Black Wednesday...Or is it?

I had a post written out about how this country just swerved off the road of Democracy (Well, actually we are a Republic, but I won't get into that right now) and onto the road of Socialism and Marxism. And while I do believe that, I decided to look on the bright spots of what transpired last night. (I will leave the funeral march song playing though. I have to mourn a little bit.)

• First off, the conservatives of this country did not lose the election last night. John McCain lost, not us. McCain was by no means a conservative Republican. He is more comfortable attacking his own party instead of the Democrat party. The only time during this campaign you would see his poll numbers rise would be when he was standing up for conservative values. As soon as he would go back to attacking conservative values, or supporting socialist values (The most glaring example is the bailout.) his numbers would go down. If there had been a true conservative candidate (Romney, Huckabee, Jindal) this election very well could have gone the other way.
• If you look closely at the election numbers, they aren't that impressive for Obama. In 2004, G.W. Bush received 62,040,610 votes, which at that time were the most votes ever received by a Presidential candidate. How many votes did Obama, the "savior" of our country get last night? 62,979,092 votes. (Up to this morning that is.) With all the hoopla surrounding Obama and this election in general, you would think that a huge majority of this country wanted him. But it wasn't the case. In fact, there were almost 3 million more votes cast in 2004.
• I believe that many conservatives stayed home this election, believing that they did not have a candidate that they supported. I also believe that from what will transpire in this country over the next 4 years will motivate people towards the conservative side of things again. We still live in a center-right country. If you don't believe me, just look at what happened with Proposition 8 in California.
• The Republicans had a lot of strikes against them this election year. You had Bush. You had the war on terror. And you had the economy going in the tank. And while the economy was NOT the fault of the Bush administration, the Democrats were able to paint the picture that they were. With all of those strikes, you would have thought that Obama would have won by more than he did. If the Republican party can regroup and start standing up for conservative principals again, instead of getting into the kind of game liberals like to play, they should do OK.
• Because of Jimmy Carter, we were able to be blessed with Ronald Reagan. My hope is that having Obama for 4 years will have the same effect.
• Going off of what I mentioned in the bullet above, the Republicans need to get back to Reagan style politics. McCain might have been a Reagan foot soldier back in the 80's, but he had long since gone AWOL from conservative Reagan values.
• The democrats won because they were united as a party. The Republicans were nowhere near united, mainly for the reasons I stated above.
• Lucky for us, it looks like there will not be a filibuster proof 60 votes in the Senate for the Democrats. Hopefully that will be able to keep this country out of some of the trouble we face.

So those are my thoughts about last night. Am I disappointed? You bet I am. Am I going to bitch and moan about Obama the way every democrat I know has bitched about Bush for the last 8 years? No I will not. I choose to be a bigger person than the liberals who have called for the death of Bush, and accused him of killing innocent people.(The WSJ hit the nail on the head about the subject of Bush bashing with this article.)

I will respect Barrack Obama as the new President of the United States of America. I might not have voted for him, but he is my President none the less. And when I do not agree with him, I will use my right as an American citizen (while I still have that right) to voice my opinion in a civil and respectable way. After all, we are still the best nation in the world today. And while we might have made a huge swing to the left last night, if you and I, and others like us stand up for what we believe in, we can make a difference.

With all that being said, I am so HAPPY that election talk is over for now. I can get back to the fun things about blogging. Thanks for reading El Donaldo. I really appreciate it.

Weekend Video...AAAANOLD STYLE!

Aaanold may not be the most conservative of Republicans, but he sure can rile up a crowd. I love it how he knocks on Nobama's wee little bird legs. Don't look now, but McCain is surging. Maybe we will be able to avoid a Marxist president after all. We will find out on Tuesday night.





I don't know about you, but I am pumped up! Hope your Halloween was a happy one!

How About a Break From Politics Talk? Weekend Video Time Blooper Style!

OK, less than a month to go until the election. We get to choose between a Socialist/borderline Marxist (NoBama) who is going to destroy America, and a really bad Republican/borderline Democrat (McCain) whose only tie to the Republican party is the (R) besides his name. It really is a horrible choice. And frankly, I am tired of turning on the news and hearing about the election. Yes, I know, not something that you thought you would hear from ME. But alas, it is the truth.

So I decided that for this edition of weekend videos, I would show some great blooper clips from these same news people who are shoving all of these crap sandwiches regarding the election down our throats. Some are funny, some are painful. And maybe a little bit raunchy. No swearing, just some slight slips of the tongue. So enjoy the clips, and feel free to take your mind off the direction our country is heading in for at least a few moments. Sure, your 401K will lose about 1,000 while watching these clips, BUT THAT IS OK!!! Afterall, Mr NoBama's government will give you EVERYTHING you need! Even if you don't WANT it!! Happy Weekend!!


This is what you get when you try to cheat at grape stomping.



POLE!


This is by far my favorite blooper!



You want to bad mouth little birdies huh?? Well take this!



A good ol' fashioned on air argument. It reminds me of the movie "Grumpy Old Men."



A little too much info.



Yes my friends, produce can be funny.



There...don't you feel a little better now? Enjoy the wonderful fall weather this weekend!

It's Contest Time Again! (For Some Of You That Is)

Yup, you read the headline right. I am having a contest! And why do I say that it is only for some of you? Well, lets just say there are some people out there who will not care for what I am giving away. If you are one of those people, don't worry, I will have another contest sometime that will not have to do with this subject.

To the people who are interested, I am now talking to you. How many of you feel frustrated by the election this year? If you are anything like me, you were less than thrilled when John McCain became the nominee for the Republican party. And while the ticket did get considerably better with the announcement of Sarah Palin as his running mate, (How do I know it has gotten better? Lets just say I have seen the comments that liberals have left about her on other blogs. She scares the crap out of them. That can only be a good sign.) there is still doubt about him as the nominee.

Of course on the other side of the coin, there is the concern about what kind of President Barack Obama would end up being. Yes, if Barack is elected, there is a chance we will have to start referring to our friends and neighbors as comrades, and the government will have their hands in our lives even more than they already do. And don't forget how much money will be dumped into the man made global warming hoax. Or into other socialist...errr....new government programs!

With that all being said, you wish there was a way to voice your displeasure to the outside world. You see all of the "Obama is for CHANGE" (And hope, and more change, and even more hope...with some change mixed in for good measure) stickers on beat up Volkswagen's and Toyota Priuses. You think to yourself, "If there only was a sticker out there that I could slap on my SUV to show that I don't want the kind of change Obama is promoting." Well, there is a sticker like that, and this is your chance to win one.

You might have noticed the "NoBama" in the top corner of my blog. They have a lot of great items for sale. I decided to buy pack of NoBama stickers. And since I don't need all 10 of them, I am giving away a few. To you, the gracious readers of my blog. How do you enter? Its easy! All you have to do is leave me a comment before 8 p.m. on September 17th, which is this coming Wednesday night. And if you want to write in your comment why you think Obama is a horrible choice for the leader of the free world, or why you would love one of these stickers, feel free to do so. It might even help you win. Below is what the sticker looks like:

I haven't decided how many winners there will be, but if a good amount of people enter, I will give away more than one. So get those comments rollin' in, and the winner(s) will be announced Thursday morning. Have a great week everybody!