January 19, 2010
— Ace Totally wrong on the 11 point margin of victory, of course, but, as St. Augustine said, "Fuck you for noticing."
So fucking psyched.
You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.
And that is politically problematic, for us. Cap and Trade? Dead. Card Check? Dead.
Health Care? Well, yeah: Dead.
A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.
Anyway, always trust my damn hunches. I predicted the 2004 Red Sox sweep of the World Series before the season even began, for crying out loud.
Oh: And of course we know the media's story for tomorrow: Brown didn't really run as a Republican, so, like, this doesn't mean anything, or something.
Um: Except for his party ID as "Republican" and the sixty-three gajillion Coakley commercials calling him a Republican. And his vow to join the Republicans in filibustering ObamaCare (now dead letter), and his support of across the board tax cuts, and his desire to treat terrorists in a rather GOPish manner.
Yeah. They'll try. They won't mean it, and they won't really believe it. But they have to do it.
Because they're stupid, and they can only do what they must do.
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Posted by: CoolCzech at January 19, 2010 07:42 PM (QECjC)
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 19, 2010 07:48 PM (ZiQz8)
Posted by: MR PINK SOCKPUPPETTING AN NBC EXEC at January 19, 2010 07:49 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Winston at January 19, 2010 07:50 PM (crVkA)
What do we 5%ers win? Pudding lids?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2010 07:50 PM (DPM1U)
Prognostication, thy name is Ace of Spades.
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 07:50 PM (i8s5X)
Posted by: jeff at January 19, 2010 07:52 PM (eTz/n)
Posted by: Alex at January 19, 2010 07:52 PM (wFWt7)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2010 07:52 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: eman at January 19, 2010 07:52 PM (sqNBZ)
The fun part was watching The Olberdouche and Richard "Dick" Maddow try to wrap their minds around what had just transpired. They consoled themselves with the theory that Obama and the Dems just weren't liberal enough.
Posted by: packsoldier at January 19, 2010 07:54 PM (aKQa8)
Deny that shit at your peril, Dems.
Posted by: Chitown-Jerry at January 19, 2010 07:54 PM (Do528)
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 07:54 PM (UJIeT)
And that is politically problematic, for us. Cap and Trade? Dead. Card Check? Dead.
Health Care? Well, yeah: Dead.
A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.
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20% unemployment thanks to moonbat policy should be enough to teabag the rest.
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 19, 2010 07:54 PM (qyKoF)
God Bless Jim Webb.
Dem though he is, he is the one that can send the signals.
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 07:54 PM (i8s5X)
he's also a traitor to the common sense side
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 07:56 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 19, 2010 07:56 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: eman at January 19, 2010 07:57 PM (sqNBZ)
Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 07:57 PM (iuNyN)
Posted by: CUS at January 19, 2010 07:57 PM (n56wA)
18 Hgoblin,
Jim Webb is the worst kind of traitor to the Reagan revolution, I know when he brushes his teeth at night he tries to con himself into thinking he is the last scoop jackson dem or Charlie Wilson, but at the end of the day he Harry Reid and Frau Botox's chief enabler.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 07:58 PM (Mhn4l)
Posted by: mystry at January 19, 2010 07:58 PM (kmgIE)
Posted by: Eeeyorepundit at January 19, 2010 07:58 PM (outBY)
Posted by: Bunni at January 19, 2010 07:59 PM (4bn6K)
Posted by: MlR at January 19, 2010 07:59 PM (op9m5)
Yeah, yeah but don't get too coky, I predicted it yesterday too :-)
YeeHaw! Go Scott Brown and your pickup truck ... all the way to Washington! We The People still own America!
Scott Brown need to give the Republican response after the SOTU sweet!
Posted by: texas at January 19, 2010 08:00 PM (B1C4/)
Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (iuNyN)
Good. Let them double down. The harder they try to ram their shit down our throats, the worse the backlash will be come November.
Posted by: Mandy P. at January 19, 2010 08:00 PM (MK6Kx)
Posted by: Johnny I @ 5.5--pro photog who can shoot drunk at January 19, 2010 08:00 PM (Jj2Z9)
This is sort of right. They can't pass what they want, but what they want doesn't change, and everyone knows it. But let's not forget, they didn't get obliterated in 94 because they passed Hillarycare-they were punished for even trying. It will not be forgotten by November what they tried to do this last year, nor how much time they spent on it when everyone knew a solid majority of the country opposed it. They will be punished again. Now it may not be as bad as it would had they passed it.
But remember. Some form of it already passed both the House and Senate. Every Dem Senator and nearly all Dem Representatives are on record voting for it. They may scramble now under the impulse "we are headed for electoral slaughter, but maybe I can outrun the rest of the caucus and keep my seat." There is great entertainment to be had in the months ahead. At the end of which time...
...they will be punished again.
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2010 08:00 PM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (iuNyN)
Juan is a more realistic then most libtards and a nice guy, i'd take him over talking points and hacks like Colmes & Beckel
Posted by: mystry at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (kmgIE)
I love how he didn't play too nice w/ Obama w/ his victory speech
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:00 PM (MxqA5)
Bet somebody's request for 40 copies of Heather Has Two Mommies gets canceled tomorrow, just out of spite.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 19, 2010 08:01 PM (aC0uO)
You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.
And that is politically problematic, for us.You know what I learned this last year?
Elections have consequences. The "If this, then the electorate this" and "Well, this, then the electorate that that" don't mean shit when it comes time to actually enacting policies. We can't predicate, assume, or suppose. We just need to fight... and win.
Posted by: Filly at January 19, 2010 08:01 PM (FDfio)
Ah, the wonderful schadenfreude brought about by reading the facebook posts by my liberal friends and coworkers tonight. Good times.
Posted by: muggedbyreality at January 19, 2010 08:01 PM (0XHSl)
Not just for their voting record, remember the way the treated their own constituents at town halls? The RNC has no excuse not to have devastating commercials this next go round.
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 19, 2010 08:03 PM (qyKoF)
Posted by: Eeeyorepundit at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (outBY)
I hate that POS, he's CJ-lite, I know he and ace are buddies but still...
talking about CJ, how's he reacting to the news?
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:03 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 08:04 PM (i8s5X)
(I did call that Kennedy would be lucky to get 1%, so I got that going for me. Which is nice.)
So, please excuse my moderate pessimism; but mostly I was trying to keep up the hopes of the people who had faith.
On that topic, the "waaah it's Massachusetts" whiners here owe HillBuzz an apology. HillBuzz was right. The Eeyores were wrong.
Posted by: Zimriel at January 19, 2010 08:05 PM (WHpnp)
Socialized Health Care would have been the end of the beginning of this country and the beginning of it's end. Yes this sudden swing puts some favoritism back into the dems corner. But this hill, above all others, had to be defended. It may cost us more effort and sweat on the morrow, but the victory of the day was needed in the present to save a cause for tomorrows battle. We were and still are at the brink. All we have done is paused before stepping off into the abyss.
The war is not won, the battle is not won, the day is won. Good night morons and moronettes, tomorrow is a new day. At dawns light I will see you back on the line.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at January 19, 2010 08:06 PM (NpODV)
I just wanted to stop by and let all you racist teabagging rednecks that if you took your balls out of the tapioca once and a while you'd realize that you and Senator Scott "I checked your nude photos on the internet and I've got you beat by at least an inch, maybe inch and a half" Brown can all suck my dick because I'm going to shove Obamacare so far up your ass next week via budget reconciliation that you'll be shitting cap and trade come July if you know what I'm saying. Which you probably don't so I'll spell it out for you...."I'm going to pass cap and trade even if unemployment hits 15%" because that's what you cousin humping god botherers need. A little more time to sit home and reflect about life and how I'm the President of the United States and your biggest accomplishment was the time you got drunk and didn't get robbed by a male prostitute. Also the world has a fever or some other gay bullshit. Ask Al Gore I'm too busy being President of the United States to have any idea what I'm talking about.
So in short laugh it up now losers, we'll see how funny it is when you see the comprehensive immigration reform plan I've been working on. It's tits.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 19, 2010 08:07 PM (VOigi)
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:07 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Hammer at January 19, 2010 08:07 PM (hVGDL)
41 Hgoblin,
The problem is if anything Webb is precisely the type we have to punish as at the end of the day he is like most blue dogs....talks a tough independent game back home and gets his inner Berkeley on once in DC.....which is a neat trick given his home is next to DC.....
Old Dominion voters must not watch the news or read papers to keep sending his ilk up the river.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:07 PM (Mhn4l)
The only way that happens is:
1) Recession
2) ???
3) Booming economy in 9 months
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:08 PM (GxVdJ)
Posted by: GW McLintock at January 20, 2010 12:03 AM (zFh1t)
I also went for +5
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:04 AM (i8s5X)
he's just trying to go moderate, he was barely elected over a popular Senator and former Governor thanks to a YouTube clip that took a comment out of context and that on being a "red state moderate democrat" but he's been a rude, obnoxious, traitorous, liberal scum of a Senator and disrespected Dubya various times even daring to take a cheap shot when Dubya asked him how his son was doing in Iraq. the POS will hopefully lose in '12
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:08 PM (MxqA5)
Scott Brown ain't pure, folks.
If AP was living in Alabama, I'd be with you in grinding him into the dust. But he's great for a NY conservative.
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 08:09 PM (i8s5X)
Decided on bourbon. A nice Jefferson's Reserve.
Posted by: CUS at January 19, 2010 08:10 PM (n56wA)
I predicted the 2004 Red Sox sweep of the World Series before the season even began, for crying out loud.
If Ace really did that, then color me impressed.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 19, 2010 08:11 PM (F09Uo)
You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path
thank god this isn't a fortune telling blog. you are underestimating your enemy.
Posted by: evil libertarian at January 19, 2010 08:11 PM (x9lGm)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:11 PM (GxVdJ)
Sen. Jim Webb [D]: 'Suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated'...
That's good enough for now.
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 08:12 PM (i8s5X)
Since then, Copenhagen collapsed, Barry has been sinking in the polls, he looks clueless on terrorism, Dodd and Dorgan quit, and Brown took Ted fuckin' Kennedy's seat
If he tries coming back, change all the locks
Posted by: kbdabear at January 19, 2010 08:13 PM (sYxEE)
BRB
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 08:13 PM (i8s5X)
Posted by: God at January 19, 2010 08:14 PM (ZzjLj)
59,
Chuckles would not make a very good surfer....
"BikeBoy, you ride the waves don't come in a year behind them a$$hat."
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:14 PM (Mhn4l)
Somebody on the Hannah thread said he's drunk and slurring. Is he really?
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:14 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:15 PM (GxVdJ)
it won't force Obama to do a thing. He has Narcissist Personality Disorder. He can't and won't admit he was wrong or change his direction. He will continue like a bull in a china shop towards dictatorship. it is the other elected Dems that want to save their own fanny that will change. Obama will destroy himself due to his narcissism. As far as the others, they already let their leftist hair down, That genie is out of the bottle and not going back.
changing will not save their fannies but they will be in denial about thinking it will save them
Posted by: dem no more at January 19, 2010 08:15 PM (0cUgO)
@ YRM,
Fella, I don't know whay you've been dippin' in but that didn't help me in the congnitive sense one bit.
Posted by: GW McLintock at January 19, 2010 08:15 PM (zFh1t)
Posted by: evil libertarian at January 19, 2010 08:15 PM (x9lGm)
I swore I wouldn't believe it until it happened.
I believe now.
Hope for the best, expect the worst. That way, you're never disappointed, just pleasantly surprised.
BITTER OLBERDOUCHE TEARS ARE SO, SO SWEET
Posted by: tsj017 at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (TO4Pw)
65,
Probably he didn't take '94 well either.....
of course nobody could top Hitchens....watched his stammering drunk routine on CSPAN and was quite entertained.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (Mhn4l)
I hate to be a downer on such a great night, but there is a long, long way to go and we are not nearly out of the threat. They won't moderate, they'll just move to some other idiotic, un-American, staticist plan ... if they even move away health scare so quickly, which The Precedent won't want to do (since he is truly stupid and doesn't care, anyway). But the big monetary threat still looms, and that is what eerything is really going to turn on, at least in my view.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (A46hP)
Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (9Wv2j)
When Dubya was elected in 2000, Obama was some clown in Illinois as a community organizer, when he was re-elected in 2004 Obama was winning his first state-wide election as a Senator, hell I wouldn't be shocked if he goes for it
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:09 AM (i8s5X)
i'd agree w/ you, if he didn't take a shit on the base every time they were down or bashing religion to start flame wars
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: Nraendowment at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (pk3HD)
Somebody on the Hannah thread said he's drunk and slurring. Is he really?
Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (9Wv2j)"
He is slurring and he is squinting his eyes when he looks at the camera....the explanation now makes sense.....well, I guess when you broadcast from a bar....
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:16 PM (p302b)
If Allah can't pay him, he has to pay up by being Ace's butler
Posted by: George Costanza at January 19, 2010 08:17 PM (sYxEE)
Remember people, the uniform for tomorrow is BROWN. Brown shirt, brown slacks, brown socks, brown shoes.
(we're trying to send a subtle message, here...)
Posted by: Warthog at January 19, 2010 08:17 PM (QPSwc)
71 EL,
Elf Commander surrendering to Orcs-"Here, my sword....."
Orc Commander stabbing elf in stomach-"thanks"
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:17 PM (Mhn4l)
He's great. LOL.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 19, 2010 08:17 PM (A46hP)
Posted by: The grizz at January 19, 2010 08:18 PM (Fue76)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 19, 2010 08:19 PM (GhUHn)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:19 PM (p302b)
[paraphrased]
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 19, 2010 08:20 PM (A46hP)
lmao, I have to watch that I hate that man more then I do Obama or even CJ
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:21 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 19, 2010 08:22 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:23 PM (p302b)
I read somewhere that he hasn't had a general type press conference, where he answered questions, in several months. He's already retreated into the bunker.
I expect this to continue. His handlers don't want to risk him blowing up in a narcissistic rage live on camera.
Now that the shit has gone sideways in a big way, his handlers must be working overtime to restrict access and contain leakage.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:23 PM (GxVdJ)
Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl but I cannot rejoice.
Does Brown speak openly of concepts like freedom and liberty? No? Then he's not to be trusted any more than any other politician.
What are the chances Obama & Co. are not going to move to the center but rather double down as their patron saint Alinsky would have them to?
Buckle up, folks. We ain't seen nothin' yet.
Posted by: Scott J. at January 19, 2010 08:24 PM (MU2+T)
She was up by 30 last month. He's a great asshat
Posted by: kbdabear at January 19, 2010 08:24 PM (sYxEE)
I was at my moonbat brother's house tonight for a birthday party. Olbermann's grim, televised visage greeted me when I walked in. My brother noticed my smirk, and before I could say anything, he changed the channel to the Princess Diaries and skulked downstairs. That was better than any razzing I could have given him.
Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 19, 2010 08:25 PM (rhtun)
94,
Math skillz aren't a donk strongpoint.....
Chairman Ogabe thinks he has signed a lean series of budget bills.....
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:25 PM (Mhn4l)
Till that time, get drunk and celebrate because next week that bum truck driving cosmogirl will be kicked down the stairs and into the street.
Posted by: ACORN Warrior at January 19, 2010 08:25 PM (JpVJn)
Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl but I cannot rejoice.
Are you the guy at the bachelor party who tells the drunks that their wives won't speak to them for a month tomorrow morning?
Posted by: kbdabear at January 19, 2010 08:25 PM (sYxEE)
he's not trying to be Glenn Beck, he was trying to win an election
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:26 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 19, 2010 08:26 PM (oxMVR)
I respectfully express my doubts on your theory, Ace!
Clinton was a pragmatist, and changed to please the masses, but Obama is an over-the-top narcissist (hence the near-daily speeches), and a hard-core marxist. He's also a fairly inexperienced politician who lives in a solid steel bubble that even a moderate Democrat can't penetrate. The other Dems have been following Obama, Pelosi, and Reid because they're being strongarmed, Chicago style. The hard left has been on a suicidal "force it down the public's throats while we have the chance" for some time now. Why expect it to change? These are not "normal" politicians running the show.
Hell, Obama still thinks that he can make outrageous claims and people will still believe him. He doesn't get that people are sick of hearing his empty rhetoric (every frikkin' day!), and only care about how unemployment and the national debt are through the roof while he's busy with pushing socialized medicine. He's literally incapable of "getting it", and a marxist like him sure as hell isn't going to support a damn thing that would actually help the situation (and neither are Nancy and Harry).
I could be wrong, but I expect the only "moderation" is going to come from the harsh reality of their not having the 60 votes. Expect sleezy, heavy-handed schemes to try to get around that handicap, and increasing lame attempts to STILL blame Bush! It would take a Tea Party WITHIN the Democratic Party to make any kind of difference, and I just don't see it. They're already rationalizing this loss in MA.
In short, I'll prognosticate that 2010 is still lookin' REAL GOOD. Their only real hope is if the economy bounces back somewhat despite their better efforts.
Posted by: Optimizer at January 19, 2010 08:26 PM (Sn+qO)
88 YRM,
He was totally hammered by 2200.....went on until after Cali closed, credit even if the devil he looked reality in the eyes and didn't say "the American democrats must double down on retard".....
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:27 PM (Mhn4l)
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 19, 2010 08:27 PM (F09Uo)
They say you suck, like interstellar space.
Oh Daily Kos, the meds they are a' failing,
Your Unicorn King's like a scooter in a drag race.
Oh Daily Kos, you drank up all the Kool-Aid,
Your fascist dreams, have vanished in the air.
Oh Daily Kos, you might just need a Band-Aid,
On that pulsating open rectal tear.
Oh Daily Kos, you venerated the Kennedy's,
A drunken clan of vote-stealing crooks.
Oh Daily Kos, your special brand of insanity,
Makes you all look like brain-dead mooks.
Oh Daily Kos, your tragedy touches me,
In a private and oh-so-special part.
Oh Daily Kos, I'll dip my balls in your breakfast oatmeal,
And wipe them off on your strawberry Pop-Tart.
Sung to 'Danny Boy'
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 19, 2010 08:28 PM (aC0uO)
He's a military officer. I trust his taking that oath more than I trust Obama/Pelosi/Reid when they took it.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:28 PM (GxVdJ)
97 Acorn Warrior,
Snow Ninjas better study up on anti-material rifles and 4th gen irregular operations.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:28 PM (Mhn4l)
and he actually looked at the polls, had a moderate record as AR Governor and was part of the "New Democrat" 3rd way to change the Dem party (that failed when it was all said and done), and that was diff. world, put in 24/7 news and talk radio the way it is today and Clinton might lose in 1996 anyways
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:29 PM (MxqA5)
Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 19, 2010 08:30 PM (rhtun)
All right, Brown won over three hours ago, where is the Hitler Bunker spoof of Coackley already?
(Come on, people! We're on Internet time here...)
Posted by: Warthog at January 19, 2010 08:30 PM (QPSwc)
"When dealing with terrorists our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop these terrorists – not lawyers to defend them. The Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation and its citizens. They do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime."
-- Scott Brown
Works for me.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 19, 2010 08:31 PM (A46hP)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:31 PM (p302b)
Posted by: your name here at January 19, 2010 08:31 PM (qFdyV)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:32 PM (p302b)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 08:32 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: your name here at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (qFdyV)
MSNBC is farther to the left then public access and CNN
public access is farther to the left then CNN
CNN is lefty center not necessarily far left but still a-holes
Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 08:33 PM (MxqA5)
114,
be nice it has to be tough having what you use as your religion getting rejected in their equivalent to the city of Q'om......
at the end of the day the Newsies are barking moonbats and they just had the city of Q'om mass convert to Christianity.....
gotta be tough on 'em
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:33 PM (Mhn4l)
The time-traveling sandwich from the future?
Posted by: HobbieHawk at January 19, 2010 08:33 PM (OyIZm)
I was soooo happy tonight I locked myself in the
bathroom and pulled my pud. I totally ignored
my wife banging on the door. I am the toughest
dude in the world, just like Obama.
Posted by: Barry McCockinner at January 19, 2010 08:34 PM (JaiDJ)
On to Bastogne San Francisco !
Hah.
Posted by: 13times at January 19, 2010 08:34 PM (cmQEU)
Oprah To Michelle: LetÂ’s Go Buy Some New Shoes!
Posted by: Pike Place Pete at January 19, 2010 08:34 PM (qD3QA)
Sux to be you, then, huh?
Me, I'm doin' the happy dance.
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:34 PM (9Wv2j)
1115,
yeah even President Wonderful tried to subvert it....
at the end of the day Libtards would be a lot better served reading Shakespeare more and 'The Motorcycle Diaries" less.....
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:34 PM (Mhn4l)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:35 PM (p302b)
You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed. - Ace
Not according to Paul Begala and Steny Hoyer. Both of them said that this win for Brown shows that Obama needs to get tougher, and to go full speed ahead with his programs. Talk about a couple of crazy fanatics. Sheesh. I hope that Obama takes their adevice. It will destroy the Democrats.
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 08:35 PM (ITzbJ)
You people from othah faggot states donÂ’t get it. He may have been a drunk who let a garl die, but he was OW-UH drunk who let a garl fackinÂ’ DIE! You canÂ’t appreciate the history this man had with his votah base! We lifted him up! If it had nawt been far the LEGENDARY BAWSTON VOTAHS, that highway bill nevah would have passed! FACKINÂ’ CHAHHHHLES SCHUMAH WOULD HAVE FACKED IT UP!
NO ONE DENIES THIS!
(May have been blatantly ripped off from Kissing Suzy Kohlber)
Posted by: Tommy from Qunizee at January 19, 2010 08:35 PM (1AnxB)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2010 08:35 PM (Xsi7M)
128,
you might be watching crazy cop/moron cop in action....
Steyn(he of the moderate moonbat Pelosi hater club) is trying to talk tough so possibly President Jesus can "move to the middle" by taking 3 baby steps and having the newsies act like he ran a marathon to the middle....
we'll see.
Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 08:37 PM (Mhn4l)
Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 19, 2010 08:37 PM (rhtun)
Nobody will ever know how much of a factor they really were...since winners don't usually demand recounts/audits or file too many complaints about vote fraud.
A 100K delta was a tough nut to crack with undetectable levels of fraud. Minus fraud, I could see Brown up another 20K or so though. 50 votes here, 50 votes there and pretty soon you can gen up 10K or 20K in a state the size of MA without raising too many eyebrows.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:38 PM (GxVdJ)
Good clean campaigns, with a consistent set of POSITIVE CONSERVATIVE messages, capable of positive counter punching, ability to implement internet fund raising, capable of putting together quality youtube video messages, capable of quickly expanding a positive, reasonably conservative, campaign vertically with increased funding without getting bogged down in bureaucratic wasteful foolishness, etc, etc...
Brown didn't win without a TEAM behind him. The GOP everywhere needs to take some lessons from Brown's campaign TEAM...
Posted by: drfredc at January 19, 2010 08:38 PM (puRnk)
111, that was good.
But has he kept saying in what little I heard on Fox News: we can do better.
How about addressing the fact that The Constitution is supposed to limit government and not some regrettable mistake like Obama thinks?
Posted by: Scott J. at January 19, 2010 08:39 PM (MU2+T)
We won bitches!
Now who's ass tatstes like CAKE!?
Ours does, so have another lick. Get used to the taste.
That is all.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 19, 2010 08:39 PM (F09Uo)
I suppose there is the chance that he will, but I think there is ample enough evidence that he won't.
Posted by: TheresaD at January 19, 2010 08:41 PM (iGCmo)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:42 PM (GxVdJ)
Posted by: Rodney at January 19, 2010 08:43 PM (c6mrx)
Hey, is this thing on??
Posted by: Michael Steele at January 19, 2010 08:43 PM (aC0uO)
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 08:44 PM (ITzbJ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:44 PM (GxVdJ)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:45 PM (p302b)
The Obama agenda is bundled up inside a capsule. The three-hundred-odd Democrats that comprise their House and Senate majorities form the heatshield on the bottom, shielding the agenda from the fierce heat of public opinion.
If the Rahm Emanuels did their sums correctly, the capsule lands safely on Obama's desk with enough of the heatshield intact.
But it's looking more and more like the steep angle at which they're trying to, uh, penetrate the public is tearing critical chunks off their protection.
Posted by: mrkwong at January 19, 2010 08:48 PM (G8Eo0)
It has been reported several times (on Fox, as well as sites like Politico and NRO) that it was in large part Mitt Romney and his core braintrust. People are saying that this positions him very strongly within the GOP going forward and, you know what? They're right. Mittens and his team deserve MASSIVE credit for this. Call him a RINO all you want; he worked with Brown quietly, behind the scenes, never putting himself into the spotlight at all (until tonight, to take some well-deserved bows), and gave Brown a major boost. There's a reason Brown took a big pause to single out Romney for his help in that victory speech.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 19, 2010 08:48 PM (GhUHn)
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 08:49 PM (ITzbJ)
Yeah the ACORN/SEIU factor only really comes into play when the margin of victory is in the 1-2% range. They're pros, they can't make it look too obvious.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 19, 2010 08:50 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: curious at January 19, 2010 08:52 PM (p302b)
Absolutely right. I'm not a big Mitt fan as a candidate, but he's fine as a kingmaker. I feel the same way about Palin.
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:53 PM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 08:54 PM (OkT2m)
"now we know why Obama didn't release his school records, he probably failed lunch"
Posted by: chemjeff at January 19, 2010 08:56 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 08:56 PM (ITzbJ)
Posted by: Philly "Poll-Watcher" at January 19, 2010 08:56 PM (dqg46)
Previous polling showed the Kennedy family endorsement pushed away more votes than it gained. So...I don't think Coakley was viewed by the public as defacto Kennedy surrogate.
I think Teddy's popularity was due to several things.
- He worked hard at the job. Nobody, even his worst enemies, denies this.
- His attendance record on Senate votes, even mundane procedural shit and naming of office buildings and such, was almost perfect (in the 97+% range)
- His responsiveness to constituent issues when someone contacted his office about something was exemplary.
He was a raging drunk, a lousy human being, but he played the "Senator gig" the way it should be played if you want to keep getting elected. IOW, he executed daily all the sage political advice offered by Tip O'Neil in his book "All Politics Is Local"
None of Teddy's positive attributes necessarily transferred to Coakley by default and I think quite a few of the voters understood she would NOT be giving the same kind of responsive apolitical constituent service they'd come to expect from Teddy.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 08:56 PM (GxVdJ)
If it all doesn't look so much of a lead-pipe-cinch any more, they might be thinking about a lower profile lest they join the climate fraudsters on the subpoena list in the event the GOP gets the House back.
Posted by: mrkwong at January 19, 2010 08:57 PM (G8Eo0)
But I was wrong, and glad to be so, because this means the nation is really waking up to what the left is trying to do and really is that angry.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 19, 2010 08:58 PM (PQY7w)
(Is'nt tecknowledgy wunnerful...)
Posted by: Warthog at January 20, 2010 12:45 AM (QPSwc)
Wow! I never saw the literal translation of that scene, before. That was absolutely perfect.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 19, 2010 09:01 PM (A46hP)
Call me shallow, but what I like about Scott Brown the most is that he is a fresh, new face in the Republican Party, but one with the principles of some of the old farts in the Republican Party, ..., and he is down to earth (and it helps, too, that one of his daughters, the blonde one, looks like she is easy).
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 09:05 PM (ITzbJ)
Pour encourager les autres, as they say.
Posted by: mrkwong at January 19, 2010 09:06 PM (G8Eo0)
How's he a RINO? I keep seeing this, but no one cites specifics.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 09:08 PM (OkT2m)
He's not a "purist" on the social con issues. Not a problem for me, or the good people of Massachusetts, but I'm sure we'll be hearing about it. Mostly at the HA echo chamber, no doubt.
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 09:10 PM (9Wv2j)
Nationally, perhaps, locally not so much. Romney already foisted off a version of ObamaCare locally on MA years ago. Maybe they aren't entirely happy with it?
Coakley was obviously not going to be a Teddy in terms of apolitical type constituent services either. She was running for his seat, but she wasn't going to be his equal or even close.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 19, 2010 09:13 PM (GxVdJ)
Posted by: fluffy thinks the baby should get the choice at January 19, 2010 09:14 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 09:17 PM (ITzbJ)
Nationally, perhaps, locally not so much. Romney already foisted off a version of ObamaCare locally on MA years ago. Maybe they aren't entirely happy with it? - PA
When interviewed, a few Democrats made that point, saying that inasmuch as they were paying for healthcare with their taxes in Massachusetts
already, they didn't want to pay for healthcare for the rest of the country,l too, with even more taxes, which was another reason why they voted for (sigh) my hero, Scott Brown..
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 09:25 PM (ITzbJ)
Been saving this up since the polls showed Our Man Brown had a shot...
(Sung to the tune of "Thank You Jagermeister")
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Just heard it now on MessNBC,
from Madcow, Tingles and Olby,
it ticks 'em off, and that's fine by me,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Well Scott Brown you are The Man,
when it was time to take a stand
you flushed that turd right down the can,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Martha Coakley was insane,
had some problems with her brain,
now ObamaCare goes down drain,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Harry Reid is feelin' bad,
lookin' lonely, lookin' sad,
WELL SUCK IT HARRY, 'CAUSE THE FOLKS ARE MAD!
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Boxer, Lincoln and Specter too,
may be feelin' like their screwed,
in November they're done too,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Nancy's fuming, full of hate,
losing congress state by state,
someone show that hag the gate,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Obama wants to keep it up,
guess he just ain't lost enough,
he can't grasp just how bad he's fucked,
Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
For the nutroots, how bout this,
a little jingle with a twist
lastly Y'ALL CAN TEABAG THIS!
THANK YOU MASSACHUSETTS!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week.
Try the veal and tip your waitresses!
Anybody else seen the second Hardball?
Tingles is CRUNKED!
F'n priceless...I'm lovin' this!!!
Anybody want to start the countdown to Jim Webb jumping the aisle?
I'm putting it at 4-1 as of now.
Posted by: SuperCool at January 19, 2010 09:30 PM (chNlj)
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 09:34 PM (ITzbJ)
173 Speaking of Hardball, too bad Comcast deleted MSNBC from our lineup of channels here. I would have loved to have seen Chris Matthews reaction to Brown's win.
First Hardball, right about the time they called it, he looked like a Katrina victim; vacant stare, despair in his voice, Madcow was looking at him like they'd just put him on suicide watch.
Second Hardball, he was completely shit faced.
It was...magnificent!
Posted by: SuperCool at January 19, 2010 09:42 PM (chNlj)
Posted by: Evil Tim at January 19, 2010 09:45 PM (e1Iok)
Thank you, Senator Scott Brown and Massachusetts voters.
A toast to your Beautiful America.
National Anthem: Cactus Cuties Texas
Other National Anthem(no longer common): U.S. Army Field Band
Posted by: Speller at January 19, 2010 10:00 PM (o0R2E)
Anyway, we are very lucky that Brown won, because that means Obamacare is dead. May it rest in pigshit.
If he had lost, even if only by a little, that abomination would be on Obama's desk in a week, and I think a mild shooting war would have started. 65% of teh public ain't gonna be shat on and let it slide.
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 10:15 PM (i8s5X)
Anyway, we are very lucky that Brown won, because that means Obamacare is dead. May it rest in pigshit.
Unfortunately, it is not dead. Watch. The Democrats will continue to try to pass it.
Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 19, 2010 10:39 PM (ITzbJ)
Posted by: johnny_p at January 19, 2010 11:02 PM (AEiWu)
To me the best part was during Brown's victory speech, he was interrupted by chants of, "Yes we can! Yes we can!"
Made me go all misty and sh*t for a minute there. Was verklempt - talk amongst yourselves.
Posted by: Adjoran at January 19, 2010 11:15 PM (jmoP/)
Yep. Massachusetts calls itself "the cradle of liberty", they make a big deal about the Revolutionary War, Lexington and Concord etc. but they've spent the last 40+ years mindlessly voting in the closest thing America has had to a royal family since King George III. I think Brown shamed them into voting Republican.
Posted by: Gary Rosen at January 19, 2010 11:40 PM (Heo0S)
He DOESN'T CARE what the American people want.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 20, 2010 01:19 AM (kEBiX)
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 20, 2010 01:20 AM (kEBiX)
A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.
No, thanks. The dem party represents welfare, dependence, debt, wacky econ theories and creampuff national security. As far as I'm concerned, they can all crawl back under the rocks they slithered out from.
Posted by: RushBabe at January 20, 2010 04:14 AM (LKkE8)
Posted by: Ryan at January 20, 2010 04:29 AM (4eY0W)
Is this a new euphemism for chokin' the chicken?
I have to believe that Willie Brown had it right last night when he laid out what Obama's strategy will be. He said that Obama's problem wasn't that his ideas were out of whack with what the people want. He just hasn't convinced the people about how awesome his ideas are. I suppose his giant-sized brain is so powerful that we mere mortals cannot understand him. Brown went on to say that Obama should push ahead with his agenda and, when the people see how fantastic their lives have become, they will write songs singing his praises and every child born will be named Barack.
Posted by: Steve L. at January 20, 2010 04:29 AM (Gkhxf)
Ace:
I don't think Obama is going to back-off his agenda. I think he is going to double-down and use the Executive Branch. Watch for the EPA to start restricting that dangerous gas, carbon dioxide, soon.
I do agree that the election of Scott Brown is good news. However, three good election results for Republicans in a few months does not turn back a Progressive agenda that has been working for decades. I encouraged because Brown, Christie and McDonnell did not campaign saying, "Hey, vote for me because I want to be like a Democrat."
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 20, 2010 04:42 AM (bCQG3)
Posted by: Mike at January 20, 2010 05:31 AM (7ihpS)
But please don't misunderstand
I know she won't be back again
I think she's taken all she can
She's going down (It's all over, she's going down)
She's coming 'round (It's all over, she's going down)
She's going down for the last time (It's all over, she's going down) Don't bother waiting for the next time around...
The first time, it doesn't show
And her kind, just come and go
She's like a ship, a drifting free
And now she's sinking in the sea She's going down (It's all over, she's going down)
She's coming 'round (It's all over, she's going down)
She's going down for the last time (It's all over, she's going down) Don't bother waiting for the next time around Don't bother waiting for the next time around Don't bother waiting for the next time around...DOWN! Prophetic lyrics courtesy of the Nazz. Now that you know the words, you can sing along. http://tinyurl.com/ygvqlvx
Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2010 05:44 AM (+OP3J)
My guess is the Dems will smarten up only to the degree that they are more clandestine about their goals. The biggest change in the last year from the previous 80 is that progressives stopped hiding what their real goals were.
They'll go back underground. Things will sneak through again, hiding in plain sight. Compromises will be made to give the illusion of moderation, while in back rooms the assfucking of the American people will continue unabated.
We need to make this clear, and we need to keep fighting them. In my view, it just got a lot harder to show the American people what these pinkos are all about.
Posted by: grognard at January 20, 2010 05:44 AM (v0kvW)
Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2010 05:45 AM (+OP3J)
National Anthem: Cactus Cuties Texas
Other National Anthem(no longer common): U.S. Army Field Band
Ayla Brown showing everyone how it's done (with bonus fly-by).
Best anthem ever (long version).
Shorter
Posted by: CUS at January 20, 2010 06:03 AM (wOGfT)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 20, 2010 06:21 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: doug at January 20, 2010 06:39 AM (UpJts)
I think the above headline from the Village Voice via Ben Smith (Politico) comes the closest to understanding today's near-insane gibbering levels of spin coming from lefty talking heads everywhere across this great country of ours.
Posted by: norby at January 20, 2010 06:59 AM (/czyX)
#87 Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:20 AM (A46hP)
Bwaahahahaha.
Let's see how many want him on their campaign trail.
Posted by: always right at January 20, 2010 11:59 AM (HmCnI)
And of course we know the media's story for tomorrow: Brown didn't really run as a Republican, so, like, this doesn't mean anything, or something.
Item the First http://tinyurl.com/yb572fl
Item the Second http://tinyurl.com/y8zv6p5
Sometimes it's just too easy.
Posted by: Dodd at January 20, 2010 10:06 PM (TTJgx)
Posted by: Plus Sized Fashion at January 21, 2010 01:19 PM (uwtSh)
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