Why I’m Already Grumpy about 2016

[mystery-ak]

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419127/dont-limit-debates-dont-forget-santorum-and-jindal-and-do-forget-rand-paul-quin

by Quin Hillyer June 1, 2015 4:00 AM

With this cycle’s plethora, at long last, of potentially strong Republican candidates for president, those of us on the right should be hopeful — right?

Sorry, but I’m in grump mode. On multiple fronts, I don’t like what I see. Granted, some of the frustrating developments are mere satellite issues, not central to the campaign’s ultimate result. Still, they rankle.

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[Fishrrman]

I'm grumpy and pessimistic about 2016, too.

I don't care how abysmal a mess the obammunists have made of governance -- none of that's going to matter, because 2016 will be based upon an entirely new meme.

"The first black president!"
Well, that's all over, like a tv series cancelled for bad ratings.
No one cares about that any more. Most folks get a bad taste in their mouths even thinking about it.
Nope.

Time for something fresh and new.

"The first woman president!"
HEY, that's the ticket!

No matter which Republican candidate is chosen, he's going to face an uphill and difficult climb to beat that bush down. Once again, the Pubbies will be playin' against fate itself.

Will the candidate try to "run on the Republican record"?
Heh.
Would YOU want to run on the record of the current Republicans?

Will the Republican candidate attack the record of the Clintons?
Sounds like a great idea, eh?
Well, the Clinton camp will reply, "take a good look at when Bill Clinton was president. The economy boomed, employment was better than anytime since, and we even passed welfare reform. Our last period in the White House represented the best times that Americans have had in the past quarter century. Elect us (oops, "elect me"), and happy days will be here again!" They'll even use the old campaign song with that title.

Am I grumpy?
You bet!

[truth_seeker]

In 1968 Nixon made an issue out of Law & Order. And won.

In 1972 Nixon made an issue that McGovern was a left wing extremist, and despite an unpopular was, he won.

Nixon, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II were better qualified than almost all the present hopefuls. (One term Senators, etc.)

[DCPatriot]

Are we all suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder?

If a Democrat wins the White House in 2016, then we're all full of sh*t and know absolutely nothing.

It can't and won't happen.   Look at the State legislatures and governorships.  Look at 2010 and 2014.

[Oceander]

In 1968 Nixon made an issue out of Law & Order. And won.

In 1972 Nixon made an issue that McGovern was a left wing extremist, and despite an unpopular was, he won.

Nixon, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II were better qualified than almost all the present hopefuls. (One term Senators, etc.)

Sadly that is God's own truth.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Are we all suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder?

If a Democrat wins the White House in 2016, then we're all full of sh*t and know absolutely nothing.

It can't and won't happen.   Look at the State legislatures and governorships.  Look at 2010 and 2014.

I like how you think. 

(Just praying Jeb is not our candidate.  Really, I'm praying  )

[jmyrlefuller]

Are we all suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder?

If a Democrat wins the White House in 2016, then we're all full of sh*t and know absolutely nothing.

It can't and won't happen.   Look at the State legislatures and governorships.  Look at 2010 and 2014.

Look at 2012. Presidential elections have a way of drawing out the idiots to vote.

As others have noted, a Republican has only won the popular vote in an election once in the past six elections, with that one having the benefit of an Electoral College-bestowed incumbency, and the trend is pointing toward a demographic getting slowly more and more Democratic every year. On some issues (ahem, LGBT), the leftward lurch has been sudden, swift and crushing. This country is slipping away, and very rapidly. It will soon get to a point where our leaders will have to give up on crucial positions in order to have any chance of being considered legitimate candidates.

[truth_seeker]

Look at 2012. Presidential elections have a way of drawing out the idiots to vote.

Why call them idiots? Why not call the so called conservatives idiots, when they continually claim they won't vote, for so and so?

Twice many of them voted for Ross Perot, for what political philosophy escapes me.

More recently they refused to vote for McCain, and Romney, and oh yeah for Bush II in 2000 (when he too lost the popular vote).

The "idiots" on the other side are their problem, but it is the idiots supposedly on our side we should be concerned about.