The Right-Wing's platform was 1. HATE OBAMA 2. HATE OBAMACARE 3. I'm NOT OBAMA

[titaniumsalute]

That was it. They won with no track record, no legislative wins, no new ideas. Nothing. They had some natural FEAR with the Ebola crap going on. That is absolutely amazing.

[still_one]

1. What does that say about America?

[titaniumsalute]

3. Maybe we should change the name to Dumbfukistan?

Seriously. We live in a society where Kim Kardashian and Lena Dunham make front page news when they say something...anything. In the meantime the Right-Wing fascism machine is in the background purring away with the Kochs and other CEO billionares pulling the levers to create a government that simply benefits their business.

[RKP5637]

6. Most appropriate name, Dumbfukistan! Of course if it was named United Stupidity, then the

initials "US" could be retained. ... might make paperwork easier with the name change.

[titaniumsalute]

9. LOL...

Yeah easier to rebrand and less marketing materials to print.

[still_one]

10. isn't that the truth

[merrily]

2. Funny, the platform of Democratic candidates was about the same, except

that 1 and 2 were implicit in their repetitions of "I am not Obama" and their refusal to mention him in any other context. Also, no boasting about Obamacare, etc.

It was a bizarre election.

[titaniumsalute]

4. Yes, true

The lack of a cohesive message by the left makes me think that the Party Leaders need to resign TODAY.

[merrily]

7. The way that Tim Kaine resigned as head of the DNC after the 2010 debacle election that gave

the GOP the right to redistrict for ten years? Oh, wait, that was to run for the Senate. Sorry.

The guy responsible for the 2008 victories was the one who resigned. Oh, wait, he was the one whom Obama fired.

[kelliekat44]

5. And none of them championed Obama's accomplishments either before, during, or after the election. n

[merrily]

8. Or even their own accomplishments. Or what they would try to do for America if elected.

Neither side did those things. Both ran on "I am not Obama," even though, for Democrats, that was a sure losing strategy. Democrats might be able to run away from the President, but they cannot possibly run away from their own votes. The only alternative is to point to their votes with pride and explain why those votes were great for America and what other great plans they had for America.

As I said, it was a bizarre election.

[lame54]

11. that sounds like the democrats strategy

[bowens43]

12. It was a winning strategy. We are a country of racists, in and out of the closet.

This was about a black man in the white house

[Travis_0004]

13. I thought Im not Obama was Alison Grimes platform