| spurgeonryan said: I was likely to vote republican until The Bush came along as well. From then on I voted for Carey, and ...well I sent an absentee ballot for Obama, but it was returned to sender somehow. But I will vote the same way for the rest of my life now because of The Bush. |
What exactly turned you off about Bush? Was it excessive spending? The wars? The bailouts of companies? The reason I ask is, if those are the reasons, why vote for a Democrat? They are more of the same, only on a whole other level.
@ OP
I think the Republicans actually started scaring many away when they started blurring the lines between a Republican and a Democrat. One of the reasons why many conservatives didn't show up to support McCain and many independants jumped to Obama, hoping for real change (quite a few since then have not liked the change that brought). Now the same Republicans who blurred the line aren't liking the fact that a true conservative movement has started to take back the Republican party and that their time and influence may be drawing to an end. This can be seen with some of the leaders of the GOP lashing out at the Tea Party and the politicians that support them.
