Posted by
Heather Phipps on Friday, November 10, 2006 4:57:38 PM
Democrats are throwing parties, Republicans are crawling away with
their tails between their legs making excuse after excuse on what
happened. Everyone has a different take on "Why", but I heard someone
(not sure who) on the radio sum up the whole situation very nicely.
They said, "When republicans begin acting like democrats they lose
support. When democrats begin acting like republicans they gain
support. "
What really disgusts me about the whole election was the democrats
tactics. Truthfully, I don't like the fact that they regained power
in the congress. This means that we will have 2 years of NOTHING
getting done (except perhaps some imigration issues and the like.) But more disturbing to me was how they manipulated the
peoples votes.
For the last couple of months all you heard from the media, was how
"values voters" were going to stay home. That they had no chance of
winning, and shouldn't bother to vote. Bill Oreilly (on The Factor)
Reported about a new study done that showed the bias of the media. 77
% of the news reports supported Democrats, and only 12% favored the
Republicans.
The situation with Ted Haggard was bad and needed to come out. He
sinned and it should not be taken lightly, but I was listening to a
news interview online that claimed the gay prostitute who tattled on
Haggard did so right before the election to help sway the vote. All
of the gay issues on the ballot, of course he does not want the
evangelicals to vote! These tactics are disgusting, and quite honestly
they make me sick to my stomach. I understand the politicians
researching into the past of their opponent and trying to drudge up
some dirt about their character. But to blatantly lie about your
opponent, to manipulate a group of people to NOT vote is wrong, and I
don't care what side you are on. Discouraging ANYONE from voting is
WRONG!