November 7, 201212 yr I believe that this election cycle featured some of the most irrelevant and savage political activity since the late 1970s.The result was never in doubt with the broken macroeconomy and high unemployment.
November 7, 201212 yr If they can't even win the States they represent, they must really suck. BTW, I like your siggie, ABBF
November 7, 201212 yr If they can't even win the States they represent, they must really suck. BTW, I like your siggie, ABBF
November 7, 201212 yr If they can't even win the States they represent, they must really suck. BTW, I like your siggie, ABBF
November 7, 201212 yr -The last time the Republicans retook the presidency was in 1981 and under conditions of very high inflation, high taxes, weakened fiscal position, and forty years of expanding government, welfare states, and one war of choice. Super high inflation is their lynchpin, so to speak. When that happens, the liberal democrats' future is more uncertain. When people see their purchasing power drop sufficiently, they rebel against monetary easing.-Conservative rhetoric was at its high point in 1980 and could compete with Liberal ideology and interests. The Religious Right grew in influence. The Republican record, however, of lower taxes and spending the same amount didn't work.-Now it's the opposite- we have a generation of college educated people who 1. are agnostic or atheist 2. who believe strongly in the progressive agenda to the point where they see no other liberal alternative. This is particularly fierce among those that are graduates of liberal arts colleges 3. Have lived under a republican president who abused his power, which led a very polarized political atmosphere 4.Many have grown up in 21st century middle class debt taking/ consumerist, rather than investment or savings based affluence. -The Republican future does not look good until they radically re-invent themselves. When will they re-emerge? It took them twenty years last time.-As with Keynes and Hayek thought wars, history did in fact repeat itself in this particular case. -Obama has 4 years, and he and the next Administration must do a better job in helping private industry expand GDP growth, keep high paying domestic US jobs, or debt overhang will weight down on us and the next generation.-US economy is now more saturated than ever before. There are only so many basic needs that need to be fulfilled.-Being an American is no longer much of an advantage with substantially globalized labor markets. This is a present and future that previous generations don't understand, and the current generation will experience to a greater degree.-How long will the economy continue to hold under such pressure? A simple extrapolation while not do, as the situation is so different today than thirty years ago yesterday!-Why the hell did I just write this and post it here!
November 7, 201212 yr Crying again. Obama's speech was incredible. Chills and tears, chills and tears...
November 7, 201212 yr If they can't even win the States they represent, they must really suck. BTW, I like your siggie, ABBF They lost the culture wars long ago. The Press and academia are either moderate and liberal, and have hegemony. This is actually a strange election in that one side ® became so repulsive that unemployment, low GDP growth, and fiscal issues no longer mattered like they did during the Clinton years and the focus on the individual candidates took unusual precedence. If one were to extrapolate the economy with the results of elections, somebody like Barack Obama should have lost, but he didn't. Watching election news coverage tonight. +1 Yvette . Well hello kind Sir. I am watching Ghost Adventures.
November 7, 201212 yr I am selfish. The economy can kiss my ass as long as my rights are not taken away from me.plus it helped that the GOP picked a completely unlikable and dishonest man.
November 7, 201212 yr A bit WTF with the current look of this years VSFS...but I shall reserve anymore opinions until I see the full scale of it all.
November 8, 201212 yr I'm back to the oddest sleeping schedule and I'm not happy about it. 3 hours of sleep and I'm wide awake and can't get back to sleep unless I self medicate I'm sleepy!
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