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Originally Posted by Manx
Unfortunately, we just had the highest voter turnout in decades - and the social conservatives won.
I no longer have faith in liberals getting off their ass. This last election was the perfect opportunity to do it, and they failed.
The pendulum is global now. It is up to Europe to reign in America.
But in the mean time - liberals need to stop this sudden thinking that they should appease social conservatives.
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Outside of the suggestions of American conservatives, I haven't heard anyone suggesting that the Democrats should adopt the Republican platform.
Many of the people involved in the "highest turnout in decades" were "liberals." Bush only won by a few precentage points of the popular vote. I would say that many on the left did get off of their asses. They failed this election, but it was a close one. I can't imagine what you would have said after the Reagan landslides, yet Clinton was later elected. Let's not throw away the lessons of history simply because of a few losses.