President-Elect Obama

The American people went to the polls today and the voices of the American people were heard. Loud and clear. This was not just a victory for Barack Obama and the Democrats, this was a mandate.

Truth be told the results tonight are not surprising, only those holding out unrealistic hopes still believed that Barack Obama would not be elected as the next president of the United States. Because the results were so predictable I had plenty of time to brace myself for this, I accepted the results long ago.

John McCain was a horrible candidate from the beginning. I apologize for the whole state of New Hampshire to all conservatives out there because if it was not for my state John McCain would never have been the nominee in the first place. The man that stopped President Bush from appointing conservative judges, and the man that supported giving amnesty to illegal aliens should never have been the Republican nominee in the first place.

Because I readied myself for the impending left hand turn the country was ready to take, I began to look at small victories in a tough year for Republicans. These goals were the election of Jeb Bradley in New Hampshire, the re-election of John Sununu in New Hampshire, and stopping the Democrats from achieving a 60 vote super majority.

For the most part those victories alluded me also, Jeb Bradley lost as did Sununu. The only victory that can be claimed by Republicans is the fact that they held off the senate 60 vote super majority.

The American people have rejected Republicans all across the country, the country has turned not just left but hard left, and as the country moves in this direction it is time to look at the reasons why.

The reason is obvious and can be summed up simply; George W Bush. George W Bush ran as a “compassionate conservative” in 2000, but what conservative agenda has he pursued and won? Nothing. George Bush grew the government and spent more money than any previous Democrat president. George W Bush put Republicans behind the eight ball, he has single-handedly set the Republican party back at least twenty years.

I have defended this man for almost two years on this blog through thick and thin, I ignored the fact that he never saw a spending bill that he didn’t like. I started to turn on him during the illegal alien amnesty bill. His claim that there are jobs that Americans won’t do is insulting. Americans will do whatever it takes to take care of their families. I came back to him, where else could I go?

But then President Bush socialized the economy, the mortgage industry, and the banks. That is when he lost me for good, he started America down the path to socialism that Barack Obama will continue and for that I will never forgive him.

The end result of George W Bush’s presidency is Barack Obama’s presidency. The results will be devastating.

Where do conservatives go from here? I have no idea. We must regroup and refocus, we must get back to true conservative ideals, something that George W Bush forgot somewhere along the line. It is going to be a long uphill battle, but it is a battle that must be fought.

It is up to the people to rebuild the party that George W Bush destroyed.

Tonight is Barack Obama’s night, but tomorrow the fight resumes. And I pledge to treat President Obama with the same respect that the left has treated President Bush.