Earlier today, my alma mater (which seems to be Latin for "imitation football team") lost again to finish the season 4-8. The Bears were given a weak schedule, and they decided to play a weak game. This by itself I could live with; the Bears have been a distinctly bad team for a number of years now. But Baylor decided to start this season by bragging how they were going to a bowl this year. Yeah, good luck with that. The Bears lost four of their last five games, those losses coming by an average score of Real Team 50, Fake Team 21. The Bears couldn't even talk the talk properly. What wins they Bears did get, came over a Division I-AA school, two teams heavily hurt by injuries, and the team headed for last place in its division. Weak, especially for all the boasting.
What's this got to do with politics? Ever since the Democrats took both chambers of Congress, we've been hearing how this means the end of the Conservatives, that America has "repudiated" the Contract With America. I understand the excitement by the Donks; they have not won in a big way since 1992, and so this was a big deal for them. But they are wrong if they believe that the Conservatives are ruined by one election or put beyond returning to power sooner than they would like, and anyone who plays that song is playing the fool.
More people, even today, call themselves 'conservative' than 'liberal'. More people respect the Republican President than the Democratic Congress, even now. While the Democrats have claimed power, they cannot keep their promises to both the nation which voted them in, and to the extremists whose money and energy has bought their souls, because the promises are exclusive one set to the other. If they defy their voters, they will not remain in the majority in 2008. If they find the courage to reject the Michael Moore/Cindy Sheehan/Howard Dean/Kos cabal, they will fins a fight against a ruthless foe, and the resulting fracture of money and power may well cost them their control of Congress that way as well.
The Democrats pretend they have a mandate. And Faust thought he would never have to pay his price.
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Boomer Sooner, DJ!... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Steve_in_Corona | November 18, 2006 9:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Boomer Sooner, DJ!
Steve_in_Corona (formerly in Norman, OK)
Class of '89
1. Posted by Steve_in_Corona | November 18, 2006 9:28 PM |
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Posted on November 18, 2006 21:28
2. Posted by Michael | November 19, 2006 2:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You're kidding, right? Have you seen Bush's approval ratings lately? 31%? Try reading writing something without the spin
2. Posted by Michael | November 19, 2006 2:59 AM |
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Posted on November 19, 2006 02:59
3. Posted by engineer | November 19, 2006 8:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Michael, try coming in off the ledge and back to reality (and maybe learn some reading comprehension at the same time.)
DJ stated that, "More people respect the Republican President than the Democratic Congress...." It was a statement of degree. You quoted that Bush approval rating was 31%. That is Newsweek's poll and is the lowest of any poll out there. The most recent polls have Bush's approval at 31-42% with an average of 35.6 (Rasmussun's has it at 43% today). Similarally, congress's approval rating is between 26-36%, with the average at 28.8%. So average to average, Bush wins. That is what DJ stated.
Although, technically we don't have a democrat controlled congress yet, the last two polls were taken after the election and have the lowest approval rating of any of the polls at 26 and 27%. So can we assume that this could also include anticipation of the upcoming control?
3. Posted by engineer | November 19, 2006 8:42 AM |
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Posted on November 19, 2006 08:42
4. Posted by John in CA | November 19, 2006 12:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey, we can still claim to have finished first in the Big 12. Not first place, but our season ended before everyone else's (-8
*sigh* Another season of false hope come and gone
John in CA, Baylor class of '93
4. Posted by John in CA | November 19, 2006 12:06 PM |
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Posted on November 19, 2006 12:06
5. Posted by Dallas | November 20, 2006 5:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
DJ...I believe the "talking voices" on talk radio helped the dems to win. I was appalled and disgusted by Laura Ingraham, Michelle Malkin and even Rush as they bashed the President... they went completely bonkers on immigration and sent me totally away. There is no wonder Allen and Santorum lost. They didn't read YOU.
Since Nov.7 I have only checked in with Lucianne once or twice and today is the first time I came to your site...actually looking for your wisdom and sanity.
I have great friends who work at the White House. They are working their guts out for this country. George Bush is a decent man. I'm so sick of OUR party...forget the Dems...what do we expect from them? They are "little and vile".
Our side is getting more and more that way.
I'm so sorry that sane voices like yours are not as well heard as the vitriolic "acid" of our right.
I tried to listen to Laura Ingraham today and she made my stomach ache.
Keep Stolen Thunder up...it is one sane site I can go to. I erased everyone else from my favorites and I listen to great Country Music instead of Fox News...I'm looking for sanity and the hatred of the RIGHT is not for me.
Dallas
5. Posted by Dallas | November 20, 2006 5:43 PM |
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Posted on November 20, 2006 17:43