Monday, November 1, 2010

Hungry for change

Tomorrow is election day. There are hotly contested races all over the nation that will be followed well into the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

At present count, it is expected that Republicans will see a net gain of 65 seats in the Congress and a net gain of nine seats in the Senate. If the poll numbers hold true, this would be one of the most dramatic landslide overhauls ever to happen across the US.

MSNBC, sensing the change, put out an article today on why Americans want more change. I think they touched on some of the reasons, but didn't get it quite on the money.

The article states:
"Either the change wasn't what a restive public wanted or it didn't come fast enough."
 I think that is partially true. And I think it is completely true. Here's how:

First, I think that most conservative  people wanted a change of how Washington does things. (The article does point this out in a quote of Howard "The Scream" Dean).

Second, I think independents, moderates, and other people who are too weak-minded to consistently vote what they believe voted to get Bush out of office. Problem was, Bush wasn't running. So they took it out on McCain. Now, these people have seen what the liberals really wanted to do and they want none of it.

Third, I think liberals wanted what we got, just faster, more of it, and for it to be more socialized than it was. They now see Obama and his liberal minion as being liberal-lite. Thing is, Obama and company did pass the liberal stuff through in the only way they could have considering they wanted to remain re-electable - they just got exposed along the way and guaranteed that a majority of them will not be re-elected.


The point that was completely missed was this:
The voters of 2008 wanted to move the country to more traditional (I say conservative) roots. Obama and the Democrats promised that, with no intention of delivering. That's why they used the mantra "change" (avoiding of course, detailing what kind of change)
The voters got change - just not what they were looking for.
We wanted more freedoms back, less taxes, less intrusive government, and the ability to earn our way out of this recession / depression.
We got the exact opposite.

Tomorrow, we take it back.

1 comment:

  1. Saw both James Maness and Heather Scott out waving to drivers while on the way to work this morning, at different locations. This was sort of remarkable, because I happen to be voting for both of them.

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