REPUBLICANS: Why Have They Controlled The White House for 28 of the last 36 years?

Question

by 2008, and why are both McCain and Guiliani crushing Hillary Clinton and B. Hussein Obama by 20 and 30 percentage points respectively?

HERE'S WHY: The only two Liberal Democrats to serve as President were disasters: Carter walked around hunchbacked in a polyester sweater while we were humiliated by the Ayotallah of Iran, 21% interest rates, double digit inflation and unemployment and Clinton was impeached for perjury and undermining the entire American judicial system all because the old Hillbilly couldn't control his sex addiction.

Answer 1

Thank you. I really think the Dems have their match made out for them. In a time like this, when the US is at the highest risk of being attacked, it would be hard to depend on a Democrat to take the fight to the other country. This is one reason Republicans have the advantage. They won't wait till we get hit and then respond. They will respond before we get hit. this is something the country sincerely needs right now and a majority of people know this. i will get some thumbs down for this because a few don't agree, but it's the truth.

Answer 2

Oh my! I lean Republican too, but I'm not as argumentative!

I think the big problem came in 1972. The Democratic Party seemed to have purged itself of people viewed as strong on defense, such as Scoop Jackson (witness what happened to Lieberman), and they have never really recovered.

They also lost the south, partly for this reason. Some will carp that the Democrats lost it because they finally came out for civil rights, but the Republicans were never against them! They did oppose race-based hiring and admissions. Funny how if a Republican wins the White House all the southern states are deemed "racist," yet when Carter and Clinton both swept the south we never hear this.

Democrats were also identified with the welfare state and as being too liberal on social issues. Again, JFK favored tax cuts, was strong (if sometimes misguided) on defense and the promotion of freedom, and I strongly doubt he was a supporter of abortion, much less same-sex "marriage." He would probably be treated like a Lieberman today.

The Republicans blew it in congress, though, by appearing to be spendthrift and corrupt, and by unhappiness with the war. (I hope this is not a long-term trend!) I'm also hoping for more people to enter the primaries.

Answer 3

Bill Clinton (unfortunately) wasn't impeached and its the Shah of Iran. Other than the two minor over sites your absolutely right.

The dude above me is right, McCain isn't my first choice either, on the other hand Giuliani is the man!! I would love to see him with C. Rice as a running mate. But like the guy said allot can happen in two years.

Answer 4

lol i guess you forgot to mention that america was attacked under a republican cocain addict of a president. and since the bush administration he has doubled the national deficit. o yeah and lets not forget what happened with katrina that was appaulingg if i have ever seen it. when clinton was president the andrew victims were more taken are of then them. i have a friend who was in louisianna at that time. they closed off the poor section of town to let the upper middle class out as well as the rich so the roads would not be over crowded. is this your republican pride? i am sure it. like my grandmother always said ingornace is bliss.
ps miss republican can you explain why it is that tax dollars pay to fund the iraq war when 20 million dollars an hour is comming out of iraq in stolen oil. but wait the money doesn't come back into the country it goes to rich oil tycoons and their billionair pals like bp and halliburton? the middle class is dissappearing under this rebulican rule. the federal minimum wage was never raised the richer get richer the poorer get poorer and you have the nerve to applause the republican party? looooooooool shame on you

Answer 5

i am going to assume your data are precise. Republicans, for all their faults, seem to often be prepared to adhere to their note. in addition they often trust in purpose truth: that there is in reality a strong and evil, a correct and a incorrect. i imagine that is largely thanks to the incontrovertible actuality that maximum congressional republicans are non secular christians. even if the democrats imagine that is stupid is irrelevant. regulations of administration dictate merely that leaders ought to steer. most suitable ability taking a stand for what's correct, even with worry of being incorrect. Democrats presently were very strong at criticizing republican administration at the same time as providing little options of their own, keep for "get out of Iraq." that isn't any longer a answer. that is resign. that's loss. that's no marvel that the final American citizenry see the conservatives as extra effective leaders, because they stand compared to democrats.

Answer 6

Actually 28 out of 40. The proximate reason is that Republicans have won 7 of the last 10 presidential elections. The ultimate reason is that people can't trust the Dems with the security of our Nation.

Answer 7

people are starting to see McCain for what he is. There's no chance for him to be president. Where are you getting those poll numbers from? The election is two years away, lots of time for things to change.

Answer 8

Hmm - Nixon was a crook, Ford pardoned him, Reagan was a crook who couldn't remember anything, GHW Bush broke his tax promise, and little Bush is a total disaster. Good track record.

Answer 9

waaaaaaaaay too much Fox News.

show me those polls, sweetheart.

here's a poll for ya'. this current republican administration has the worst approval rating in history. disect those numbers.

Answer 10

say all you want against clinton and carter, credible or not.

we can always counter with dubya.