Interesting comments, sedonaman - esp. about God sending his people into exile for their disobedience.
Here is my take on why Mitt Romney lost as well as why our democracy is threatened:
- the secular left has been in control of our education system for atleast four decades. This has produced a generation of younger voters who have fallen for the failed promises of the left. This generation doesn’t remember Carter, stagflation, inflation, 20% interest rates and gas rationing. Thus, the leftist Obama can gain a majority of young people.
- We live in an increasingly entitlement society - record numbers of people who don’t want to lose their benefits from the government are a natural constituency for the statist Obama/Democrats. Add #1 to this group and throw in those employed in the public sector and you have the automatic guarenteed 45% of the vote for Obama. Years ago a candidate with the ideas of Obama would have have been hard pressed to win one state.
Alexis De Tocqueville said, “the American republic will endure until the congress realizes it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” Thus, the top 10% of income earners pay 90% of the income taxes, and 47% pay no income tax at all.
- The media: We no longer have a free, objective media. Instead we have a media that protects Obama, doesn’t pursue issues like Benghazi or Fast and Furious scandals like they would if a Republican were president, and overall is derelict in their duty to report the facts.
- Individuals/bad luck & Sandy: Two senators made comments on abortion that were easily demogogued by the left and used to portray the GOP and Romney as “anti-Women.” In a close election, this can make a difference. This is not Romney’s fault, but his bad luck. Making matters worse, was an epic hurricane that materialized just as the Benghazi story at last began sticking. The hurricane “blew” the Benghazi scandal off the news. And finally, you had the kenote speaker at the RNC, Mr. Republican, pro-Romney governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, call Obama’s leadership “outstanding” and proceed to suck up to him for the rest of the campaign. At an Obama rally with Bruce Springsteen, Obama called up his new special buddy Chris Christie and put him throught to his (Christie’s) hero Bruce. In a close election, things like this matter. Whether it made the difference or not, it amounts to an epic betrayal of Romney, imo.
So, we can say, “the GOP needs to nominate true conservatives” , etc. but given the state of our country and the electorate, I don’t think it matters. The scales have tipped. The election has confirmed the left’s victory over the traditional America and we are entering a “brave new world” of more abortions, attacks on religious freedom, inflation, economic stagnation and high unemployment - the “new normal.” But not to worry folks, Barrack Obama and Kathleen Sebelius will take care of us.
Thanks Democrat catholics.
Ishii