Seems to me that the party that died was the part of the extreme right, not the fiscally conservative and socially moderate Republican party of most of the late 20th century.
>The last chance to let a > Republican president advocate the conservative, constitutional principles > upon which American society was built. American Society was never built on the slavish worship of ignorance, hatred, wealth and privilege that the current party worshiped. On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't buy any of that. Every single time there's an election, a story > like this comes out about the losers...and how this loss spells the end of > that party "as we know it". > > Well...duh...EVERY day spells the end of the party as we know it..the > parties are always changing slightly. But just as the democrats didn't > cease to exist after 2000 or 2004....the republicans aren't going anywhere > either. > > The election is over, and yet, the hyperbole continues! Ugh. > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This about sums up what I was saying earlier: >> >> The Republican Party died last night. >> >> Somewhere in the suburbs of Cleveland, on the shore of Lake Erie, in the >> decisions of some suburban voters, the Republican Party stopped being a >> nationally viable political organization. >> >> Oh, it will continue to exist. >> >> But it will likely never again truly contest for the presidency. The nation >> has changed, the values have been replaced, the demographics are different. >> >> The demographics are insurmountable. >> >> Last night was a tipping point, a dance on a razors edge, and it went the >> other way. What was undoable last night will become increasingly impossible >> with each passing year. The margins will grow, the base will shrink, the >> tide will turn and the day will pass. >> >> The Republican Party died last night. >> >> Oh, it will continue to exist. >> >> There will be the name and the elephants, but nationally, conservatism is >> playing against an impossibly stacked deck. >> >> The nation had a clear choice. Each party ran candidates who were true to >> type. The Republicans ran conservatives and the Democrats ran liberals and >> it was a rout. Nothing changed except that Republicans got rebuffed across >> the board. >> >> America wants Democrat. >> >> More specifically, America wants liberal. It wants an activist, empowered >> government, imposing fairness and supporting entitlement. >> >> Thats what America wants. >> >> At least half of it wants that. Half and a tiny bit more. >> >> And the inexorably shifting demographics of the nation ensure that that >> tiny bit more will grow steadily, cementing the liberal majority and >> creating an electoral impossibility of replacing it. >> >> Last night was the last chance. >> >> It was the last chance to gain a last national electoral victory over the >> Democratic coalition Latinos, blacks, gays, feminists, trade unionists, >> government employees and welfare beneficiaries. The last chance to let a >> Republican president advocate the conservative, constitutional principles >> upon which American society was built. >> >> But America said, No, thanks. >> >> The majority preferred more of the last four years to anything Mitt Romney >> and the Republicans were offering. >> >> The constituent communities of that majority are only going to grow in size >> and prominence in American society. They are going to increasingly dominate >> our society and politics. >> >> Four years from now, more of the older conservative voters will be dead, >> and more of the younger liberal voters will be registered to vote. The >> Latino community, essentially co-opted by the Democrats into an aggrieved >> permanent minority status, will, like black voters, be larger and more >> Democrat. Four years from now, the cultural shift away from traditional >> values will be more advanced, thanks to more brainwashing by school >> teachers and sitcoms. >> >> Those members of our society who typically identify with the Democratic >> Party are increasing. Those members of our society who typically identify >> with the Republican Party are shrinking. >> >> You do the math. >> >> Certain, Republicans will keep running. And some of them, no doubt, will >> win. But they will be a different sort of Republican. >> >> They will not be conservative. Certainly not socially or morally >> conservative. >> >> They will bend over backwards to avoid the principles of moral >> conservatism, so as to not disrespect a social norm. >> >> They will be Democrat-lite. >> >> Or they will not win. >> >> Last night was our best chance. >> >> And America chose the other team. >> >> Almost $3 billion was spent on the presidential campaign. Untold tens of >> millions of dollars were spent on congressional campaigns across the >> country. And nothing changed. >> >> Obama is still in the White House. The Democrats still control the Senate. >> Republicans still control the House of Representatives. The pundits say >> America voted to break the grid lock, that it voted to demand team work. It >> did no such thing. It voted to maintain the status quo. >> >> So we have gone on a long, painful and expensive national journey, and it >> has left us exactly where we started. >> >> A couple of House seats this way, a couple of Senate seats that way, and >> Obama on top of the whole thing. >> >> That isnt change, that is business as usual. >> >> Conservatism has become a regional philosophy, the Republican Party a >> regional party. It will win governorships, it will win seats in the House >> or Senate, but it will essentially be a phenomenon of the South and >> Midwest. >> >> Where traditional values endure and dwindle, the Republican Party will >> still be relevant. >> >> But those places will shrink and shrivel. And each year, the gap between >> those who support conservatism and the number needed to win a national >> victory will grow. >> >> Last night was conservatisms last stand. >> >> And it lost. >> >> The Republican Party died last night. >> >> >> http://www.boblonsberry.com/writings.cfm?go=4 >> >> J >> >> - >> >> I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. - >> Barack >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357871 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
