Posted on 11/08/2006 3:58:41 PM PST by pissant
History was made this week! For the first time in four election cycles, Democrats are not attacking the Diebold Corp. the day after the election, accusing it of rigging its voting machines. I guess Diebold has finally been vindicated.
So the left won the House and also Nicaragua. They've had a good week. At least they don't have their finger on the atom bomb yet.
Democrats support surrender in Iraq, higher taxes and the impeachment of President Bush. They just won an election by pretending to be against all three.
Jon Tester, Bob Casey Jr., Heath Shuler, possibly Jim Webb -- I've never seen so much raw testosterone in my life. The smell of sweaty jockstraps from the "new Democrats" is overwhelming.
Having predicted this paltry Democrat win, my next prediction is how long it will take all these new "gun totin' Democrats" to be fitted for leotards.
Now that they've won their elections and don't have to deal with the hicks anymore, Tester can cut lose the infernal buzz cut, Casey can start taking "Emily's List" money, and Webb can go back to writing more incestuously homoerotic fiction ... and just in time for Christmas!
But according to the media, this week's election results are a mandate for pulling out of Iraq (except in Connecticut where pro-war Joe Lieberman walloped anti-war "Ned the Red" Lamont).
In fact, if the Democrats' pathetic gains in a sixth-year election are a statement about the war in Iraq, Americans must love the war! As Roll Call put it back when Clinton was president: "Simply put, the party controlling the White House nearly always loses House seats in midterm elections" -- especially in the sixth year.
In Franklin D. Roosevelt's sixth year in 1938, Democrats lost 71 seats in the House and six in the Senate.
In Dwight Eisenhower's sixth year in 1958, Republicans lost 47 House seats, 13 in the Senate.
In John F. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson's sixth year, Democrats lost 47 seats in the House and three in the Senate.
In Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford's sixth year in office in 1974, Republicans lost 43 House seats and three Senate seats.
Even America's greatest president, Ronald Reagan, lost five House seats and eight Senate seats in his sixth year in office.
But in the middle of what the media tell us is a massively unpopular war, the Democrats picked up about 30 House seats and five to six Senate seats in a sixth-year election, with lots of seats still too close to call. Only for half-brights with absolutely no concept of yesterday is this a "tsunami" -- as MSNBC calls it -- rather than the death throes of a dying party.
During eight years of Clinton -- the man Democrats tell us was the greatest campaigner ever, a political genius, a heartthrob, Elvis! -- Republicans picked up a total of 49 House seats and nine Senate seats in two midterm elections. Also, when Clinton won the presidency in 1992, his party actually lost 10 seats in the House -- only the second time in the 20th century that a party won the White House but lost seats in the House.
Meanwhile, the Democrats' epic victory this week, about which songs will be sung for generations, means that in two midterm elections Democrats were only able to pick up about 30 seats in the House and four seats in the Senate -- and that's assuming they pick up every seat that is currently too close to call. (The Democrats' total gain is less than this week's gain because Bush won six House and two Senate seats in the first midterm election.)
So however you cut it, this midterm proves that the Iraq war is at least more popular than Bill Clinton was.
In a choice between Republicans' "Stay until we win" Iraq policy or the Democrats' "Stay, leave ... stay for a while then leave ... redeploy and then come back ... leave and stay ... cut and run ... win, lose or draw policy," I guess Americans prefer the Republican policy.
The Democrats say we need a "new direction" in Iraq. Yeah, it's called "reverse." Democrats keep talking about a new military strategy in Iraq. How exactly is cut-and-run a new strategy? The French have been doing it for years. The Democrats are calling their new plan for Iraq "Operation Somalia."
The Democrats certainly have their work cut out for them. They have only two years to release as many terrorists as possible and lock up as many Republicans as they can. Republicans better get that body armor for the troops the Democrats are always carping about -- and fast. The troops are going to need it for their backs.
Extremely dubious leap of logic there. I think we know what you think about Ann Coulter now though. Got your tin-foil hat at the ready?
I think we might be better off being in the minority than being dependent on Chafee in a 50-50 Senate.
Sorry you feel so hopeless. I don't. I trust in God and yes my fellow citizens, because I happen to have been graced with the pleasure of knowing many fine Americans (including many here on FR). I trust in them and God who blesses this country, even when we don't deserve it. Every single day I thank Him for his blessings, even on a day like today.
Giving in to depression and hopelessness is not a solution. Activism is a solution. There is so much to be done, you need to move beyond this and into a positive place.
Well, antceecee, unlike you, I served in Vietnam, and I remember the duly-elected Democrats betraying my service by pulling the plug on Vietnam. And I remember who put those Democrats in charge--and who put today's Democrats in charge to pull the plug on Iraq. And that's the American voter.
"Ann, you helped bring this about--..."
Huh? Cranial-anal transposition problem.
I'm reading Ann's history here and now I'm positive about this. Folks, this was expected. I didn't know all these seats changed hands throughout mid-term history. I just assumed the Rats always won Congressional races.
You and many others served in Vietnam, including my best friends, boyfriends and step-father. You talk like you want to eliminate all American voters!
I think you need to calm down, get some rest and work for a brighter future. What are you planning to do to educate young future voters?
Every single one of us has that opportunity in our lives. Start with our own children. Their friends. The kids we have in our Girl Scout Troops and Boy Scout Troops. The kids we talk to in our neighborhoods.
You can communicate your conservative values and teach others.
I teach (yes and preach) to all my family and friends. I am no more obnoxious than the most liberal people I know, but I do get in my point of view.
That is where we can make a difference.
Quit fighting Vietnam, that's what the Dems keep doing.
Move on and grow.
what in hell are you talking about
Ann Coulter has more balls than any
man in Washington except Hillary Clinton.
This article was the 1st time I've laughed since the polls closed yesterday. I needed it, especially after the Rumsfeld announcement.
I remember you being less than fond of Annie. That's OK. There are some ostensibly on our side that I can't stand. But blaming her for this is silly. Yes, she skewers the GOP, deservedly so at times, as most of us here do. But I will bet you dollars to donuts that her biggest fans on this site bya nd large voted straight pubbie, like they always do.
Based on some posts I've been reading, I don't believe that.
No, my family will refuse to serve in this fickle nation' wars. You need jihadists dealt with? Do it yourself, sweetie, 'cuz we ain't.
I do want to expose the fraud. It might not have made a difference in the overall outcome this time, but it certainly does in individual races. This shit needs to be stomped out and now is the time.
Much better than the sky is falling. We took it on the chin, but dammit if I'm not going to swing harder now!
Good on ya' mate!!!!
My guess is the smart people in their party will keep nancy in a box.
whoops.. forgot the sarcasm tag....
If only Ann had shut up, found a nice man, stayed home and had a bunch of babies, the Republicans might have won.
BINGO!
I have yet to hear anyone put it so well!
Kuuudos!
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