Comments on: It’s Not The Whole Reason Obama Was Elected, But It’s A Big Chunk http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/18/its-not-the-whole-reason-obama-was-elected-but-its-a-big-chunk/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Mustang http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/18/its-not-the-whole-reason-obama-was-elected-but-its-a-big-chunk/comment-page-1/#comment-672871 Roy Mustang Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:25:30 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6663#comment-672871 America voted for an evil man just because he made us feel good about ourselves. America voted for an evil man just because he made us feel good about ourselves.

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/18/its-not-the-whole-reason-obama-was-elected-but-its-a-big-chunk/comment-page-1/#comment-672861 Jimmie Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6663#comment-672861 That's food for thought. I've been doing a lot of pondering (nothing formed well enough to make a good blog post, though) about the election and what conservatives do from this point on. The more I think about it, the more I believe that a good number of people who voted for the P-E did so not because they knew anything but the most superficial facts about him but for two reasons: 1) He wasn't one of old names we've seen for the past ten years and he said he could bring something new and exciting to Washington. 2) He's black and, well, history, right? It wasn't so much that these folks were voting for the best of the nation, because they quite obviously weren't. They were voting so they could feel good about themselves and if he happened to end up doing well, then bonus! Republicans failed mightily by not overcoming Obama's novelty and his historicity (I think that's the word I want). They could have done it, but they didn't. That's food for thought. I've been doing a lot of pondering (nothing formed well enough to make a good blog post, though) about the election and what conservatives do from this point on.

The more I think about it, the more I believe that a good number of people who voted for the P-E did so not because they knew anything but the most superficial facts about him but for two reasons:

1) He wasn't one of old names we've seen for the past ten years and he said he could bring something new and exciting to Washington.

2) He's black and, well, history, right?

It wasn't so much that these folks were voting for the best of the nation, because they quite obviously weren't. They were voting so they could feel good about themselves and if he happened to end up doing well, then bonus!

Republicans failed mightily by not overcoming Obama's novelty and his historicity (I think that's the word I want). They could have done it, but they didn't.

]]> By: Cheesestick http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/11/18/its-not-the-whole-reason-obama-was-elected-but-its-a-big-chunk/comment-page-1/#comment-672859 Cheesestick Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:36:33 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=6663#comment-672859 A non-political message board I'm on all the time has a forum for people who homeschool their kids. I was reading one of the threads in that forum a couple of days ago where the homeshoolers were defending their choice, saying that was the best option for their child & how the public school systme is a failure, how it is no-body's business to tell them how to raise their child, etc. Again, this is not a political message board at all. (In fact, if you post anything political, the mods will delete it & ban you.) But they did allow people to use their candidate's picture or something like that as their avatar or in the signature. Several of these people who were defending their home-schooling rights had Obama logos as their avatars. I realized then that the Obama supporters really have no idea what he stands for or plans to do. Sad.... A non-political message board I'm on all the time has a forum for people who homeschool their kids. I was reading one of the threads in that forum a couple of days ago where the homeshoolers were defending their choice, saying that was the best option for their child & how the public school systme is a failure, how it is no-body's business to tell them how to raise their child, etc. Again, this is not a political message board at all. (In fact, if you post anything political, the mods will delete it & ban you.) But they did allow people to use their candidate's picture or something like that as their avatar or in the signature. Several of these people who were defending their home-schooling rights had Obama logos as their avatars. I realized then that the Obama supporters really have no idea what he stands for or plans to do. Sad….

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