The polls just closed in parts of Indiana and Kentucky, and I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve the first night of Chanukah. I’ll be starting my evening around 5PM at the Montlake Alehouse where our Tuesday night gathering of Drinking Liberally will be meeting a few hours early to watch the East Coast returns, and I invite you all to join me. I’ll then set out party-hopping, before ending the night in Bellevue with Darcy Burner.
I’m not sure how much I’ll be blogging throughout the night, so I think I’ll just start this running thread where I can post occasional updates and observations. Tune in throughout the night for what I hope to be some well-deserved gloating.
3:43 PM
Dems are pretty optimistic in Louisville, where John Yarmuth (D) is leading Rep. Anne Northup (R) in KY-03 51.1 to 47.6 with 15 percent of precincts reporting. Interestingly, exit polls showed Yarmuth winning by, tada… 51-47.
Why am I so interested in KY-03. Well, it’s the only competitive race reporting, but it’s also a bit of bellweather as it only recently moved into the “toss-up” category during the last couple weeks, and Hotline only rated it the 36th most competitive House race. If Dems are comfortably beating incumbents in Kentucky, well… we’ll see.
4:07 PM
More exits polls show close Senate races in Tennesee, Missouri and Arizona, and the Dems running away most everywhere else. (Lieberman is apparently winning by 5 points in CT… I’m not sure what party he is.) And… Vermonters have just elected our nation’s first Socialist Senator, Bernie Sanders.
4:31 PM
I’m heading to the Alehouse. So far, I’ve heard nothing that indicates we aren’t in the midst of a big blue wave. We’ll know a lot more over the next hour.
5:31 PM
I’m at the Alehouse, and they just called the PA Senate seat for Bob Casey. Rick Santorum has been retired. Congratulations Dan Savage, we owe it all to you.
5:55 PM
I’m sharing a pitcher of beer with Stefan Sharkansky. He bought. I guess I’m a beer whore.
As for the election, Ken Blackwell didn’t win the governor’s race in Ohio. So I guess we still have a democracy afterall.
7:02PM
Still at DL. Santorum just conceded. The crowd here broke into chants of “dog on man.”
10:14PM
Nationally, it’s a wave. The Dems have taken the House, and most likely the Senate. I’m at the Dem party at the Sheraton, and everbody is hopped, but I’m heading out to Bellevue where Darcy is currently behind in a tight race. I’ve got no idea where any of the numbers are coming from, so I don’t know what her prospects are, but as always, I’d rather be ahead than behind. Cantwell won, the bad initiatives lost, and we’re picking up a bunch of seats in the state legislature. Darcy would be the icing on the cake… but the cake’s pretty damn tasty on its own.
Democrats appear poised to take both houses of Congress. http://www.electoral-vote.com:2006/
Roger Rabbit will not be at Montlake tonight as I have pollworker duties and won’t get off until about 9:30. Happy celebrating, fellow Democrats!
I’m not gonna count our chickens before they hatch. Therefore, the hangings of traitors will start tomorrow.
Just kidding … ha ha ha … if Coulter can do it, why can’t I? Hey fascist traitor trollfucks — if you don’t like it, kiss my furry derriere!!! Piss on you.
Roger Rabbit has posted 100% of the comments on this thread. Lunch break’s almost over and I have to go back to my polling place now. You traitor trollfucks should expect the worst from Roger Rabbit tomorrow! I will be merciless in mocking you.
I wish you were right but the problem is…Republicans cheat. Once a cheater, always a cheater and they have a lot to lose. Maybe the House, not the Senate. At least we’ll have Nancy Pelosi.
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Eat shit, fascist fucks!
ah……the six year itch. big deal.
let’s just hope that the people who do get elected are there because they want to do what’s right……FOR EVERYONE.
8. now we see the righties start switching their bullshit knowing they’re about to be slapped around and good – fuck you ChristmasGhost. You get shit – and that’s more than your ilk deserves.
KING 5 News reports that RubberStampReichert is complaining because people have been flipping him the bird. C’mon now, Democrats, play nice! But not tooooo nice. Just watch the P.R. angle is all I’m saying. We can hang them all tomorrow. Hey just kidding … HAR HAR HAR …
Thanks to TJ on a previous thread, here is a link to the map of poll closing times.
http://www.swingstateproject.c.....diaryId=25
It looks like everything except the west coast and the rocky mountain states will be closed by 6:00 p.m. Pacific time. Hopefully, the networkds can start declaring winners soon thereafter.
Dang – I have to go to another business dinner tonight. I won’t be able to get results until after 9:00 or 10:00 p.m.
But I wonder how long it will be before we can get reliable results in the WA-08 race? As I understand it, Washington doesn’t start counting mail in ballots until the polls close? Will we have to wait until Thursday or Friday to get results from all the mail-in ballots?
I know that seasoned and wise congressional Democrats suggest that, if our side takes at least the House, slapping Republicans around should not be the first order of business. I, however, lacking maturity, would like to see some good old-fashioned vengeance. Unleash the vindictiveness. The first bill proposed should put a bounty on unrepentant Republicans. Either they repent of their errant ways, or they start running. After all, turnabout is only fair play.
# 10: I think that’s a great idea. Everytime somebody sees Reichart, stand at attention, and salute him. Except instead of a full-hand salute, just extend the middle finger. Make sure you do it palm-outward, in the British fashion, so he gets the message clearly.
I think we should be gracious in winning, and show good sportsmanship. Every Republican should be given a running head start before the dogs are unleashed.
I wonder (hope) that the 23% early vote might put Ford in the running.
11 rhp6033
yes.
South Carolina’s Republican governor Mark Sanford was turned away at the polls from voting for his own re-election. It seems the new voter-ID laws required him to show his voter’s registration card, which he didn’t have at the time. He did go back and retrieve it, and was able to vote some time later.
http://news.aol.com/elections/.....5709990001
TWIT @9………said”
8. now we see the righties start switching their bullshit knowing they’re about to be slapped around and good – fuck you ChristmasGhost. You get shit – and that’s more than your ilk deserves.
Commentby RightEqualsStupid— 11/7/06@ 3:25 pm”
oh uh huh.
so this is your idea of how our government should work? you sound like the far right “trolls” you so often mock.
my “ilk” is half of the american people. you want half of the american people to be unhappy and not represented?
well, thank you for your honesty. out of your own stupidity you have done what far craftier liberals will not. say what they really want to do.
it’s rather refreshing. and very very amusing. if you only knew….:)
12
I am happy with the first 100 hours agenda. We can shoot Republicans on our own time.
First 100 hours
19 CG
“you want half of the american people to be unhappy and not represented?”
Are they not already?
And winning this year’s contest for the earliest concession post by a fascist trollfuck:
Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 3:21 pm
Congratulations to christmasghost! Way to go!
We’ll keep you posted throughout the evening for the runner-up positions.
leftist@12……”The first bill proposed should put a bounty on unrepentant Republicans. Either they repent of their errant ways, or they start running. After all, turnabout is only fair play.”
WOW…..you sound like stalin or hitler. what’s next? re-education camps?
so….just checking to see if you actually have ANY grasp of the english language or TRUTH…just when did republicans lock up “unrepentant democrats?” your quote” After all, turnabout is only fair play.”
and then there is reality…it never happened. so where do you get the ‘turnabout is fair play’?
see…you really should stick with the truth….
If people are having trouble getting out to vote because of the rain, Stefan has posted emergency voting guidelines at SP:
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/007405.html
They’re underneath the ‘help John Kerry’ sign, so scroll down.
(yeah, I know it’s a (u)SP link. It seems unlikely that this is some crazy baroque trick to screw with demo turnout, so I am passing it along. I am not affiliated with SP. I just argue there sometimes.)
Free meals on Election Night, courtesy of the Chow Foods chain (5 Spot, Coastal Kitchen, etc.) Check it out:
SEATTLE—(November 6, 2006)—They may be making “asses†of themselves, but Seattle restaurant partners Peter Levy and Jeremy Hardy are so confident this year’s election will bring a Democratic Party majority to the houses of Congress, there’s a free meal in it at poll-closing, no matter the outcome.
Voting age guests seated at any of the duo’s six neighborhood Chow Foods restaurants at the exact moment that the polls close at 8pm on Tuesday will each enjoy an “on the house†entree. They’ve dubbed this political dishing event, “Christmas come early for the Democrats.â€
Whether “asses†land in seats to dine free in their restaurants, or end up in the other Washington to check the Republican leadership, the event is history in the making.
“In all the years we’ve run Chow Foods restaurants, the one thing we’ve restrained from putting on the table is politics,†Levy said. “I think many people have known that Jeremy and I are not exactly right-wing Republicans, but now we’re saying it, and we hope this election will be the first step in rolling this country down the right—uh, left track.â€
Not only are voting age customers seated at poll-closing time rewarded with free entrees (one each), but they will also receive a bold, commemorative keepsake placemat which spoofs Santa and his reindeer. The drawing replaces the holiday scene with President George W. Bush, his cabinet members and advisors as caricatures dressed in their election-day best.
Also on the placemat, politicized lyrics replace classic caroling songs to encourage guests to sing along. The placemat was illustrated by Matt Neyens, a long-time waiter and bartender at The 5 Spot in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. The placemat will also be available for free downloading on the company’s website, http://www.chowfoods.com.
Stop by any of the six Chow Foods restaurants tomorrow night, and those with their “asses†in a seat when the polls close at 8 p.m. will receive the take-home, commemorative placemat at their setting to serve as their meal voucher, good for one free entrée on the spot. (one per person, beverages and gratuity are not included with the offer). Hardy adds, “We’re buying the meal but any ‘celebratory booze’ or ‘cry in your beer’ beverages are on youâ€.
Decisions, decisions. Republican spinmeisters are going through their pre-prepared statements, and trying to decide. Do they go with the “Democrats stole the election with illegal votes” excuse? Or the “It’s just the six-year itch” excuse? How about “We really did better than the worst polls predicted, so the voters were really rejecting (a few) the Democrats and giving (a few) Republicans a mandate to continue with Bush’s policies”?
23 christmasghost
“you really should stick with the truth”
I couldn’t agree more. Be sure to tell a Republican that sometime when they go astray, won’t you?
And I think that proud leftist may perhaps be referring to, for example, the many, many times Democrats have been called traitors and recommendations for death by hanging have been made when they felt moved to criticize administration policy. Surely you remember.
27 rhp6033
I’m still betting on “We won in Tennessee!”
Dang. 4:00 P.M. Seattle time. Polls have already closed in several states, and no word on MSNBC site of early results.
There was this depressing article: a reminder that each house of Congress has the final say on who sits there. There have been a few cases where the House or Senate exercised the final say on who won a close election.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15610706/
goldy’s middle finger @22….don’t be so stupid.concession? hardly. i am not the one living in that hell hole you call a state am i?
why should i be upset?? i am expecting a pretty wide republican sweep here in the real world[ california]….and i am not worried about the other races.it’s not concession….it’s more the fact that i have faith in my fellow american citizens.i also think that when things are balanced they are more productive.
god…are you fringe nuts on both sides ever going to really get it? it’s not about WHO wins the seat…it’s about the american people winning. and for that to happen it will have to be quality people from BOTH parties that will make up the government.
i find it terribly sad that so many of you have not made the connection between the clinton’s bitter-rivalry-politics and today. what? you think that was happenstance? hell no….they did it because if everyone was at everyone else’s throat they couldn’t be held accountable….for anything. and it worked.
remember hillary’s “vast right-wing conspiracy” comments…when ,in reality, bill had just lied to her AGAIN?
truly sad that such a little man as clinton could screw up the american political scene for so long. but it will go away eventually……..
KY-03: Still 51-48 with 37% reporting
Based on history and prior voting data the Dems should pick up enough seats needed to take over the House, Senate or both.
So get over yourselves it ISN’T like you actually had a plan that went beyond “We’re not Bush” and motivated people to make a change….change to what? You didn’t really say.
If you by chance lose?
It’ll be more stolen election misdeeds by the “evil” Republicans to be accompanied by even more crudeness and vulgarity (vs. civil debate) until the next election.
Which excuse to Republican spinmeisters use to explain that one third of white male evangelicals polled at exit on the east coast are indicating they voted for Democrats because of Republican corruption?
Who would Jesus vote for? Apparantly not George Allen.
4:10 P.M. – waiting on results. Dum de dum, dum, dum de dum dum…..
Here’s an article saying that mice with jet-lag die earlier. I must remember to show that to my boss next time I want to get out of a trip to Asia….
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15603297/
Dum de dum dum……
Dang – NBC is already projecting Lugar to win in Indiana Senate race.
daddy dearest……..i would never call someone a traitor because they are a democrat. i would call them a traitor if they were a far left moonbat dhimmicrat…there is a difference.
and if you will remember the people being called traitors were mainly just fringe loud mouthed nuts. you know…the ones carrying the signs that said F the troops..or my personal favorite “no war unless a democrat is in the white house”
god…how stupid people can be……….
ghost @ 23
You are utterly devoid of a sense of humor. Do you think my post was serious? Lord, life must be a bitch when you’re infected with Republicanism; it is a disease that sucks all humor, empathy, and reason from its sorry carriers. I would ask you, however, to give me one good reason why Democrats should treat Republicans with anything but disdain. The past 6 years have seen a president who has gone out of his way, with the support of congressional Republicans, to marginalize and demonize Democrats. There has been no effort to reach across the aisle; just “my way or the highway.” That being said, for the good of the nation, if Democrats take the majority in the House or Senate, or both, I hope to see some bipartisanship. That old concept is something that Republicans have shown no respect for.
4:15 P.M. – “NBC News projects that independent Bernie Sanders will win the open Senate seat in Vermont”.
Also, a federal judge has ordered some Cleveland precincts to extend their voting hours due to problems experienced with voting machines there.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
christsmaggott,
everyone who can read knows a plea for mercy when they see it.
Relax. All those who concede will receive mercy. Those who, like you, concede earlier will receive mercy earlier.
Once again, congratulations on your victory.
It’s be the only one you’ll be enjoying tonight.
Notice:
For all those who are participating in the trollfuck concession post pool, we will wait until all the trollfuck posts are in before certifying the results. Thanks for playing.
So, if Leiberman and Sanders win the Senate as Independents, could they form their own two-person party and provide the swing vote in most close votes? Now THAT would be an interesting scenario.
Jack Burton:
But Klake, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Karl Rove all told me that momentum had shifted to the Republicans. So a pick up of any seats in either chamber of congress would be a big, big win.
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Yes, partisan politics is Clinton’s fault. He’s a gift that keeps on giving, isn’t he?
“ it will go away eventually”
“It”‘s going away tonight, as the scorched-earth, fire-Democratic-lobbyists, line-your-pockets-with-gold Republicans get swept away in a tide of righteous and entirely-deserved anger.
Then Democrats will start holding the Bush administration accountable and balance our budget. They can’t get us out of Iraq (separation of powers and all, you know) but they can balance the budget, especially with both houseses of Congress.
Hey, if the Democrats control the Senate, what’s Bush going to do is a USSC justice retires? Should be plenty funny.
leftist…..well…i owe you an apology then. you are the first “it’s my tribe or death” lefty i have ever encountered with a sense of humor. WOW…..
you see, i was basing alot of my response to you on some of your other ,er, shall we say…less rational posts.
both sides have been very guilty of the “NAH NAH NAH” syndrome these past many years. if you remember, during the clinton years the democrats were anything but bi-partisan. so what do we do? keep electing the same idiots that act like fith graders off their meds?
charlie rangle, robert byrd, and ted kennedy for instance? what? no new and intelligent people have grown up to electable age?
come on.
so how long do we keep saying “well…you guys did this…so we are going to pay you back”???
and before you portray the democrats during the bush years as hapless victims let’s all recall the fight for judges and the constant refrain that bush wasn’t elected…..WAH WAH WAH……
i ,for one, would much rather have the government shrink in size and keep our money here at home. no more welfare for warlords.
and i want the people we elect to stop being such big attention whores[think nancy pelosi…she never met a ‘mic’ she didn’t want to french] and just do their jobs. how would you feel if every time the garbage company picked up your trash they ran an add and you had to watch your garbage man tell you how swell he was and you should be so grateful…….
they aren’t rock stars and they aren’t gods…they are civil servents and they should damn well remember their places.
NBC is reporting that Eastern Tennesse is being hit by heavy rains, starting about 6:00 p.m., which might affect turnout there. The rains cleared early in Memphis.
In Tennessee, virtually every weather system travels from west to east. If you want to see what the weather will be like in Knoxville, just check what happened in Nashville about six to eight hours earlier.
This really could have an impact. Eastern Tennessee has been Republican territory since the Civil War, when it almost seceeded from the state. Bob Corker’s political base is in Chattanooga. If turnout is depressed in Eastern Tennessee, and not in the more heavily Democratic cities of Nashville and Memphis (which is Ford’s home town), he might have a chance.
But I’m always reluctant to rely upon the weather to affect voting patterns. People tell me that there is a measurable statistical difference, but I cannot for the life of me imagine letting the weather decide whether nor not I voted (as long as the bridge isn’t washed out).
36 christmasghost
No, you’re wrong. Mainstream Democrats who criticized the war have been called traitors. Mainstream Democrats who criticized warrantless wiretaps have been called traitors.
BTW, name one person or show me a fucking picture of a person who carried a sign that said “fuck the troops.” That’s how you do it, isn’t it? Just lie and lie and lie and lie and lie.
BTW, what’s a “Dhimmicrat?” Who made it up?
re 44: Cry me a river………
Re 43: Cry me a river… (correction)
daddy-dearest…good lord…you are nuts aren’t you?
““It”’s going away tonight, as the scorched-earth, fire-Democratic-lobbyists, line-your-pockets-with-gold Republicans get swept away in a tide of righteous and entirely-deserved anger.”
you sound like one of hitler’s speeches……and just as crazy.
so…which “side” are you on? LOL.
if you think one mide term election has ever changed the course of american politics even one iota you are sadly mistaken.
NPR projecting that Ted Strickland beats Ken Blackwell for Governor of Ohio.
daddy-dearest…..the picture was of a college girl[i think it was in “time”…i’ll look it up for you] and she was holding the sign…only she really spelled it out. whereas i will only do that if a horse is standing on my foot. but, of course being a patriot, i leave out the troops part.
are you pulling my chain here? you don’t know what a dhimmi is? especially in relation to dhimmicrat?
if you really don’t you shouldn’t be voting in any federal elections. i don’t want to have to turn and face mecca everyday…thank-you-very-much….
43 Christmasghost
“during the clinton years the democrats were anything but bi-partisan…so how long do we keep saying “well…you guys did this…so we are going to pay you back”???”
Really? So what should the Republicans who control the presidency, both houses of Congress and the USSC have been doing for six years? Where’s your criticism?
If Democrats shut Republicans out of bill reconciliation, if they vote down every Republican bill and amendment on party line votes, it won’t be the pre-1994 Demcratic model they’ll be following, it’s the post-1994 Republican model. Fuck your guys. They made their beds, let them lie in them.
I heard a voter today say that the problem with the Republicans was that they lost any sense of shame. They weren’t ashamed to sell their votes to lobbyists. They weren’t ashamed to peddle lies to promote their agenda. They weren’t ashamed to put incompetent cronies in charge of important government agencies. She was voting Democrat for the first time in many years.
A good way to spend this evening as the results come in:
http://www.wonkette.com/politi.....213022.php
51 christmasghost
Oh, just another Republican slur. OK. I’m sick of them, but they won’t sopt, and that one is so internal that they don’t make it public though teir cadidates because it would be a loser, so fine. Do whatever you want over there on FreeRepublic.
You don’t have to turn and face Mecca to be a Republican, but I’m beginning to think that for some reason you DO have to like surreptitious gay sex.
51: “…the picture was of a college girl[i think it was in “time”…i’ll look it up for you]”
My first thought would be that it was a Republican plant. It is typical Rove strategy – put someone in a crowd, have them hold up a sign quickly, make sure photographers are available, and have her exit before those around her know what happened.
But then again, I got to thinking – why do we assume that she is showing dissrespect to the troops? Perhaps she is offering to support the troops in a manner which they would probably enjoy?
NPR Projection Robert Byrd wins in West Virginia
Rove on the Radio: “It’s going to be a very close race,” Karl Rove told Sean Hannity “but I’m confident of a Republican Senate and a Republican House if everyone turns out to vote.” This means one of two things: Republicans learned in 2004 that exit polls leak and can depress turnout so they’ve prepared a drive time blitz to keep GOP voters going to the polls and not home for a sulk. Or it means that turnout in Republican counties is low and Republicans are freaked.
http://www.slate.com/id/2152694/
Ehrlich in Trouble: The incumbent Maryland governor just sent out this email to supporters: “Hi, this is Governor Bob Ehrlich with an urgent message. I am asking for your immediate help in order to win. Our internal tracking polls show that turnout may be down in several of our key counties…If you haven’t already voted, please stop everything you are doing and go to vote right now. Polls are open until 8pm tonight
http://www.slate.com/id/2152694/
Looks like the Republican’s are afraid that their vaunted turnout machine isn’t working.
So Tom DeLay is proposing that a lame-duck Republican Congress enact permanant tax cuts for the rich and privatize social security, before the new Democratic Congress can be seated in January. In doing so, he conceded defeat for Republican candidates while the polls were still open in most states.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com.....12828.aspx
I hope when our guys reach out across the aisle that they’ll be wearing joy buzzers and yelling,”PSYCHE!!!!!!!”
Apparenlty JCH is in Arizona or Colorado:
And in Colorado, Latino voters are allegedly being summarily informed that, as Latinos, they are ineligible to vote at all. It gets worse. In Arizona, Hispanic voters are allegedly being harassed at gunpoint.
http://www.slate.com/id/2153237/
Well, it was kind of obviouis, but MSNBC is reporting that this was the most expensive mid-term election by far, approx. 2.8 Billion dollars.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15.....from/RS.1/
But what surprised me was that this was the first election in my memory where the Democrats were able to essentially match Republican fundraising, and remain competative.
Ghost,
“you don’t know what a dhimmi is? especially in relation to dhimmicrat”
Oh, I do know what a “dhimmi” is (even enough to know that the “dh” is pronounced very similarly to the way we pronounce “z”). We’ve had an Iranian refugee staying with us while he goes to school at a technical college in the area. He’s a Baha’i.
And, no, I don’t think your “joke” is the last bit funny, though I think it highly revealing about your character.
MSNBC calls OH Gov race Dem!!!
Ghost: I’m with you. The fangs are out with the dhimmicraps. Why do I need to be repentive? You guys framed it on Iraq, yet the islamofascists said they will not stop until you are converted or dead. No one answered the challenge. Why is that moonbats? What are you going to do but raise taxes and create more class warfare? How will you deal with terrorism? How will you deal with illegals who kill beautiful actresses? How will you deal with illegals who kill 18 year old girls after raping them?
Dhimmies claim free speech yet they try and censor or shout you down.
Dhimmies claim to support the military but they call the soldiers dumb.
Dhimmies claim they are for minorities, yet they call Mike Steele an Uncle Tom and oreo. Then they have the gaul to talk about Harold Ford?
Dhimmies claim they are for Israel yet they know cut and run will only make Hamas stronger and more visible.
Dhimmies claim they like debate but all they have is hatred.
Dhimmies claim to want to discuss the issues but offer no real alternatives.
Dhimmies calim they want to discuss truth but when confronted by the truth of people who cut off heads they have no answer.
Dhimmi – as in diminutive minds!
You see I raise real issues and dhimmies call me names. There is no substance in your rants. Just hatred. After the MSM says the same shit over and over most sheeple will agree with it. If you travel at all you watch people in action. I travel every so often. I see people in action.
There are sleeper cells waiting and lurking. Have any moonbats been paying attention to England? Probably not! Have you moonbats been paying attention to France. They have the ultimate appeasement policy and they are having daily riots with muslims. Yet you moonbats don’t seem to care. When confronmted with alternative media (since the MSM won’t carry the story) moonbat idiots like clueless discount it. Well it’s real. So now you may win the house. How will you govern with people who want to kill you every day?
The eye opener was the Seattle School District trying to close down the schools. THat to me was moonbats in action!
When they come to America MWS told you so!
Crime Broadcast System just called Ohio Senate for Brown (D)!
MWS – you’re almost there, but predicting what Democrats will do when we take over next year is not quite a concession.
Pleading for mercy like christsmaggot did will get the job done.
1st runner up is still available!
I would just like to be the first to congratulate The First Socialist Senator to be elected to the congress . Lets her it for Comrade Senator Burni Sanders hip hip HOORAY hip hip HOORAY.
I feel a Socialist wave coming in the future were we can finally Fly the Glorious Red flag with the Hammer and Sickle along side the Stars and strip’s and truly be a Democratic Socialist Country and once again become a true leader of morals and honesty and fair play in the world .
Just for kicks, I went to the Limbaugh web site to see how he is explaining what is going on.
“RUSH: Lots of weird stuff going on out there today, folks. Matt Drudge just flashed me and said that already some phony exit polls are being posted at places on the Internet. There are no exit polls for House races, folks, just so you know. There are exit polls for the races in the Senate and the governorships that are up. But we’ve been told that the exit poll participants, the people mining the data, are in this quarantine room with no means of communicating with anybody until five p.m. this afternoon.”
So they are trying desperately to get their people to believe that exit polls are a conspiracy by the “drive-by liberal media” to depress Republican voting.
Oh, THAT’S the ticket! Republicans would have won except the Liberal Drive-By Media (LDBM) pushed down Republican turnout with fake exit polls showing the Republicans were losing in droves! There is no such thing as an exit poll in a Congressional Race!
Heh, heh, heh, heh.
Oh, and I guess Limbaugh believes there is no such thing as global warming, the earth is flat, and the tooth fairy really does leave a quarter under his pillow…..
Here is a real case in point.
http://today.reuters.com/news/.....038;rpc=22
You all took over the schools with this dumbing down curriculum to the dumbest moron in the class. Joey has two mommies or David has two daddies is the norm. Critical thinking is replaced with political correctness, oops, female teachers fucking teenage boys. No wonder Bill Gates is talking about it.
just think you have the headless lucys polluting these kids and Bill Gates is FINALLY calling you all on it!
Hey WOS – you’ve really endeared yourself around here. I wonder why would anyone want to call a great guy like you names?
Why wouldn’t give anything but the most attentive consideration to the Mellon-Scaife, Murdoch and Syung-Myung Moon funded publications?
Why wouldn’t anyone take seriously the views of Instapundit, Powerline, Hugh Hewitt or Michelle Malkin?
Why doesn’t everybody just make those Regnery books fly off the shelves? Especially those ones edited by Ben Domenech.. Those were classics.
It just baffles me WOS.
Another Rush-ism:
“You know, let me tell you, I heard something last night that really caused a red flag. The secretary of state in the state of Tennessee announced that 40% of the projected voters had already voted by early and absentee voting. Something like 890,000 of 1.9 million people voted early, and they voted during a time when Harold Ford was up in the polls….
Now, this early voting, Election Day is Election Day for a reason. Why don’t we not let people early vote in July? Why do we just not let ’em vote in August? Let ’em vote six months before the election. I mean, once you start deviating, where does it stop? The earlier you vote, the greater the chance for fraud. And you know what the Democrats are doing.”
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ho.....guest.html
Okay, maybe THAT’s the ticket! It’s not that Republicans lost the support of a lot of their base by their complete mismangement of the federal government and the war in Iraq, their appointment of croneys, their scheme to gut the social security system, the exploding federal deficit, the proven lies. Instead, its that the Democrats are voting early so they can steal the election! Its those dang early-voting Democrats who are to blame!!!
Heh, heh, heh, heh….
Ah, good to see that the voice of reason, MWS, has appeared. Just wake up from your nap, m’lad? Remember to take those little yellow pills your mom left out on the kitchen counter for you. And, don’t swallow them down with a glass of her box wine.
mike webb sucks….well…i think we are on the same page, that of reality.
the dhimmicrats [and YOU KNOW that idiot daddy-dearest had to IM someone to find out what HE SHOULD be talking about…so sad] IF they pull off any big win ,will founder like they always do and the people will have to pick up after them.
they never learn from their mistakes. old cut and run kerry, KKK byrd, ted “the murderer”kennedy ad nauseum…..they just keep electing the same old retreads. the same DIRTY old retreads. so much for believing in the BS they spew……..
iraq isn’t vietnam now….but you just give the dhimmies comtrol…then we’ll see vietnam.
“You see I raise real issues and dhimmies call me names.”
Wow. Asking how we should deal with illegals who kill actresses is raising a “real” issue? Why do illegals have to be dealt with any differently than citizens who kill acresses?
As for Democrats not answering the call to fight terrorism, try selling that to Tammy Duckworth.
Wow, christmasghost, I sure appreciate your humor. Brown-nosing MWS, and referring to yourselves as part of the reality universe. You can have your ally, madame. Lord, desperation suck, doesn’t it?
“i think we [Ghost and WOS] are on the same page, that of reality”
Well, Ghost, WOS has already admitted to only going out and finding facts that support his opinions while ignoring those facts that contradict his opinions. Indeed, he seemed rather proud of it at the time.
So, both you and WOS use facts the way a drunk uses a lamp post: for support rather than illumination. I have to confess, you provide a fascinating definition of the word “reality,” though, personally, I think “ostrich hole” would more accurately describe what you consider to be “reality”.
on the same page, that of reality… then we’ll see vietnam.
Ghost – did you or family support Nixon? Peace with honor?
How’d that turn out?
Anybody out there know what Atlas is up to?
Is it the shrug or the frug?
This is one wave that won’t be breaking for JCH.
JCH is not with me, so unless he is cruising Republican House members again, Atlas won’t shrug tonight.
This might be the only time I ever say anything nice about the minnow, but if he is having a beer with you, especially on a night like this, he can’t be all bad.
Misguided, undoubtedly, and he is a total shit when it comes to running his board, but he has some class.
Unlike most of our loser wingnuts, like Loser Yellowback, who have no honor.
I hope Roger Rabbit is right — at least in part. Seriously. I hope the Dems win a narrow margin in the House (while the GOP retains the Senate). I want Roger Rabbit’s call for all kinds of investigations to be right. I want to see all of that BS come to pass.
Why? Because that kind of crap will just turn off the general public, which is NOT liberal (36% Moderate, 22% Conservative and something like 18% Liberal in the last non-partisan analysis I read). Even Howard “Foot-In-Mouth” Dean admits that the one “mandate” out there is for civility. The public will see that the “Blue Wave” is just the Same Ol’ S**t and will give a landslide victory to McCain or Giuliani in 2008.
So… Go BunnyBoy! Us reasonable Moderates can bite the bullet for two gridlocked years to get a better future in 2008.
Fox News calls Cardin in Maryland.
Looks like it is all downhill from here for the Republicans. They can only lose seats from here on out.
So, both you and WOS use facts the way a drunk uses a lamp post: for support rather than illumination. I have to confess, you provide a fascinating definition of the word “reality,” though, personally, I think “ostrich hole” would more accurately describe what you consider to be “reality”. Commentby Don Joe— 11/7/06@ 5:57 pm
I have to ask Donnie Joe, most moonbats use a lamp post for pissing. Just travel to Seattle in Pioneer Square!
I have to ask all you libruls, how are you going to govern?
Regarding illegals, have you all studied the number of illegals in our prisons? I like Maricopa County. He gives them no frills. No cable. No Internet. Basic exercise. Good Sheriff there.
Current Drudge Headline:
Hey Puddybutt – get the fuck out of our country. This is now a DEMOCRATIC land and we don’t tolerate cowardly, dick-sucking traitors.
On another note, early returns show that this is gonna be a bloodbath boys! The right is getting bitch slapped. It’s a great fucking day in America! HE HE!
Fox News calls Rhode Island for Whitehouse
Dems +3
Current Standings in the House, Dems up +3:
Donnelly over Chocola (IN-02)
Yarmuth over Northup (KY-03)
Ellsworth over Hostettler (IN-08)
Does anyone think that Santorum is looking for his dog to help cheer him up tonight?
Look stupid one: Kiss my black ass. That should make it simple for you.
I looked at the voting demographics on Michael Steele. Looks like the racist democratic party did a black man in. First they kicked out Kweisi Mfume and then they oreo’d Michael Steele.
Cry me a river on Harold Ford. Buckwheat talked a great game but there was problems in his campaign. Also Tennessee is a red state. Do you remember me talking about Al Gore losing his home state in the 2000 presidential vote? Naaah, most moonbats are historically illiterate!
Regarding Chafee, Good riddance! He was really a moonbat in con clothing. DeWine lost due to Ohio scandals around Bob Ney. The Ney idiot would not drop out and my Ohio friends told me it cost DeWine! How do you think I knew about the real voting problems in 2004, not those dreamed up by donk moonbat idealogues?
“I have to ask Donnie Joe, most moonbats use a lamp post for pissing.”
That’s a question? Not that there’s anything wrong with it. At least we don’t mistake other people’s pants legs for lamp posts.
If Allen and Corker hold on all we need is one win in three and GBS is bye bye? Or is it BUH-BYE? Or, is it see ya?
Dumb bet GBS. If you lose you could choose lefturdball2 as your new name! Rightequalsstupid stopped using it but he still calls us neo-cons the same names like Tree Frog and KillTroll!
Puddy:
Chill, have a drink. Relax.
It’s going to be a long night.
Plus, the only one that ever called Michael Steele a Oreo was Michael Steele. But that’s all right, he called himself a Democrat too, and that didn’t work either.
No Donnie Joe, not a question. An altruism statement! Done in public, when self-respecting neo-con drunks use a tree or a bathroom! Since I don’t drink I have no worries!
Interesting. In FL-16, Negron trails Mahoney by 48% to 49%. So, how many of those who voted for Negron actually knew they were voting for Negron and held their noses while they checked-off Foley’s name, and how many people actually thought there were voting for Foley? Enquiring minds want to know…
Wrong on the Oreo JDB. I already posted the link and when it happened. Historically illiterate one!
In FL-16 the neo-con vote is still out too.
I expected NJ to go moonbat. They vote in criminals like Mass votes in killers!
“An altruism statement!”
That’s precious, and oh so typical.
But you missed the point. The neocon drunks in the bathroom have an extraordinary tendency to mistake other people’s pants legs for lamp posts–even when they really should be trying to find a urinal. Clearly, they think they’re outside, but have their heads too far up their asses to know the difference.
Democrats just plain don’t care what you think about the fact that they do actually know what they’re pissing on.
Don Sherwood is going to have to go and choke a bitch, since he just lost. Dems up +8 in the house.
I would just like to be the first to congratulate The First Socialist Senator to be elected to the congress . Lets her it for Comrade Senator Burni Sanders hip hip HOORAY hip hip HOORAY.
I feel a Socialist wave coming in the future were we can finally Fly the Glorious Red flag with the Hammer and Sickle along side the Stars and strip’s and truly be a Democratic Socialist Country and once again become a true leader of morals and honesty and fair play in the world .
the real REDS are coming WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
LOL
Ah Puddy, as usual, you are wrongboy. I’ve already posted the link disproving the story.
Misguided, undoubtedly, and he is a total shit when it comes to running his board, but he has some class.
I so disagree with this. He is a neo-con fanatic and never to be trusted. He has earned nothing, least of all respect. Sure, take his beer and nod agreeably but when he make his leave, give him his due: contempt.
Congrats fellow Dems. Looks like a great night for America.
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Steele might have won if he hadn’t made up the Oreo story.
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Now in the House it’s time to watch the Philly suburbs and New York.
I am a Republican – I lie, steal and cheat and a looser. I’ve allways have been one and allways will be one. HAIL HITLER!
Woops!
Been having such a good time celebrating tonight, I almost missed it.
The 1st runner up for the earliest concession post by a fascist trollfuck on HA betting pool goes to:
Commentby Puddybud— 11/7/06@ 6:45 pm
(The committee huddled and decided that asking us what we plan to do next year when we take over does pass for a concession post)
Our sincere congratulations go out to Puddybud! Well done!
Clueless @ 111: “Sure, take his beer and nod agreeably but when he make his leave, give him his due: contempt.”
The same way you Far Lefties view Welfare — take the check (because you feel you’re somehow entitled), but then happily bite the hand that feeds you.
re 94: “Ookin pa nubb in all da wrong places….”
Oh great, we lost Mark Foley’s seat in Florida. JCH, I need a hug. [hehe]
Important note for those tensely following the results of the EARLIEST CONCESSION POST BY A FASCIST TROLLFUCK ON HA BETTING POOL:
The Committee huddled and decided that
Commentby The Real Mark— 11/7/06@ 6:33 pm
did not qualify as it was determined that TRM is merely a wannabe trollfuck.
There’s always 2008!
whannn, whannnnn, whhannnnn, weep, weep, weep – damn welfare. Everybody is enjoying themselves and I have to work for a living.
surreal Mark: your descent is all but complete.. you consistantly miss the point. mix apples and oranges. Like Sharansky, you diminish yourself with each comment.
The polls are now closed in Washington
NBC calling Democrats +29 in the house.
I personally know more cheating Republicans than I do welfare recipients.
It is great to see Puddy Buddy and Christmasghost out in full completely deranged hurricane of Lies force.
It is gonna be great to see them watch the sick circus of NeoCon thuggery crumble before their eyes.
The People are FINALLY taking back their country!!
The Facists are in FULL RETREAT!!
God Bless America!!!
First results coming in from Washington:
I-933 is squeaking by with a win in uber-Liburul Pend Oreille County (in the Washington Okanogan, on the north end of the border with the Idaho panhandle).
If it’s winning 51-48% in the Okanogan, put a fork in it.
Boo Yaaa – Lame Duck George W. Bush
Canwell declared the winner by CNN and AP:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/.....x07ww.html
THe American People have spoken: KISS OUR ASS GOP.
Fox News Declare that the Democrats will take the House of Representatives
Puddybud: what happened to Blackwell? What kind of a Republican can’t suppress enough votes to take power for himself?
Looks like all 3 initiatives are going to go down. 920 is losing big even before King County comes in, 933 is barely leading even though all of the results are from rural areas, and the only way 937 comes back is if it wins on the west side, but I don’t think anybody really cared about it.
Now if only we can take the Senate..
NWCN is the only outlet covering politics. I have the really cheap cable. Anywhere else?
Democrats take Tom Delay’s Seat — Fox News
For the Clueless:
KVI, KTTH, KOMO, KIRO, KPLU, KUOW are all doing wall to wall.
The republicans didnt come out this election. We will get them in 2008.
Eat it, Frank. I-920’s going down, hard.
Oh, and HA commenter Richard Pope? Going down. Stephen Johnson? Going down. Pam Roach? Going down (but close). The R’s are on the verge of losing all of the races in 45th, 47th, 31st AND the 48th, and getting shut out of all 12 legislative seats. Not a good night if you are an R in Washington State, though Reichert/Burner is looking to be tight and I doubt it will get called for a couple of days (as in Cantwell/Gorton, Gregoire/Rossi tight).
About the best thing to say for Rs is that McMorris is eking a 6 point win over Goldmark…in a district she won last year by 20. And you might not lose the US Senate.
Sucks to be you, Republicans.
DOOFUS: what happened to your prediction? The religious right was supposed to win it all for you.
You have been defeated.
I change my mind. Stick around. We’ll put up with the poo you fling. The more you predict, the better things come out for progressives and moderates.
JDB: thanks!
Oh my the Democrats take DeLay’s seat? That has to be the best news of all yet!!!
How sweet it is!
But Doofus:
The base was told that if they didn’t come out, their women would have to wear burkas, they wouldn’t have their guns, they would be taxed out of all their money, the terrorist would win and Nancy Pelosi would turn everyone into lesbians.
If they didn’t turn out for that, they ain’t turning out.
Well, I noticed nobody (on the left, that is) is screaming voting fraud…oh wait, they’re winning. How silly of me. It’s the right’s turn.
OMG, Seattle might reject a tax increase. Holy crap.
WHoooo Hooooooo!!!!
Now ALL the TrollFucks are Mr. Irrelevant!
CNN has Webb pulling ahead of Allen in Virginia, with the remaining precincts being largely Democratic. The difference is about 3000 votes, which will trigger an automatic recount.
Oh, and for the wingnuts out there, this is despite incidents of voter suppression directed at Democratic voters and under investigation by the FBI. It would be very sweet to win this seat despite the voter suppression efforts.
It’s official!
For those who have been on the edge of their seats all night, we are ready to declare the results in the EARLIEST CONCESSION POST BY A FASCIST TROLLFUCK ON HA BETTING POOL!
WINNER: Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 3:21 pm
-4 hours and 39 mins before the close of polls on the West Coast. Well Done!
1ST RUNNER UP: Commentby Puddybud— 11/7/06@ 6:45 pm
– Who, in the event that christmasghost is unable to fulfill her duties, etc.
2ND RUNNER UP: Commentby RUFUS Fitzgerald Kennedy— 11/7/06@ 8:33 pm
The Committee wish to thank all those who participated.
Remember, it’s not too early to concede 2008!
I’ve gotta go now. They’re opening the Billecart!
Leiberman has won. So much for the nutroots!
pbj: A Democrat has taken DeLay’s seat. The House in the hands of the Democrats. The Senate is within reach.
The poison of your lies has lost its strength. You have been defeated.
What are the KVI clowns saying?
Are they trumpeting victory by Senator Macacawicz?
Or is it another massive plot by the libral medya?
Tester leading by 16k votes over Conrad “Bye Bye Birdee” Burns in Montana.(early) Montana? guess they don’t like war profiteering and treason there either.
Virginia Recount law:
Virginia’s recount law works differently than Washingtons. If the candidates are w/in 0.5% the loser can request a recount, at state’s expense. If they are between .5 and 1%, the candidate can pay for one much like the WA Dem’s did in 04 with the governor’s race.
More litigation oncoming!!
PREDICTION: GOP 50+DC, DEM 50
Webb and Allen are seperated by less than 3,000 votes.
South Dakota has rejected the referendum to outlaw abortion.
?@144….well..thank you so much for the “honor”. i feel i should have a speech ready…..LOL.
congratulations to the democratic party. the people have spoken and we will see how it works out.
you see guys…it’s not a concession when you just point out the obvious. sorry that it doesn’t sting more for me[i’m sure alot of you were hoping for that…just guessing by you throwing the word “fascist” around…] but i really hope that the democrats…or as they are also known ,other fellow americans…are going to do a great job and that the partisan ,and oh so tedious bickering, will stop.
and i am also hoping that we won’t cut and run or raise taxes but that is probably too much to ask.
the silver lining here? if the democrats [this group especially] hold true to form….there is no way in hell they will be in the white house in 2008.
now…my last prediction was right….any takers on this one? but, before you sign on pull up a mental[pun intended] picture of “the deaniac” and simpering way too liberal for the average american pelosi……..
you can just see this train wreck of egoes coming down the tracks…..sadly.
136 I’d like to see Yvonne Ward in State Senate, if ONLY because she rides a Harley. “Senator Ward, can you make it legal to flagellate a cell-phone wielding bimbo if she bumps into a motorcycle?”
eponymous coward @ 141:
OMG, Seattle might reject a tax increase. Holy crap.
Actually, if you look waaaaaay back to September of 2006, Seattle rejected a raise in property taxes to fund schools. Of course, there was also the latte tax, but that was silly.
My Oh My… Time for your meds,ChristmasGhost
” IF they pull off any big win ,will founder like they always do and the people will have to pick up after them.
they never learn from their mistakes. old cut and run kerry, KKK byrd, ted “the murderer”kennedy ad nauseum…..they just keep electing the same old retreads. the same DIRTY old retreads. so much for believing in the BS they spew……..
iraq isn’t vietnam now….but you just give the dhimmies comtrol…then we’ll see vietnam.
Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 5:49 pm”
Then
“i really hope that the democrats…or as they are also known ,other fellow americans…are going to do a great job and that the partisan ,and oh so tedious bickering, will stop.
Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 9:24 pm”
You flip flopping lying NeoCon nutjob!
from 8:15 pm reportings at the King County Election Website, Darcy Burner ahead. Air America 1090 AM reports Reichert ahead 51% to 48%.
are going to do a great job and that the partisan ,and oh so tedious bickering, will stop.
Ghost, too many people know your posting history to buy that. Like you’ve never indulged in “partisan bickering”?
Puhleeeeze ….
Anyone watch Faux News tonight? Has Hannity’s head exploded?
Susan Owens beating Stephen Johnson handily.
Riechert up 51/49, but lots of Seattle outstanding.
John Carlson reporting Dems picking up big in State Legislative races. +5 in the Senate (maybe +6), I believe +11 in the house.
Initiatives 920 and 933 losing.
Initiative 937 winning 51.57%/48.42%.
Bad night all around for the GOP. The wave has hit.
Bad night for trollfucks. The GOP has just been decisively repudiated by the American people. All traitor trollfucks report to the Hanging Tree at 6 am for summary proceedings. Bring your necks and long faces. Hey — just kidding — it’s an Ann Coulter-type joke!
Fuck you, America-hating fascist creeps! You got yours tonight, and I’m going to rub your faces in it for the rest of your miserable, antisocial, useless lives!
Turnout in my polling place was 5 1/2 times the primary turnout.
Webb now up in VA
Webb: 49.44% 1,148,750
Allen: 49.36% 1,146,952
http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm
McCaskill, Webb and Tester all are in the lead. If that stands, the Senate goes GOP 51-49.
+6 in the State Senate, +11 in the State House? Holy crap. The Republican speedbump in the Senate just got flattened.
McCaskill, Webb and Tester all are in the lead. If that stands, the Senate goes GOP 51-49.
I think you mean the good guys. :-)
@146,
About the nutroots and Leiberman…..and nutroots an McMorris or nutroots and reichert…..
Nutroots -all the nuts under one tree.
Whoops, I got confused about Joe. My bad. :)
Senate goes D 51-49…
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ekalk@154…actually my dear it’s called manners and being gracious. from your post i realize these must be strangers to you….but not to me.
flip flopping? what? because i accept reality and move on?
get real……
and clueless…your name fits more and more often now….when i argue points it is not partisan bickering because A. i am not an elected official and B. it is not preventing me from doing my job.
do you have any concept of the difference?
here’s another prediction for you. first of all…this tokenism about the minimum wage. why not actually raise it to a living wage? why? because then every company would do what i have already started to do….automate everything.
honey…the sooner you figure out that i am always ahead of you, the better off you’ll be.
About the nutroots and Leiberman…..and nutroots an McMorris or nutroots and reichert…..
Yeah, we’ll be sobbing in our beer over that when House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid show up for work on January 3rd, 2007.
It’s politics: you win some, you lose some. I’ve always said Goldmark was a Hail Mary. I’m more impressed with winning the 6th LD Senate AND House Seat we may pick up in Spokane County. Bill Grant’s been awfully lonely…and Marr might be a good shot at a run at McMorris in ’08.
As for Burner…it ain’t over yet. King County is still out there, and makes up the majority of the 8th CD.
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let’s just hope that the people who do get elected are there because they want to do what’s right……FOR EVERYONE. Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 3:21 pm
Too late, ghost. You pricks should have made that offer 4 years ago! We’re going to be partisan as hell, and we’re going to fuck the neocon bastards.
The lame chimp just became a lame duck.
The neocon era is ooooover! No more GOP legislation will be passed. Done. Kaput. Toast.
In just 4 short years of total GOP rule, the Republicans convinced Middle America they’re dishonest, incompetent, and ineffectual.
Mike!? the Problem – went down in flames.
Estate tax repeal – went down in flames.
Property Ripoff – went down in flames.
Bad night for righties!
Hey rightwing fucks! Can you say “Mr. Chairman McDermott?” Get used to it. It’s gonna be a looooooong two years.
Hey wingnuts! How do you fucks like the idea of a DEMOCRAT chairing the House Ethics Committee? Get used to it!
ghost – everytime you come here, it’s to call Goldy and others a name. I see no argument. You’re a phony. Your words carry no weight.
What are you doing here? Why don’t you celebrate the Governator’s move to the left in Sacramento? What’s that about his gay Democrat Chief of Staff?
The guy might as well be a Hollywood Democrat. Have fun.
re 168: The e e cummings punctuation is irritating. You are an irritating, quibbling loser.
Two words that you will come to understand on a very visceral level over the next two years are subpoena and investigate. Hello Henry Waxman, goodbye Halliburton!
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I think we should be gracious in winning, and show good sportsmanship. Every Republican should be given a running head start before the dogs are unleashed. Commentby rhp6033— 11/7/06@ 3:32 pm
I assume these dogs haven’t been fed for a couple weeks.
I skipped on the Sheraton. Got the invite, but my tot wanted to go to our favourite licensed cafe for election night frolics and video games, so off we went. I’m pretty pleased — this is a nice change from 2004: “Your country is retarded!” “Please! I’m hurting a lot right now and I don’t need those comments from you.”
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” … slapped around … fuck you … You get shit …”
Commentby RightEqualsStupid— 11/7/06@ 3:25 pm”
” … so this is your idea of how our government should work?”
Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 3:44 pm
No, this is your side’s idea of how our government should work! Why should we treat you better than you treated us?
slapped around and good – fuck you ChristmasGhost. You get shit – and that’s more than your ilk deserves.
Commentby RightEqualsStupid— 11/7/06@ 3:25 pm”
oh uh huh.
“you want half of the american people to be unhappy and not represented?” Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 3:44 pm
That didn’t bother YOU when the shoe was on the other foot!
Payback time, ghost. Grease up your ass.
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“it’s about the american people winning” Commentby christmasghost— 11/7/06@ 4:06 pm
They just did. Any questions?
It’s not just phonies like ghost that we have to be concerned about. Dems need to be mindful of phonies in our own midst.
All this hands across the water shit is fine for the media and for gracious election night speeches.
But we must not forget that next January McGavick and (god willing) Reichert are going to be back in D.C. working as lobyists trying initially to recoup their campaign expenses and ultimately to raise money for other Republican candidates. That’s where all the gracious, pleasantry must stop. The money schilling failed candidates must be banished to work elections in the Ukraine. Exactly the way Republicans banished Democratic lobbyists back in 2001. Let McGavick go on speaking tours of college campuses. Let Reichert become an Executive Director of some pissant Sheriff’s Benevolent Assoc. But any lobbying firm that hires them must be blacklisted by Democrats. All Democrats. That’s how we play to win and keep winning in D.C.
CBS called MacCaskill over Talent in Missouri.
Montana and Virginia would be nice right now. We might just get them!
ABC has Democrats leading the 6 Senate races they need to win, although in Virginia, Webb leads Allen by only 2700 votes out of 2.5 million.
Over on the sucky little competing blog the calmer voices are exhorting the Republican lemmings to “be an adult” and “take it like a man.” Let’s check in on them:
“I can be an adult about this. But I still don’t appreciate my legal vote being cancelled out by an illegal one. But if that’s the only way they can win, then so be it.” Posted by: rollingeyes on November 7, 2006 09:35 PM
How juvenile and immature.
Roger, check this out:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/
WINGNUTS ANNOUNCE GOLDY IS THE BIG LOSER TONIGHT
Here it is, ladies and gents, the wingnuts’ official spin: Goldy lost!
” … but there is one good thing out of this: If the Democrats take over the house etc. … a lot of this whining will stop … and therefore the David Goldstein Show is no longer necessary … and Mr. HA will get quietly fired …. which hopefully will help some of his followers to think a bit for themselves. There is hope afterall :-)” Posted by: dutch on November 7, 2006 09:36 PM
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/007417.html
Yep, the hard-right’s interpretation of tonight’s election return is that GOLDY WILL LOSE HIS JOB!!!
Gotta admit it’s creative.
it’s creative.
For braindead wingnuts, which is to say hardly creative at all.
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in this context it’s a euphemism for “lying”
Hmmm … I notice all the traffic is on HA; the sucky little competing blog is getting only a dozen or so comments per thread.
BLACKWELL CRUSHED IN OHIO
Strickland (Dem) 2,150,083 – 60%
Blackwell (Rep) 1,345,221 – 37%
93% of precincts reporting
Source: CNN
Webb has declared victory. Recount coming.
McCaskill declares victory, up by 25,000
Tester up by 10,000 with 64% reporting (apprx. 240,000 votes couned
MSNBC now calls Missouri for McCaskill. (Talent conceeds)
It would appear that a Democratic Senate is at hand.
Big Stories.
The Republican Party is nearly wiped out in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
Conservative and Moderate Dems doing well.
Strong vote against Bush.
Strong vote against the war in Iraq.
Nation apparenlty fine with Nancy Pelosi, Stem Cells, Michael J. Fox. Nation not at all sure about Dennis Hastert, Fear and Rush Limbaugh.
Sean Hannity said to be wimpering in the corner of his living room.
Wingnuts consider the fact that they might be wrong about something.
The nastiness isn’t over yet. Virginia is about to get ugly. Keep an eye on Drudge and some of the other national wingnut bloggers, and be ready to stomp the crap hard.
For a preview take a look at this.
The one positive side of any potential legal battle in Virgina is the fact that the FBI is already investigating charges of voter suppression efforts directed at Democratic voters. If the Republicans do decide to play down and dirty with this, it could backfire in a very big way, and progressive bloggers can play a role.
Republican officials are blaming tonight’s GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of “aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns” over the past six-to-18 months. “We have evidence of a well-organized, well-funded series of operations designed specifically to undermine our message, depict our past performance in a negative light, and drive Republicans out of office,” said Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman, who accused an organization called the Democratic National Committee of spearheading the nationwide effort. “There are reports of television spots, print ads, even volunteers going door-to-door encouraging citizens to vote against us.” Acknowledging that the “damage has already been done,” Mehlman is seeking a promise from Democrats to never again engage in similar practices.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55018
Yeah, just like Rush DrugBag lost his job when Clinton got elected.
NeoCons = Traitorous, Irrelevant, Scum.
NPR reporting that Rove placed a call to the President to let him know it was going to be a bad night.
No word on if he had anyone wake Bush to take his call.
how many votes does it take to impeach a president?
218…..17 to spare.
bahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the plan? How will I be safer? The dems plan was Iraq. Will pulling out make us safer? I heard stem cell research is a main priority? What about immigration? Nancy Pelosi…..she will do what? My god I’m scared now. run the polls. how safe do you feel today? I bet the answer is really less safe. You know you all don’t feel safer. you don’t admit it. But let’s see what happens.
I would not want to be Cheney’s hunting partner tomorrow.
Let’s not overlook these races:
Susan Owens defeats Stephen Johnson, 59% – 41%, for state Supreme Court
Greedy sports promoters suffer a sharp rebuke in Seattle
Democrats expand majorities in state legislature
RICHARD POPE WILTS — AGAIN
Richard Pope – 13910 – 42.74%
Frank V. LaSalata – 18563 57.03%
Sorry, Richard. Maybe when you get your life in order, you could run for dogcatcher.
Webb now up 12,000 in VA. We might be outside the automatic recount margin now.
And let’s not forget, it is still legal to strip in Seattle.
LARGE WRITE-IN VOTE IN PROSECUTOR RACE
King County’s partisan hack prosecutor, Norm Maleng, was unopposed on the ballot but there was a surprisingly large write-in vote against him — over 1,500 votes out of about 100,000 or roughly 1.5%. That’s a HUGE number … normally this race would draw fewer than 50 write-ins.
Pope lost? Like the sun rising in the east.
The center has returned. The tide turns.
A righteous God has blessed truth and justice.
(asssssside, stage left: fuck you wingnuts!!!)
Even Motherbeater Irons did better in King County than the wingnut initiatives (920 and 933) which got only 33-34%.
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Pope lost? Commentby proud to be an Ass— 11/7/06@ 11:34 pm
“Lost” isn’t the right word. Pope got his ass kicked.
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What is the plan? How will I be safer? The dems plan was Iraq. Will pulling out make us safer? I heard stem cell research is a main priority? What about immigration? Nancy Pelosi…..she will do what? My god I’m scared now. run the polls. how safe do you feel today? I bet the answer is really less safe. You know you all don’t feel safer. you don’t admit it. But let’s see what happens.
Commentby Dengle— 11/7/06@ 11:27 pm
Look at the bright side — Goldy will get fired and be a full-time blogger again!
Webb now up 12,000 in VA. We might be outside the automatic recount margin now. Commentby JDB— 11/7/06@ 11:31 pm
If that holds, we’ve got the Senate, and Bush has made his last judicial appointment.
Does anyone know if Bush has the power to pardon himself?
Expect an avalanche of presidential pardons in the very near future.
Lord answer my prayer, let Senator macaca go down!
Pope can take comfort in knowing he did 8 points better than Stephen Johnson. See Richard — it pays to not take money from BIAW.
HEY EVERYBODY!!! POPE KICKS JOHNSON’S ASS!!!
That’s right, our own inimitable Richard Pope outpolled BIAW-candidate Stephen Johnson, 42%-34%. Unfortunately for Richard, he wasn’t running against Johnson. Another bad move, Richard!
McCaskill won in Missouri . . . If Allen doesn’t pull through, we’ve got the Senate! Everybody go get laid!
Pope also did better than Low Tax Looper, who got 4% against a write-in candidate after murdering his opponent. Richard has more sense than Looper. When Richard reaches across the table, he doesn’t kill ’em, he only menaces ’em.
Burner race — remember there’s lot of uncounted absentees; King County election workers stopped counting absentees at 7:45 pm.
Well kiddies, it’s the witching hour and time for me to hop up the hill to Stefan’s place and shit on his lawn. :D
I for one would like to commend christmasghost on her classy comment this evening.
As this article in The Guardian shows, she’s in excellent company today.
Why don’t the libs (now really far left wacko’s) understand that when “rich” people have money and the government takes it then noone wins and when they have it they invest it…thus making money for them and the “poor”, who the dems so love to make into victims. Such bullshit!.
Our enemy’s know that we are now less safe and will pick at us and try to kill America, because they know the ideals that made us the country we are, are no longer believed in by a large percentage of the US. They know most will look to be tolerant of them, until they slice their throat. Hell they know that the far left embrace a ELF member burning down a home or two. Death and destruction is OK because the US is evil and bad, any socialist, marxist, islamic facist way is good. They are just a victim, like people of color (black or latino, not asians) that the Dem party says is wronged. I’m just waiting for the communtiy to wake up and realize that just because someone says a statement is truth, doesn’t mean it is fact or any resemblence of the truth.
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Dengle, why don’t YOU understand that when our GOP-run government squanders $300 billion in Iraq and billions more on corruption, somebody has to pay for it? Why should working people be the only ones paying taxes? Fuck you.
LUKE ESSER AND TOBY NIXON DEFEATED
Biggest leason from the night:
You cannot win with just your base.
Democrats will need to govern now. Lets hope they do well.
The funny part is Richard Pope is running ahead of Mike!™ McGavick, as a percentage of the vote… and King County is, as usual, coming in slow.
McGavick’s not going to break 40% if this keeps up- he’s barely over it right now. Man, how pathetic is THAT?
“Across U.S., voters’ loud message: It’s time for change
“By Michael Tackett
“Chicago Tribune
“Americans finally got to vote on the war. They want change.
“They got to vote on one-party rule. They rejected it.
“They got a chance to vote local. They voted national. No matter what name was on the ballot, to many voters it read ‘George W. Bush.’
“And for Republicans … that was very bad news.
“A toxic stew of a war gone bad, politicians gone corrupt and issues not addressed left voters in a vengeful mood … and voters sent a loud message that the status quo of one-party, highly-partisan rule would no longer do. …
“The defeat was most profound for the politician not on the ballot — the president. He campaigned vigorously, arguing that he would not change course in Iraq. He played the card that has sustained his presidency — Republicans were the better stewards of national security — and was trumped badly. He tried to make the case that the economy was strong, and voters were not buying that either.
“‘There’s been a wave building and I think it broke tonight,’ Democratic consultant David Axelrod said. ‘The war and many other factors combined here, and people just said we’ve had enough with this Republican experiment.’ …
“The gains for the Democrats are all the more impressive because Congress has been so successful in its redistricting to protect incumbents. …
Quoted under Fair Use; for complete story and/or copyright info see http://tinyurl.com/y9rbn9
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“McGavick’s not going to break 40% if this keeps up- he’s barely over it right now. Man, how pathetic is THAT?” Commentby eponymous coward— 11/8/06@ 12:03 am
Voters realized Mike!? is the problem, not the solution — and that he lied about his plans for Social Security.
Hey, don’t see so many posts from the ASSXNINE Kennedys . . . where they hiding?
“Hey wingnuts! How do you fucks like the idea of a DEMOCRAT chairing the House Ethics Committee? Get used to it!”
You mean like when Jim “the fence” McDermott was on the committee? Seems to me they are still in court over his unethical behavior.
dengle is a good example of how the shrill right brought down the GOP.
All this talk about what liberals are going to do is really interesting. Perhaps you all need to look up how government works. Oh and look up something called a VETO!
Dengle:
Yeah, just paint the MAJORITY of the country as a bunch of left-wing nutbags.
If you really believe that, come over and throw back some beer in one of the wide spots in the road that tend to vote Democratic. You’ll find the people aren’t that unreasonable, not all of us are big fans of “victimization” or the ELF, and, besides, we have MUCH better beer.
If you’re still trying to do some sort of smear campaign against the Democrats, you’re too late.
Forgive me for gloating, but the election is over, and You. Guys. Really. Lost.
Welcome to hell liberals. Now you own Iraq along with the Republicans. Two years from now you will have had to have shown some results instead of throwing barbs from the sidelines. Be careful what you wish for.
P.S. George Bush isn’t running in 2008. ;)
now the next thing is to move more to Demercratic Socialist System of Goverment
Lies2006:
Bill Clinton wasn’t running in 2000, and that sure as hell didn’t stop you all from running against him then, and in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
And we only own the war if we control the decisions. More likely, look for a bipartisan plan along the lines of the Baker commission report.
Recount in Montana’s Yellowstone County, which will slow the results as they come in.
GBS:
What was your bet again?
Hey leftwing nutjobs, I get to celebrate a Republican loss tonight too! My Rep in the 23rd, Beverly Woods lost BIG! She thought she was a tax and spend Democrat. I decided that the tax raising should be left to the professionals and voted for the Democrat. It was slimy, but sometimes tough love is what it takes to get rid of the misguided rinos.
Despite all the efforts of the left, Joe Leiberman won. The nutroots were nutrootralized. Oh sure, like anyone yelling fire in a theater or a 6 year old throwing a tantrum in Wal0Mart, they got looks and stares. But in the end, they were ineffective.
Feel free to celebrate the demise of Beverly Woods for me. I know there will be an orgy of property confiscation and taxation flowing from Olympia but at least there is one less Republican drinking at that party.
JCH, Come out to play!
JCH, Come out to play!
“And we only own the war if we control the decisions. More likely, look for a bipartisan plan along the lines of the Baker commission report.”
You control the house. You are sitting with the adults now. You share responsibility. Be careful what you wish for…
eponymous coward @ 227
I am thinking that Maria Cantwell will beat Mike McGavick by more percentage points than the 17.5% that Christine Gregoire beat me by in 2000 for Attorney General.
Cantwell is presently ahead of McGavick by 17.1%. And King County election returns have been coming in slow. Only 18% of total statewide votes counted so far are from King County. This percentage should increase to about 30% when all the votes are counted.
hahahahaaa I just herd J.D hawerd lost hahahahahahahaa in Arazoneai
YAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOO
Lies2006:
How well has your hate the Democrats strategy worked so far?
Lies2006 (pbj): yeah, guys like Hastert and DeLay were real adults. The netroots supported more candidates than just Lamont and I’m sure quite a few of those have won. As for Lieberman, well you take the good with the bad.
And the good has been very good for people who truly care about the future of this country.
How’s it been so far for you pbj? LMAO!!
House Results So Far (thanks to Americablog):
Gillibrand over Sweeney (NY-20)
Klein over Shaw (FL-22)
Mahoney over Foley (Negron) FL-16
Giffords over Graf (AZ-08)
Shuler over Taylor (NC-11)
Arcuri over Meier (NY-24)
Carney over Sherwood a.k.a. The Choker (PA-10)
Sestak over Weldon (PA-07)
Space over Padgett (OH-18)
Murphy over Johnson (CT-05)
Hill over Sodrel (IN-09)
Hodes over Bass (NH-02)
Donnelly over Chocola (IN-02)
Yarmuth over Northup (KY-03) This is a major upset.
Ellsworth over Hostettler (IN-08)
Loebsack over Leach (IA-02)
Walz over Gutknecht (MN-01)
Hall over Kelly (NY-19)
Kagen over Gard (WI-08)
Mitchell over Hayworth (AZ-05)
Perlmutter over O’Donnell (CO-07)
Lampson over Sekula-Gibbs (TX-22)
Braley over Whalen (IA-01)
Boyda over Ryun (KS-02) A MAJOR UPSET
Shea-Porter over Bradley (NH-01)
Altmire over Hart (PA-04)
http://americablog.blogspot.com/
Richard, yeah, I noticed. Thanks for being classy. It can’t be the best night for you (I remember being a pro on the OTHER end of a wave in 1994).
Cantwell is now 18.06% ahead of McGavick. Only 22.69% of the votes counted so far are from King County, even though King County has 30.25% of the state’s registered voters. Gregoire beat me by 17.75% for Attorney General in 2000. Cantwell should be able to exceed this margin over McGavick this time around.
Eponymous Coward @ 246
Well, I am down by only 10 points now. The race has been getting tighter in percentages with the poll returns (which are about 50/50), but the gap of 4,900 or so votes hasn’t changed really. So I don’t see the lead changing, but certainly appreciate being over 40% for the first time in my life.
From what I can tell, I would think my percentages in the 48th will be better than Esser’s, my percentages in the 45th will be better than Nixon’s, and my percentages in the 41st (for the 2/3 of that district that is in the NE Judicial District) will be better than Fretheim’s.
Too bad that I am generally thought of as a Republican. Plenty of GOP voters voted for me, but the party organization and functionaries didn’t lift a finger to help me. Democrats sure as hell opposed me. Too bad they don’t realize that I am not as bad of a person as they think I am. (Tell Andrew from NPI that I resent the label of “Republican hack”.)
Once all the votes are counted, and precinct analysis can be done (let’s get Darryl to do this one!), I would think my percentages will be a good bit higher than McGavick’s and Stephen Johnson’s in these same precincts as well.
To hell with the Seattle Times! Maybe the new Democrat majorities in the U.S. Congress and the enhanced Democrat majorities in the state legislature will increase the respective federal and state estate taxes. :)
POMBO IS TOAST ! This is another sign of tonights triumph.
See:http://www.recordnet.com/apps/...../611080361
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“There are sleeper cells waiting and lurking.”
Well then I guess we’d better keep electing people who will do something about it instead of wiretapping reporters and passing anti-gay legislation. What part of “implement the 9/11 commission recommendations” don’t you understand?
BTW, it sure as hell looks like six seats on the Senate to me. BOTH houses, baby!
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“Now you own Iraq along with the Republicans.”
Iraq, unfortunately, is Bush’s baby. He controls the Executive, and he’s made it very, very, EXTREMELY clear that he regards leaving as losing. We will ever so definitely be in Iraq until 2008.
In the meantime, the Democratic Congress (looks like we control the Senate too) will make sure the troops have what they need for the first time, and protect the American people’s $300 billion investment in Iraq by investigating and holding federal departments accountable, uncovering the rampant Republican fraud adn corruption, and implement the 9/11 commission recommendatiosn to ACTUALLY provide some homeland security.
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“Now you own Iraq along with the Republicans.”
Iraq, unfortunately, is Bush’s baby. He controls the Executive, and he’s made it very, very, EXTREMELY clear that he regards leaving as losing. We will ever so definitely be in Iraq until 2008.
In the meantime, the Democratic Congress (looks like we control the Senate too) will make sure the troops have what they need for the first time, and protect the American people’s $300 billion investment in Iraq by investigating and holding federal departments accountable, uncovering the rampant Republican fraud adn corruption, and implement the 9/11 commission recommendatiosn to ACTUALLY provide some homeland security.
You control the house. You are sitting with the adults now. You share responsibility. Be careful what you wish for…
Commentby Truth2006— 11/8/06@ 12:31 am
Sitting with the adults? We are the adults. At least the new congress better act like adults and not pull all that childish shit that the republican dominated House has pulled for so long.
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“What is the plan? How will I be safer? The dems plan was Iraq. Will pulling out make us safer? I heard stem cell research is a main priority? What about immigration? Nancy Pelosi…..she will do what? My god I’m scared now. run the polls. how safe do you feel today? I bet the answer is really less safe. You know you all don’t feel safer. you don’t admit it. But let’s see what happens.”
I’ve ALWAYS felt safe. You see, I am not a cowardly hide-under-the-bed-because-the-bad-brown-people-are-coming-to-get-me Republican. I am not afraid to face terrorism in the world without reaching first for the military option. I don’t need to invade Muslim countries to feel like a man. And I am not afraid to work with our friends to defeat our enemies.
And that’s why the Republicans lost.
For JDB:
“Wingnuts consider the fact that they might be wrong about something; reject as absurd.”
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“Leiberman has won. So much for the nutroots!”
With mostly Republican money and Repulican votes. Did you see the internals?
And, of course, you pretty obviously know NOTHING about who the “netroots” endorsed and backed candidates are and how they did ocverall.
Here’s one for you: Stephanie Herseth and South Dakota, whom the netroots backed in the special election that won her seat, just retained that seat with 70+% of the vote.
143 Truth2006
And those “nutroots” forced the Republican Party to spend millions of dollars and ignore their own candidate to elect a Democrat in CT. It’s funny, really.
141 Don Joe 141
VA does not have an atomatic recount. In late November, once the vote is certified, the loser can REQUEST a recount. Allen will have to make a political calculation and assess the odds.
The Republicans lost more moderates and is now even MORE extreme. Good luck in 2008 guys.
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“how are you going to govern?”
Pretty well. Not that you didn’t give us an easy act to follow.
I’ve ALWAYS felt safe. You see, I am not a cowardly hide-under-the-bed-because-the-bad-brown-people-are-coming-to-get-me Republican. I am not afraid to face terrorism in the world without reaching first for the military option. I don’t need to invade Muslim countries to feel like a man. And I am not afraid to work with our friends to defeat our enemies.
Feel like a man?
Get overyourself, this isn’t about you.
Muslums have been attacking the U.S. for YEARS. So there was no “reaching first.”
Puddybud @ 95:
“Dumb bet GBS. If you lose you could choose lefturdball2 as your new name! Rightequalsstupid stopped using it but he still calls us neo-cons the same names like Tree Frog and KillTroll!
Commentby Puddybud— 11/7/06@ 7:05 pm”
Dumb bet huh?
I don’t think so!
He who laughs last laughs best, Puddybud, and I’m bustin’ a gut right now.
Baaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa Puddybud @ 95:
“Dumb bet GBS. If you lose you could choose lefturdball2 as your new name! Rightequalsstupid stopped using it but he still calls us neo-cons the same names like Tree Frog and KillTroll!
Commentby Puddybud— 11/7/06@ 7:05 pm”
Dumb bet huh?
I don’t think so!
He who laughs last laughs best, Puddybud, and I’m bustin’ a gut right now.
Baaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa
Puddybud:
How about you paying up on your debt from last year’s election?
no truth 2006 @ 229:
“Perhaps you all need to look up how government works. Oh and look up something called a VETO!
Commentby Truth2006— 11/8/06@ 12:18 am
VETO?!?! Now?!?!
What are you trying to say; that Bush is going to become an obstructionist? The people have spoken and they have given a MANDATE to the Democrats, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid to CHANGE THE COURSE!!
If Bush wants to make sure the Republicans have no chance at winning the White House in ’08 and losing more seats in congress in ’08, then please, be my guest and use the Hell out of that VETO pen. See what good it will do you.
AMERICANS have out and out rejected the ideals of extreme right-wing, Christian Conservatism as a model of governing the Untied States of America!
As that liberal Bono would say “It’s a beautiful DAY!”
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Hey, don’t see so many posts from the ASSXNINE Kennedys . . . where they hiding? Commentby skagit— 11/8/06@ 12:13 am
They’re seeking political asylum in Paraguay.
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All this talk about what liberals are going to do is really interesting. Perhaps you all need to look up how government works. Oh and look up something called a VETO! Commentby Truth2006— 11/8/06@ 12:18 am
We’re going to stop the neocon war against the middle class in its track. The GOP has passed its last piece of legislation under this “president.” From now on, Democrats will write Bush’s budgets. There will be no more extremist rightwing judicial appointments. Get used to it, traitors.
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Now you own Iraq along with the Republicans. Commentby Truth2006— 11/8/06@ 12:20 am
The wingnut fantasies never stop.
“GBS:
What was your bet again?
Commentby JDB— 11/8/06@ 12:27 am”
If the Democrats win both houses of congress JCH will not be allowed to post on HA ever again. If the Dems fail to control both houses then I’ll never be allowed to post on HA again.
Even if it means Goldy has to ban our IP addresses.
I’m feeling pretty good about continuing to post here on HA and promoting real American values.
Congrats GBS, it couldn’t have happened to a better person.
Daddy Love is right, the Republicans left in the house are going to be more extreme. But now they won’t be able to throw pork at their districts to keep the voters distracted.
Add to that Democratic control of the Governorships, and we are looking at a very different playing field in ’08 than we have had in 12 years.
All that being said, the Democrats need to lead. There needs to be real reform (congressional, lobbyist and campaign), and they need to show that they can make things work.
There should be investigations so we know the truth behind the Bush administration and what the Congressional Republicans have done, but forget about impeachment unless you can show that the president or vice-president totally ignored the Consitution. This should not be about revenge, but good leadership.
Finally, lets not be like the Republicans and demand ideological purity and that everything be done tomorrow. The margin in the Senate is slim, and you need 60 votes anyway to really get things done. Add to that that most of the Democratic pick ups are moderates to conservatives. This is not a revolution but an evolution. Let’s show everyone what can be done with good leadership, and we can put this country on the righ track and strenghten the Democratic party.
JDB:
You and Daddy Love are spot on. The worse thing the Democrats can do is rush to impeach Bush. That being said, “all options are on the table.”
Seriously, the best thing the Democrats can do is investigate the most serious failures of leadership by George W. Bush. Knowing the history of the problems we face today the Democrats an then make intelligent desciions to move America out of the Republican created quagmires.
Letting George W. Bush twist in the wind for the next two years will be a constant reminder to the electorate why Republicans cannot lead.
Unless, of course, the investigations uncover that the wrongdoings of George W. Bush were so henious that articles of impeachment become mandatory.
JBD @ 37: “But Klake, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Karl Rove all told me that momentum had shifted to the Republicans. So a pick up of any seats in either chamber of congress would be a big, big win.”
The Dems won last night as per historical mid-term data/trends.
Today it’s a “BLUE WAVE.”
Yeah right!
The Dems won last night as per historical mid-term data/trends.
B.S. – unless you mean yesterday was like other times when the president’s party got bitch-slapped. Yeah, it’s in line with other massive victories by one party, but, no, it’s not consistent with ordinary sixth-year elections.
The president’s party tends to lose seats; they don’t tend to get their asses handed to them in such a complete repudiation as we saw yesterday. No incumbent Democrat who ran for reelection in the Senate, House, or for governor lost. That has NEVER happened before.
You can spin it all you want, but yesterday was a “wave” election.
For still more perspective, consider that the Democrats only picked up 5 seats in 1986, and the GOP actually lost 5 seats in 1998. So the recent trend has been to modest changes.
Also, in a couple of the bigger presidential losses since WWII (1946 and 1966), control of the House did even not flip because the Dems had such huge majorities.
It was a wave; deal with it.
D’oh. Brain cramp.
Also, in a couple of the bigger presidential losses since WWII (1946 and 1966), control of the House did even not flip because the Dems had such huge majorities.
1946 should not be in there. The GOP did indeed capture the House and Senate. I was thinking of 1938, which of course is not post-WWII.