Talent whups Carnahan
In Missouri, Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan conceded to her Republican challenger, Jim Talent, shortly after 1 a.m. (2 a.m. ET), securing at least 50 seats for the GOP.
Coleman wins in Minnesota!
Republican Norm Coleman edged Walter Mondale for Minnesota's Senate seat Wednesday, sending the Democratic elder back into political retirement two weeks after the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone threw the race into chaos. With 85 percent of precincts reporting, Coleman had raked in 877,934 votes, or 50 percent, to Mondale's 825,313 votes, or 47 percent. Three independent candidates split the rest.
Thune ahead in South Dakota!
Thune's lead is teeny-tiny, a matter of a few hundred votes. Thune had 50 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Johnson with 715 out of 844 precincts counted, sending a race that has sustained a fevered pace for months into overtime. No word on how many dead people voted for Johnson...
California still stuck with The Gray Davis!
All you guys out on the Left Coast â enjoy it! You voted for him, you must want him!
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I think the proper phrase is more like this:
"It's morning in America."
Posted by: Mike Morley ||
11/06/2002 8:11 Comments ||
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If you think wearing a bucket on your head is bad, just think of Al Gore's guest spot on Saturday Night Live on dec. 14.I think he would want to loan that can from Carville.
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11/06/2002 9:33 Comments ||
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I'm from Georgia, the first state to go 100% electronic. It is interesting that Tom Murphey, who had the distinction of being the longest running Speaker of a State House, and thought to have a lock on his district, suddenly got booted. I suspect that the new electronic measures successfully exorcized some "voters". Sorry, Tom, you'll just have to wait til Sweet Jesus comes in the Clouds of Glory to see your faithful constituency again...
With that on top of electing a republican senator and governonr, the dems will be singing "The Night the Lights Went out In Georgia" for a few hours. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll see what furious huffing and puffing the editorial page of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution will be doing now...
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11/06/2002 10:20 Comments ||
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Arrgggghhhhh!!!
Posted by: Bill Quick ||
11/06/2002 11:05 Comments ||
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Do you think Vegas will have a betting line for when/if Algore backs out of SNL?
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Of all the comments I have read or heard about this, not one has dealt with the war and Iraq and the President and Repub's stance on these issues as the most pressing and ones in which the Federal government can and has to do something. My vote was based 100% on that and nothing else. The Dems will continue to pay for being seen as soft on terrorism and not too damn concerned about internal security as a result of that Mommy boy Bubba the last time around.
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re: Gray Davis - gee, thanks Fred... I didn't vote for him, but the ones who did had to hold their noses and vote straight Dem otherwise he'd be out on his ass as he should be
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11/06/2002 11:56 Comments ||
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Hey Jack!
On FoxNews, I heard one of the talking heads state that Al Gore would pick up the pieces of the democratic party and target it as a war-opposition party. Al's essentially betting on the Iraquis and against the US Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.
Bad Bet....
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More good Missouri news. The governor's still Democratic but the Republicans control both houses of the Missouri legislature. The first female speaker of the Missouri House will be one Catherine Hannaway. Remember that name.
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11/06/2002 15:18 Comments ||
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Frank, I think there was a lot of nose-holding, on both sides, in this election. I pity any pol that thinks he/she has a mandate.
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11/06/2002 15:44 Comments ||
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I agree, but as a disclaimer, here in San Diego, the voters went for Simon over Davis 300,000 to 230,000. The only positive thought is that Davis, knowing how disliked he is, gives up thoughts of Senator or even *gasp* President (as was being thrown around in 2000), and has less of a reason to take bribes contributions for votes on specific legislation.
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Remember, remember, 5th of Novemeber [2002]!!
'twas a great Election Day, wasn't it? :-)
(Now if only the Republicans won't lose the momentum...)
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11/06/2002 20:18 Comments ||
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Sorry PJ, Davis vs. Simon wasn't worse vs. horrible, It was a battle between the corrupt and the incompetent. The corrupt won.
I blame my wife who cancelled out my Simon vote. I could never get her to see the connection between Davis and the $400 electric bill we recieved last July.
Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt intends to announce Thursday that he is stepping down as House Democratic leader after eight years, senior aides said, one day after his party suffered historic losses in midterm elections. Having the party get trounced in an election is bad enough. Getting trounced and still having to read Babs' faxes is just too much...
The expected announcement would clear the way for a succession struggle between Reps. Nancy Pelosi of California and Martin Frost of Texas, who rank second and third in the party leadership. That way the Dems can push left and lose still more seats next time...
Gephardt, 61, has long signaled his interest in running for president in 2004, but it was not clear whether he would address that race when he announces his plans Thursday. Guess somebody has to do it. I don't expect to ever have to refer to President Gephardt...
The Missouri Democrat was majority leader when the 1994 landslide swept the GOP into power in the House. He was elected minority leader in the weeks that followed and spent the next eight years attempting unsuccessfully to return his party to power. If he's spent that time proposing and considering legislation on its merits, the Dems might not be in the position they're in now. It would be nice to be able to listen to a discussion of issues, maybe even an exchange of ideas, rather than slogans, accusations, and cant.
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I am afraid you will have to wait for the democratic Messiah to include Frank and Ernest in the discussion. Right now they are off in Nu York dealing with the Frogs......
Dorf
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During the day Tuesday, Daschle made a point of talking to all the Democratic candidates battling for Senate seats. Most of them lost. âThey were all optimistic that they were going to win. What happened was a surprise. I didnât see it coming,â he said. That tells you that you were doing someting wrong, right? So how're you gonna fix it?
In hindsight, Daschle said, he wouldnât change the partyâs strategy. âI canât think of anything we would have done differently. I wouldnât change anything,â he said. âWe had wonderful candidates, good resources. It just wasnât our night.â "Duh. I can't think o' nuttin'..."
He said he accepts responsibility for the losses. Even though he doesn't have a clue as to why it happened...
âAbsolutely, I must do that,â he said. âIt is something we must accept.â I watched a part of Kathleen Kennedy's debate with Bob Ehrlich during the campaign. It was held at Morgan State University, a mostly black college in Baltimore, and it was packed with The Fair Kathleen's supporters. She ripped into Ehrlich, who is a quiet, personable kind of guy, and did everything but claim he goes out wearing a sheet on Thursday nights. I watched her concession speech last night with a certain amount of satisfaction. "Unfortunately, we fell short," she said. I think I heard on the radio today that she said she wouldn't have done anything differently, either.
Personally, if I had a nail in my forehead, and it hurt every time I tapped it with a hammer, I'd quit tapping.
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Fred, the keyword there is "hurt" which implies some kind of nervous system attached to a brain. So, which one of the two, or both, do you think they are lacking?
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If she had to do anything different, she would have her jackass supporters hand out more Oreo cookies to throw at Ehrlich's running mate, Steele. I still haven't seen any headlines yet: MARYLAND ELECTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN SECONDED HIGHEST POST.
Pro-democracy parties in Pakistan say they have struck a deal with a six-party Islamic alliance to form a new civilian coalition government. The leader of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) said it and the Islamic MMA had secured a parliamentary majority, and had agreed on the name of a joint candidate for prime minister. Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan told the BBC the post would go to the MMA candidate, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a fundamentalist cleric. Meanwhile, the parties supporting President Musharraf have called for further postponement of the opening session of parliament from Friday to allow further negotiations. Sounds like it's time to formally dump the Paks. Fazl won't even make a pretense of cooperation. Pakland obviously wants to join the Soddy-led World Islamic Lemming Procession. Far be it from us to stand in their way...
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Could only make India happy to have the Americans out of the way in Pakland. As you posted, far be it from us to stand in their way.
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Hey guys - reality check:
If the Paks turn into another Islamazoid paradise, they have a vewry good chance of setting off the world's very first full-scale nuclear war.
Stand in their way? Better start looking for a hole.
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Hey mojo:
I'm counting on the paks to go first after the closest devil first (I.e. India).
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11/06/2002 10:22 Comments ||
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There is no way that we will allow a bunch of pro-Islamfascist to control a nuclear arsenal. Neither will the Ruskies, the Chinese or for that matter - the (ugh, swallowing hard, eck)Frogs!
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Jack, I think the frogs will allow anything as long as they can appear defiant while doing so. They have a long history of spitting in the face of conventions... Like, say, female armpit shaving or not surrendering immediately when tanks show up at your border.
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mojo. Ain't gonna happen. Trust me on this. If we don't take over the nukes (via some things we agreed on with the present gov), the first bomb they launch will be the last. The only 'full scale' will be the field of glass in what was once Pakistan.
It won't happen, because even the Islamist-facists in Pakistan can figure that out if I can. (Think underwater.)
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Timur Moon for Daily Times (Pakistan)
Princess Diana was "on the verge of converting" to the Muslim faith before her tragic death in order to facilitate her planned marriage to the man she loved, Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, his parents last night claimed. Prominent London specialist Hasnat Khanâs father Rashid Ahmed Khan and mother Nahid Khan met the princess in person when she visited their home in the Pakistani city of Lahore in 1996. Dianaâs former butler Paul Burrell has described the doctor as her "soulmate" and said, "she begged him to marry her." No, no! That's wrong! Everyone knows she was gonna marry my brother, Pete, and move to Atlanta...
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Saturday Night Live had a skit long time ago, with Eric Idle, about how Prince Charlie was going to marry a white trash girl from Alabama and live in a trailer. Pretty funny, and closer to the mark than we knew at the time :-)
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Ehm, Diana died in 1997 and by that time was well past Khan and planning to marry that Al-Faed guy (I can't believe I know all this crap),before they were whacked by MI-5/CIA/Mossad/Illuminati/OJ/------your pet theory.My hunch is that Ted Kennedy was driving that night and split the scene in the "mystery car".It's as good a theory as any.
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I bet it was the Washington, DC sniper that killed her. The man is really from another planet. Errr, but my proof is kinda thin. :-D
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11/06/2002 18:34 Comments ||
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I'm with El Id: Teddy's the one...
Posted by: G ||
11/06/2002 19:04 Comments ||
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Let's see...women, alcohol, car crash, yup. Teddy.
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Isn't it suppossed to be a bridge, not a tunnel.
A Palestinian laborer shot Assaf Tsfira, 18 whose family employed him and Amos Sa'adah, 52, to death in the southern Gaza Strip settlement of Pe'at Sadeh on Wednesday morning. Rafiah Yam security chief Kobi Hadad spotted him about to throw a hand grenade and shot him dead. A second grenade, which apparently fell from Ashour's pocket as he ran, was later found. Hamas claimed responsibility for the planned attack, identifying the laborer as Ismail Muhammad Ashour, 25, of Khan Yunis. That's the kind of thing Paleos are proud of. Some of us fail to see the heroism...
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What else they got to be proud of - democracy, literacy, their own space shuttle, hit TV shows, a decent national anthem? Well, at least they have a Nobel prize but then so does Carter.
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A Gaza Strip resident believed to have been planning a suicide bombing was arrested shortly after midnight on Tuesday at a roadblock set up at the El Al intersection near Ben-Gurion Airport. His arrest came just hours after security forces beefed up their presence on main highways in the Negev and the Ramle and Lod areas after receiving a warning that a terrorist was believed to have entered the country from Gaza. Roadblocks were set up on main highways and at the entrances to cities and towns, and helicopters were deployed to assist in the search. Two other suspects who were also detained were later released. Looks like the Paleos' efforts toward atrocities might be increasing...
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Looks like the Paleos' efforts toward atrocities might be increasing...
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said Wednesday, "No one has the right to deport me from my homeland." He was commenting on reports that Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had demanded Arafat's expulsion as a prerequisite for joining the narrow cabinet. Everything in its own time...
Speaking to reporters after receiving a delegation from the Roman Orthodox Church in his office in Ramallah, Arafat said: "No one can expel me from my homeland. They should remember that I managed to visit [the West Bank and Gaza Strip] secretly many times in the past. They should also remember that I'm the Palestinian president." Yasser's about the only who seems to remember that anymore. The Israelis and the Merkins say he's irrelevant, Hamas and al-Aqsa ignore him...
Arafat renewed his call on Arab and Muslim countries to support the Palestinians in their struggle against Israel. "We urge them to stand with the Palestinian people who are facing an Israeli military escalation and daily killings," he added. That's Arabic for "Help! Help!"
Arafat said he remained committed to the peace process "which we launched with my partner, the late Yitzhak Rabin, who paid with his life for the peace of the brave." That's the third time he's used that phrase in two months. Wonder what the significance is, other than trying to rub off some of that bravery...
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The reason Yapper keeps bringing this up about "the peace of the brave" is to keep reminding the left-wing in Israel (yep, they got em too)that Rabin was killed by one of the far-right nutters that now votes with Sharon and Bibi......
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maybe he's mixing it up with "peace of the grave". one can only hope he gets the latter soon.
Vice president Hamzah Haz said that he was not sure of the involvement of international terrorist groups or the al-Qaeda network in last month's bombings in Bali, El Shinta radio station reported. That couldn't possibly be because he's an apologist for Islamic terrorism. There must be some other reason...
Hamzah's remarks were quoted by the head of the Indonesian Islamic Student (PII), Zulfikar, following a meeting at the Vice Presidential palace. "He argued that the Bali bombings occurred in an entertainment destination instead of an economic symbol, like what had happened in the United States," Zulfikar said, referring to the Sept. 11 attacks. That makes it different. And the dead, they were mostly Australians, not Americans. So there's really no similarity, is there?
Hamzah has maintained his denial of possible terrorist network in Indonesia, even after last month's Bali bombing tragedy which killed at least 180 people and injured hundreds of others.
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A self-confessed al-Qaeda operative, who has implicated militant Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakr Bashir in a series of church bombings, is a Pakistani national, said Indonesia's police chief said on Tuesday. Omar's a Pak? Ain't that a surprise...
Until now all reports have put Omar al-Faruq as an Arab, most likely a Kuwaiti or an Iraqi. Indonesian authorities arrested al-Faruq last June and handed him over to the US. Al-Faruq revealed information in early September about planned attacks on Western targets in Southeast Asia, leading to closure of a number of US embassies. "His original nationality is Pakistani, but he was using a Kuwaiti passport when arrested," police chief General Da'i Bachtiar told parliament. Al-Faruq is the key informant source in the Indonesian police probe against Bashir, who has been arrested over church bombings in 2000 and an alleged plot to kill President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Bashir denied any wrongdoing or knowing al-Faruq. Gen Bachtiar said al-Faruq had entered Indonesia illegally in 1998, and obtained a series of fake identities. It was also unclear if al-Faruq was his real name. They just can't stay away from those false IDs, can they? Him being a Pak surprises me, though. Usually they're just cheap muscle...
Thanks to Paul for the link...
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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