August 13, 2010

Election Night, November 2nd: A Prediction
— Ace

A reader wrote:

I am convinced we're looking at something bigger than 1994. And I remember the denial on the left even on election night that year.

Johnny Coldcuts, the foul-mouthed time-traveling meth-head baloney sandwich already saw what happens on the night of November 2nd, and this is what he told me:

Chris Matthews: "Bob Shrum, tell me why Republicans shouldn't take this as a mandate... Wouldn't you say that this is just the public asking for a breather from so much change, just for a little bit, and not the mandate we're starting to hear buzz of from the rightwing?"

Bob Shrum: "Absolutely, Chris, this election wasn't a referendum on Obama or his policies at all, it was just an anti-incumbent election and since most Congressmen were Democrats, it stands to reason that they took the brunt of it."

Chris Matthews: "In a way, wouldn't you say this is sort of the public giving a big thumb's up to Obama's policies? A big endorsement?"

Bob Shrum: "Ermmm... how?"

Chris Matthews: "Because the public likes Obama's policies so much they wanted to put Republicans into office to endorse them so they'd have real bipartisan staying power."

Bob Shrum: "Uhhh... okay, okay, I see where you're going with that... sort of... So... Sure, I guess in a way this is a backhanded endorsement of... Okay, Chris, I'm sorry, I was with you on the 'no mandate' thing but I can't go with you here. A man has limits. I have a career as a professional political consultant, you know."

Chris Matthews: "Right, understood... would you say then that this is Barack Obama's moment to shine?"

Bob Shrum: "What on earth could that possibly mean?"

Chris Matthews: "Nothing, really. Just sort of sounds good. Hopeful."

Bob Shrum: "Is it important to you that I say it?"

Chris Matthews: "Very."

Bob Shrum: "Okay, this is Barack Obama's moment to shine."

Chris Matthews: "Well that is the clearest Big Picture idea I've heard this evening -- Bob Shrum saying this is Barack Obama's moment to shine. And coming up next on Hardball's continuing election night coverage -- big upset a-brewin' in the tightly contested race for Milwaukee Inspector of Public Records. Does the underdog Democrat have a chance? Will this turn the Democrats into the comeback kids of the night? Stay tuned."

Posted by: Ace at 06:08 PM | Comments (221)
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1
Shine my city shoes.

bet you can't say that fast.

Posted by: City Shoe Shiner at August 13, 2010 06:14 PM (VMcEw)

2 it will be somewhere between 1994 and 1932

1896, maybe....

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 13, 2010 06:14 PM (uP7xk)

3 I feel a tingle coming on!!!eleventy!!11!!

Posted by: Chrissy Matthews at August 13, 2010 06:16 PM (5qJM5)

4 Boy, I'm convinced Johnny Coldcuts *nailed* it... wow... does he do lottery numbers?

Posted by: GuyfromNH at August 13, 2010 06:16 PM (qPq/l)

5

I think it's bigger than '94 too.  I remember the mild discontent with the Clintons and their silly healthcare plans.  And Bill's childish lying.  I remember a town hall where someone told Cliton he acts like "my six year old child" when I've caught him with the chocolate or something.  That was the kind of problem people had with Clinton back then.  Also, there was an uncomfortableness with Hillary apart from her development of the healthcare balogna plan.

Now, people are flat out pissed off.  And it couldn't have gone any other way, the way they kept passing shit people didn't want.  Hard to believe the pols that that was the clever thing to do. 

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:17 PM (HU8ik)

6 thought

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:18 PM (HU8ik)

7 I want to see Democrat commentators looking like susan Estrich did the night Kerry lost.

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 06:18 PM (HtIec)

8 Does this mean you're walking back your premature freakout/swallowing of the lefty party-line about Sharron Angle?

She's going to win.  Along with every other GOP candidate in a "close" race, and others who aren't even supposed to be even close.

(*If* you all get out and do your GOTV part, that is...)

Posted by: someone at August 13, 2010 06:18 PM (DfAwB)

9
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington

Posted by: Leatherneck at August 13, 2010 06:19 PM (40yOy)

10

"Absolutely, Chris, this election wasn't a referendum on Obama or his policies at all, it was just an anti-incumbent election and since most Congressmen were Democrats, it stands to reason that they took the brunt of it."

Heh.  It's never about the policies.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:19 PM (HU8ik)

11 Chris Matthews:  Bob, aren't these results an indication of how the GOP and the tea party pandered to the populace with their racist rhetoric?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 13, 2010 06:19 PM (yT8z7)

12

Now, people are flat out pissed off.  And it couldn't have gone any other way, the way they kept passing shit people didn't want.  Hard to believe the pols that that was the clever thing to do. 

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 10:17 PM (HU8ik)

Really?...REALLY??...REALLY???

Posted by: Babs Boxer at August 13, 2010 06:20 PM (5qJM5)

13 Now go get your fucking shine box!

What about if Obama decides to go all out and bombs Iran one week before the election? That way the country will unite behind him and the losses will be minimized; they might even hold the house.

I would put nothing past this Chicago hack.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2010 06:20 PM (LH6ir)

14 Sounds to me like the public is about to have another of those "temper tantrums" Peter Jennings fretted so much about...

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2010 06:20 PM (tJjm/)

15 In 1994, Rather kept mumbling and repeating himself  while looking Stunned.

Peter Jennings looked like he was about to blow chunks into the circular file.  That was one of the best nights of my long strange debilitating life

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at August 13, 2010 06:21 PM (uP7xk)

16

I'm going on the record.  I know everyone cares what the endangered fish from Denver thinks, so here it is...

56/9 up from low forties and 7 two months ago.

Low 60's/ 10 wouldn't surprise me though.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 13, 2010 06:22 PM (IRwVS)

17 And that pessimistic but rational voice in my head keeps whispering: "the Republican Party will fuck this one up!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2010 06:22 PM (LH6ir)

18 We're dealing with something more fundamental that just the usual media fluffing and bad policy.

This administration has arrived at Lenin's epiphany just before his death:  It doesn't work.  And because they are unable to admit that it does not work, they'll fall back to the cliches.  But "recovery summer," "put it in D" and "you're a racist" will not cover up the fact that "It doesn't work."

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 13, 2010 06:22 PM (NvFZs)

19

Someone, if you're talking to me, I disagree with your understanding of my comments about Angle.  I didn't pick up the lefty line on her, whatever that means.

She's an absurd pick in a race where victory is so badly needed.  I wanted the race not to even be close--the way it would have been with Tark or Lowden.  Yes, Angle might win, but I'm bothered that I have to worry about it.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:24 PM (HU8ik)

20 @Circa,

You are correct, there is just no way to cover up mistakes of this magnitude. The question is whether the Republican Party will be able to take the mandate that I fully expect them to receive from the American people, and do something constructive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2010 06:24 PM (LH6ir)

21 MSNBC is going to be Jonestown: The Revisited on November 2nd.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 13, 2010 06:25 PM (ukrl6)

22 Did you see the Mythbusters episode where they pack balls of shit and polish them to a high gloss? That's what Chris Matthews is doing in this hypothetical.

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2010 06:26 PM (FcR7P)

23

Peter Jennings looked like he was about to blow chunks into the circular file.  That was one of the best nights of my long strange debilitating life

I was watching CNN.  They had an "oh, well, all we can do is laugh at the absurdity" kind of attitude.  And they would do that obvious forced laugh thing.  But they really looked like their dog just died.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:28 PM (HU8ik)

24

"Oh, well.  That's life."

--CNN in '94

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:29 PM (HU8ik)

25

She's an absurd pick in a race where victory is so badly needed.  I wanted the race not to even be close--the way it would have been with Tark or Lowden.  Yes, Angle might win, but I'm bothered that I have to worry about it.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 10:24 PM (HU8ik)

Yup.  Lowden would have crushed Reid. 

If I'm going to take a chance on an upstart, out of nowhere candidate, she/he better have some charisma, campaigning skills, and ready to break out once they become better known.

Angle is going to win because her opponent is a scum bag.  I'll take it, but its not a good strategy normally. 

Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 13, 2010 06:29 PM (IRwVS)

26

"You win some; you lose some."

--CNN, '94

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:30 PM (HU8ik)

27

You know, back in '06 when we got our nuts kicked in and groused for a few days, and turned all that pessimism into humor, that was pretty good.  Healthy even.

 

My prediction, right here and right now, is we deserve the bestest, fuckin funniest party ever come November 3.

 

We've earned it by God.

 

Let's have it.

 

 

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 13, 2010 06:30 PM (Wh0W+)

28 No, I'm not talking to you.  Ace's freakout is not your freakout.  Being a mere commenter has its privileges.

The GOP can mostly screw up by forgetting the one, utterly non-negotiable thing for which they'll be elected this fall.  The more candidates understand this, the better.

Posted by: someone at August 13, 2010 06:30 PM (DfAwB)

29

Angle is going to win because her opponent is a scum bag.  I'll take it, but its not a good strategy normally. 

I hope so, DS.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:32 PM (HU8ik)

30 Is this like when were all dipping balls because Scott Brown was going to stop Obamacare?

Posted by: 48%er at August 13, 2010 06:34 PM (kcqZS)

31

I hope so, DS.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 10:32 PM (HU8ik)

Me too.  I've been slowly moving into the ace camp on this.  The wave will be enough for her to pull it out.

Reid is a terrible campaigner as well.  Dickhead sticks his foot in his mouth almost daily.  It's been a long time since he's been challenged and he won't handle it well.

Lets hope Angle stays gaffe free until November.

Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 13, 2010 06:35 PM (IRwVS)

32

"Goddammit."

--CNN, Rich Sanchez, 11/2

(h/t Johnny Coldcuts and his pal, Little Anthony Souvlaki)

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:36 PM (HU8ik)

33 I read somewhere that the day after kerry lost the 2004 election that nearly all the network news people were dressed in black as if in mourning.

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 06:36 PM (HtIec)

34

Reid is a terrible campaigner as well.  Dickhead sticks his foot in his mouth almost daily.  It's been a long time since he's been challenged and he won't handle it well.

That's a good point. He is such a juggernaut of a dickhead, he just can't hold it back.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:37 PM (HU8ik)

35 My night, bitches. My face on every channel. You can do a historical retrospective of Ronald Reagan, Andrew Jackson, and Patton when I have to take piss break or get a blowjob from one of those bubbleheads.

Posted by: Pat Caddell at August 13, 2010 06:38 PM (CPefM)

36 I take umberage at your comments, even though you are a light-skinned negro with very little ghetto accent who could never be a Republican.

Posted by: Harry Reid, Insufferable Dickhead at August 13, 2010 06:39 PM (HU8ik)

37

You think they are calling us RACIST!! now???

Wait til November.  The LEFT has been MAKING SEX TO US FORCIBLY.

We are telling them to stop.

They aren't listening,.

We will make them.

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 06:40 PM (bpEWJ)

38 I've seen the crease in Sharon Angle's pants.

Posted by: David Brooks at August 13, 2010 06:40 PM (90Jsk)

39 "Bob, doesn't the President's willingness to let his party lose to the opposing party show his true dedication to bipartisanship? "
  --I'll put five on that from Chrissy.

Posted by: Tesch at August 13, 2010 06:40 PM (bp9Kd)

40 No, no, nooooo

Posted by: Butterscotch Pudding at August 13, 2010 06:40 PM (CPefM)

41 You know what?  Even Pat Caddell is voting GOP this time.  Thing is, he actually loves this country.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:41 PM (HU8ik)

42 I will bask in the glory of watching the MSM hacks commit video suicide. Chris Mathews will look like he sucked a sour turd from Moochelle's anus.


Posted by: Barbarian at August 13, 2010 06:41 PM (EL+OC)

43 I've seen the crease in Harry Reid's butt, and I will not be voting for him again.

Posted by: David Brooks at August 13, 2010 06:42 PM (HU8ik)

44

Another prediction:

 

Retailers across the nation see unusual spike in pudding sales.

Suppliers struggle to keep up with demand.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (Wh0W+)

45 Here's a funny thought:  Both Reid and Angle would be better off not commenting again until the election is over.  Heh.

Posted by: David Brooks at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (HU8ik)

46

I have some surprise polls up my sleeve that will drop on October 31. You're totally going to start the lamentations then, you wingnuts.

Posted by: Markos Moulitsas at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (90Jsk)

47 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2010 10:22 PM (LH6ir) Every time I'm about to sit on it, Lucy keeps moving the damn thing!

Posted by: Charlie Brown at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (tJjm/)

48 >>> Ace's freakout is not your freakout. Being a mere commenter has its privileges. What freak-out? Expressing doubts about her in the *comments*? Sheesh. Guy can't nothin' no more.

Posted by: ace at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (QbA6l)

49 I want to see Democrat commentators looking...

...for jobs in the burgeoning lawn care industry

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 13, 2010 06:43 PM (ZTUDF)

50 43: Chris Mathews will look like he sucked a sour turd from Moochelle's anus. Posted by: Barbarian at August 13, 2010 10:41 PM (EL+OC) Doesn't he ALWAYS look like that, though?

Posted by: Charlie Brown at August 13, 2010 06:44 PM (tJjm/)

51 "Bob, is this the end of the Republican Party? I mean, now that they're in power, they have to listen to the people. And the people want Obama's policies, just executed more competently."

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2010 06:44 PM (FcR7P)

52 ...

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 13, 2010 06:45 PM (QbA6l)

53 I plan on being just as gracious and dignified as those on the Left are when the situation is reversed.

Posted by: alexthechick at August 13, 2010 06:45 PM (eRjGt)

54 I don't get no respect.

Posted by: Ace of Spaces at August 13, 2010 06:45 PM (HU8ik)

55 That's okay, Keith. Mommy loves you. Let mommy embrace you with her wet warmth...

Posted by: Keith Olbermann's Bathtub at August 13, 2010 06:46 PM (QbA6l)

56 I will be voting.

Oh yes, I will be voting in November.

I want all the marxists on the alphabet channels to be saying "what the fuck happened?"

I want Chris Mathews to implode on national television.

Oh yes, I will be voting.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 13, 2010 06:47 PM (BNk7G)

57

Some of you people have a lot of faith in:

1. The electorate

2. Lack of fraud

3. No November surprise

4. The GOP

5. The electorate

Posted by: 48%er at August 13, 2010 06:47 PM (kcqZS)

58 Seriously, spin will be (pick one for every channel of useless shit you can get): 1 Did Barry go to far, too fast, 2 Nancy's fault, 3 the people have clearly said they want solutions, not partisan rancor - so the Republicans are going to have to work with Obama ..., 4 let see if the Republicans can clean the mess Bush left Obama, its really their fault anyways, 5 Racism - we take a two steps back tonight, 6 "It's the economy, stupid" in a weak cajun drawl, 7 Were going to see Obama the fighter now, - got anymore?

Posted by: Jean at August 13, 2010 06:47 PM (CPefM)

59 I'm going to invest heavily in however manufactures cluebats.  Lot of people gonna get smacked hard with'em soon.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 13, 2010 06:48 PM (ZTUDF)

60 I'm pretty sure on election night MSNBC will just air another episode of Lock Up....gotta pay the bills you know.

Posted by: Tesch at August 13, 2010 06:48 PM (bp9Kd)

61

I'm not going to be dippin my sack in pudding, no, why should it have all the fun?

Pudding bath I tell ya.  I'm dipping everything. 

Posted by: Delta Smelt at August 13, 2010 06:48 PM (IRwVS)

62

It's not faith to note that 50 to (pick your number) 63% of the electorate are pissed off.

 

That isn't faith.  That's being aware of your surroundings.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 13, 2010 06:49 PM (Wh0W+)

63

Why Chris Christie would not be a good Pres? 

No crease in his pants.

And no seams depending on how fast he sits down.

Posted by: David Brooks at August 13, 2010 06:49 PM (90Jsk)

64 chuckie Schumer is already setting up the media to take some of the fall for failing to shape the public perception of these smashing successes properly and allowing them to get soured when they should be ecstatic.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 13, 2010 06:50 PM (ZTUDF)

65

Prediction.

2 words you will hear on election night, between Chrissy Matthews uncontrollable sobs.

 

JIM CROW.

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 06:51 PM (bpEWJ)

66

Jean, nice list.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:51 PM (HU8ik)

67 7 I want to see Democrat commentators looking like susan Estrich did the night Kerry lost.

I want to see them looking like they did when Chicago finished last in the Olympic selection.

Pelosi is....OUT???
Boxer is OUT???
Schumer is OUT???
Reid is OUT???
[dramatic Pause]
This can't be right....right???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 13, 2010 06:51 PM (IqfKc)

68 And Fox news MUST have Pat Cadell on - just Pat Cadell - and maybe Megyn Kelley -just the two of them - the whole night.

I don't want to see O'Reilly, or little Billy Kristol.

Just Pat and Megyn. And maybe a little Krauthammer.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 13, 2010 06:53 PM (BNk7G)

69

So you voted for Ojugears and his con job of Hope and Change?

Embarrassed?  Or do you like the feeling of a red hot poker up your ass?

I knew this motherfucker was a lying Commie.  And yet I still got the red hot poker up my ass.

Pisssed.  Yep.  And Armed.

 

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 06:53 PM (bpEWJ)

70 Lefty commentators have been facepalming so much they're looking like pugs.  They'll look like doughnuts by November 2.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:53 PM (HU8ik)

71 Shit, sorry Ace.  I thought Drew was you.

There's a joke here, but it's old.

Posted by: someone at August 13, 2010 06:55 PM (DfAwB)

72 56 That's okay, Keith. Mommy loves you. Let mommy embrace you with her wet warmth... Posted by: Keith Olbermann's Bathtub at August 13, 2010 10:46 PM (QbA6l) Oh, MAN... That shit just ain't right!

Posted by: Roman Polanski at August 13, 2010 06:56 PM (tJjm/)

73 You people act like this is a referendum on the President and his policies.  It's just a midterm backlash.  Happens all the time.

ALL THE TIME, DO YOU HEAR ME?

someone, anyone?

Posted by: Chris Matthews at August 13, 2010 06:56 PM (6Z05k)

74 That's priceless!

Posted by: The Other Shoe at August 13, 2010 06:56 PM (8bfZd)

75 48%er, there has to be a limit to fraud. They worked it hard in 2008 and only got up to 52% with an exTREMEly fired-up base, a monsoon of media coverage and cover-up-age, and eight years of BDS. Things have tanked hard after two straight years of Democrats, their media, and their celebrities crowing that they are in charge. They own it now.

Posted by: t-bird at August 13, 2010 06:56 PM (FcR7P)

76 "Bob,  as you know I worked on Capital Hill for many years...and I heard grumblings about it then,...but now, isn't it the time to start to consider a change where you need 75 Senate votes to defeat a filibuster?"

Posted by: Tesch at August 13, 2010 06:58 PM (bp9Kd)

77 O hope so, but I'll believe when I see it. The American voters stepped in a huge pile of dog shit in 2008. They could do it again.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 06:58 PM (UdLYc)

78 Just Pat and Megyn. And maybe a little Krauthammer.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 13, 2010 10:53 PM

Jeez.  Yeah, and I'll have a duffel bag full of $100.00 bills too. 

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 06:58 PM (HU8ik)

79 No, I don't know why I'm being a dick tonight.

Posted by: someone at August 13, 2010 06:59 PM (DfAwB)

80 Mr. ofSpades is right! i hope.

Can we get Ms. Cleo to confirm this?
I'd really like to be able to relax a little about November.
I'm so worried about November you couldn't get waxed string out of my ass with a tractor.

Dream anchors for this election night would be:

James Caan, Megyn Kelly, James Woods, and John Voight.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 06:59 PM (LlGH/)

81 The Dem's loss will be blamed on Bush.

"He fucked things up so bad not even the Democrats could fix it!"

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 06:59 PM (HtIec)

82 78 O hope so, but I'll believe when I see it. The American voters stepped in a huge pile of dog shit in 2008. They could do it again.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 10:58 PM (UdLYc)

They stepped in it in 2006.  They slipped and fell in it in 2008.

Posted by: tangonine at August 13, 2010 07:01 PM (C8Pcc)

83 here's what I'm wondering for 2012 as of now:

Is it better R's capture the house and try to "defund" or whatever you call it (still not sure if that'll prevent the goodies from flowing and hooks from setting), or, miss majority by 1-2 seats in both house, poised for a super touchdown in '12, and have balls to not crossover?.... ok so probably the former, though I know the phrase "republican controlled house" will get more use than ike turner's fist.

I guess that implies maybe getting both houses is not the best thing... I guess thats because

Posted by: ho hum at August 13, 2010 07:01 PM (vQoSF)

84 Maybe Chris Mathews will do a "Billy Cole" from Last Boy Scout when his gods are fired on election night.

I'm not running for office so I can say shit like that.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:02 PM (LlGH/)

85 Dream anchors for this election night would be:

James Caan, Megyn Kelly, James Woods, and John Voight.

I'd prefer to see Olbermann's crying, sobbing, uncomprehending rage.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 13, 2010 07:04 PM (rGRTG)

86 Bob Shrum: "Okay, this is Barack Obama's moment to shine."

Good, now go get your fucking shinebox!

Posted by: tangonine at August 13, 2010 07:05 PM (C8Pcc)

87 I too would love to light the funeral pyres and give a shout out to Crom. 

But let's be realistic about the coming November.   The left is going to do everything they possibly can (in conjunction with the MFM) to steal this, no matter how blatant, obvious, or downright jaw-dropping they have to be. 

Remember, Al Franken is a senator now.  And while some perhaps cocked their eyebrows a bit, or perhaps chuckled over "These kids today!" or otherwise excused what was the most obvious vote-stealing sham in history..the fact is, he's a senator.  And you're not.

The left and MSM are going all out to portray Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangle as embattled veterans in the forces of good.  Some people only get their news from TV, or worse, are liberals and cannot change their minds ever. 

November comes.  Does it bring victory, or blood?  It's too early to say. 


Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2010 07:06 PM (eNxMU)

88 How many times will Olberdouche sweep off his damn smart glasses this election night? I bet it is more than 50.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:07 PM (LlGH/)

89

I am more pissed at the demon's rats than conservatives were at Clinton in 1994. I never remember being this pissed at repubs [even Bush]  when I was still a registered democrat.

I cannot describe just how POed so many people I meet everyday are.  And most of these are unaffiliated voters, some of them are even democrats. They all loathe, and I mean loathe any and all demon's rats. There is no running away from DeathCare and all the other shit that was crammed down America's throats  without their permission.

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-dem at August 13, 2010 07:08 PM (ACkhT)

90

68 - Seriously on point. 

I think that Chicago reject moment was the exact instance when the hopium wore off for a lot of people.  The Cambridge cop comment slapped some folks awake, but those people were sort of on a contact high. The true hopium smokers probably didn't see the light until Daley-ville got pissed on.  This guy was supposed to make the world love us, win a nobel prize, and cure cancer - but he couldn't get a graft tapeworm like the IOC to nest in the belly of that hog?  What a fucking poser! 

I think that grounded him for a lot of people and he's never been able to get airborne since. Every subsequent economic woe, or natural disaster, or international incident weigh him down to the point where his soaring rhetoric looks and sounds very silly. And when you add to that the self-inflicted stupidity like the war on AZ, Aunt Esther's Spanish Armada and supporting the ground zero mosque - well - he may be looking at a 48% ceiling on his potential take in 2012.

As that 48% number becomes a solid reality to powerbrokers on the left, it will become clear that Obama needs a Ross Perot badly.  I think you're going to see Ron Paul get a few money bombs thrown his way.  He's the only candidate who could be tempted to run 3rd party with the potential to pull 5% or more from the Republican nominee.  THAT is the real danger, my friends.

 

Posted by: David Brooks at August 13, 2010 07:09 PM (90Jsk)

91 I predict that the New Black Panther Party members who brandish a billy club at my poling place will only do it one time.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:09 PM (LlGH/)

92 I'm not one to predict anything but in GA on the 7-20 primary, the republicans turned out in an almost perfect 2-1 ratio, and again on the 8-10 run-off for the Republican nomination for Governor the republicans still had far far far more voting than the democraps did on the 7-20 primary.

If that kind of ratio holds on Nov 2nd on pretty much a nationwide scale, the democraps ARE FUCKED.

The political pendulum swung so far to the left in 08 it's coming back to the right with a lot of mass and speed in 2010, and I think it will still be moving right come 2012. People will be so fucking tired of seeing DEAR LEADER vacationing every other fucking day they'll shitcan him for sure.

Posted by: FreedomFighter at August 13, 2010 07:10 PM (Odul+)

93

Here's the deal.

No matter what happens, even an epic-level Dem blowout, they will try to rat fuck this victory by claiming it to be some kind of philosophic, moral, or existential victory for Obama. Voters are just repudiating the mess (cause ironically by Bush-Hitler) and the Dems just happened to be in the way.

Just watch.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at August 13, 2010 07:10 PM (oIp16)

94 Dream anchors for this election night would be:

James Caan, Megyn Kelly, James Woods, and John Voight.
Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 10:59 PM

Me, I'll be watching the libs dying on-camera at MSLSD if the results are anything like what I hope they are. It'll by like a Charles Bronson film, only far better. The blood and death agonies will be real.

All bets are off if Megyn Kelly does the election show from a hot tub. Not even sure I'd care about the vote totals in that case.

BTW: To those who are carping about Angle, just remember that, like gathering the courage to vote for someone like Mutt Romney or Shuckabee against Osama Obama, sticking with the status quo would be a disaster.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 13, 2010 07:10 PM (Ulu3i)

95

hmmm.... just heard the Marxist endorsed the Mosque near ground zero. My cousin from NYC just heard it on Fox.  Why not?  Just piss off even more people, and so close to this year's September 11th anniverasary.

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-dem at August 13, 2010 07:12 PM (ACkhT)

96 Of course, there is the very distinct and very real possibility that the entire USA financial system will go poof, in the manner of the USSR collapse, which happened in a twinkling of an eye. Not even the geniuses in the CIA saw it coming. That could even be the very goal of the Dems. It may as well be. The results are the same.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 07:12 PM (UdLYc)

97 I'll watch MSNBC on election night if Allyson Hannigan reads the returns in a white teddy.

Barring that, I'll settle for reading about their conniption fit here while I nurse my hangover the next day.


Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:13 PM (LlGH/)

98 Say it, Johnc, say it!
 Glad to have you on board.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 13, 2010 07:13 PM (BNk7G)

99 Mr. Scribbler, I would ad SE Cuppe and Hannah Gilesto this hot tub coverage.  They should feed each other strawberries while poring champagne on each other.

Yes.  That would do nicely.

Posted by: Sam at August 13, 2010 07:14 PM (Cxsey)

100 Whose dick does Keith Olberman have to suck to get you guys to stop making fun of me?

Posted by: Chris Matthews at August 13, 2010 07:14 PM (aB5St)

101

After reading the transcript, I'm now more convinced than ever that I'm a colossal douchebag.

Posted by: Chris Matthews at August 13, 2010 07:14 PM (554T5)

102

Give or take a couple, there are 85 House seats held by 'rats in districts that have either gone R in the last three Presidential elections or have gone D by 5 points or less on average. And the 'rats losses will not be confined to these districts come November. Sixty and nine.

Posted by: StrngernFiction at August 13, 2010 07:15 PM (pOgEW)

103 Anyway we could get Ted Nugent to do a walk on at MSNBC

Posted by: Jean at August 13, 2010 07:15 PM (CPefM)

104 Barak will be in the mid 30's in approval by Christmas. November will make it safe for the "independents" to talk shit about him like they never voted for him in the first place.
And when us sour people have to go through another no-money Christmas because of Obama's communist policies, the people are gonna boil.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:16 PM (LlGH/)

105 Where will Hannah Giles be - and what will she be wearing?

Posted by: Jean at August 13, 2010 07:17 PM (CPefM)

106 Hannah sends her love. She's gettin' me a beer while I tend this BBQ.

Oh, and Daisy Dukes and a knitted halter top.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:19 PM (LlGH/)

107

You guys know how Pat Caddel got that white streak in his gotee on the same side as that wondering eye?  (He dies his gotee now.)

That's right.  From fighting the white whale.  Bare handed.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 07:19 PM (HU8ik)

108 BeckoningChasm@68,

People can watch the news or see their family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Who are they going to believe? Some teleprompter reader or the reality that hits 'em every other moment?

We're into the looking glass ready to strangle the Chrissy Matthews of the world for the perpetual lies. Who sees Obama today saying the economic situation is improving and believes him? His credibility is in the toilet on pretty much everything and his party won't be bringing voters back this time.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 13, 2010 07:20 PM (swuwV)

109 How are Democrat journalice going to invoke Bull Connor this time?

How will they sneak it in?

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:22 PM (LlGH/)

110 yes but, does anyone else think having both houses will make it difficult to win the WH after 2 years of spin? or does that not hold any water? what will we gain if can't pass legislation, have no PR, have to hope for fail AND people wanting to vote in 1 party rule, again.... can anyone see this happenning? voting for all repub rule? i hope so. which means i hope things get that bad.

Posted by: hhh at August 13, 2010 07:24 PM (vQoSF)

111 How are Democrat journalice going to invoke Bull Connor this time? These Republican gains tonight are going to wash away 20 years of civil rights progress like a firehose.

Posted by: Jean at August 13, 2010 07:25 PM (CPefM)

112

i wonder how the voters will enjoy the 9/11 victory mosque 7 weeks before election day?

if it hasn't been posted about, obama says he likes the idea

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 13, 2010 07:25 PM (gg4j2)

113 I remember election night '94. The MFM was fricking stunned. They kept switching between North losing in VA and Kennedy winning in MA. They couldn't find any other "good" news.

Posted by: maxx at August 13, 2010 07:26 PM (9ADnf)

114 I think the demonrats are going to let us win so they can blame this clusterfark on us along with the coming depression.  Just sayin'

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 07:27 PM (oCbCP)

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 07:28 PM (HU8ik)

116 Add Dana Perino to the election night hot tub coverage.

Dana, SE Cupp and Megyn.

My , my, my.

Scrumptious.

Posted by: ghost707 at August 13, 2010 07:29 PM (BNk7G)

117 bingo, give a cookie to #116.  He's dead nuts on.

Posted by: jaimo at August 13, 2010 07:30 PM (FgTPX)

118 Fuck 'em. I'll take a win.
If the car goes over the falls after we win, at least we won't be ashamed of the driver.
If they still write history books about the USA, I sure as hell don't want Obama the treasonous, communist, terrorist-appeasing, stuttering college dumbfuck to be listed as the last President.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:35 PM (LlGH/)

119 There may be nuance that I'm missing though.

Posted by: sifty at August 13, 2010 07:36 PM (LlGH/)

120 Since that's what I think is going on, especially since Teh One projects that he just doesn't give a shit along with his minions, the question will be how do we counter it once we have control?  The Republicans, Tea Partiers etc. have to come up with a plan to make sure EVERYONE knows who to hang this on.

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 07:38 PM (oCbCP)

121 Sorry I'm late to the party... my dinner of pizza put me in a coma. Hasn't been a lot of focus so far on a state that badly needs to be part of Optimist Ace's landslide: ILLINOIS We've got Kirk versus criminal Gianoulias. We've also got Isaac Hayes versus criminal Jesse Jackson in the 2nd district. Even with the obvious and rampant corruption of the DNC are we picking up these seats? The average guy on the street and even the blue-collar union worker who never voted before is truly and completely pissed off at Obama. But is that enough to combat the left's large base and army of undead voters? Love to hear what others think.

Posted by: ChicagoJedi at August 13, 2010 07:40 PM (WZFkG)

122

Obama cannot help himself.  He's like a pedo who has been given a Kindergarten class to teach.  The idea that Muslims have the same rights as us is as juvenile as Fat Ass Michelles Princeton thesis.

Yes MUZZTARDS have the right to practice their religion.
WHY HAVE THEY CHOSEN THAT SITE and WHY ARE THEY NOT TOLERANT.

 

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 07:41 PM (bpEWJ)

123 The Congressional Republicans need a very short clean agenda before the election so that they have a mandate to do what needs to be done afterwards - cut spending.

Posted by: motionview at August 13, 2010 07:43 PM (58JIy)

124

motion view.  Republicans need to run on re-pealing all of this COMMIE bullshit...with THE QUICKNESS

 

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 07:44 PM (bpEWJ)

125 The R's can't repeal shit without the signature of the President. Best they can hope for is to choke off funding. Until 2012.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 07:46 PM (UdLYc)

126 115 I remember as clearly as yesterday, on Nov 3 1994, the CNN headline read: "WHAT WENT WRONG?" in big whiney letters. Maybe they still have that graphic.

Posted by: dagny at August 13, 2010 07:46 PM (B+JxR)

127 I agree with you motion view.  I'm worried that the Dems have set this up for the Repubs to take the fall.  I hope some ballsy person draws the line in the sand!

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 07:48 PM (oCbCP)

128 To Quote Patty Ann  -

"Wow. Just wow." 

We might get more of the Black vote than they think!  I would truly love to see a Million CITIZEN march on DC...

http://gkurl.us/g5o





Posted by: catman at August 13, 2010 07:50 PM (LZS28)

129 I read somewhere that the day after kerry lost the 2004 election that nearly all the network news people were dressed in black as if in mourning.

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 10:36 PM (HtIec)

Yeah, I did, and if that idiot Palin wins in '12, you'll see broadcast TV's first suicide.

Posted by: Katty Carwreck at August 13, 2010 07:51 PM (a3Z62)

130

The R's can't repeal shit without the signature of the President. Best they can hope for is to choke off funding. Until 2012.

Just in time for Obama and the MFM to blame Republicans.  Remember the GOP got hung with intransigence in the 90's, not Clinton.  Even though Clinton was in the way of the reform people voted for in '94.

So.  Obama doesn't care about '10.  In fact, if the GOP wins, his chances will be better in '12.  He'll have something to blame.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 07:51 PM (HU8ik)

131 @133 yes, much of the legislation has been written to not take effect until 2011. And the reason for that would be...?

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 07:53 PM (UdLYc)

132 My prediction for November 2nd Obama finally golfs a full 18 rounds under 100, claims he is not concerned by the election results.

Posted by: Mr. Pink at August 13, 2010 07:54 PM (V/EYZ)

133 128 The R's can't repeal shit without the signature of the President. Best they can hope for is to choke off funding. Until 2012.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 11:46 PM (UdLYc)


Make Obama veto repeal over and over again. Make him own it.

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 07:54 PM (HtIec)

134 rdbrewer, that's what I'm seeing.  I think that's why the Dems are behaving as they are.  I think Obama told them not to worry, they'll be back in 2012...I pray that I am wrong though.

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 07:54 PM (oCbCP)

135

So you guys think all these LIBTARD CONGRESSMAN are committing suicide on purpose??   You think Pelosi is giving up the Speakers Chair on purpose??

Wrong.

 

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 07:54 PM (bpEWJ)

136 AnonymousDrivel:  Trust me, I know liberals, and they have only one method of reasoning:

If the person who did it has a (D) after their name, it was a good thing to do.  If the person has an (R) after their name, it was bad.

My example:  if G.W. Bush rescued some orphans from a fire that B.H. Obama had set, they would say, "Well, obviously those kids would grow up to be NAZIS (conservatives, others who would vote against Dems)!  So naturally Bush would want to save them, and Obama would know they were evil!"

There is no, repeat NO reasoning with Liberals. 

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2010 07:55 PM (eNxMU)

137 ****BREAKING MFM NEWS****

Colt just bought his second big-boy suit for a new job.  The fabulous salesman told him that for a mere $8.00, the pants could have the "Traveller's Crease," which he advertised as a perfect pants crease which would never, ever go away.

Colt, as he does in all things clothes-related, looked to me for guidance.  I nodded to him to go ahead.  "You want to be liked by David Brooks, don't you?"

****BREAKING MFM NEWS****

Posted by: Filly at August 13, 2010 07:55 PM (jjbBJ)

138 "Make Obama veto repeal over and over again. Make him own it." 
Not a bad idea.

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 07:55 PM (oCbCP)

139 yes but choking of funding is a loser as long as they have potus (gibbs) and msm. It will be made so. Only potus can prep public for sacrifice.

Posted by: Down with ship at August 13, 2010 07:56 PM (HhS2L)

140 Why no Shannon Bream fans?

Posted by: ogliarch at August 13, 2010 07:58 PM (mKtva)

141 If that idiot Palin wins in '12, you'll see broadcast TV's first suicide.
Posted by: Katty Carwreck at August 13, 2010 11:51 PM (a3Z62)

Been there. Done that.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at August 13, 2010 07:59 PM (xqhoO)

142 The only thing which makes me wonder about a blowout is this:  I haven't seen the Democrats dust off the "Diebold STOOLE the election!" meme yet. 

Remember that?  How those fiends at Diebold were completely undermining democracy in 2000 and 2004?  And then vanished like smoke in 2008?  Why haven't they returned?

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 13, 2010 08:00 PM (LxJnj)

143

Obama doesn't mind "owning it'.  He BELIEVES.  Obama doesn't govern, he RULES.  He DOESN'T CARE, what the public thinks, he believes that since we were STUPID ENOUGH to elect him.  He can do as he sees fit.
He has no conscience and isn't listening to anything but replays of Stalin speeches in his head.

 

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 08:03 PM (bpEWJ)

144 What's going on with Greene and Meek?  When's the primary?  I read something recently that said Rubio had a better chance against Meek.  Not sure why.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 08:03 PM (HU8ik)

145 Meek and Crist, as opposed to Greene and Crist, that is.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 08:04 PM (HU8ik)

146 No really... go look!  it is about the Liberal Plantation and a call for Atlanta's and all freedom loving black and whites to wake up.. A call out to the black pastor's to be run away slaves..

NOW GO LOOK!  http://gkurl.us/g5o

Posted by: catman at August 13, 2010 08:04 PM (LZS28)

147 Why no Shannon Bream fans?

Posted by: ogliarch at August 13, 2010 11:58 PM (mKtva)

Because it took me awhile to get here. We're still beating up M100 in the other thread

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 13, 2010 08:04 PM (jEBG1)

148 Remember that?  How those fiends at Diebold were completely undermining democracy in 2000 and 2004?  And then vanished like smoke in 2008?  Why haven't they returned?

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 14, 2010 12:00 AM (LxJnj)


2006 was the cleanest election in history if you go by the number of Dem accusations of fraud.

Posted by: davidt at August 13, 2010 08:05 PM (HtIec)

149 Choking off funding may not be such a big problem when the global fiat currency system is in total collapse...

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 08:05 PM (UdLYc)

150 We shouldn't start sucking each others dicks yet, gentlemen.  The GOP, God love them, is still capable of epic fail (see CO Gov's race, Michael Steele), and the Dems are busy with lots of dirty tricks (see the Democrat "tea party" plants in Grayson's FL district and the PA district, can't remember the name of the congressman.) We need to work really, really hard. Sign up for GOTV, donate. It's bad luck to count your chickens before they hatch.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at August 13, 2010 08:05 PM (KYny9)

151 The Runaway Slave trailer is very interesting, hopefully enough will wake up to the fact they've been used.

Posted by: SJR2 at August 13, 2010 08:08 PM (oCbCP)

152 Barry lost all interest - or what little he ever possessed - for being President of the U.S. at the Gee-Whiz 20 Summit in Toronto when the European socialists told him to pound sand in response to his insistence that they spend more. Any hope he had to be President of AllaDaWorld went "poof!" at that moment.

Posted by: ya2daup at August 13, 2010 08:12 PM (LY0g7)

153 "Add Dana Perino to the election night hot tub coverage."

This guy gets it.

Posted by: the peanut gallery at August 13, 2010 08:13 PM (NurK6)

154

1
Shine my city shoes.

bet you can't say that fast.

Posted by: City Shoe Shiner at August 13, 2010 10:14 PM (VMcEw)

No, but I can say: "you've been fuckin pwn3d, NOW GET UR FUCKIN SHINEBOX BITCH".

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at August 13, 2010 08:16 PM (Fg/7E)

155

Just in time for Obama and the MFM to blame Republicans.  Remember the GOP got hung with intransigence in the 90's, not Clinton.  Even though Clinton was in the way of the reform people voted for in '94.

People are waaaaaaaaaay more pissed off now than back then, the economy is dragging, 55% still favor repeal of Obamacare, you also have TARP, the failed stimulus, all the bailouts, etc. And there is no one on the GOP side to fill the lightning rod role the way that Gingrich did in the '95 budget battle and I think that even though they are the Party of Stupid they will be hesitant to find someone that polarizing. (And Gingrich did come across as a snotty asshole, plus he has a face that seems to be constantly sneering along with an unfortunate last name.)

I just don't know if anyone really knows how pissed off people are. My wife who doesn't really follow politics much was extremely animated the other day to the point of mentioning how much she was ready to vote and wished it was Election Day. She brought this up all on her own. My mother-in-law who doesn't pay much attention at all is very upset about all the tax increases that are coming next year and knows exactly why they're being increased. My wife's aunt and her husband (both in their 60s) are Michigan residents who attended their first protest ever last year, a Tea Party, and they are irate. This is all anecdotal evidence, but when I hear more and more and more of these anecdotes I get the impression that this runs a lot deeper than any one can really tell.

As for the Republicans, they better figure out pretty damn quick that this is a tidal wave that stands to sweep them into power based on little more than the fact that they are not Democrats, but if they'd get out in front of this they could make the tidal wave even bigger. But they'd better also understand that come next year their asses are going to be held accountable and if they don't make good then they'll be the next ones to go. Part of me wonders if that's the reason they aren't saying anything; maybe they think if they don't make any promises to the voters then they can't be accused of breaking them.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 13, 2010 08:19 PM (tvHwT)

156 #150 one measure of winning is brevity.

Posted by: abc at August 13, 2010 08:20 PM (vQoSF)

157

I will not be satisfied with the election outcome until I see Chris Matthews , Rachel Maddow, Garofalo. Ed Schulz, Krugman and other rabid leftists commit seppuku on camera.

 

 

Posted by: effinayright at August 13, 2010 08:20 PM (KBviZ)

158 "Why no Shannon Bream fans?"

I believe I'm on the records as one of Shannon Bream's biggest fans.  My favorite FNC babe, by far - mind, body, and soul.

Posted by: the peanut gallery at August 13, 2010 08:21 PM (NurK6)

159 anyone remember the tune: "there aint no future in your front'in". good fire up

Posted by: obedia at August 13, 2010 08:23 PM (vQoSF)

160

I remember leftards talking much trash about permanent Republican minorities or the death of the Republican party.  They sure were confident after they won. 

We sure are confident 2.5 mos before we even find out.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 13, 2010 08:24 PM (fLHQe)

161 Add my vote for Juliet Huddy and some jello for the election night hot tub broadcast.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 13, 2010 08:24 PM (rGRTG)

162 and how about Erin Burnette?... am I not alone there too?

Posted by: ob at August 13, 2010 08:24 PM (vQoSF)

163 I'll be happy if the GOP drops all of that "reach across the aisle" bipartisan bullshit once and for all.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 08:25 PM (UdLYc)

164 so the question is then are they single or do they take of thing rings? man if I get caught...

Posted by: ob at August 13, 2010 08:26 PM (vQoSF)

165 when are the main sisters up? we need a national umph for that one, like a scott brown.

Posted by:  at August 13, 2010 08:29 PM (vQoSF)

166 And in other Lindsay Lohan news...

Posted by: MSM November 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th........ at August 13, 2010 08:32 PM (5I0Yr)

167 There are millions upon millions of people who still believe and vote the exact opposite of us. Educate them? How, with the Hollymedia on their side? With no leaders?

Posted by: Moob Cannibal at August 13, 2010 08:33 PM (kcqZS)

168 I'll believe it when I see it.  The Republicans have an amazing capacity to fuck up the easiest shiat.

Posted by: Original Mikey at August 13, 2010 08:37 PM (Av4L9)

169 you guys ever consider the entertainment is here "on purpose"? just a thought.

Posted by: mcb at August 13, 2010 08:38 PM (vQoSF)

170

124 I don't know, but I do know that Dicky Durbin just pissed off a whole bunch of folks (well, him and the DoE) in south east central IL.  People are calling for an investigation, calling to have him sent home...now, if not yesterday.

And it isn't just conservatives or Republicans that are screaming for it; it's a whole lot of everybody...and yeah, they are starting to blame the man child as well. It could turn into political capital...then again, it's something the Republicans in this state are going to have to handle cautiously -- the incumbents downstate at least and Kirk as well.

If there was ever a time when Repubs could sweep IL, now until 12 could be it -- IF they would just play it right.  People are pissed off in this state (I've heard that even in the Chi this is becoming so; I know it to be true down here).

Posted by: unknown jane at August 13, 2010 08:38 PM (5/yRG)

171 Had Mike Ditka run, none of this shit would be happening right now.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 08:44 PM (UdLYc)

172 Jane, these LIBTARDS didn't sell themselves to the voters as MARXIST.

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 08:44 PM (bpEWJ)

173

176 Lots of folks are starting to see them as such.  When you have staunch Durbin supporters writing letters to his office calling him a traitor and a liar, wishing he was out of office now, when you have newspaper editors calling Durbin and "Big Fed" out in their editorials (not much, but it's a start)...then something has changed.

The question is, will the GOP take this up and run with it?  I hope they do.  There could be repercussions, and they may not be pretty -- but something has to give; it's giving right now imho.

Posted by: unknown jane at August 13, 2010 08:51 PM (5/yRG)

174 You know Dick Durbin's nickname?  "Dick."

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 08:52 PM (HU8ik)

175 People call him "Dick Durbin."

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 13, 2010 08:53 PM (HU8ik)

176 144 If that idiot Palin wins in '12, you'll see broadcast TV's first suicide.
Posted by: Katty Carwreck at August 13, 2010 11:51 PM (a3Z62)

Been there. Done that.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at August 13, 2010 11:59 PM (xqhoO)

 

Chubbuck was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, as her script had predicted; there, she was pronounced dead fourteen hours later.

Teh spooky.

Posted by: Katty Carwreck at August 13, 2010 08:53 PM (a3Z62)

177

They're calling him worse than that tonight in my little corner of the LOL!

Posted by: unknown jane at August 13, 2010 08:53 PM (5/yRG)

178 Don't forget that, should we get the gavel after this election, all the dirty deals, payoffs, thugocracy BS, Justice Department politicking, bailout shenanigans.....all this stuff can be subject to investigation.

These clowns were too stupid to make trillions of dollars into a faux recovery successfully, 'cause they all dipped their beaks in it.....anyone want to bet that they were smart enough to effectively cover their tracks? The MSM will do their best to downplay and hide everything, but it's going to be like holding back Katrina with a wet piece of paper.

Posted by: cthulhu at August 13, 2010 08:54 PM (/0IOT)

179 It is as if millions of progressive souls cried out in agony and then were silent.

Posted by: Pat Caddell, in between sessions of donkeypunching George Lucas, Nov 2nd 2010 at August 13, 2010 08:55 PM (eNW2O)

180 175 Had Mike Ditka run, none of this shit would be happening right now.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 14, 2010 12:44 AM (UdLYc)


Mike Ditka vs. Stewart Smalley

Posted by: tangonine at August 13, 2010 08:56 PM (C8Pcc)

181 182 Don't forget that, should we get the gavel after this election, all the dirty deals, payoffs, thugocracy BS, Justice Department politicking, bailout shenanigans.....all this stuff can be subject to investigation.

These clowns were too stupid to make trillions of dollars into a faux recovery successfully, 'cause they all dipped their beaks in it.....anyone want to bet that they were smart enough to effectively cover their tracks? The MSM will do their best to downplay and hide everything, but it's going to be like holding back Katrina with a wet piece of paper.

Posted by: cthulhu at August 14, 2010 12:54 AM (/0IOT)

I take exception to that.

Posted by: tangonine's African Grey Parrot at August 13, 2010 08:57 PM (C8Pcc)

182 The amount spent on T.A.R.P. could have paid off every single mortgage in the USA. Let that one sink in for a bit.

Posted by: rawmuse at August 13, 2010 09:01 PM (UdLYc)

183 Beware the October suprise, and if the GOP makes a big win on 11/2, then beware a November one.

Posted by: unknown jane at August 13, 2010 09:08 PM (5/yRG)

184 that's what she said

Posted by: thekid at August 13, 2010 09:10 PM (UfTV7)

185 oh...ooooh..ooooh .. and that thing they just flew in in 2 days to pass (the ~30 billion with no publicity) thats the NASA budget (yeah the muslim outreach center)... remind you of the weekend 800 billion passd with no publicity nor reading. just had too... sorry guys, you a little slow. me too, I admit. I was busy building things. only in 2008 did I realize what was at stake. but its pretty over sorry. lets just say im taking heads at some point. (you dont know what i mean).

Posted by: revelations at August 13, 2010 09:11 PM (vQoSF)

186 and yes im big and can hit 93.

Posted by: r at August 13, 2010 09:13 PM (vQoSF)

187 Gonna be a bloodbath. I lived through 1994 and this is gonna be more like 1974, after Watergate, when anything with an R next to it was almost bludgeoned to death by the voters. Dems picked up 52 seats and some of those assholes like Pete Stark are still there. ObamaCare is the Democrats' Watergate.

Posted by: rockmom at August 13, 2010 09:14 PM (iGAQn)

188

Not to harsh everyone's mellow, but....

IF the Donks do get an ass-kicking on November 2nd, there could be a very troubling "lame duck" session following.

Unencumbered by any need to worry about voters response, and desperate to please their potential K-Street employers, their federal-appointment granting President and their DNC position allocating party bosses, we could see the balance of the prog agenda rammed thru the House by pelosi and her willing soon-to-be booted minions: Card Check, Fairness Doctrine, Amnesty, Cap & Trade, etc. could well come up for votes.

Whether they can muster the Maine sisters or a few other RINO's in the Senate to pass these measures will make all the difference as Barry will sign whatever makes his desk.

 

In their death throes, the Dems make just try and take all of us down with them. 

 

Bottom line, winning back the House in November and deposing Pelosi would be great, but the odds of getting a veto-proof majority in either house, let alone both, are very long. Repealing, or even just defunding, part of the Obama agenda will require bloody trench warfare against the Dems and a media who will shill for him like never before.  

Posted by: proudvastrightwingconspirator at August 13, 2010 09:17 PM (DlNeu)

189 The amount spent on T.A.R.P. could have paid off every single mortgage in the USA.

Huh? Mortgage debt is something like $11 trillion.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 13, 2010 09:18 PM (rGRTG)

190 Also, someone questioned what we'd do if Obama would veto the repeal. Sounds like a lot of you forgot that a veto can be overturned. If you have enough pissed off Senators and Congressmen - and if we win big, we probably can, for important enough stuff.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at August 13, 2010 09:22 PM (cFk+E)

191 My prediction is that the the people that don't normally vote (20-30 yr olds) will come out in massive numbers.
I am expecting to see somewhere in the area of 60%.

And not the college pimple heads that came out for Obumbles.  The lower/middle class ones that still have the American dream of success, and they realize that President Gulfbag is taking that away from them.

And they are going to kick these dirtbag commie fuckers to the curb.

Anyways I'll pony up a half house broke saluki and a slightly chewed on leash if it don't break the way I say it does..

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 13, 2010 09:24 PM (eRXhh)

192 I remember election night '94. The MFM was fricking stunned. They kept switching between North losing in VA and Kennedy winning in MA. They couldn't find any other "good" news. Posted by: maxx

You can blame that one on Marshall Coleman. Republican vanity candidate in Virginia. He lost to North for the nomination, and just couldn't have North as Senator, so we got 6 more years of Chuck Robb.

Posted by: MrCaniac at August 13, 2010 09:24 PM (Vol3D)

193

I know the drumbeat the "runaway slave" film is using.

It's Nine Inch Nails, midway through "Perfect Drug".

Posted by: Zimriel at August 13, 2010 09:25 PM (rtzHA)

194

Now it's "Eraser" from "Downward Spiral".

Interesting...

Posted by: Zimriel at August 13, 2010 09:25 PM (rtzHA)

195

I take exception to that.

Posted by: tangonine's African Grey Parrot at August 14, 2010 12:57 AM (C8Pcc).

Sorry -- recently watched Godfather II and was thinking of Don Fanucci.....

Posted by: cthulhu at August 13, 2010 09:26 PM (/0IOT)

196

I'm still UNCLEAR on EXACTLY WHAT POLICIES...G.W.BUSH put into effect, that caused FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC and other MORTGAGE lenders to make bad loans.

Someone tell me which POLICIES of GEORGE BUSH has caused this OBAMA MELT DOWN???

Posted by: gus at August 13, 2010 09:27 PM (bpEWJ)

197 Anyone know where I can get some Louis Vuitton bags cheap???

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 13, 2010 09:29 PM (tJjm/)

198 Just up on Fox:
Dems Warned Not to Trash Your Own

Party's top strategist warns that candidates would be 'crazy' to try to boost their electoral prospects at the expense of the president and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: cthulhu at August 13, 2010 09:30 PM (/0IOT)

199

203  Oh my..

Still, a cornered rat is a very dangerous animal -- I don't put anything past them at this point.  I'm afraid interesting times may get even more interesting really soon...

Posted by: unknown jane at August 13, 2010 09:35 PM (5/yRG)

200 202 Anyone know where I can get some Louis Vuitton bags cheap???

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 14, 2010 01:29 AM (tJjm/)


Try this place...

http://www.lvnovo.com/

Posted by: Smapty at August 13, 2010 09:42 PM (bAySe)

201 In response to proudvastrightwingconspirator's handwringing about a lameduck session:

Someone else who has not heard of the "filibuster," apparently. 

And before someone chimes in with, "GOP sucks, they'll roll over."  I answer, they haven't rolled over when they were a much diminished minority facing a new popular president.  Anyone who thinks they will just fall apart and give in to that same now unpopular President and the Democrats who just got massacred either has rocks in their head or is a piss-poor concern troll

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 13, 2010 09:47 PM (eNW2O)

202

Someone tell me which POLICIES of GEORGE BUSH has caused this OBAMA MELT DOWN???

#1 would be the policy of not shitcanning every single fucking Democrat appointee, from dogcatcher on up, at dawn on January 21, 2001!

The heaving sobs of thousands of newly-unemployed Democrats sounds exactly like the sound of American victory!

Posted by: sherlock at August 13, 2010 09:49 PM (thr9V)

203 Someone said it the other night.  Next Repbulican President:  Fire every Dem appointed office holder within your power to fire, every last one, as soon as you take your hand off the Bible.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 13, 2010 09:53 PM (pcJe3)

204 Only a test post.

Posted by: Smapty at August 13, 2010 09:53 PM (bAySe)

205 One big factor for the pubs if the fuckin MFM hammers away at our candidates. I hope thr rest of the country finally wises up to that game like North Carolina did for Nikki Haley! I remember fucking Dem plant Mark Foley was the begining of the end of the Pub majority thenAllen with  the Macaca incident. the MFM knocked our boys out!

Posted by: sonnyspats at August 13, 2010 09:59 PM (2DxKT)

206 Obama's endorsement of the Victory Mosque should be the "own goal" that send the Dems out to the wilderness. Look, Lord Zero is now on record as being in favor of several things that 60-75 percent of the public opposes....amnesty, bailouts, the Mosque,. Add in the Louis XIV factor...the multiple extended vacations. and rounds of golf..the MFM can't embargo that as much as they want to....while the private sector implodes, his pathetic response to the oil spill, his  and many of his Dem cohhorts' insistence on blaming everything on Bush..the list goes on. Tack on the fact that Zero himself is not running, his base is demoralized anyway and usually do not turn out for midterm elections, and the fact that Congress has an 11 percent approval rating , and we can expect the Pubs to take the House back at the very least, and possibly with a sizable majority. The Senate is of course a longer shot but still gettable. I can see the pessimists' point of view but as many have said, people are pissed, and anecdotally, friends of mine who hardly ever speak about politics are chomping at the bit to vote R.

Now, what happens after the election is still anyone's guess. I don;t think that the Dems will go to a scorched-earth policy of trying to ram everything through...I may sound naive here, but I can;t see the RINO's going along with anything like that after such a cataclysmic election. Even some of the more even-tempered Dems may refuse to go along. And I expect Zero himself to have some meltdowns that the MFM can't cover up.

And there's my look into the crystal ball after about 10 beers.


Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 13, 2010 11:51 PM (4//PW)

207 I don't know... I had something of a revelation today.

One of the local hotels rented out a ballroom to a group of black gentlemen who wanted to put on a "urban music" festival.  Well, it's letting out around 2am this morning and I, in full uniform, wander up and make smalltalk.  I ask him how it went and he says they only got 50% of what they were expecting.  I reply that with the way the economy is, a lot of people are saving what they can and they don't have very much disposable income for entertainment.  He agrees, pointing out that he's feeling the pinch as well, especially as he lives in NYC.

He's being very friendly with me, but I'm getting a definite Malcolm X "fight The Man" vibe from him.  I remark "well, hopefully the economy will turn around soon."

He looks at me and replies "Yeah, I'm guessing about two to three years." 

Me: "Really?  What makes you figure that?"

Him: "Hopefully we'll have somebody in charge that's not intent of destroying our economy."

I left feeling... hopeful.

Posted by: Xoxotl at August 14, 2010 01:31 AM (ObWE/)

208 the Macaca incident. the MFM knocked our boys out! Posted by: sonnyspats

Drudge headlines the public's increasing distrust turning to anger against the media. There's hope to change people's habits when they are disgusted with what they have, and disgusted with what abuse they realize they are taking, even paying to take through subscriptions, etc.  Even if only to establish doubt and fear in the opponent still stuck on stupid.

It's what Allen allowed to be made of it, FORCED to disappear by the hypersensitive guilty-white-complex "bipartisan to be politically correct" Republican establishment. AS IF the people hung up over "macaca" were going to vote for Allen any way, had he never said it, had he not called out his antagonizer, or after any number of apologies. After swallowing "mongrel" from Obama without blinking, OBVIOUSLY it's never what a Republican says or doesn't say that motivates Democrats to vote for Democrats, or Leftists to smear opponents with racism.

Republicans need to get over their own hang-ups, whether self righteous (I'd never say that!) or ashamed and vindictive (how dare he say that and by inference of party affiliation smear me as "inappropriate" in this PC society). The PC mask, after all, is simply a Dorian Grey portrait.


Posted by: maverick muse at August 14, 2010 03:07 AM (H+LJc)

209 Some of you people have a lot of faith in:

1. The electorate

2. Lack of fraud

3. No November surprise

4. The GOP

5. The electorate

48%er (since we're among friends, may I call you "forty"?), this is a good list. And yes, we would be idiots to take anything for granted. But I don't think "faith" is the right word. This is a matter of observation, not blind trust.

To elaborate on your points:

1. As for the electorate, people will be short-sighted and venal, as usual; but the administration has screwed so many people so often and so hard that a significant number are sitting up and taking notice. Even more important, I think, are the PR gaffes. Obama's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize was a huge blunder; along with his attack on Massachusetts cop, and the gaudy vacations, and the photo-ops with sports celebrities. People are noticing that, in Sarah Palin's memorable phrase, the columns are made of styrofoam. Nothing in life is so infuriating as having been taken in by a con man, not just because he's a thief and a liar, but because he makes you look like a fool. I think the electorate is waking up to the fact that we've been taken in by one of the biggest cons in American history, and people are mad as hell about it.

2. Fraud is certainly a possibility. Allow me to rephrase that: Democrats being Democrats, fraud is a certainty. However, there's a limit to how much they can steal. That is one aspect of the genius of the federal system that is underappreciated: no matter how many votes the Democrats in congressional district A steal, it doesn't affect the outcome in congressional district B in the slightest. We will lose some close races to Democratic vote fraud: you can take that to the bank. If it weren't true, we wouldn't be reading about Senator Franken today. But I think the coming tsunami is so high that it will overwhelm much of the fraud.

3. As for a November surprise, it's hard to imagine what Obama could do that would swing the electorate to his camp. War with Iran? If that were his intention, he'd be ratcheting up crisis now; but if anything, he's moving in the opposite direction.

Also, bear in mind that that sort of brinksmanship and cold calculation requires cujones, to use Sarah Palin's term; and clearly, our commander-in-chief is cujone-challenged.

What is more worrisome is that some of Obama's foreign - I almost wrote "allies", but that's getting into conspiracy theory territory, so let's say "well-wishers" - will manufacture a crisis for his benefit. Perhaps an attack. Maybe some sabre rattling, something of that sort. But for that to be effective, Obama will have to respond competently and forcefully: and does anyone, anywhere, honestly think that he's capable of that? No, such an attack would simply underscore Obama's basic incompetence, and simply give people yet another reason to hate him.

4. The GOP. Ah, the GOP, God bless 'em. There, you're spot-on: the GOP is Obama's ace in the hole. Not because they will be too conservative, as the MFM commentators assert; but because they will not be principled enough. Once you've been taken by a con man, you're doubly distrustful, especially of people who are all flash and no substance. Because people are looking for an alternative to Obama's three-card-monte game, I think they want substance, at least for now. This is one of those times when sober appraisals and serious discussion will find an audience. The GOP should seize this opportunity with both hands.

5. The GOP is the party that, philosophically, has the most realistic grasp of how badly humanity can behave en masse, yet how high we can rise as individuals and communities. The Democrats are the opposite: they distrust the individual and have faith in the mob. The Democrats are clever in that, because mobs can be manipulated far more easily than individuals; but over the last two years, their all-out assault on the individual and his (and her) autonomy has made many people sit up in alarm. The Democrats have badly overplayed their hand; just how badly, we'll find out in November.

So, "faith"? No. "Hope"? Yes, for once.





Posted by: Brown Line at August 14, 2010 03:28 AM (9e+Qw)

210 This surprises me....

The first Rasmussen Reports post-primary telephone survey of likely Connecticut voters finds that Democrat Richard Blumenthal has slipped below the 50 percent mark of support against Republican Linda McMahon in the stateÂ’s U.S. Senate race.

Blumenthal, the stateÂ’s longtime attorney general, picks up 47 percent of the vote, while McMahon earns 40 percent. Five percent prefer some other candidate, and 7 percent remain undecided.

Support for McMahon is unchanged from last month, despite her GOP primary win Tuesday. BlumenthalÂ’s support is down 6 points since last month. In June, Blumenthal held a 56 percent to 33 percent lead over McMahon, the former head of Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment.

Posted by: Tami at August 14, 2010 03:45 AM (VuLos)

211 The Milwaukee election would trend Democrat. That was his only mistake.

Posted by: Al McGuire at August 14, 2010 04:16 AM (vCWr8)

212 "Yeah, I did, and if that idiot Palin wins in '12, you'll see broadcast TV's first suicide." Nah, there have been at least two already. But you could see the first group offing.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at August 14, 2010 07:30 AM (T5BMZ)

213

Some of you people have a lot of faith in:

1. The electorate

2. Lack of fraud

3. No November surprise

4. The GOP

5. The electorate

Posted by: 48%er at August 13, 2010 10:47 PM (kcqZS)

 

 

Boy, you just nailed it.....especially #1 and 2.......and some October surprise.  Chicago politics will be in overdrive.  I see a record turnout of dead people this election.

Posted by: Bixter at August 14, 2010 07:40 AM (bHZq5)

214 Ace - Excellent piece! You had me laughing halfway through.

Matthews and his ilk are like caricatures. Unfortunately, they aren't even aware of how ridiculous and predictable they have become.

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at August 14, 2010 08:11 AM (G5qLy)

215 BTW -- the link for the story above (Democrats warned not to trash their own) is http://tinyurl.com/28lrsdn

Posted by: cthulhu at August 14, 2010 08:12 AM (/0IOT)

216

Nothing in life is so infuriating as having been taken in by a con man, not just because he's a thief and a liar, but because he makes you look like a fool.

That's an excellent deduction.  Too bad the MFM don't look at it that way.

Posted by: RushBabe at August 14, 2010 08:53 AM (a3Z62)

217 "Obama" and "shine" in the same sentence? I see your racist dog-whistles there, Ace. And _you_ lecture us. >

Posted by: ms. docweasel at August 14, 2010 09:35 AM (rLs4O)

218

Matthews:  Why does this right-wing, wingnut, radical
CABAL get to destroy a black man.....and his hopes
to "change" us into a more....giving...loving society
with liberty and justice for all??? I mean, Bob, what
miscreant would want to ...to destroy hope...for SO
many...those of lesser" worth" in the Wall Street
scheme of things(saliva atomizing)......it's a TRAGEDY!!!

Schrum: As you know, Chris, I have been backing
GREAT candidates for national office for years. We
had  Kerry in '04......but then came Obama, the most
prepared candidate ever....right skin shade, right
message.....but the empty, humpty-dumpty "mo-fo"
showed the sin of premature ejaculation.

Matthews:  Thanks, Bob......a little HARSH, but that's
why we love you........next, Jesse Jackson, if we can
peel him off the wall in the "green room".

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by: grizzlybare at August 14, 2010 05:36 PM (PtLfz)

Posted by: Shredderofmass at August 15, 2010 03:09 AM (OccgJ)

220 Massachusetts republican candidate for office and Harvard Physicist, Mike Stopa predicts 300 republicans in the U.S. house this election.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umx8FFLQGRQ

Posted by: Shredderofmass at August 15, 2010 03:10 AM (OccgJ)

221 When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.

Posted by: Amethyst Beads at April 26, 2011 09:48 PM (mUFvT)

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