We lost the election for two reasons:

1. People forgot how to think (reason). They only know how to feel (emotion). War feels emotionally wrong.

2. People don’t know anything about economics. They attempted to reason as follows:

George Bush is President.
The economy went south
Therefore, it must be his fault.
Therefore, I will vote against his party.

This is reasoning is not valid, and also supports my first point.

We didn’t lose because of abortion, gay marriage, or creationism. The trouble we haven’t properly explained these issues.