Why did the GOP lose?
Posted by zbigniewmazurak on November 6, 2008
On 4th November 2008 libertarians, independent voters and conservatives, who are dissatisfied with the GOP’s liberal, socialist, multilateralist brand of conservatism (compassionate conservatism), voted for 3rd party candidates or stayed home. This resulted in a historic landslide for the Dems, who won the WH, both Houses of Congress, and 2 previously Republican governorships.
Now that this election has been organised, the following question must be asked: Why?
And the answer to that question must be given. The answer is:
One of the reasons for why this happened is that the GOP nominated a leftist presidential candidate (John McCain) and a multitude of leftist Congressional candidates. The second reason is that the Bush Admin and the Republican-controlled Congresses of the 2000s conducted a liberal policy.[1] The adoption of socialist policies (like the expansion of entitlements and the appeasement of Russia) was a betrayal of conservatives and independent voters.
Now that the reasons for why the GOP lost have been found, Republicans deserve advice on what should the party do to win elections. And what they must do is 1) nominating truly conservative politicians 2) adopting staunchly conservative policies. The next post deals with these 2 actions.
[1] http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_1.html
