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By Glenn

November 5, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

John McCain lost the moment he won the nomination. He went about it the wrong way in 2000 and did it again in 2008. You don’t nominate a moderate liberal in the republican party.

Way to go, you Huckaidiots.

Fred, Mitt, or Rudy would’ve trashed BO. Huck and “The Mac” were both eventual losers.

By JustMyOpinion!

November 5, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Who cares what Newton thinks! AJC, Please give me some positive news today. Thanks

By ChicagoPOW

November 5, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

That’s it? This link was on the top of the front page of ajc.com and it’s two quotes from other papers? Nice attention grabbing name in the headline btw. I wish it had been backed up with more from the quoted.

By Rotund Journalist Savors Dem Victory

November 5, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

I’m excited now that the Dems are in control. No longer will I have to pay for my mortgage and gasoline. Woo hoo. Where’s my free healthcare? My free check? Why is the “investment” not yet flowing?

By Trini-n-US

November 5, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

I disagree with the big baby I mean Mr. Gingrich.. The ideal person got the job and by a HUGE margin if I may add… Get over it Newt and lets fix America… All hands on deck.

By ChicagoPOW

November 5, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

That’s it? This link was on the top of the front page of ajc.com and it’s two quotes from other papers? Nice attention grabbing name in the headline btw. I wish it had been backed up with more from the quoted.

By Eric

November 5, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

Newt is correct. The last 8 years have shown Republican policies of the 21st century to be an utter and complete failure. From 8 years of stagnated wages and 2 wars to a record budget deficit and a complete loss of moral standing in the world, the United States has, under Republican leadership, turned one of the most dismally spectacular U-turns in the history of the modern world. This is not to let Democrats off the hook as their last 2 years of congressional leadership have proved quite disappointing. That being said, it is 100% undeniable that the Republicans have set the tone and provided the primary guidance for the greater part of this decade and they have done so much damage to our nation that it may take multiple generations to undo it.

By Roger D.

November 5, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

There needs to be a complete overhaul of the hateful and arrogant thinking on the right. And please leave religion out of this.

By Copyleft

November 5, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

Ehh… WHY, I ask, do we keep quoting Gingrich in this column every single week, as if he mattered?

By Les

November 5, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

I think Newt is “dead-on” correct. I am a democrat who supports President Bush. But one of the things that I continue to be confused by is the Bush administration’s inability to clearly define what victory looks like in Iraq. And, apparently, I am not the only one confused about this.

By Brian

November 5, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

I agree with you glenn, huck and the mac are losers. Of course, I would add that Mitt, Rudy and Fred area all losers too.

Thanks to you incompetent ‘pubs for helping us elect a great man as the 44th president of the US.

By Herschworld

November 5, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Hey Gingrich do us all a favor and go to bed the Neo-Con generation is over, no one cares what you think anymore. And by the way I read your alternate history book and it sucked!!!

By DHS

November 5, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

I am a Vietnam veteran and that war looks like a just cause based on Iraq. Bush took down his party, the GOP that said yes to Iraq. I knew, as did any veteran of Vietnam, that this was a senseless war. Bush sent great American soldiers to die for NOTHING. The GOP gets what they deserved in spades. I voted for Obama. He has revitalized the nation. I am proud that he carried my white votes than the last two democratic nominees. This election is bringing back hope to many who had no hope. I stayed up till midnight to watch and enjoy. McCain is an honorable hero of this country and would have been a good president. But he had the Bush albatross around his neck.

By colin

November 5, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Glenn, you couldn’t be more mistaken. Obama won by changing the game. He got more people involved in the election. If the republicans continue to narrow the tent and the people to whom the party appeals, they can expect losses in national elections outside the core south for some time. The country has changed.

By Les

November 5, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

I think Newt is “dead-on” correct. I am a democrat who supports President Bush. But one of the things that I continue to be confused by is the Bush administration’s inability to clearly define what victory looks like in Iraq. And, apparently, I am not the only one confused about this.

By Eleanor

November 5, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Who really cares what Newt thinks? I sure don’t. Time for him to just shut up.

By Trini-n-US

November 5, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

I disagree with the big baby I mean Mr. Gingrich.. The ideal person got the job and by a HUGE margin if I may add… Get over it Newt and lets fix America… All hands on deck.

By Trini-n-US

November 5, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

I disagree with the big baby I mean Mr. Gingrich.. The ideal person got the job and by a HUGE margin if I may add… Get over it Newt and lets fix America… All hands on deck.

By Clint

November 5, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

McCain was leading until the economy fell on its face in September. Had that not happened, McCain would be the President elect. Smart voters know the difference between Bush and McCain.

By Eleanor

November 5, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Who really cares what Newt thinks? I sure don’t. Time for him to just shut up.

By disappointed

November 5, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

AJC get it together! Is this all you have to report for something that is headline grabbing!?!?!? What a waste!

By Eleanor

November 5, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

Who really cares what Newt thinks? I sure don’t. Time for him to just shut up.

By Steve

November 5, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

AJC is this the best you can do??? You put this at the top of your front page and there is no REAL information to follow it? This is a serious time and we need serious people to report the truth, the WHOLE truth and nothing but the truth. You can go sit down now!

By kendall meeks

November 5, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

newt is just mad because we finally have a president thats stand the people and his country. we are the united states of america and we are created equal. so tell newt go and get in line with all the other negative people that has been against this man and trying everything that can do to tear him dowm

By Brian Hunt

November 5, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Newt is right. It wasn’t about McCain. A lot of people who supported McCain in the past voted for Obama because of the failures of the current administration. I count myself among them. Obama represented a clear alternative to more of the same.

By Daxter

November 5, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Let it be a wake-up call for the Republican Party. They blew it because of their indifference to the base of their party.

WAKE UP or be prepared for 2010 and 2012 to increase the domination of the Democratic Party!

By Tyler

November 5, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

I’ll never forgive Huckabee and anyone who voted for him. That moron prevented a real candidate like Romney or Thompson from winning the nomination, although it’s likely given the Messiah’s fawning, ignorant fan base that nothing could have overcome his momentum, especially with Katie, Oprah, and the rest of the world backing him. Enjoy your single term, you socialist, Marxist, radical street agitator. Oh, and to the people of Israel: I’m sorry, folks, you’re on your own now.

By Tony

November 5, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Sorry but no Republican would’ve won this race. Bush and his legacy has left a bitter taste with so many voters there was no way to overcome it. You had a republican president and a majority in congress for years and look at what happened.

By kendall meeks

November 5, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

newt is just mad because he and the rest of the republic party lost out on winning the commander in chief job.he just like the rest tried to tear this man down but yet he stood above the rest and is still there. he stands for the people and we are america

By bob

November 5, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Problem with Obama is that the terrorist are thrilled that he is President because the terroist can multiply by the millions and blow up, kill, nuke anybody because Obama went to the, SOC-NFB, (School Of Clinton No Fighting Back). Now terroist will invade Iraq and Saudi Arabia and gas will go up $10 - $20 a gallon. A year from now there will be at least one nuke fired at a country who is our ally and Obama will just sit there.

By rightofcenter

November 5, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

Glenn, Ah, anybody other than McCain would have gotten trounced. Obama had everything, I mean everything, going for him but still McCain got 47% of the vote. Thanks to McCain for his great service to this country.

By GeorgiaPeach

November 5, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

The Republicans are toast (for at least the next 16 years) and rightly so! They’ve deregulated everything in order to give their rich friends everything the working class people of this country worked so hard to build. Good riddance to bad rubbish!!

By larry

November 5, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

The failure began in 1994 when YOU and your colleagues were first elected on the shining promise of your Contract With America; which you and your colleagues promptly trashed and reneged on. We had a chance to make this country truly great; but the venal politicians who were supposed to be our stalwarts betrayed us.

By Ga patriot

November 5, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Yes! What the GOP needs now is Newt — because he is remembered so fondly for his legislative successes and his moral behavior. And Sarah Palin, because she appeals so well to suburban women, with her anti-Roe, anti-health care, anti-science, pro-guns agenda.

Please, you right-wing diehards, listen to your avatars: Rush, Sean, Laura! Make sure you run a hard right social conservative like Palin in 2012. Die on your feet instead of live on your knees!

(Or, as Yossarian wondered, is that “live on your feet instead of die on your knees”

Either way …

By Drew

November 5, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

When the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010 (or sooner) the GOP has no one to blame but themselves… and we can blame them. When they had control, they tripped over themselves to spend more and do nothing.

Bush seemed rudderless after his SS reform failed. So much could have been done and now they have to start over. Bring it on, Newt.

By Teddy Roosevelt

November 5, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. So is pride. These are two areas the arrogant, know-it-all Republicans, who are trying to cram this new brand of Republican theocratic prosperity gospel down the throats of their fellow Americans, should closely and introspectively investigate. When you aim black and white simplistic answers at black and white-thinking lowest common denominator people who don’t respect others, their religious beliefs, and scholarship, you end up with the lowest common denominator. That’s where the Republican Party sits today. They are in deep trouble with fat, gluttonous, clse-minded, propaganda-spreading rich people and fat, ignorant, education-hating religious intolerants forming their ever-dwindling base.

By Reality Check

November 5, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

Glen @ 10:37

WHAT??? Fred, Mitt or Rudy? YOu have to be kidding right? You would have been more credible if you has said Larry, Curley, and Moe.

By rantall

November 5, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

Our 8 year national nightmare is finally over!

By Dundevil

November 5, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

An unnoticed culprit is Dennis Hastert. He let the house drift and do whatever it wanted for 6 years.

Huckabee was the spoiler in keeping Mitt out of the race. The media pushed Huck to get McCain as the candidate. You have to give them credit for a masterful strategy.

If only there was another Newt to lead the idiot GOP out of the wilderness.

By MB

November 5, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

It amazes me that most people do not understand Republican politics… This election should be a wake-up call for all conservatives. The base of the republican party is for smaller government, decreased spending, strong military, and strong family / morality. Over the past several years we have gotten away from that base and so in turn we have created this defeat.

Clearly John McCain was a weak candidate as were most of the candidates in the republican primary with the exception of Mike Huckabee.

But let not your heart be troubled because the conservative movement is still alive and we will come back much stronger than before. Only this time we will not turn our back on the principles that has made our party great!

In 2010 we will begin our defeat of Socialism

By Peachtree John

November 5, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Hopefully Republicans will spend the next 2 years finding a candidate who can get elected, then get behind that person and work harder than Mr. Obama did. We must do the same for Congressional and Senate seats. Give credit to Mr. Obama. He is a good speaker. Hopefully he will do more than make speeches for America.

By Paul

November 5, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Goodbye Newt. Gee won’t this guy ever just shut up? Time for him to move on!!

By Larry

November 5, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

No doubt about what Gingrich says. If the Republicans had nominated Ron Paul we’d be looking at different headlines this morning. Instead, they were more concerned about their power and the status quo than they were winning an election and doing what’s right for the country.

By David

November 5, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

America just fell on it’s sword. It’s a sad day when a Marxist is elected president.

By Opie South

November 5, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Wow! Now I don’t have to make my mortgage payment! Can anyone tell me how I get my check to pay it? Since I live on a fixed income (and not much) I should be getting a check in the mail too. When does Obama start the checks rolling? I can’t wait. I have waited all my life for someone to take care of all my problems and you guys just elected him. Wow, thanks!!!!!

By joed

November 5, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Glenn, I think Rudy more than qualifies as a moderate liberal in the Republican Party. He would never have made it through the primaries, even if he was unopposed. Fred wouldn’t have won anything but Tennessee and the insomniac crowd, grateful for his help in getting to sleep at night. Mitt, maybe. It certainly would have been a closer race, particularly after the financial situation arose last month.

By Judge Kenneth Starr

November 5, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Do we still have time to impeach Bush and Cheney,..Newt..or is Monica Lewinsky more important than Bail-Out Socialism,Unenforced immigration laws and War based on false propaganda………..Sincerely,——— Judge Starr.

By Fred

November 5, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

If Obama keeps all his promises to bankrupt the coal industry, send electricity rates skyrocketing, creating a giant ‘civilian security force’, driving up prices at retail through unionization while taxing corporations into layoffs and adding yet another Trillion dollars to the debt, he’ll be easy pickin’s in 2012. Count on it.

Oh, and since we can be certain that offshore oil drilling will be off the table again, watch oil prices climb again. The speculators will love that.

By GhostOfReagan

November 5, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

**Run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run Newt run!!!!!!!

You’re the only one succinctly articulating conservatism! The venom with which you are attacked proves it! That should have been you giving a victory speech in Gettysburg last night!**

By Brian

November 5, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

right on bob. In the next 4 years under BO, there WILL be another terrorist attack on our country.

By McCain man

November 5, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

The Bush albatross around McCains neck was placed there by Osama and the media. The Millions and Millions of people who voted agains Osama will be the only people laughing when he starts wearing a turban in the White House. Our country is an embarassment to the world today.

By Bob

November 5, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

It’s a sad day for America. President McCain would be better than Obama, but President Duncan Hunter or President Fred Thompson would be so much better.

By Dana Edgers

November 5, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

I think Newt is wrong and it’s time for him to “GO TO THE BACK OF THE BUS!!

By McCain man

November 5, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

The Bush albatross around McCains neck was placed there by Osama and the media. The Millions and Millions of people who voted agains Osama will be the only people laughing when he starts wearing a turban in the White House. Our country is an embarassment to the world today.

By Opie South

November 5, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Fred, Does this mean Obama is not going to pay my mortgage and give me a check?

By Employee

November 5, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

We all wish that Newt would go away and shut up. No one cares for his opinions especially he condemned Clinton and did much worse. We will not forget.

Congratulations to the Obama’s.

“America finally elected a decent and intelligent man” (LONDON News)

What does that say about Bush and Clinton

Bush (Intelligent?) I think not Clinton (Decent?) I think not

By wikki50

November 5, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

Now that you idiots have voted for Oslama, the US is in deep trouble. No experience in foreign affair issues and even with the knucklehead Biden he is no help. I predict we will see more terrorism than ever.

By Truth

November 5, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Rantall, On the contary….the nightmare is just beginning. If Obama lives up to his expectations we will see America beginning to go to hell in a handbasket. Only time will tell. I hope and pray that what the naysayers are indicating will not happen. If it does then : we will be going to other countries for quality health care; the work ethic here will be history; unemployment rate will go up as companies move abroad to a more favorable tax rate; God as we know it will be replaced with Allah; partial birth abortions; Bill Ayers new Sec of Education; J. Wright new Sec of Interior; Coling Powell new Sec of Defense. Wright may have gotten it right for once: God may be tired of blessing America and now he is going to damn it now.

By B

November 5, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

OMG, I can’t wait for all the freebies we’re all expecting now that we have a Dem back in the White House. Santa Claus is coming to town finally. Where do I go to sign up for my handouts?

By Kevin

November 5, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Until the GOP unhitches itself from the social right, it’s never going to regain power. The GOP was hijacked by Bible-thumpers who will not be happy until we’re in a theocracy.

GWB played them like a fiddle in ‘00 and ‘04, with wedge issues like gay marriage and abortion. Did he do anything material on those issues? Nope. For their votes, we got eight years of his idiotic policies, wars, and deficits.

I think the blame must be shared between the GOP and these “single-issue voters”. They brought this on themselves.

I’m a fiscal conservative, but have had it with the GOP because of their relentless pandering to the religious right. Let these religious nutjobs form their own party. Give us back a party that believes in fiscal restraint and self-responsibility and leave the advancement of religion to church.

By Newt the Know it All ..Great American

November 5, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Go back to Pennsylvania,NEWT……………..Cobb County HAS HAD ENOUGH of NEWTism!

By Opie South

November 5, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

Mitt Romney/Tom Pawlenty in 2012!

By DHD

November 5, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

Newt/Huck in 2012

The Fair Tax will be the ticket after taxes are raised and jobs are being lost because of it. Blacks will wonder what happened to their pot of gold and will not vote for Barry next time.

By BullMoose

November 5, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

It amazes me that the GOP has gotten all the blame for the Wall Street Bailout. Seems to me, if I reach way back in my memory (like 6 weeks?), BOTH parties were panicking and saying this HAD to be done… RIGHT NOW! And don’t tell me that the GOP caused it, because there’s plenty of politics to go around there too.

This reminds me of ‘92, when the Dems blamed Bush 41 for raising taxes (and the resulting recession) when it was the Dems who wanted higher taxes and passed the bills through Congress. No accountability at all.

By AF

November 5, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

As much as I don’t like a lot of Newt’s politics, I do like his honesty.

The GOP didn’t really pick John McCain; different factions in the Republican Party just killed off his competition, one by one. McCain was the last man standing in a family squabble.

By Steve

November 5, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Newt you’re partially the reason the Republicans are where they are today. Now go get a job and stay the hell out of the way!!

By Ellis St. John

November 5, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

I’m an African-American who works in a predominately white office in corporate America. The tension in the office today is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

I’m seeing my white counterparts huddled in corners whispering to each other, bursting into laughter at whispered punch-lines and even received an email by mistake by another co-worker depicting Obama as a Sambo.

How disgraceful. I am so disappointed in my co-workers. How sad. This election is great and will go a long way to improve race relations in this country. However, I am very saddened that people I work with, go to lunch with and have known for several years is letting this event bring out the ugly, disgusting side of them.

By joed

November 5, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Wow, the loonies can’t even give it a day to mark this historic occasion. Sad.

By jay

November 5, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

I am amazed that even in victory, some on the Left are so terribly ungracious. Take a cue from your President-elect and show a little humility. As we say in sports, act like you’ve been there before.

Asd for President Obama, I believe he will find dealing with the Pelosi/Reid/Kos wing of the Democrat party to be more difficult than dealing with the GOP. Those people are going to want to pull him far down a leftward path, which will result in the failure of his administration.

For those of you Leftists who see this as a massive victory for Obama, note that 47% of the voters, even with a wildly unpopular president, an unpopular and too-long-drawn-out war, and massive economic issues not seen for 60 years, voted for the Republican.

Unless Obama is successful in significantly reducing our presence in Iraq, and turning the economy around, this is the high water mark of his popularity.

Enjoy the victory, but, governance is much harder than it looks.

By ED

November 5, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

Are all democrats poor.

By Paul from Milton

November 5, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

You think Obama had a fight for the nomination and presidency? Just wait until the various factions within the Democratic party start fighting for their priorities - tax changes, health care changes, infrastructure issues, social issues to name a few. Everyone is expecting Obama to address their concerns first and that can’t happen because many run at cross purposes (e.g., expand health care, improve the infrastructure and cut taxes???). Just ask Bill Clinton how difficult this issue was for him. Eventually he had to turn his back on the liberal wing of the party in order to govern effectively.

By Proud American

November 5, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

Politcians in general have failed us, we all want to blame the other party for what we seem to term as faults. We need to look deep inside ourselfs for example family values, as parents do we set standards for our chidren to follow or do we allow them to run around like hoodlums with baggy pants hanging down around there knees exposing there underwear, do we set examples for them. Do we get up and go to work every day and honestly earn our salries and try to better our selves or are we dead beats waiting on a free ticket? Do we follw GODS word, DO WE GO TO CHURCH AND WORSHIP GOD ? Do we thank God that we do live in the GREATEST COUNTRY on earth ? I think we all should re-evaluate who we are as individuals, make the appropriate changes and maybe the future will allow us to elect LEADERS WE CAN BE PROUD OF. Lets set term limits get rid of the dead wieght elect leaders who only agenda is to serve the community.

By YoungDawg

November 5, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Newt needs to shut up! If he would have run then we might not be in this spot! Get off the sidelines & get in the game! Instead he’s enjoying his retirement & has become a media talking head. We need him Carl Rowe & other great conservative minds back in the game to try & unseat Obama in 2012!
The republicans need to take stock & regroup in order figure how to effectively get the message out! I think most people voted because there feed up with the way things are & they’ve been led to believe its due to the republicans when in fact it’s the policies put in place by the democrats that led us into this mess. So if we can get the message out while Obama & the dems stumble & fumble then we can make strides in 2010 then take back control in 2012! If we get than chance again then this time there should be no fooling around! We need to push our agenda through! Put in the Fair Tax, revamp Social Security, balance the budget & get rid of the deficit! To help with that reduce entitlements to able bodied people who are physically able to work! Create jobs by launching a massive national infrastructure improvement initiative. Doing all that will reduce the size of the government which is way to big: protect us & keep the infrastructure (all forms: roads, power & electronic networks etc) up to date. Send the illegal’s & any kids they’ve had here HOME (if they haven’t already left due to the economy or if Obama hasn’t granted them amnesty to guarantee another voter block to the dems), election reforms: no foreign money! Limits on ads & funds raised, standardization of the voting system: same hours & machines all over the country with the voter getting a copy of the ballot they cast, Picture ID required to vote then the number on the id is entered into a computer that goes to a state db then national db to guarantee only one ballot per voter is cast! Closer monitoring of polling places & poll workers!

By jay

November 5, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

I am amazed that even in victory, some on the Left are so terribly ungracious. Take a cue from your President-elect and show a little humility. As we say in sports, act like you’ve been there before.

Asd for President Obama, I believe he will find dealing with the Pelosi/Reid/Kos wing of the Democrat party to be more difficult than dealing with the GOP. Those people are going to want to pull him far down a leftward path, which will result in the failure of his administration.

For those of you Leftists who see this as a massive victory for Obama, note that 47% of the voters, even with a wildly unpopular president, an unpopular and too-long-drawn-out war, and massive economic issues not seen for 60 years, voted for the Republican.

Unless Obama is successful in significantly reducing our presence in Iraq, and turning the economy around, this is the high water mark of his popularity.

Enjoy the victory, but, governance is much harder than it looks.

By ED

November 5, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Are all democrats poor.

By opie south

November 5, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Joed, What loonies? In Atlanta? I thought they were all in Chicago.

By Ellis Answer

November 5, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Ellis - it isn’t that way everywhere - not even close. I was for the other guy, but I’m the only one in my office who was. So some people are huddling and laughing where you work - so what? If it bothers you, get another job.

Or, do what I do every day, smile with the security of your core beliefs and the courage of your convictions. Don’t give others any power over you. They laugh because they’ve been handed an embarrassing loss. Laugh with them for the same reason.

Don’t be a sore winner.

By Ron

November 5, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

I’m a diehard conservative and I really like Newt but this election is Gingrich’s fault. He provided the leadership that the GOP needed as Speaker of the House. However, he was forced to step down after admitting to an affair and the GOP hasn’t been the same since.

I hope she was worth it, Newt.

By Copyleft

November 5, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

Jay makes a good point:

note that 47% of the voters, even with a wildly unpopular president, an unpopular and too-long-drawn-out war, and massive economic issues not seen for 60 years, voted for the Republican.

Very true; our education system really IS in trouble if so many millions of Americans can’t learn from their mistakes.

Kinda makes me wonder exactly how much damage the Republicans would have to do for these poor fools to stop voting for ‘em….

By Grow Up

November 5, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

GET OVER IT!! We lost!! Let’s be mature about the outcome of what took place last night and move on. Stop blaming, name-calling, making excuses for what just took place and start planning for 2010. Just as the DEMs did back in 2004 when the nation re-elected Bush. Have some class and dinity people..

By .....Who Is To Blame?

November 5, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

Harry Truman said, “The Buck Stops Here!”……..Ronald Reagan said,“Are You Better Off Than 4 Years Ago?*..Bush and his sorry administration are responsible, period!…Quit trying to blame everyone except the Administration in charge….The worst since Herbert Hoover and U.S. Grant.—Pure Greed and nothing else…What a disgrace,how does Bush SLEEP at night?

By Grow Up

November 5, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

GET OVER IT!! We lost!! Let’s be mature about the outcome of what took place last night and move on. Stop blaming, name-calling, making excuses for what just took place and start planning for 2010. Just as the DEMs did back in 2004 when the nation re-elected Bush. Have some class and dinity people..

By Beowulf

November 5, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

For anyone who thinks it might be fun and smart to try to go after Bush & Cheney Co for war crimes - don’t go down that slippery slope.

The American people spoke yesterday and said they want change. That means a departure from normal Washington politics. Infighting and wasteful time and money spending will not be tolerated. Bush’s administration is not the first and won’t be the last to be controversial. Trying to go through their actions with a toothcomb will enrage the public that just wants to move on and heal our country, starting with the economy.

Is Barack Obama the man to do it? Only time will tell, but he first must get past a very bitter and partisan Democrat-run Congress. They may be nominally on his side, but they seem much more interested in trying to smear the GOP and Bush, while Obama has reiterated that he wants a new course and to solve problems. If Pelosi and Reid don’t shape up quick, drop this investigation nonsense, they may well face a repeat of 1994. Then again, I think Clinton’s best years were when he had to deal with Newt and the GOP. Spending went down and fiscal responsibility took over, and the budget was balanced.

Until Bush took office. Do you see a trend here? When a party has full control of the gov’t they really need to watch their backs because it is easy to get out of control. Good luck to Obama in this endeavor, he will need it!

By American

November 5, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

All southern states need to secede from the union……

By HT

November 5, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Can I quit work today? Since we now live in the Utopian land of milk and honey, already gone to the mailbox for my 1st check, disappointed though, wasn’t there, just a notice that my taxes are going up. Oh I get it, only Utopia for a few people! Wealth distribution? Oh yeah, forgot, now that the minimum wage, uneducated workers are going to be promoted to CEO status all over the country, guess that is what that means. Heaven help us, we are going to need it - forgot again, allah be praised!

By ...Grown Up and Happy

November 5, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

WE WON! —WE OVERTHREW THE REPUBLICAN CROOKS and TOOK OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THE REAL SOCIALISTS…..get over it GOP crybabies!

By rudy

November 5, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

obama will get us all killed! He is a fraud and a weak minded liberal loser. All of you who voted for him are also misguided, ignorant losers. The terrorists are all jumping for joy now. I hope you all are happy. I’m starting an office pool on how many days before we have a terrorist incident on U.S. soil! Over/under = 90 days!!!!!

By obama sucks

November 5, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Big deal, theres a tar baby in the white house for 4 years. Democraps will be begging for a change when this big eared fool and his motel maid wife are through. All I can tell you idiots who voted this terrorist loving piece of garbage into office, whatever happens to America now is on your hands.

By rudy

November 5, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

obama will get us all killed! He is a fraud and a weak minded liberal loser. All of you who voted for him are also misguided, ignorant losers. The terrorists are all jumping for joy now. I hope you all are happy. I’m starting an office pool on how many days before we have a terrorist incident on U.S. soil! Over/under = 90 days!!!!!

By Jay

November 5, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Newt is a genius. I don’t fault B.O. for running and winning. I fault the uneducated masses who allowed the hoopla and emotionalism to run amuck and equate to votes. Nobody really took the time to evaluate what the new Prez is professing to do. God help us all. That being said, forget all the x’s and o’s of B.O.’s campaign. Just remember, you’re no better that the company you keep. (i.e. Wright, Ayers, Rashidi, etc.) That says it all. You bozos who voted for a man who hangs with those scary anti-american mongers deserve all you can get.

By Demo lite

November 5, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

Welcome to the END of DAYS; Now that the Anti Christ is in place, watch as everything you know disintigrates before your eyes.
Your Job Your House Your Car Your future You’ll get that tax cut after all as you wont have to pay any with zero income till you die

By Truth

November 5, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Hello socialism Hello more welfare..decreasing work ethic Hello higher unemployment…as companies mover abroad to a lower tax bracket Hello Allah….good by God Hello Iran, just a small country not a nuclear threat….watch out Israel Hello United Nations Hello government health care….good bye quality health care Hello more affirmative action Hello Ayers, Wright, Powell, Sharpe, Jackson….good bye all you hard working, God fearing,flag waving conservatives Good bye to saluting the flag. Good bye to supporting our troop plus many more good byes…. and we have owe it all the the those who voted the Democratic ticket.

By Common Sense

November 5, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

This is amazing! We have so many people worried about their party instead of worrying about this country!

Some of you act like one party is the answer to all the issues and problem this country face today!

Both parties have made several mistakes in the past but we need to assist come together in order to improve our future fortunes.

The hate needs to stop go home and make sure you are setting the best example for everyone that you come in contact with!

Have some respect and common sense to help your child become the best person they can be! Be an example of your work place so others will want to follow!

STOP BEING LOSERS! ONLY LOSERS COMPLAIN!

By Jim

November 5, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

Now lets see if Obama delivers on his promise for tax cuts for 95% of the people. Easy to say, but harder to do especially when Nancy Pelosi is running the House and the deficit is teetering on 1 trillion dollars. Obama made so many promises that he will not be able to deliver on that he will undoubtedly end up disappointing many of the independents and moderates who supported him. Speech making is his strong part, but the speaking part of his campaign is over. It’s the governing aspect that brings most people down.

By rickaroo

November 5, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

You Obama freaks will regret the day. This terrorist friendly cat will make Jimmy Carter look like a genius.

By Grumpy

November 5, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

What the Republicans need to do is rid themselves of the likes of Rush, Sean, Laura and all the rest of those mean-spirited know-nothings who poisoned so many wells in this country with their hate mongering. Do you want the Republian Party to be one that has credibility with the middle-class and Blacks and Latinos? Then start actually laying out an agenda of “positive” issues, and quit catering to the super-rich. You guys have yourselves to blame for alienating the political center with a bunch of Bible-thumping meanies who don’t want more goverment unless it’s to get into people’s bedrooms. With all the supposed talent in the Republican Party, the best y’all could come up with is a 72 year old “maverick” who, over the years, has zig-zagged on every Republican issue he’s been confronted with and who picked a complete ignoramous for a running mate. My God!! The woman couldn’t utter a coherent sentence. In fact, Obama needs to send her a thank you note for “galvanizing the Republican base” of gun-toting bigots. All she helped do was drive independent voters into Obama’s arms. Enough already with candidates who can’t decide if they’re liberal or conservative. And what about Rudy, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee? LOSERS!!!! Rudy’s no paragon of conservative vision and Fred couldn’t decide when to announce his entry into the primaries. And Mitt presented the same kind of hypocricy that Rudy presented. When he was Governor of Massachusettes he was pro-choice, then in the primaries he was pro-life. These guys couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time. The Republicans got “outclassed” by a Democratic candidate whose campaign organization beat every one of its opponents at every point in the process.

So, Republicans, y’all need to really examine who you are and what you believe in…and what issues you expect the Anmerican electorate to agree with. The days of using fear and lies are over. Re-watch the videos of your convention. It looked like the meeting of the Aryan Brotherhood. I didn’ts ee one Black face there.

Good Luck!!!

By Backto70's

November 5, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

First of all Obama is a good campaigner but that said the GOP dropped the ball. Never go away from the base, the south and then try to come back into the base. Instead try to build from the base with policy. As someone who became a Reaganite in the mid to late 70’s it’s clear there are a few things that have gone wrong for quite awhile but that are not that hard to change/correct. The basic themes of the Reagan era need to be brought forward and updated slightly to include not only Taxes/Spending/Defense and social policy but reform. Conservative to moderate depending on each issue, but always to empower people, families and small business over Goverment and large corporations eventhough they may benefit many times. One reason GOP had a hard time prior to Reagan was they ignored issues effecting the majority of people. Healthcare cost and energy come to mind recently. Also one rule of politics is don’t motivate your opposition more than normal to intensify their vote against you. The GOP just needs to execute and they will be o.k. Gas prices, housing, immigration, credit cards, war and a down/sideways stock market hurt the GOP. The flip side is that many of the public have’nt experienced real liberalism since Jimmy Carter and Democratic controlled house and Senate. They are about to learn a lesson on why Reagan came on the scene in the first place. The big picture is two fold. One the economy is decentralizing across the world in terms of globilization and technology. That train has left the station and can’t be put into reverse. The liberals want to tailor Goverment policy and so do some in the GOP to more centralized Goverment. That puts these two trains in opposite directions and laws of physics will not allow that to work. The second, is all Mccain had to do was pick a Huckabee, Kasich, Perdue or someone like those and he would have possibly won Fl, NC, Va, Oh, Col, Nev….

By Timo

November 5, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

McCain was just not a good spokesman for liberty. The prime example was, during one or even more of the debates when Hussein (we call one president Dubya so why not another Hussein!?) complained that McCain’s healthcare plan would destroy the system of employer-based medical insurance. McCain should have responded by saying: “You BET the idea is to dismantle this nonsensical so-called ‘system’ of getting health insurance through your employer! Do we get car insurance through our employer? Do we get our homeowners or renter’s insurance through our employer? Just think of being afraid to change jobs or being faced with job opportunities that are influenced by whether and what kind of insurance you have! Just think of being an employer and having the cost of your goods and services include your employees’ healthcare when your overseas competitors don’t have that burden. It’s way past time to put a stop to all that! Should our employers also buy us our food? Can you imagine how you’d eat - and WHAT you’d eat! - if that were the case? We NEED to dismantle this ridiculous ‘system’ of employer-provided health insurance. It’s the only way for people to get the kind of health insurance they need and can afford. It’s the only way to free everyone from having to worry about what happens to their health insurance if their employer changes or their employer decides to change their health insurance. And it’s the only way to remove the growing cost burden from employers who cannot compete in an international market against foreign companies whose employees are covered by socialist veterinary-medical-care schemes that most Americans would never accept and want to avoid!”

By Copyleft

November 5, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

Oddly, I agree with you on that point, Timo. Obama’s healthcare plan is the least attractive part of his platform to me.

We DO need to dismantle the employer-based insurance system—and replace it with national healthcare, which is cheaper, more effective, and has a proven record of success in other industrialized nations.

Glad to have you on board!

By Dondee

November 5, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this

Roger D….

I don’t think Republicans are the only ones capable of hate….I think there have been plenty of Dems who have said or intimated plenty of hatefulness……

Republicans need to get to their roots, find a voice and get out a message the masses can latch on to.

By Dondee

November 5, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this

Roger D….

I don’t think Republicans are the only ones capable of hate….I think there have been plenty of Dems who have said or intimated plenty of hatefulness……

Republicans need to get to their roots, find a voice and get out a message the masses can latch on to.

By Dondee

November 5, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

Roger D….

I don’t think Republicans are the only ones capable of hate….I think there have been plenty of Dems who have said or intimated plenty of hatefulness……

Republicans need to get to their roots, find a voice and get out a message the masses can latch on to.

By Timo

November 6, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Copyleft: Sometimes I think nationalized health care is the way to go - put the masses into a veterinary care system and then only let them have medically necessary care and not whatever they want like 3-D ultrasounds every month of their babies etc. AS LONG AS I CAN STILL BUY MEDICAL CARE THAT I NEED. Canada’s system works pretty well, after all, because it has the USA to the south where people can come for medical care they can’t get - or can’t get timely enough - in their own country.

By Copyleft

November 6, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

(But only if they have enough money, Timo… funny how the anti-healthcare arguers always leave that point out!)

By Timo

November 6, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

Copyleft: yeah, let’s abolish money. It is such an embarrassment. Tell you what, I’ll take all of yours off your hands.

BUT, hey, it turns out you don’t actually need money to get medical care in the USA after all! Go into any ER in the country and they will give you free MRI’s and CT scans and stuff for free. Oh, yeah, they’ll try to charge you later, so just give ‘em a fake name. By law, they have to take care of you without regard to your ability to pay. WHAT A COUNTRY!

By Copyleft

November 6, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Thank you for making my argument for me, Timo! Because that stupid system is exactly why national healthcare would be better.

Given that we ARE going to provide medical treatment for everyone who needs it, why not do it the sensible—and cheap—way, instead of relying on expensive ER visits?

The alternative, of course, would be to simply deny healthcare to anyone who couldn’t pay for it. But I’m pretty sure we’re not that barbaric and stupid yet.

By Timo

November 6, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

Yup, sensible and cheap would mean something like McCain had in mind - everyone buys health insurance and the govt makes it affordable through the tax system. Just like what happens now when it comes to food. Everyone buys their own, to their own liking, and the govt helps out when needed. If I shouldn’t buy Ross Perot his groceries then there is no reason I should buy him his healthcare.