Sunday, November 05, 2006
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Five Explanations For Democrats Feeling That Browns' Fans Feeling
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Posted by:
Hugh Hewitt at
11:00 PM
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The change in the wind that favors the Republicans has five possible explanations:
a.) the pollsters consistently underweighted GOP turnout and are scrambling to avoid being Zogbied.
b.) GOP faithful and center-right independents are unhappy with President Bush and the Congress for a number of reasons (tin-eared non-responsiveness on the border, spend, and one I'll discuss at length on Wednesday) and told pollsters, bit have now relented as they realize that no matter what the problem is, the answer can't be more Democrats.
c.) John Kerry reminded Americans of the left's contempt for the military specifically as well as its fecklessness on matters of national security generally, and voters want to stay alive. "Any vote for any Democrat is a vote against victory and a vote for vulnerability" is a concise summary of a broad truth.
d.) The Rove-Mehlman GOTV machine is rolling out, powered by polite volunteers who understand the need to persuade not merely berate. You can help here on Monday and Tuesday --from the comfort of your own home.
e.) A lot of each, but especially "c" and "d."
Whatever the reason, the optimism among Republicans about their improving prospects is as real as the GOP's momentum. Both houses of Congress could go either way, but Democrats are beginning to understand what it meant to a Browns fan to hear, "Elway in the shotgun as the clock begins to tick down..."
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[Amicus]"I don't know Sam Harris, but I will say this.
It's this kind of two-bit analysis of extremism in the muslim world that is the greatest threat to our National Security - maybe even more than Iraq."
[Synth]Harris and Dawkins are atheist leftists.
Do you consider these Dawkins remarks a "threat to our National Security"?:
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Well, to keep it short, I don't think that Nancy Pelosi, grandmother of three or more, is going to launch into a damaging condemnation of faith and "faith-heads".
However, if you look at who Bush choose to be his public face, Daniel Pipes, you start to see part of what is worrisome with voting blindly for more GOP "leadership".
Now, there is plenty that is worthy in Pipes's contributions, but he, like many in the GOP, are quite often geared with the facile notion that if only we recognized and condemned radicals (and even sometimes what few allies we have) with enough flair we'll be involved in smart counterterrorism. To which the radicals say, "Bring it on, Mr. Bush (and Mr. Pipes). You are our best recruiting tool, yet and build our base of support everyday you open your mouth."
Have you seen this Fox "News" piece on "The Obsession"? The message is, "Oh, let's all get scared out of our minds (and don't think for one minute that the propaganda arms of the jihadis don't know _exactly_ the buttons to press to make a show of how depraved they are in *your* Western eyes, to evoke your most visceral response). A focus on that fear will help us know what to do, Fox "News" imagines and propagates alongside the GOP.
What a bunch of rubbish. They exist as a very smart band of criminals with a powerful but perverted ideology. Yet, they do not have the decisive force to win anything. Unless, unless they draw us in and get us off balance. Have a look at the way labor Prime Minister Tony Blair responded to the London bombings - with sadness (not anger or rage), calm, cool, collected, assurded but without bravado. That's the way to do it.
So, yeah, it's time to vote that out and give some other people a chance.
And maybe, just maybe, the GOP will take any time in the wilderness that they get to re-group and mend their ways. They have already wasted missed most of the chances to get this right from the outset, at a huge cost to us all. |
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> toady writes:
> I can't beleive you asked me to
> identify mistakes made in Iraq, as if
> that would be difficult to do.
>
> -- There were no WMD
Do you think terrorist training camps
were in Iraq prior to the U.S.-led invasion?
When do you think Saddam
ceased having WMDs?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=dford3-1156507691.541484.301550%40h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com
> -- We didn't have enough troops to win the peace
Do you want higher levels of troops in Iraq?
Do you want the U.S. to withdraw
from Iraq in a few months?
> -- We didn't seal the borders
Do you support a fence being built along the Mexico-U.S. border, and strict
enforcement of laws against illegal entry of foreign nationals?
> -- The insurgency was not in its last throes
Do you agree with Michael Moore that the 'insurgents' in
Iraq *aren't* terrorists, and "will win"?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1160753392.516824.29720%40e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com
> -- Iraqi oil money did not pay for the war
Do you think Bush invaded Iraq to get cheap oil?
> -- The occupancy has lasted years, not months
After Nazi Berlin fell to U.S. and Russian troops to end World War II,
how long should U.S. troops have occupied Europe?
> -- abu graib seriously damaged our efforts
Do you agree with Ted Kennedy's assessment about Abu Ghraib that [Kennedy]"Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management-- US management"?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1162579834.518075.43390%40e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com
> -- Bush's rhetoric "wanted Dead or Alive" hurt
> our efforts
How so?
Does issuing a U.S. State Department 'Wanted' poster
for Abdul Rahman Yasin "hurt our efforts"?
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control - f / "find" for: rahman
Saddam Hussein's Philanthropy of Terror
http://husseinandterror.com/
This Indiana-born, Iraqi-reared terrorist remains wanted by the FBI for his role in the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center attack.
reward of up to $5 million http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/teryasin.htm
> I am sorry I have more work to do, but
> I will take a second to repeat my question.
>
> I agree Kerry is a jerk, So What? How
> does that help to fix Bush's mess in Iraq.
It doesn't.
> I agree Kerry is a jerk, So What? How does that imply that Bush's strategy is
> worth persuing, even with minor tactical tweaks?
It doesn't.
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/iraq_strategy_nov2005.html
Do you think Murtha's withdraw-now
strategy is worth pursuing?
Defeatocrat Murtha and Defeatocrat Dean views
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1161111191.437514.279630%40f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
> This is your closer. I think it is weak.
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[Amicus]"I don't know Sam Harris, but I will say this.
It's this kind of two-bit analysis of extremism in the muslim world that is the greatest threat to our National Security - maybe even more than Iraq."
Harris and Dawkins are atheist leftists.
Do you consider these Dawkins remarks a "threat to our National Security"?:
15 September 2001
by Richard Dawkins
originally in The Guardian, cited in
http://www.ffrf.org/timely/dawkins.php
Could we get some otherwise normal humans and
somehow persuade them that they are not going to
die as a consequence of flying a plane smack into a
skyscraper? . . . Offer them a fast track to a Great
Oasis in the Sky, cooled by everlasting fountains.
Harps and wings wouldn't appeal to the sort of
young men we need, so tell them there's a special
martyr's reward of 72 virgin brides, guaranteed
eager and exclusive.
Would they fall for it? Yes, testosterone-sodden
young men too unattractive to get a woman in this
world might be desperate enough to go for 72
private virgins in the next. . . .
Give them a holy book and make them learn it by
heart. . . . Now all we need is to round up a few
of these faith-heads and give them flying lessons. . . .
Religion is also, of course, the underlying source of
the divisiveness in the Middle East which motivated
the use of this deadly weapon in the first place. . . .
To fill a world with religion, or religions of the
Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with
loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.
time to get angry with Islam, faith-heads, & Abrahamic religions
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=dford3-1158341451.303277.255530%40b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
"A GOP 'values campaign' is _exactly_ the kind of thing that will bring on the conflict that the jihadis so desperately want."
Do you think Hollywood assists in helping extremist Islamic ideas to
take root in the Middle East?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=dford3-1161179978.675544.189930%40f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
"from Sam [Harris], it does seem clear that some of the Left are not thinking carefully"
Who on the left _is_ thinking clearly regarding Islamic fascism?
Do you think Pelosi is thinking clearly about Iraq?
Pelosi is an idiot useful to al Qaeda
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1162733872.644340.178610%40m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com
"take on a new course, which would be good for the Nation as a whole"
What "new course" would you like to see?
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I must comment on the reply to Synth that you have given, because it sounds like you are a reasonable person that like many of us simply want to find a way to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
WMD - I do believe that he was getting back into developing WMD. Furthermore, I think that if you or I know everything that has gone on, I would say that's sorely mistaken. One person could take the conspiracy theories, I will take the more reasonable ones that say we don't know because it still puts us at defense risk to disclose that information to the public. Will we ever know? Don't know, but time will tell.
The prison scandal - You're right, a good deed will only be passed on by one person, but a bad deed gets passed on by 10. I think this was fueled by the media's ever-constant love for a story that will get them money and greatly overshadows the good that has gone on in Iraq.
The majority of the other issues, such as repayment by oil money, locking down the borders, the timeframe or the number of troops are not issues that the US alone can decide. Iraq is a soverign nation that wanted to be free of its dictator, and live in a safe, free society. We have to work with them; although most people do not see or think of the diplomacy in Iraq (mainly because it does not get covered in the MSM equally), it is the reason we are still there.
This article caught me off-guard in the Washington Post this morning, through MSNBC (just happened to peruse through the news sites and find it):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15582948/
Now I know that there are many people that have actually set foot in Iraq that post here and agree with the column. We can't just leave, and there is no easy solution. As much as no one likes an open-ended conflict, if we really want to help Iraq (and in turn, the world because a lot of other countries are closely watching to see what we do there) we need to stay until the job is finished, and the Iraqi government SAYS that our job is finished there.
Anyone that debates that, I challenge you to this - find someone that has served over there today, and ask them about their experience. Or maybe you have spent time in Iraq yourself, and you want to share your experiences. Let's bring those comments in here and then anyone can see for themselves what the people that have actually been there have to say on this. And if you have time, peruse the comments of some of the other blogs in the past week, especially a comments from SFC LAARNG or Comrade Major, if you can find them. (I'll try to find the link and put here) I hope that may give you a better picture. |
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As a longtime Broncos fan, I understand the metaphor well. I wonder if the feeling of impending doom (Old Browns vs Elway's Broncos) will be soon replaced by the feeling of "why did we lose them?" feeling of the today's Cleveland fans watching the Broncos win with a much improved defense comprised of former Browns linemen, as the Dems lose more and more minority support to the conservatives. |
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I can't beleive you asked me to identify mistakes made in Iraq, as if that would be difficult to do.
-- There were no WMD
-- We didn't have enough troops to win the peace
-- We didn't seal the borders
-- The insurgency was not in its last throes
-- Iraqi oil money did not pay for the war
-- The occupancy has lasted years, not months
-- abu graib seriously damaged our efforts
-- Bush's rhetoric "wanted Dead or Alive" hurt
our efforts
I am sorry I have more work to do, but I will take a second to repeat my question.
I agree Kerry is a jerk, So What? How does that help to fix Bush's mess in Iraq.
I agree Kerry is a jerk, So What? How does that imply that Bush's strategy is worth persuing, even with minor tactical tweaks?
This is your closer. I think it is weak. |
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"many of us right-wing gun nuts were rather pleased to see several of the
Brady Bill's provisions expire in 2004. I think we can say that we've effectively
won the 2nd Amendment issue for at least this election cycle."
Gun Control's Nazi Connection
http://www.jpfo.org/GCA_68.htm
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"Gear"=Fear
"in that part" = "in that party" |
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18 September 2006
Head-in-the-Sand Liberals
Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists.
by Sam Harris
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-harris18sep18,0,1897169.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
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I don't know Sam Harris, but I will say this.
It's this kind of two-bit analysis of extremism in the muslim world that is the greatest threat to our National Security - maybe even more than Iraq.
The GOP ... er, "faithful" (I'll choose terms carefully, here), think that smart counter terrorism is a full frontal engagement with terrorist ideology.
A GOP "values campaign" is _exactly_ the kind of thing that will bring on the conflict that the jihadis so desperately want. That's the trap they set. There ought not to be ANY mistake about it. (That doesn't mean people acquiesce! But to start casting broad ridicule, leveling untailored condemnations, attempting self-referential or smug shaming, and otherwise stirring people up to fear instead of steeling them to level-headedness, all of these things are like gasoline on the jihadi's tinderbox - all of it feeds the first phase of their strategy).
Now, from Sam, it does seem clear that some of the Left are not thinking carefully either.
I submit, however, that putting the GOP a little bit into the wilderness in this election might cause a number of reflective people in that part to sit back and consider or re-consider what I just wrote. Since they won't have the burden of trying to protect the power / mistakes they have made, they might be freed up just enough to take on a new course, which would be good for the Nation as a whole. |
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"how about the reality, the
Conservative Elite Pundits have
become cynics, and have been far
too negative?
maybe the Nation is more realistic
about the difficulties - challenges in
governing the bureaucracy, and
fighting the GWOT?"
Yes, and yes.
"maybe the Republican Base
recognizes the many positives?
Tax Relief, Tort Reform, Bankruptcy
Reform, Conservative Judicial
Nominations (including Alito, Brown,
Roberts, etc.), rejecting KYOTO,
rejecting INTERNATIONAL
COURTS, strengthening our Military
(including substantial pay increases),
the PATRIOT ACT, breaking the
Gorelick Wall, battled the UN with
Amb. Bolton, crushing Terrorists in
the GWOT..."
Yes. Add opposition to abortion, euthanasia, homosexual 'marriage,' and state-supported godlessness.
20 October 2006
Conservatives hit for 'whining' over turnout
by Ralph Z. Hallow
_The Washington Times_
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061019-115634-7883r.htm
"The National Rifle Association, Americans
for Tax Reform, the [National] Right to Life
Committee-- the groups that actually put
lead on the target and who do stuff all the
time, they're not unhappy," Mr. Norquist
said. "The people who are whining are the
guys that don't have grass roots that they
can actually move. So they are frustrated,
and they don't have anything to do other
than threaten not to participate."
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Defeatocrat Dean to pro-homosexuality group: I supported killing Terri Schindler Schiavo
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1161266154.756327.101690%40h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com
failure to let 2 men have a state-recognized marriage relies on "outdated and bigoted notions about families"--DNC Defeatocrat Dean
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1161363337.124880.237300%40b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
DNC's Defeatocrat Dean: "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for"
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1161138356.554236.23700%40i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
Keillor: "Republicans: ...deaf, dumb and dangerous"; "the party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of... faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience"
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1160751787.449878.186510%40k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
satisfying Bush-hatred & fundie-Christian-hatred at cost of a mushroom cloud near you
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1161093949.949736.293810%40m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com
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Say what you want, but the investing class is pulling for a Republican victory. Some of the lagging over the last week had to be correlated to projected Democratic victories. If it keeps up its rise today, the investing class is voting with its money that the Repubs might salvage a victory.
If the Dems win, expect a thundering drop on Wednesday--I just might sell of my portfolio out of spite. |
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...how come so many Jews support his party? |
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to the Tigers' analogy that one of the sportsliberals said "Tigers in 3" before the World Series. However, my statistical research on those errors leads to me believe the WS was fixed. My Bears were heavy favorites yesterday too. Maybe Pelosi will throw the equivalent of 3 interceptions today.
I haven't read all of the posts to the letter but I might add to HNAV's that many of us right-wing gun nuts were rather pleased to see several of the Brady Bill's provisions expire in 2004. I think we can say that we've effectively won the 2nd Amendment issue for at least this election cycle.
My canary in the coal mine race happens to be the one I'm voting in tomorrow: Virginia senate--if it's called for Webb early, then it'll be a rough night. If it's undecided, it'll be a good night...because if it's close, there's no way the MSM'll call it for Allen. If Webb wins, then immediately changes his party affiliation to the Repubs, then everything will be fine. |
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It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive “No” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome. We need not dwell on George W. Bush’s failed effort to jam a poorly disguised amnesty for illegal aliens through Congress or the assaults on the Constitution carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism or his administration’s endorsement of torture. Faced on Sept. 11, 2001 with a great challenge, President Bush made little effort to understand who had attacked us and why—thus ignoring the prerequisite for crafting an effective response. He seemingly did not want to find out, and he had staffed his national-security team with people who either did not want to know or were committed to a prefabricated answer.
As a consequence, he rushed America into a war against Iraq, a war we are now losing and cannot win, one that has done far more to strengthen Islamist terrorists than anything they could possibly have done for themselves. Bush’s decision to seize Iraq will almost surely leave behind a broken state divided into warring ethnic enclaves, with hundreds of thousands killed and maimed and thousands more thirsting for revenge against the country that crossed the ocean to attack them. The invasion failed at every level: if securing Israel was part of the administration’s calculation—as the record suggests it was for several of his top aides—the result is also clear: the strengthening of Iran’s hand in the Persian Gulf, with a reach up to Israel’s northern border, and the elimination of the most powerful Arab state that might stem Iranian regional hegemony.
The war will continue as long as Bush is in office, for no other reason than the feckless president can’t face the embarrassment of admitting defeat. The chain of events is not complete: Bush, having learned little from his mistakes, may yet seek to embroil America in new wars against Iran and Syria....
Toady asks:
How does my admission, which I make freely, that John Kerry is a jerk, do anything to repair the horrible mistakes this administration has made in Iraq?
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"I love the fact he [Kerry] is being miserly with that $14 million that he and Edwards raised, refusing to share the love with fellow Dems in tight races."
Do you have a problem with any Republican Senators "refusing to share the love with fellow" Republicans "in tight races"?
30 October 2006
A GOP senatorial shortfall
_Washington Times_ editorial
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061029-081247-4121r.htm
....millions of dollars that are sloshing around in the
campaign coffers of many Republican senators.
Several will coast to re-election victory next month
(including Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas,
who had $9.5 million in cash on hand as of Sept.
30; Orrin Hatch of Utah, $2.9 million; Richard Lugar
of Indiana, $2.9 million; and Olympia Snowe of
Maine, $1.3 million). Other Republican senators
with overflowing bank accounts won't even face
voters this year, including Sens. Richard Shelby of
Alabama, who had $11.6 million in the bank on
Sept. 30; John Cornyn of Texas, $2.8 million;
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, $2.3 million;
Charles Grassley of Iowa, $2 million; and Norm
Coleman of Minnesota, $1.8 million.
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Did you read my previous post correctly? If you did, you'll realize I am not exactly enamored by a Dem victory. I just think iy's inevitable, at least in the House. My own political feelings come down to the following: (a) The GOP, currently in power, is imcompetent and corrupt, and deserves to be kicked out for their disastrous Iraq policy (b) the Dems will prove to be imcompetent and corrupt (once they get their chance,) and they will deserve to be kicked out, too! By the way, neither party is going to reign in spending, although the GOP might possibly be shamed into it once they're a minority party again.
The heads of both parties are after gaining or retaining power over all else; if you're a member of the "base" of either party, you/re being duped.
Do I have anything better to offer? Nope. It is what it is, and we/re stuck with it. Beats the crap out of a dictatorship, though. |
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David,
I certainly don't mind the spelling errors.
The Hewitt blog is, afterall, part of the self-proclaimed "new media" - or, as you aptly put it, the "drive by media".
You are right, too, that it doesn't pay to count chickens before they hatch.
Still, one has to marvel at how craven it is to vote the GOP tribe this time.
-the craven misuse of this picture, by the Christianists who think they are deserving of a ... good piece of legislation? NO! wait for it ... yes, it's a "permanent majority" (making Islamists blush across the world, no doubt ...)
-brazen corruption on display: north of 30,000 earmarks in the last fiscal round; Hastert looking more every day like he and Rove knew about the Foley nonsense; and this latest round in which we find out that not only have the GOP co-opted evangelicals but some evangelical leaders are fakers too (cf. Haggert) - you cannot make this kind of stuff up for fiction!
-the arrogance that comes with owning three branches of government, including the willingness to torture people in your name and then to pass a Bill in Congress (MCA) in order to get away with it (through Classification) and to have hacks pen op-ed pieces in the WSJ that attack the courts during wartime on the issue.
The list goes on and on.
But what galls is that you have the daring to suggest that it is the Democrats who will make people 'unsafe', somehow forgetting that it was Democratic Presidents who lead the Nation during the top three military conflicts in the past 100 years!
We are supposed to look past that to what, a standing President who deeds suggest that he thinks that talking tough to terrorists is smart counterterrorism, needlessly legitimizes them all with the status of "warriors" by calling the whole of his adventure a "war", ... People have been slow, but they are catching on to the fact that it is George Bush and VP Cheney who are making America unsafe.
And that's even before we get to the failing grades the Administration has on homeland security...
Our Commander in Chief keeps telling us that we have the right troop levels - he gets them from "the Generals". Well, almost everyone believes that they were wrong about the number needed earlier on, so why should be we believe him now, unless they are called to account for the calculations?
Face it, they all have serious credibility problems, and more votes for them just lets them walk right back onto the job, no sweat.
It's craven. |
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Anyone notice that the border and stream of illigals is not even a campaign issue in Texas? Fact is its something the people of Texas are used to, these people are hardworking and willing to do jobs that a lot of people won't. President Bush being from Texas is most likely of the same mindset. I can understand the fear that terrorists can cross the border, but to hear people from Pennsylvania, Vermont, Colorado preach on this issue when they don't understand what is really going on is a bit annoying.
Now on the other hand we want our guns, our tax cuts, and we hate liberals so you will have no problem with turnout.
What we need to do is reign in spending. |
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Just realized my previous post has a slew of spelling errors. My three hours of sleep are taking their toll. Insomnia always seems to hit me the day or two before an election. I'm so glad it's almost over, or at least I hope so. The way Nancy Pelosi is talking, if Republicans win, the D's plan to fight it either in the courts or in the streets. |
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As a 30 year veteran of over 25 Republican campaigns, I can't help but laugh at the way the Ds are falling into the same old trap they always have... they believe the propaganda spit out by the drive by media and polls, and wake up Wednesday morning absoutely shocked that they didn't win.
1994 was a perfect example. In my home state of Washington, the Republicans swept all but two of 9 congressional seats, and gained control of the state Legislature. This despite all the polls showing Democrats holding onto vitrually every seat they had. In subsequent years, Republicans have consistently "surprized" the pundits with their ability to win presidential and congressional elections. You'd think these experts would learn, but they seem to make the same mistake year after year.
Hugh's point a is right on... pollsters (as they always seem to do either intentially or simply because their polling methods are flawed) have so far growsly inderestimated both GOP party ID and GOP turnout.
Now, I live in the red state of Georgia, but the psople down hear who are having a hard time getting the motivation to vote tomorrow are Democrats! One friend of mine told me he could never vote for Republicans, but he couldn't bring himself to vote for a party that disdainss the military, wants to cut and run in Iraq, and supports gay marriage. This is a Democrat who I normally conider to be moderately liberal! And he's not the only one.
So, my point it, MIke S, let's just see where we stand when the smoke clears. You just might be unpleasantly suprized. |
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The Tigers were heavy favorites, but their throwing errors by their pitchers cost them the series. |
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I forgot about Kerry's blunder in misstating the name of Lambeau Field. I think he called it Lambert Field.
I think if anyone could turn the Pennsylvania Senate race, Kerry can. Maybe he will say how great T.O. is or can say he rooted for the Seahawks last year in the Superbowl (despite the fact that the Heinz companies are based out of Pittsburgh). John can do it!
George Bush can mangle a phrase, but he can throw a baseball and would never get a sports team issue wrong. |
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Leaders of terrorist groups in the Middle East have endorsed the Democrats on the grounds that they would force a withdrawal from Iraq and make it easier for Sunnis to retake control.
Saddam's verdict and sentence to death may help people to feel more confident that Bush isn't as incompetent as the press has implied.
The NYTimes essentially reported that Bush was right all along to go to war, because he had detailed plans for nuclear weapons and is estimate do have had one within a year. The story, like Kerry's joke, was supposed to make Bush look stupid and create another scandal, but it seems to be backfiring.
Too bad news media aren't on the ballots. |
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Here, we have "The Picture" of men in uniform with four or five reasons to vote for a specific political party.
Naw, couldn't be political, could it? |
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Hugh says "both houses could go either way" If the House of Representatives doesn't go democrat, it will be the biggest upset in the history of politics. The republicans are going to get smoked on Tuesday for one main reason: they've been imcompetant and corrupt cronies for an imcompetant President. They'll be voted out until the Democrats prove themselves to be equally or more imcompetant (a challenge, but one I believe the Democrats will succeed at), and then the GOP will come back in. Heaven help all of us! |
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Due to direct intervention,I believe,from GOD, Kerry let his true feelings slip out. His opinion for the PEOPLE DEFENDING HIS RIGHT TO MAKE SPEECHES is obviously shared by his partners in party, due to his not being tarred and feathered and ridden out of the party on a rail like they did Mr.Lieberman for supporting the military, came in the nick of time. If the demo's take control of congress they will at the very least hawgtie the president's ability to defend our country for the next two years. It is possible they could impeach both the pres. and v. pres. and Nancy Pelosie( or however she spells that curse..I mean her name) be the defender of the lives of our children. Thanks largely to Mr. Bush and the republican majority in congress, we have not been attacked since 911, even though I find it hard to believe no terrorists packing wmd's have not strolled up from the home of our staunch allies and defenders Mexico. However, no Demo has said they would make it any harder to invade from the south. MS. Pelosi even made a speech to a bunch of criminals gathered in complete freedom in southern California, saying they did not need documentation to vote, and they did not have to be here legally to help. That is not who we need to be speaker of the house. I pray that GOD also reveals all the other advantages having a republican majority in our government will give us in this time of great need of wise leadership. |
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If a presidential nominee cannot pitch a ball sixty feet six inches without out bouncing it he is not fit to be president and his party is not fit to run the country for at least two maybe three election cycles.
All though all the reasons HNAV cited certainly help too.
But I have no problem saying it is all Kerry's fault. I love the fact he is being miserly with that $14 million that he and Edwards raised, refusing to share the love with fellow Dems in tight races. Is he worried Teresa might cut his allowance? Boy, he should have studied more in school. If you don't you might end up being under the control of some heiress from somewhere in southern Africa. |
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how about the reality, the Conservative Elite Pundits have become cynics, and have been far too negative?
maybe the Nation is more realistic about the difficulties - challenges in governing the bureaucracy, and fighting the GWOT?
maybe the Republican Base recognizes the many positives?
Tax Relief, Tort Reform, Bankruptcy Reform, Conservative Judicial Nominations (including Alito, Brown, Roberts, etc.), rejecting KYOTO, rejecting INTERNATIONAL COURTS, strengthening our Military (including substantial pay increases), the PATRIOT ACT, breaking the Gorelick Wall, battled the UN with Amb. Bolton, crushing Terrorists in the GWOT...
maybe they liked the attempt to reform Social Security?
mabye they enjoy a great economy with 4.4% unemployment...
here is a fine list, a positive one, which cites 10 Great reasons to vote GOP...
http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/10/25/200850.shtml?s=lh |
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I am in Option B is real. But you missed this one which is worth repeating again. . .
Kerry cursed himself when he bounced an opening pitch at Fenway in 2004. http://tks.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTRhM2RjYWE1ZGE1OTU3ZDk5NzEzZWVjMmIwZGE2NmM=
It wasn't Swiftboats that did Kerry in, it was that bounced pitch. Remember the 2004 GOP convention with President Bush pitching the ball from the mound and getting a strike. . . in Yankee stadium? Kerry has a thousand Bucky Dents following him.
I found another Kerry screw up. This one in Philly. A friend of mine who is a Democrat sent me this beauty about a lawsuit between two famous cheese steak places in Philly:
Also, far more importantly, a small article in this week's Economist mentions the lawsuit between Rick's and Pat's in Philly. Unbeknownst to me, there was a blurb of another Kerry malapropism that was FAR worse than the Fenway Blunder in 2004 to seal his fate. He actually went to Pat's and, in an attempt to be cool during a campaign appearance, had the idiocy to ask for a cheesesteak with SWISS. Dubya, in a rare spate of clear thinking, ordered 'whit wiz'. Thus, more Dems lost their way. I think a far worse gaffe than bouncing a pitched ball or telling California students that the lazy will wind up in Iraq. The guy should please shut the F up.
If word of this one gets out, Rick Santorum might even pull an upset win. |
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