Repubs never really believed America would elect Barack Obama.

[kentuck]

Up until the election, they truly believed that McCain and Palin were going to be President and VP. They were traumatized by the results.

From a personal viewpoint, we had friends that we celebrated anniversaries and birthdays and Thanksgiving and Christmas. They thought it best that we no longer associate after Obama was elected. His wife said he was afraid of what he might say.

He thought McCain was going to win. There was no way America would elect a black man as President of the United States. And when they did, he had a very difficult time accepting it. I think that a lot of Republicans are in a similar boat nowadays?

[kirby]

1. I never thought Bush would be reelected, so we are even. n/t

[dorkulon]

2. Yeah--except you were right. nt

[hfojvt]

14. not quite - Obama's victory was predicted

from about a week after the Republican convention bump until the election, Obama was expected and predicted to win. The 2004 election was considered a toss-up for the whole campaign. Although I did not understand why Bush didn't get thumped like Herbert Hoover. Kerry stickers were all over this Kansas town, and we could not keep his yardsigns in stock. I expected the congressional elections of 2004 to look more like 2006 too. When Congress was called as "almost 100% the same" on election night and the Presidential election was still up in the air, I thought we were screwed even with a Kerry victory. The Republican Congress wouldn't have done anything for him. Anyway, the country turned out to be far more misinformed than I thought.

[devilgrrl]

17. He wasn't "elected" either time so your point is kind of moot - IMHO.

eom

[3waygeek]

22. He wasn't

because he was never elected to begin with.

[Kber]

3. Obama couldn't have been elected without a substantial % of the white vote.

I wonder if they are having trouble (assuming most republicans are white, I guess), accepting that most white people aren't like them.

They must feel very isolated and alone right now.

[XOKCowboy]

7. Exactly right. nt

At least in my experience.

[paulsby]

4. i think the evidence disagrees with you

at least when it comes to republican /conservative media organs like national review, american spectator, etc. most of the columnists i read were pretty resigned to the fact he would win, well before he did.

otoh, what you say may be true amongst rank and files who are no more likely to read national review, than rank and file dems are likely to read salon or the nation.

but at least amongst the cognoscenti, i see ample evidence they thought mccain's chances were slim at best.

[XOKCowboy]

5. I heard that from a dozen people....

when I was in Oklahoma last year. They were certain that no black man could EVER get elected President. They based that on the fact that most of their redneck friends believed that way. I tried to point out that our little town in rural OK wasn't representative of the entire nation but they had no frame of reference for that idea.

What's funny is that they still have a Fox News viewpoint of our President but are enjoying many of the programs started by Obama such as Cash For Clunkers and the many construction jobs generated by the stimulus program.

[timeforpeace]

6. I don't know, the polls showed all along that Obama was going to kick his ass. McCain was the

sacrificial lamb. Romney dropping out when Obama had it in hand was a sign.

[kentuck]

9. Yes, even though the polls showed a likely Obama win...

I think many of them still did not believe it would happen.

[Diane R]

8. Same experience here. I maintained a long friendship through the dark Bush era, but when Obama ....

...was elected she disappeared. I think she simply couldn't deal with pretending she wasn't livid my guy won, even though I was gracious when her team screwed up the world. I think the Republican menality can only cope when they are in power.

[whathehell]

26. I have a similar experience with a friend. Even though she hated Bush and didn't

like McCain, she decided not to vote. She can't even mention Obama's name but won't admit it's racism...He wasn't "experienced" enough, she said. Bullshit.

[DesertFlower]

10. i have a republican

friend who said she didn't want to see a black face in the white house. when i called her a racist she said she would have voted for condi.

after 20 years of friendship it's hard to realize someone is a racist.

[graywarrior]

11. I think they knew their asses were cooked

God, the last person on earth they wanted to nominate was McGrumpy.

[peacetalksforall]

12. I never thought Bush would win over Gore. The first thing I said was - But Al Gore is

intelligent and Bush is ......

Yes, that's what you can accomplish when you steal. Have to steal.

[jimlup]

15. Yeah, I remember what my 16 year old son said at the time:

He was falsely accused of keying a car. He was very upset by this and I was explaining to him that I didn't believe he would actually be charged because he didn't do it and that people weren't stupid - he countered (this was October 2000) with "yeah but they're going to elect Bush!" I couldn't say anything to him to contest this one.

He is now a graduate of Michigan Law School by the way!

[peacetalksforall]

25. Very nice. Smart kid. Smart adult. Raised well?

[jimlup]

27. We certainly did our best!

[jimlup]

13. I agree that there was a certain mindset that it couldn't happen...

They must have been as insane then as they are now.

[TomClash]

16. Your former friends are not in politics

Or they would have known long before election day that they were going to lose.

[Mariana]

18. I heard that lots of times.

"They're telling the polls that they'll vote for him, but once they get in the booth they'll NEVER vote for a black man."

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Hell, that was half of DU as of April 2008

:hide:

:evilgrin:

[alsame]

24. The media helped by talking about the Bradley Effect constantly. nt

[quiet.american]

19. It sounds like they live in the modern-day GOP world of delusion and denial. nt

[MADem]

20. They never believed the DEMOCRATS would elect Barack Obama.

They spent all their energy tearing down Hillary Clinton. They were just sure she was going to be The One. See, they helped elect him, in a way. The silly billies!!

:rofl:

[tinkerbell41]

23. Some staunch Dems too!!!

My family members were seriously "concerned" for me because HE WASNT going to win, and they thought I would have a breakdown. I insisted with tears in my eyes they had no idea what was happening, with the "Machine" Obama had built. I did receive many congratulatory calls election night. It was gracious of them. I guess I should explain whole family are Dems except for 1 who I think is a closet Repub.

[Fire1]

28. News flash. A lot of Democrats didn't think so, either. n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

29. Kinda numb ...

Like when the Supreme Court handed over the Presidency to George W. Bush, and when he took the next election. We were laughed at and then told by Republicans to "Get over it"... I guess, it is now their turn to "GET OVER IT".

[MadMaddie]

30. Same mindset of people that thought that schools would never

be integrated....different decade....same old story.

They are pathetic and they are afraid because life is moving too fast for them. They are the reason why America is not leading in every catagory....

Here are some numbers for you...
2009 Global Peace Rankings - US #83
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings.php

2009 Country Rankings in Molecular Biology & Genetics - US #3
http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2009/09junMOL/

2009 Country Rankings in Space Science 0 US #7
http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2009/09maySPA/