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2006-11-08 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-08 01:38|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Screaming "Bushitler" aint going to cut it anymore - you have to actually do stuff, not scream slogans and wave signs.

So what now Dems?

Posted by Oldspook 2006-11-08 02:07|| 2006-11-08 02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Amen, OS! Preach, brother, preach!!

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-11-08 02:13|| 2006-11-08 02:13|| Front Page Top

#3 And don't forget that, in 1986, for Reagan's 6th year of presidency, the Republicans lost too... And they were back in 1988 !

Posted by Leroidavid">Leroidavid 2006-11-08 02:29|| 2006-11-08 02:29|| Front Page Top

#4 What now?

Cut and run from Iraq.
Cut and run from Afghanistan.
Let Iran develop nukes and destroy Israel.
Let North Korea blackmail South Korea and Japan.
Let illegal immigrants vote for Democrats.
Tax this country into depression.
Destroy our military power.
Impeach Bush when Islamofascists nuke American cities.
Elect Hillary Clinton thief-in-chief.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-11-08 02:33|| 2006-11-08 02:33|| Front Page Top

#5 From an AP article:

In Pennsylvania, about half of those who said in exit polls that they voted for Casey characterized their votes being primarily against Santorum rather than a vote for Casey. Casey also got a boost from one-third of voters who said they were angry with Bush. One-fourth of them said they were mad at GOP leaders in Congress.

Ohio voters expressed similar views. About six in 10 Brown voters said their vote was intended to register opposition to Bush. Two-thirds of Brown voters said they disapproved of the way Congress was handling its job.

Not so much for as it was against.

The voters were clearly punishing the Republicans for getting fat and sloppy, and leaving their principles and integrity for pork and power.

I just hope we as a nation do not pay too high a price for this voting in anger instead of rationally.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-08 02:36|| 2006-11-08 02:36|| Front Page Top

#6 As I've pointed out in another thread...this is all window dressing. The Dem-Fascists will hold all the important committee chairmanships. They are going to unleash a political bloodbath the likes of which we have not seen since the founding fathers. Of course it makes no political sense to do so but such is the effect of terminal BDS and we all know who's infected.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2006-11-08 02:45|| 2006-11-08 02:45|| Front Page Top

#7 They do the impeachment thing, or the cut and run thing, then 08 will be far worse than 94 for them.

Especially if we have a recession as many are predicting next year. Their policies will not allow a recession to climb out gently like Bush's did. They will try to spend thier way out - that will balloon the debt and trigger inflation, then the Fed will hike rates. Unemployment will jump and so will taxes. This will kill business growth.

If the Dems fail to respond properly (tax cuts, non-inflationary economic stimuli) they will be standing there with egg on their face in 08 trying to defend their record.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-08 03:02|| 2006-11-08 03:02|| Front Page Top

#8 The democrats deserve no congratulations. The GOP did all their heavy lifting for them. If they have any dreams of the Oval Office, they had better take this nation's security and foreign policy as serious as a heart attack. Anything less will see them go down in flames like they should have this time around.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-08 03:20|| 2006-11-08 03:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Face of the Democratic Party:

Nancy Pelosi (D) is viewed favorably by 24% and unfavorably by 44%. Those figures include 8% with a very favorable opinion of the Democratic leader and 26% with a very unfavorable view. (latest Rasmussen poll)

If we are going to lose, its nice to have such a good setup to win in 2 years. Pelosi will be the Katherine Harris of the Democratic Party - the ugly sneering face that nobody wants to be associated with. Unlike Harris, Pelosi will be front and center every day.

She has her numerical majority, she will not enjoy an ideological one. Many of the newly elected Democrats in the house espouse the timeless principles of limited government, low taxes, a judicial branch that respects and abides by the Constitution, and a strong and vigorous national defense. How else do you think they were able to get elected in Red areas?

A new Democratic-controlled Congress will not precipitously pull the troops out of Iraq. There will be too many newly-elected Democrats from Red districts who will have to conform to the conservatism of their constituents. It is going to be interesting to see the extreme liberals at the top try to contain the moderates at the bottom.

It is not all roses. The influx of moderate Democrats will soften the edges of a new Democratic House majority, but not enough to avoid some real and lasting harm being done, like a hike in the minimum wage, and an amnesty program for illegal aliens that Bush will eagerly sign and the Democrats are salivating to pass. Free trade will also dry up as Democrats kowtow to the unions that pull their strings, and the damage that does may even be sufficient to kick off a world wide depression, like the Smoot-Hawley tariff acts.

Posted by Rasmussen 2006-11-08 04:11|| 2006-11-08 04:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Can I move back to the US now?

Which Rethuglicans are going to move out now?

None? You're supposed to abandon the system and yell STOLEN when you lose!

Whats the matter with you conservatives? You are acting like you are going to fight back.

Get angry and let your feelings out! Threaten to move away! Cry about cheating and disenfranchisement!

Your plans to clean up your party and come back to power aren't fair! You're supposed to be angry and crying so I can gloat and feel superior! You;re not supposed to congratulate us and them start working on beating us!

Stupid Conservatives, you won't even let me and Babs Streisand enjoy a victory by properly being bad losers.

Posted by AlecBaldwin 2006-11-08 04:16|| 2006-11-08 04:16|| Front Page Top

#11 In short, my reading of this article is that in reality the Dems won/prevailed by appealing to the very same Conservative-Rightist base their ideo and Party proclaims to rant or be against.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-08 04:16|| 2006-11-08 04:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Joeseph go look at the red seats taken by Democrats. Few of them are truly liberal, and few of them can afford to be liberal. Many of them are accidents of circumstance and they know it. They will not be able to retain that seat in 2 years if they do not respect the philosophy of the voters in their districts. They know gun grabbing, being soft on defense, and expanding taxes and government is what put those seats into Republican hands before.

Posted by Jerubaal 2006-11-08 04:21|| 2006-11-08 04:21|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, it appears that enraged moonbats will not be taking to the streets after all.

They will not gather in their thousands on the Washington Mall to chant and gyrate and listen to mummified 60s icons and screeching communists. They won't whip themselves into a frenzy of hatred over Diebold and Halliburton and the Dixie Chicks. The loathesome horde will not take up clubs and molotov cocktails, and seek release in a final, Wagnerian suicide charge toward the Pentagon.

Too bad, maybe next time.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-08 04:53|| 2006-11-08 04:53|| Front Page Top

#14 Agreed, AC. Had this not turned into such an orgy of myopic pouting putzery, it would have come to a head on this cycle.

Posted by .com 2006-11-08 05:16|| 2006-11-08 05:16|| Front Page Top

#15 To restate the obvious - the Dhims did not win, the Trunks LOST. The Pub Senate and Congressional 'leadership' sucked. McCain and the Gang of 14 drove a nail. Immigration drove another one. The base was lost. We will now all pay the price.

Posted by SR-71 2006-11-08 07:00|| 2006-11-08 07:00|| Front Page Top

#16 For proof of the fact that the voters are philosophically different from the liberal policies the Dem Leadership has, simply look at the large margins in the anti-Gay marriage ballot initiatives that won in areas where you picked up seats, and the defeat of things like Marijuana legalization in Colorado, and so on.

Sweetest of those victories: the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. What a pity we had no such thing on the Ohio ballot.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-11-08 07:05|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-08 07:05|| Front Page Top

#17 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

Posted by closedanger@hotmail.com">closedanger@hotmail.com 2006-11-08 08:04|| 2006-11-08 08:04|| Front Page Top

#18 We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. General Nathanael Greene

Pelosi will be herding cats for two years. To get power they had to put some DINOs on the ticket. When a big one comes up for a vote and she threatens a couple, it only takes a minute to walk across the aisle like Senator Jeffords and she's not the majority leader anymore. Real leadership is a 'bitch'.

Posted by Procopius2K 2006-11-08 09:22|| 2006-11-08 09:22|| Front Page Top

#19 Hey, what happened to all that voter fraud and all the rigged Diebold machines I was reading about for the last week?
Are you losing your fastball, Karl?

Posted by tu3031 2006-11-08 09:26|| 2006-11-08 09:26|| Front Page Top

#20 Let's start lobbying to remove earmarks from the Congressional process. Democrats MUST surely hate those.

Er, they do, right?

Posted by eLarson 2006-11-08 09:43|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-11-08 09:43|| Front Page Top

#21 Mebbe Cheney should step down and put Rudy in.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-11-08 10:13|| 2006-11-08 10:13|| Front Page Top

#22 The post makes a good point, but it also misses the point. The Republicans had the bully-pulpit of the Presidency and Control of the House and Senate and still couldn't get their message out about low unemployment, low inflation, robust economy, winning in Iraq.

You can't really expect the Dems to promote things that will hurt them if the Republicans are shy about promoting those same things themselves.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-11-08 11:42|| 2006-11-08 11:42|| Front Page Top

#23 They didnt get the message out becuase there was no Bully in the Pulpit.

Bush has been the most spineless POS when it comes to defending his policies against the slurs and lies of the opposition. He didn't cracl down on haster's intransigence. he didnt bust chops in the senate of the Gang of 14 Mutiny. He ceded the authority and power of the office of President by letting it atrophy.

Bush deserves a large measure of this by being such an inarticulate son of a bitch and not doing anything to overcome it.

As far as appointing Rudy if Cheney were to develop "health issues" - that would be a thumb in the eye to McCain, so its not out of the question.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-08 12:42|| 2006-11-08 12:42|| Front Page Top

#24 It would certainly be entertaining.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-11-08 13:08|| 2006-11-08 13:08|| Front Page Top

#25 Well it had to happen

The US couldn't watch what was happening and not speak

Why was the fool on the hill ever elected to begin with ?

Posted by Frank 2006-11-08 14:18|| 2006-11-08 14:18|| Front Page Top

#26 nice try idiot

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-08 14:49|| 2006-11-08 14:49|| Front Page Top

#27 sock puppets!

Just like the Paleo's electing Hamas - the little people dance in the streets with joy over the idea that they can ratchet up their game of blame - without ever grasping the long term realistic consequences of their adolescent actions.

The march of Islamic fascism isn't a game. Now you have the people in charge that you wanted. Your future is in their hands. Good luck to us all.

Posted by anon 2006-11-08 14:57|| 2006-11-08 14:57|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Frrank 2006-11-08 15:03|| 2006-11-08 15:03|| Front Page Top

#29 Well, there's a lesson here

Just kind of hoping the lesson will not be LA.

Posted by kelly 2006-11-08 15:34|| 2006-11-08 15:34|| Front Page Top

#30 They didnt get the message out becuase there was no Bully in the Pulpit.

Bush has been the most spineless POS when it comes to defending his policies against the slurs and lies of the opposition. He didn't cracl down on haster's intransigence. he didnt bust chops in the senate of the Gang of 14 Mutiny. He ceded the authority and power of the office of President by letting it atrophy.

Bush deserves a large measure of this by being such an inarticulate son of a bitch and not doing anything to overcome it.

Since I appreciate, in some measure, what has been done to fight terrorism I might not have chosen such harsh words, but there you have it.

With everything going in his favor, Bush neglected one of the foremost responsibilities he had to the American people. Educating the masses about the threat we face should have been near job number one. Our military's publicity machines should have been running full throttle to inform and instruct the public as to what was really happening.

Relying upon the mass media to do this job was like counting upon Putin to do the right thing or hoping that Islam would realize its shortcomings. Looks good on paper, but it'll never work in reality.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-08 16:08|| 2006-11-08 16:08|| Front Page Top

#31 In the near term the only contest of consequence is the bloody clash of Islamofascists with actual civilized humans.

Current domestic US politics is about par for the course: sixth year doldrums, party-in-power fatigue, partisan press, pendulum swings. In the aftermath of the 2006 elections, some grieve for their party's short-lived losses, while others revel in the fleeting victories. Life goes on (no matter how much bile rises from living with the likes of Pelosi, Kennedy, Kerry, etc).

It wont matter which party is in power because the Mohammedans are committed to bringing the jihad to us; we are all infidels. Soon enough Dhimmi-crats and Republi-tudes will be manning the line together against the creeping, bloody borders of Islam.

Posted by Hyper 2006-11-08 23:14|| 2006-11-08 23:14|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Frrank 2006-11-08 15:03|| 2006-11-08 15:03|| Front Page Top

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