I see in the above comments a common thread of “How could the electorate be so stupid as to fall for this Leftist/Marxist mess?”

We (as conservatives, and in some cases, downright rabid ranting rightists) may disagree with the majority that voted for the mess we have, but they had what they thought were good reasons.

The Republicans/conservatives mucked up their opportunities to straighten out the incipient financial messes on the horizon when they had the reins of government. A lot of my conservative friends were really pi**ed off at what they perceived as fiscal malfeasance.

Bush and his advisers, much as I liked a lot of what they did, made no effort to explain the situation we (as a country) were in to those who were not foreign policy junkies. All a lot of the electorate saw was that the America that they loved and respected had suddenly started blowing up places and killing people with no prior attack or provocation (remember that there are a lot of people that do not follow world events too closely in America because they are too busy making a living and raising a family).

As Cannoneer would say (or perhaps not), Bush made no effort to prepare the psychological battle space here at home at all. In my opinion, Bush was/is a good man but a poor communicator.

I could go on, but you probably get my drift and will either agree or not. But I will end with this thought – We need to win the hearts and minds of ALL Americans to clean up this mess and calling them names and accusing them of stupidity and evil ain’t the way to do it (This is an area I have to work real hard at myself and I’m improving in some small ways).

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