Well, we lost… it’s a fact. We’ve elected the most inexperienced candidate in history and things are going to be tough for a couple years… but the sooner conservatives move on and learn from this, the better. I think there are many things to be upset about; but those can wait for another day. For now, I just wanted to list some things conservatives can still be thankful for:
- The country’s conservative instinct. It wasn’t a fluke the financial bailout was widely criticized… and we should expect to see much more of this kind of gut rejection of most of Obama’s government solutions.
- Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Congressional chances in 2010 are vastly improved because of the incompetency that is the Democratic Congressional leadership. I haven’t met a person who actually says they trust either of these people; defeating them isn’t rocket science.
- Our safety the last 7 years. Nuff said; if Bush has been successful at anything, he’s kept us safe.
- Rush Limbaugh – he’s now the leader of the Republican party as far as I can tell… hopefully he’ll be on TV much more on the offensive now that he doesn’t have to defend a bunch of stupid Republicans.
- The moderates are gone. That’s right, we’ve finally cut off all the moderate republicans in Congress. The country rejected them… and rightfully so. To all those loosers, I just want to say one thing… [insert middle finger here].
- Obama won! Seriously, do we want the coming economic malaise shackled around republican’s shoulders for the next 2 decades? Democrats will finally share in the blame that they have been due… and Conservatives can get back on their economic message. Sure, the world is going to become more dangerous in the meantime… maybe Europe will take the opportunity to take some responsibility knowing their US trump card is not quite as useful as it used to be. Israel might even take the opportunity to finally say NO to washington and take care of business.
- Jonah Goldberg (and NRO generally). some of the smartest and best communicators in the country are fighting strong every day; and they haven’t given up… they will take the lead in reforming and re-building the Republican party. We have a strong base to start from… which should make our suffrage under Obama as short as possible.
- Sarah Palin. Conservatives have found a star–and we are in desperate need of stars. She has serious potential and she reflects all our best ideas and values. 2012 anyone?
- THE NEW MEDIA! We may not realize this but the election wouldn’t have even been close had it not been for the facts they were able to dig up on Obama. This is an invaluable resource… and they proved themselves as quite capable.
- Thomas Sowell, Mark Steyn, Andrew Klavan, James Taranto, Victor Davis Hanson, and any other of my favorite authors I may have overlooked.
- Our collective perspective. Let’s face it, the country has been through much worse than this.
- Scalia, Roberts, Alito and Thomas. These are some mighty fine men we’ve got there.
- more as events warrant…