How Romney Lost the Election.

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Joyner: "Our President, Barack Obama, Is A Wicked Man":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKde9aJNfc

Hagee: "God Will Hold America Responsible" For Re-Electing Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9H37sraXv4&feature=endscreen

Liberty Counsel: America Headed to Self Destruction After Obama Victory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_aW9d1-5cQ

Beck: Election Shows That Half Of Americans Are "Utterly & Completely
Lost In Darkness"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxrjsUZeoM

Above are some recent links from Right Wing Watch, a YouTube
channel that presents clips mostly from the Christian Right.
A few thoughts come to mind after viewing these clips:

1. The Christian Right has a powerful belief in its own
righteousness that gives it a sense of entitlement. The
Christian Right believed, beyond doubt, that the election
would end in victory for its candidate, Romney, and are
profoundly shocked at the loss.

more to come...

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2. Article 6 of the US Constitution:

The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several state legislatures, and all executive
and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the
several states shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to
support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever
be required as a qualification to any office or public trust
under the United States.

Note that the Constitution says:
"no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification
to any office or public trust under the United States."

Yet the Christian Right believes and operates to achieve
exactly the opposite of that. They want America to be a
Christian Theocracy.
Even as religious as Romney appeared to be, it was not good
enough for many on the evangelical right, as this clip shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi7BKFR0_6Y

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3. There is a religious arrogance in the Christian Right that
assumes that it has a right to control the destiny of America.
The leaders of the Christian Right are not particularly smart
people, and they seem unable to see their own self-importance
and arrogance. They attack minority groups totally without
regard for the consequences come election time.

The 26 billionaires that poured money into the Romney
campaign knew that many of the leaders of the Christian
Right and the Republican Party aren't very bright, so very
professional, smart, and very expensive people were hired
to ensure that the campaign wouldn't self destruct from stupidity.
But stupid people can always be counted on to sink their own ship.

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On 2012-11-15 09:00:14 +0000, GSI said:

> 3. There is a religious arrogance in the Christian Right that
> assumes that it has a right to control the destiny of America.
> The leaders of the Christian Right are not particularly smart
> people, and they seem unable to see their own self-importance
> and arrogance. They attack minority groups totally without
> regard for the consequences come election time.
>
> The 26 billionaires that poured money into the Romney
> campaign knew that many of the leaders of the Christian
> Right and the Republican Party aren't very bright, so very
> professional, smart, and very expensive people were hired
> to ensure that the campaign wouldn't self destruct from stupidity.
> But stupid people can always be counted on to sink their own ship.

Romney Blames Loss on Obama’s ‘Gifts’ to Minorities and Young Voters
with Video of Romney's speech.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/14/romney-blames-loss-on-obamas-gifts-to-minorities-and-young-voters/


Short link:
http://nyti.ms/RYkNiH

Saying that he and his team still felt “troubled” by his
loss to President Obama, Mitt Romney on Wednesday attributed
his defeat in part to what he called big policy “gifts” that
the president had bestowed on loyal Democratic
constituencies, including young voters, African-Americans
and Hispanics. In a conference call with fund-raisers and
donors to his campaign, Mr. Romney said Wednesday afternoon
that the president had followed the “old playbook” of using
targeted initiatives to woo specific interest groups —
“especially the African-American community, the Hispanic
community and young people.” “In each case, they were very
generous in what they gave to those groups,” Mr. Romney
said, contrasting Mr. Obama’s strategy to his own of
“talking about big issues for the whole country: military
strategy, foreign policy, a strong economy, creating jobs
and so forth.” Mr. Romney’s comments in the 20-minute
conference call came after his running mate, Representative
Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, told WISC-TV in Madison on Monday
that their loss was a result of Mr. Obama’s strength in
“urban areas,” an analysis that did not account for Mr.
Obama’s victories in more rural states like Iowa and New
Hampshire or the decrease in the number of votes for the
president relative to 2008 in critical urban counties in
Ohio. “With regards to the young people, for instance, a
forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift,” Mr.
Romney said. “Free contraceptives were very big with young,
college-aged women. And then, finally, Obamacare also made a
difference for them, because as you know, anybody now 26
years of age and younger was now going to be part of their
parents’ plan, and that was a big gift to young people. They
turned out in large numbers, a larger share in this election
even than in 2008.”

The president’s health care plan, he
said, was also a useful tool in mobilizing black and
Hispanic voters. Though Mr. Romney won the white vote with
59 percent, according to exit polls, minorities coalesced
around the president in overwhelming numbers: 93 percent of
blacks and 71 percent of Hispanics. “You can imagine for
somebody making $25,000 or $30,000 or $35,000 a year, being
told you’re now going to get free health care, particularly
if you don’t have it, getting free health care worth, what,
$10,000 per family, in perpetuity — I mean, this is huge,”
Mr. Romney said. “Likewise with Hispanic voters, free health
care was a big plus. But in addition with regards to
Hispanic voters, the amnesty for children of illegals, the
so-called Dream Act kids, was a huge plus for that voting
group.” Nationwide, Mr. Obama won a slightly smaller share
of 18- to 29-year-old voters than he did in 2008, according
to exit polls, though he increased his share in battleground
states like Florida, Ohio and Virginia. Exit polls showed
little appreciable difference between Mr. Obama’s
performance among black voters nationwide and in many swing
states in this election and in 2008. Among Hispanic voters
nationwide, Mr. Obama won a greater share in 2012 than in
2008, but perhaps more important, he succeeded in increasing
the share of Hispanic voters among the total voting
population in key states, including Colorado and Nevada,
exit polls showed. During the call, Mr. Romney was by turns
disappointed and pragmatic, expressing his frustration at
the outcome on Election Day. A person who was on the call,
which included hundreds of participants, let The New York
Times listen in. “I’m very sorry that we didn’t win,” Mr.
Romney said on the call. “I know that you expected to win,
we expected to win, we were disappointed with the result, we
hadn’t anticipated it, and it was very close, but close
doesn’t count in this business.” He continued: “And so now
we’re looking and saying, ‘O.K., what can we do going
forward?’ But frankly, we’re still so troubled by the past,
it’s hard to put together our plans for the future.” He
added that he was hoping to find a way for the close-knit
group, which excelled in fund-raising but was ultimately
unable to propel him into the Oval Office, “to stay
connected so that we can stay informed and have influence on
the direction of the party, and perhaps the selection of a
future nominee, which, by the way, will not be me.” (He
suggested an annual meeting, as well as a monthly
newsletter.) In a news conference of his own Wednesday, Mr.
Obama, asked if he still planned to meet with Mr. Romney for
a postelection discussion, spoke positively of his former
opponent, saying that he “did a terrific job of running the
Olympics,” and that he appreciated Mr. Romney’s ideas on
government efficiency. “I’m not either prejudging what he’s
interested in doing, nor am I suggesting I’ve got some
specific assignment,” the president said, when asked about
Mr. Romney. “But what I want to do is to get ideas from him
and see if there are some ways that we can potentially work
together.”