All of my comments are still here.

Be that as it may. The comments section here is lean because I keep my ship tight, I don’t allow trolls and idiots to abound. You’re one of the lucky ones. be grateful.

Anyone else?

Ummm, no. The “Bush Doctrine” is about the only reason Republicans held their Majority in 2004.

The Republicans lost this election, and the one in 2006, because they forgot fiscal conservatism. Been acting like a pack of democrats, but conservatives don’t like that and the Dems have their own Santa Claus.

Bush did the best anyone could have done, given the circumstances. 9/11, the following economic calamity, a dis-loyal, hyper-partisan minority, and a level of media hostility unequaled and compounded by the rise of the bloggosphere.

Also Bush, and McCain beside him, were victims of their own success in the war on terror. It’s wound down so low people have forgotten, and the fact that there have been no more terror attacks in the US has devalued that Republican strength to yesterdays coffee grounds.

Plus, for a bonus:

one cannot escape that the main underlying reason for the ass kicking that the Republicans received in this election, and that was the FAILED polices of the Bush Administration and the many scandals that came out of it.

I can escape it by not accepting the premise. Perhaps a factor was the perception of failure being due to George Bush policy’s (some of course were), and accusations of many scandals, but there was plenty of blame to go around. The MSM has managed to put virtually everything wrong that has happened in the world, up to and including the weather, on Bush. And there is your answer. The reason for the ass kicking that the Republicans received in this election is the superior marketing/slander campaign the Dems have run, thanks to a more virulent internet movement and a MSM that have betrayed their profession with tingles up the leg.

Oh, by the way.I am a Christian, and I will continue to mingle in the affairs of government, just like you and all Americans can. By voting and promoting my values, regardless where those values came from. Think of it as a lobby, like the NRA. But if you want to excommunicate 25 million voters from your ideologically pure little church of Libertarianism, good luck winning an election.