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World's first out Prime Minister to take office

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Yes, Iceland now has a gay Prime Minister. She will probably not remain in office long, though, as her politics are not nearly as far to the left as Iceland's citizens want.

Instead of focusing on the gay leader of Iceland, though, I would like to focus on how she got to be in office - Through the complete collapse of the banking system in Iceland.

You know, I remember a time when Conservatives preached about fiscal responsibility, balancing the budget, and responsibility. The perverting of Conservative ideals through the greed and corruption that led to the banking crisis here in America is not confined to just America, though. It seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. It is not Conservatism that failed, but the leaders, both in America and elsewhere, who abandoned it to pursue the task of driving our nation, and its financial system, off a cliff. As a result, the Liberals have taken over. The Conservative ideals that were abandoned by its leaders will be blamed, and the damage done will last a generation.

Conservatism, though, will make a comeback soon, sans Neocons, as the "hive mentality" is just not part of human nature. Throughout history, Liberals have gone too far with their agenda, and the result has always been a swing of the pendulum back the other way. Obama is no exception to this immutable law of political physics.

The purpose of this thread is not to trash Obama and the Liberals, nor to smear them, nor to conduct character assassinations on them, but to merely point out that they are on the wrong side of history. This will eventually be borne out, starting in 2012. When that day comes, Conservatives had better be ready, and the party clean, with no trace left of the disastrous false ideology that permeated it in the last decade. If that is done right, then things will once again look bright for the Conservative movement. After all, nobody in their right minds truly want the government to be our nanny. As Barry Goldwater, and Davy Crockett before him, once said, "A government powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take away everything you have".

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Yes, Iceland now has a gay Prime Minister. She will probably not remain in office long, though, as here politics are not nearly as far to the left as Iceland's citizens want.

Instead of focusing on the gay leader of Iceland, though, I would like to focus on how she got to be in office - Through the complete collapse of the banking system in Iceland.

You know, I remember a time when Conservatives preached about fiscal responsibility, balancing the budget, and responsibility. The perverting of Conservative ideals through the greed and corruption that led to the banking crisis here in America is not confined to just America, though. It seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. It is not Conservatism that failed, but the leaders, both in America and elsewhere, who abandoned it to pursue the task of driving our nation, and its financial system, off a cliff. As a result, the Liberals have taken over. The Conservative ideals that were abandoned by its leaders will be blamed, and the damage done will last a generation.

Conservatism, though, will make a comeback soon, sans Neocons, as the "hive mentality" is just not part of human nature. Throughout history, Liberals have gone too far with their agenda, and the result has always been a swing of the pendulum back the other way. Obama is not exception.

The purpose of this thread is not to trash Obama and the Liberals, nor to smear them, nor to conduct character assassinations on them, but to merely point out that they are on the wrong side of history. This will eventually be borne out, starting in 2012. When that day comes, Conservatives had better be ready, and the party clean, with no trace left of the disastrous false ideology that permeated it in the last decade. If that is done right, then things will once again look bright for the Conservative movement. After all, nobody in their right minds truly want the government to be our nanny. As Barry Goldwater, and Davy Crockett before him, once said, "A government powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take away everything you have".

Article is here.

I'm sorry, what do you have to back you up that the liberals will be kicked out in 2012, or so? how do you reach that? If I remember correctly, liberals ruled the white house essentially straight between 1932 and 1968, with the voters electing a democrat 7 times, and a fairly liberal republican 2 times. It could happen again.
 
I'm sorry, what do you have to back you up that the liberals will be kicked out in 2012, or so? how do you reach that? If I remember correctly, liberals ruled the white house essentially straight between 1932 and 1968, with the voters electing a democrat 7 times, and a fairly liberal republican 2 times. It could happen again.

1) I did NOT say that the Liberals will be kicked out in the year 2012, but instead, said that Conservatives would start taking back the government, STARTING in 2012. It will take a while, and several election cycles.

2) There is no comparison to 1932 and 1968. These are different times.
 
1) I did NOT say that the Liberals will be kicked out in the year 2012, but instead, said that Conservatives would start taking back the government, STARTING in 2012. It will take a while, and several election cycles.

What makes you think this, exactly? It hasn't always happened historically, is what I'm saying.

2) There is no comparison to 1932 and 1968. These are different times.

As I see it, 1932, where Roosevelt got elected and started the New Deal was the beginning of a liberal era in government. 1968, where Nixon won by being hard on crime and hippies, was the end of the era, and the beginning of a new, conservative era. I believe that era ended in 2008, and we'll see a new era last untill about 2048.
 
Yes, Iceland now has a gay Prime Minister. She will probably not remain in office long, though, as her politics are not nearly as far to the left as Iceland's citizens want.

Instead of focusing on the gay leader of Iceland, though, I would like to focus on how she got to be in office - Through the complete collapse of the banking system in Iceland.

You know, I remember a time when Conservatives preached about fiscal responsibility, balancing the budget, and responsibility. The perverting of Conservative ideals through the greed and corruption that led to the banking crisis here in America is not confined to just America, though. It seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. It is not Conservatism that failed, but the leaders, both in America and elsewhere, who abandoned it to pursue the task of driving our nation, and its financial system, off a cliff. As a result, the Liberals have taken over. The Conservative ideals that were abandoned by its leaders will be blamed, and the damage done will last a generation.

Conservatism, though, will make a comeback soon, sans Neocons, as the "hive mentality" is just not part of human nature. Throughout history, Liberals have gone too far with their agenda, and the result has always been a swing of the pendulum back the other way. Obama is no exception to this immutable law of political physics.

The purpose of this thread is not to trash Obama and the Liberals, nor to smear them, nor to conduct character assassinations on them, but to merely point out that they are on the wrong side of history. This will eventually be borne out, starting in 2012. When that day comes, Conservatives had better be ready, and the party clean, with no trace left of the disastrous false ideology that permeated it in the last decade. If that is done right, then things will once again look bright for the Conservative movement. After all, nobody in their right minds truly want the government to be our nanny. As Barry Goldwater, and Davy Crockett before him, once said, "A government powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take away everything you have".

Article is here.

I didn't read all that. Are you trying to tell us you're a gay?
 
What makes you think this, exactly? It hasn't always happened historically, is what I'm saying.



As I see it, 1932, where Roosevelt got elected and started the New Deal was the beginning of a liberal era in government. 1968, where Nixon won by being hard on crime and hippies, was the end of the era, and the beginning of a new, conservative era. I believe that era ended in 2008, and we'll see a new era last untill about 2048.

I believe you have your 1968 confused. Ford lost in 1976, when Jimmy Carter won the Presidency. Democrats, and Liberalism, controlled everything for another 4 years. Ronald Reagan ended that though, and a new period of Conservatism ensued, beginning in 1980. My contention is that Obama will be much like Carter, in that he will attempt to do too much. Whether he lasts only one term, or makes it through 2 terms, the result will be the same - The pendulum going too far to the left, and eventually events warranting a swing back to the right, or possibly to the center.
 
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As I see it, 1932, where Roosevelt got elected and started the New Deal was the beginning of a liberal era in government. 1968, where Nixon won by being hard on crime and hippies, was the end of the era, and the beginning of a new, conservative era. I believe that era ended in 2008, and we'll see a new era last untill about 2048.

I personally believe we are going to be entering a cycle where the overall power in Washington changes hands every 4-6 years. I think America is a much more fickle and demanding place now. We have an "on-demand" society that didn't exist back then.
 
I believe you have your 1968 confused. Ford lost in 1976, when Jimmy Carter won the Presidency. Democrats, and Liberalism, controlled everything for another 4 years.

Carter only won because Nixon was such an asshat. Carter only won by a small margin, and that was because of watergate. If it hadn't been for watergate, the republicans would have almost assuredly won in 76.

Ronald Reagan ended that though, and a new period of Conservatism ensued, beginning in 1980. My contention is that Obama will be much like Carter, in that he will attempt to do too much. Whether he lasts only one term, or makes it through 2 terms, the result will be the same - The pendulum going too far to the left, and eventually events warranting a swing back to the right, or possibly to the center.

But what if he's another FDR, and we see another liberal period? As to Reagan and Nixon, Nixon ran his campaign on issues of security and strength (and coded racism) that first peeled away southerners and northern ethnics from the Democratic party. Reagan essentially ran by running on the same themes Nixon did, and they've mostly been the same themes all modern Republicans have run on. That's why I peg it at 1968.
 
Danahea posted ("A government powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take away everything you have".)

Kind of thought it was Jefferson that said this. Not so?
 
The way I see it is that the Republicans are starting to grow a pair of balls and are pulling their heads out of their asses as we speak. In 2010 we will probably see another Republican Revolution like in the 90s and in 2012 (providing the economic conditions become worse) we will probably have a Republican President again.
 
Danahea posted ("A government powerful enough to give you everything you want, is also powerful enough to take away everything you have".)

Kind of thought it was Jefferson that said this. Not so?

No. Although, in my post, I attributed the quote to Davy Crockett, and mentioned that Barry Goldwater had used it, after researching, it seems that this is an original Goldwater quote. Could have sworn it was Crockett who originally came up with it, though. I just leaned something.
 
The way I see it is that the Republicans are starting to grow a pair of balls and are pulling their heads out of their asses as we speak. In 2010 we will probably see another Republican Revolution like in the 90s and in 2012 (providing the economic conditions become worse) we will probably have a Republican President again.

What are you basing this on? There seem to be a lot of people on the right that believe the republicans are the natural ruling party, and for whatever reason, are destined to be a majority the majority of the time. It's like you can't believe that the public would want anything but small-government republicanism. I'm telling you, that isn't always the case.
 
Bottom line: Nobody is psychic.

The majority of voters clearly turned away from republican policies, because that is what was being advertised in the last election cycle, and the democratic message of larger government and more regulation won. To try to deny this is just silly. Now, that being said, who knows what people will want in 2012. As someone mentioned earlier, we aren't the same society that we were in any previous period in world history. Never before have we had so much access to so much information so quickly. The rules have been thrown out the window. Hold onto your hats ladies and gents because the future is going to be one wild ride.
 
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