman.

I mean, Its not like the Obama Chicago Machine was a suprise ah 2008?...heck Mayor Daley did the same in the 1960 and 64 elections.

It wasn't a new script.

But you have to run a savy campaign to beat these thugs.

You cant just say I'll out
smut them on adds......

To beat crooks you have to out smart them.

Romney did not out smart Chicago--Obama
because rich kids that rely on money can never beat a street smart hood using only their superior money and Board Room advantage.

In 2016 the reps need to nominate a conservative with plenty of street smarts,
from a middle class neighborhood and lots of passion and vigor for USA exceptionalism
and respect for all Americans.....

Those traits are colorblind....

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:25PM

YEAH, AND DO YOU KNOW WHO THOSE CROOKS ARE STEALING FROM ? THE GD TAXPAYERS, THATS WHO! AND YOU KNOW WHO RE-ELECTED THESE CROOKS TO BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEIR STEALING FROM THE TAXPAYERS? YOU AND YOURS DID APPARENTLY! HOPE YOU GET A GOOD GLIMPSE OF YOUR BILLFOLD AS IT IS MOVING AWAY FROM YOU IN THE HANDS OF THESE CROOKS DOWN THE STREET!!!!

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:17PM

Methinks YOU are the "crook down the street," Oldefarte.

Let's have your financial disclosures, pal, if you want to pontificate on how you're being taken advantage of.

Romney wouldn't do it. Take a wild guess why.

LMAO.

You're a lame, greedy liar, Oldefarte. If push comes to shove, your lame, old-fart ass is going to jail. And you'll probably be Wesley Snipe's cellmate!!!!!!!!!!

LMFAO.

Chao.

Frank Drackman| 11.13.12 @ 1:43PM

its this damn "Early Voting" thats the problem.
That and nominating a guy that still uses brillcream...
Seriously, if you could only vote on Election Day, hispanic vote goes down 30%, that whole Siesta thing.
Same with the Coloreds(I'll stop using that word when the NCAAP does) its much easier to adjust to "CPT"(ask a CP) when you've got 2 months instead of 8 hrs.
And Hussain(change your middle name if you don't like it)didn't win a single one of those Nazi Dictatorships where they force you to show an ID to vote...Coincidence?

Frank "Sieg Heil Baby" Drackman

Butch| 11.13.12 @ 8:03PM

'Gree witcha man, as always. Early voting has to go. Lots of those "CPs" around here don't even get up until after the polls have closed. Then they gotta get half in the bag before they do anything.

MOS was 71331| 11.13.12 @ 2:08PM

There's a good chance 0bama won through voter fraud. His Chicago crew is now so shameless they're willing to turn in precinct results of 100 to 0, worse than the USSR's and North Korea's 99.7 to 0.3.

No party would put up a candidate so totally unpopular that he or she wouldn't get a single vote in precinct after precinct. It's just not believable that people who voted for McCain over 0bama wouldn't vote this time for Romney over 0bama.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 2:30PM

I'll leave you with the song lyrics of Dandy Don Meredity: %%%%%If ifs and buts were cherry and nuts, we'd all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS%%%%%%%%

Stan Redmond| 11.13.12 @ 2:49PM

There were so many arrows Romney could have shot at Obama but he left them in his quiver. Come one. "Police Acted Stupidly" Countless Andy Stern meetings in the whitehouse. Bowing, repeatadly, to foreign leaders. Lavish parties. 100 games of golf after stating "I shall not rest until [insert empty promise here]" Endless broken promises. Least transparent administration ever. Unconstitutional executive orders. ERIC HOLDER!!!

No more McCains, Doles, Bushs, Romneys.

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:17PM

OH YOU WANT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT HAPPENING, SINCE THIS COUNTRY IS OFFICIALLY DEAD AS OF 11/6/12! I'D START WORRYING ABOUT YOUR JOB, YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE, THE COST OF GASOLINE/GROCERIES ETC, AND THE INFILTRATION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM FROM OUR SOUTHERN BORDER [WHICH ARE BEING GIVEN DRIVERS LICENSES AND PRE-APPROVED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ROOM MEDICAL CARE AT YOUR EXPENSE]. OH DID I FAIL TO MENTION THE NEXT FOUR SCOTUS JUDGES PLUS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGES WHICH WILL NOW BE APPROVED THANKS TO 11/6/12? YEAH STICK THAT PIYATA OF ROMNEY, MCCAIN ETC UP ON THAT TREE LIMB AND TAKE A SWING BEFORE THE WHOLE F-ING TREE FALLS DOWN UPON YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES!!!!!!

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:08PM

THANK YOU, OLDEFARTE, FOR PUTTING YOUR "THOUGHTS" IN ALL CAPS!

MAKES THEM SOOOOO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imbecile.

Marc Jeric| 11.13.12 @ 2:50PM

Another RINO bit the dust. Romney failed to attack Obama for the Benghazi murder coverup, and for the Fast & Furious murder coverup. He failed to define the purpose od Obama's April Spring program, which was to bring jihadist governments to Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, with more to follow. He failed to mention Obama's mentors - Davis, Wright, Ayers...

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:09PM

YEAH, AND THE F-ING MORONS OF THIS COUNTRY JUST ALLOWED THREE MEMBERS [WHOSE HISTORICAL ANCESTRIES HAVE DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO THE US AND RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY] OF THIS ADMINISTRATION BE RE-INSTALLED INTO THE HIGHEST POWER OF OUR NATION'S GOVERNMENT. YEAH, IT'S ALL ROMNEY'S AND THEM THER RINOS' FAULTS............AND FORREST GUMP WAS ENTIRELY CORRECT ALSO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Purp| 11.13.12 @ 3:12PM

"What excuse can the Republican Party possibly have for letting people such as George Stephanopoulos and Diane Sawyer moderate the primary debates?" - Yeah, it's the moderator. What a lame excuse. Newt Gingrich handily squashed John King of CNN in the debates. Another lame excuse.

"Yes, the media was in Obama's pocket to an unprecedented degree this year." - Except for all the media that wasn't ... lame excuse.

"The relentless negativity and agility of Obama's campaign was the fifth reason Romney lost." - you mean the President ran a GREAT campaign. You couldn't beat a guy who had 7.9 % employment?

"Which brings us to the last reason Romney lost: the huge and ineffective campaigns run by super-PACs such as Karl Rove's "American Crossroads." - BINGO! Karl Rove's 15 minutes are up... out to pasture for an ineffectual organizer/director. But, then he was trying to sell a horrible product - Republicanism/Conservatism/Romney.

The Republican Party is dying, Conservatism is on the wane and will go the way of the Whig Party. Bu-bye

Oldefarte| 11.13.12 @ 3:21PM

NO DUMBARS, WHATS "DYING" IS THIS COUNTRY, AND IT WILL LAST ANOTHER TWO YEARS MAX, THANKS TO YOU AND YOURS. ENJOY THE FREE STUFF FROM YOUR UNCLE BARRY WHILE IT LASTS. %%%%%TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, THE PARTY'S OVER%%%%%%

Jimbobogie| 11.13.12 @ 4:02PM

Oldefarte, I don't believe that conservative values are dying, but as long as folks like you keep referring to folks like Purp (or anyone else who doesn't march lockstep with every one of your opinions) as "Dumbars" (I think that might have been a typo, right?), then people who might be tempted to at least take a look at the "right" side of the pollitical spectrum are going to stay put. Like I said, it's not just you-the reactionary/insulting comments by a lot of people on this site (who are supposedly on the same side) towards fellow "posters" (who are supposedly on the same side) is, shall we say, "distressing".

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:11PM

Bye, bye, Oldefarte.

I'm assuming you'll be true to your word and either kill yourself or leave this country.

Please DO leave ... and DO let the door hit your ass on the way out.

Oh ... and by the way ... you will NOT be missed.

Bye!

CJW| 11.13.12 @ 4:59PM

Purpie the Village Idiot posted the following after the election:

"The Hurricane Sandy and Chris Christie was the Lord's way of pressing his thumb on the scale to tilt in the direction of President Obama. It was His punishment of Republicans for their lying and trying to cheat (Voter Suppression) their way to political victory, while espousing faith, freedom and constitutional credentials."

So pupie believes and approves that God killed over 100 people, destroyed homes, and injured many so that Obama could win."

Last month purpie wrote that Ambassador Stevens is responsible for his own death.

This is the message of the loony lefty Purpie and his band of followers. They do not deserve any response other that ridicule and mocking

Jimbobogie| 11.13.12 @ 3:50PM

...if only all that SuperPac money could simply been applied to the national debt-then it might have accomplished something positive.
Just because the Supreme Court says you can doesn't mean that you haver to...

Joe D.| 11.13.12 @ 4:13PM

I agree with you on illegal immigration, like most good conservative Americans. The borders would have to be really secure. We have done this 2 times before and we got nothing but more illegals.
However, I do not think it would stop there. Next would be citizenship. This voting block would already think that laws were made to be broken if the reasons were right. And we do not need more democrat/liberal/socialists.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:23PM

"good conservative Americans"

Name one.

How about one "good German Nazi"?

Liberty4x4| 11.13.12 @ 4:43PM

I agree with most of what you wrote, but, the problem is much deeper than a bumbling candidate, a dem compliant press, and self-obsessed supepacs. The nation as a whole is allowing itself to be led by the nose toward progressive statism. The progressives have major control of education K-Phd, the news media, the entertainment industry, the legal and court systems, the psuedo-Christian faiths that abound in social justice theology, and the myriad of non-profit charities that fund all the progressive political platforms. Progressive are well financed, dedicated, smart and articulate, personally invested, well organized, have specific well thought out plans, and are nimble at implementing them. Furthermore, they have no principles or morals to bind them up and hold them back and the demographics of this country is quickly tilting toward progressive ideals, that is, entitlement mentality.

I am sorry, but conservatives have lost the race for this country until they can get their act together and reclaim the foundations needed to reestablish an active, dedicated, and invested majority. We have failed our founding father's seriously.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:37PM

"Progressive statism"?

Please!

You're totally ignoring the individual-rights legacy of "progressives." Who the hell do you think has been supporting the ACLU, for example? "Conservatives"? "Libertarians"?

"Liberal" = "Let's all try to work together to achieve common goals, help each other, but respect each other's freedom and privacy."

"Conservative" = "Let's all try to work together to keep what we've managed to get. Let's not let lesser, lazier people just take our hard-earned stuff."

"Libertarian" = "Whatever it is, it's mine. Leave me alone or I'll shoot you in the face after I torture your children."

Commander Kelly | 11.13.12 @ 4:58PM

Jed makes some good and valid points. My analysis is a bit simpler. In the words of James Bond, Obama "took the bloody shot" on Osama. He hit the target and the Presidency is the electorate's reward for his marksmanship. See my posts "Full Reverse", "A More Dangerous World" and "Rumble in America" only here...http://americanconservativeinlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Rhoetus| 11.13.12 @ 9:50PM

Rules for Conservatives @
http://www.saveamericanow.us.com

Mike in N.C.| 11.13.12 @ 11:08PM

I stopped reading at conservatives have an advantage because we don't ignore facts no matter how ugly they may be. This from a group that was so isolated from reality that they were gobsmacked by the election results. I'm ROFLMAO.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:40PM

Yup.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:40PM

Right there on the floor with ya.

Mnestheus| 11.14.12 @ 12:19AM

As no republican authority exists to prevent people who can't edit from running institutions like Human Events into the ground, it is hardly surprising we should be subjeted to a string of electoral college losers as well.

Jeb should celebrate his latest fiasco the old fashioned way, by falling on his sword if he can find the pointy end.

MikeC| 11.14.12 @ 12:57AM

"By contrast Romney, running hard and doing his best, remained on the defensive throughout the campaign."

Romney liked being on defense. He was always Smilin' Mitt, the vanilla man. He NEVER showed that he had the fire in the belly to win, and he NEVER confronted Obama about Obama's lies about Romney, nor Obama's lies about Obama.

Mitt Romney is not suited to politics. He is better suited to dealing with money changers and spread sheet builders. His lack of an internal set of ideals and convictions was obvious from day one. Smilin' Mitt was a vacuous shell.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:42PM

And, apparently, Mike, you've never confronted Mike's lies about Obama.

Name ONE -- just 0ne -- Obama lie.

Pony up, pal. Put up or shut up.

Toinfinityandbeyond| 11.14.12 @ 5:17AM

GOP = Party of Legitimate Losers

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:44PM

GOP = "God Ohful Party"

In other words, they can't even spell.

LMAO. How pathetic have they become, eh?

Cats1cowboy| 11.14.12 @ 6:07AM

Re: "...But it's not the media's job -- even if it were unbiased -- to create issues for Romney to run on." But it is the media's Patriotic duty to report the truth, not hide it.

soljerblue| 11.14.12 @ 9:16PM

Republicans keep bringing a knife to a gunfight. Worse, they keep bringing Karl Rove.

Jersier| 11.15.12 @ 9:07AM

I voted for Obama in 2008, but he was a disappointment for me, as well as many others. Why did we vote for him again?
Romney seemed ready to say whatever was needed to sound appealing to his donors. As governor of Mass. , he put in place an Obamacare like program, which he then criticized. I was alarmed by the large amounts given to his campaign by the Koch brothers and Sheldon Addelson, they had supported other candidates who proved unviable, and settled on Romney as the field narrowed. To me, it gave the appearance of shopping for someone they could influence. With Romney disavowing policies and practices he used in Mass, it was unclear what his plans would be.... and who would be calling the shots.

Ralph Novy| 11.15.12 @ 11:06PM

"Conservatives have an advantage in this because we don't ignore facts, no matter how ugly they may be."

LMAO.

How much more than 180 degrees wrong can one be? How much less self-aware? How much more arrogantly idiot or idiotically arrogant?

That is the sort of thing that psychotic or otherwise "insane" people say. It's akin to fascists, after WWII, saying that the only reason Germany lost the war is that the rest of the world failed to "face the fact" of Jewish hegemony.

Delusional.

Sad.

Dangerous.

Despicable.

memunson| 11.19.12 @ 8:47PM

This is among the better responses to both the GOP loss, and Romney's post-election..."analysis," that I have seen so far.

But I take issue with a couple of points.

" Conservatives have an advantage in this because we don't ignore facts, no matter how ugly they may be."

I really wish this were closer to being true. Some of the smarter, and unfortunately quieter, conservatives rise to that standard, but the majority of the current standard bearers for conservatism and or the GOP, are more the reverse.

And that should have been among your major points that both the party, and conservatism itself, needs to get back to.

In the election cycle just past, the democrats were easily able to continue to point to the GOP's ongoing denials of all sorts of important things (such as Global Warming, and whether we should be addressing it or not).

Worse, Romney continued to insist that though we are in the worst financial crisis of modern times, that the entire burden of the crisis should be borne by the middle and lower classes. At one time, "no new taxes" was a true, everyman message. From the start of this crisis, it has been changed to "lower taxes just on the wealthiest people, and reduce all benefits and relief offered to those making less than six figures."

Refusing to recognize how bad that makes conservatism appear, is yet another example of how modern conservatives do NOT deserve your flattery about "not ignoring facts."

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