I made a promise, and not all is lost

AAL: 2

The one path to victory I saw for McCain closed very quickly around 8CT. After seeing PA fall to Obama, shortly followed by OH it became clear that McCain did not do enough to defeat Obama in this election.

So congragtualtions to the President-elect. I believe the office itself is deserving of respect regardless of who's holding it. In yesterday's post I promised to offer President-elect Obama that respect, which many on the left have failed to give Presdient Bush.

This means
1) I am not going to cry and move to Canada like that WLB (cu blogword, whiny little bitch) Alec Baldwin (though Canada did elect their "conservative party" to power in their election).
2) I am not going to call Obama a retard or monkeyman (these being among the tamer insults directed at President Bush)
3) I am not going to write a play or movie about the assissnation of the sitting president.
4) I am not going to draw devisive electoral maps saying the blue states aren't in my country (yes I'm talking about that anti-christian bigot Michael Moore's "Jesusland" map).

While I obviously will oppose many of the policies Presdient Elect Obama has proposed, he is still the leader of the country I love so dearly. And yes, Mrs. Obama, it is possible to be proud of your country whoever is leading it. As an opponent of your husband I believe that, I'm sorry you only believe it when you're winning.

That's a tanget, however I have more promises to make in support of conservatism..,

1) I am going to criticize President Obama any time a meausre passes that hurts the american people, and I will try to quantify the damage as plain as possible. As it turns out it is possible to be patriotic and criticize the President. I hope that doesn't automatically make me racist (however if Obama's house surrogates are any indication, it probably does...)

2) While I will continue to respect the office of President, the office of SCUM Journalism is still my bitch (I'm looking at you Olbeljerk-off).

Speaking of which all is not lost...

As of this writing the Dems have only flipped about 12 seats in the house, and 5 in the senate (we may wait a while for the MN result) far less than what they were expecting, the popular vote for president also is within about 4 points, though the electoral college is looking like a landslide.

Speaking of Minnesota....

We must be the most schizophrenic electorate in the country. Obama carries the state handly, carries the country pretty handly for that matter. In every other state it seems Obama's coattails were alive and well. Yet Ultra-Con Rep. Bachman, John Kline, and Eric Paulson all find their way to victory in house races (stifling Dem hopes to pick up 30 seats), Coleman and Franken are going to the wire, and I understand there is a margin which will trigger an automatic recount. So we can elect conservative house members, liberal presidents, it's going to come down to a couple hundred votes between a comedy writer and a senator/former mayor.

But all minnesotans seem to agree on higher sales and property taxes, given where the constitiutional amendment and most school board initiatives landed...

I don't get it, but what can I say, Minnesota is home.

Future of conservatism...

And lastly I want to point out before Rush does on his radio show later today, that it's not like conservatism got beat today. The RNC has had this push to become moderate, to try and pick off democrats by becoming more like them. And that's how we ended up with a rather liberal nominee like John McCain. McCain did the consevative base one favor by selecting Gov. Palin. I hope the RNC took notice that she's the only reason there was any energy about Sen. McCain in the final 2 months of his campaign. And as Charles Krauthammer pointed out, all those people that thought a moderate nominee was politically smart ended up endorsing Obama anyway once it seems an Obama victory is unlikley. The conservative rank and file should be outraged that that is what passes for leadership in the Republican party. But the RNC's culpability in this defeat is a topic for another post...

Point being the stakes are high because recovery is possible, look at 1980 and 1994, both attainable goals if the RNC gets its act together...