Posted on 12/03/2008 5:36:32 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
On the eve the last Senate election of 2008, a still-campaigning Sarah Palin declared: "You Georgians are going to have the opportunity to determine the direction this country is going to take."
The Georgians blinked.
Instead of stepping into the 21st century with most of the rest of the country – including the southern states of Virginia and North Carolina, both of which backed Barack Obama for president and replaced Republican senators with Democrats – Georgia opted for the past.
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HAHAHA!!!
Bite it, libs. We’re not ALL on the “hope and change” bandwagon.
ha ha .... all those “young voters” and guilty white libs are already getting a glimpse at the liberla dmeocrcta version of “future” and maybe having buyer’s remorse already
venerable?
Georgians had the advantage of getting a sneak peek at Obama’s “change” before they voted.
Made my day!
HA HA ! You Can Keep Your Change and Stick It.
Not even Dekalb county could make this a close one..
Georgians made John Nichols cry.
I'd like for John Nichols to explain how a complete retread of the Clinton administration is "stepping into the 21st century".
The Irony of it is, not even Democrats would turn out to vote for John Martin in the run off election in Georgia.
It’s disturbing to call anyone who disagrees with you “backward looking”. When people talk of Stalin and Hitler, they say, “How could it have happened?” or “It could never happen here!”...Well, to watch it happen in slow motion, one need only look at articles like this and the irresponsible demagoguery that has become “reporting” these days.
OK....
I bit the bullet and voted for Shameful Chamblis, but only because the demonrat that he ran against was marginally worse - and it would have helped the national demonrats.
Won’t be a bit surprised if he votes with the fricken rats anyway.
My Dear Ignorant Mr. Nichols,
Please observe the people of Georgia are hard working, God fearing, gun loving, bible reading conservative people. We can’t help it if the Obama voters comprised of ONLY Atlanta, Macon and a few other misguided cities came out in droves to vote for your messiah and everyone else who had a D after their name. They were nowhere to be found during this runoff. Why? They don’t care, they just wanted to vote for the black guy.
Do me a favor and keep your liberalism to yourself and your close circle of friends.
Sincerely
Considering that the lack of a black turnout to vote surely had a negative impact on the result, I find it hard to believe that OHB did not campaign down there.
It’s possible that this blunder cost him a filabuster-proof Senate.
21st Century? You betcha.
Well, sshhhh....we won’t tell him.
Just because you lost limbs in service to your country that does not make you a good politician.
Thank you for your sacrefice Mr. Cleland.
As it was not a reason to elect McLame. Thank you for your sacrifice Mr. McCain, now go home and retire.
Exactly - great point.
What a little drama queen.
Georgia, you are AWESOME!! We spend our vacation money in your state every year because we like what you stand for.
No I am not a damn yankee. I hail in Mizzourah! The south has risen again!!hehehe fork them whinin wibberawals.
The turn out was not massive, but it was not “light” either.
I have first hand knowledge that the absentee voting was very strong.
I am proud to say we did it, and we did it good.
Change you can resist.
A filabuster-proof Senate might make it harder to blame Republicans for everything imaginable.
The radio stations here on Monday were blasting about the rallies on Monday. I laughed out loud when I heard Martin was having a rally with Ludacris vs. Chambliss and Sarah Palin. That about says it all right there.
“It’s disturbing to call anyone who disagrees with you “backward looking”. When people talk of Stalin and Hitler, they say, “How could it have happened?” or “It could never happen here!”...Well, to watch it happen in slow motion, one need only look at articles like this and the irresponsible demagoguery that has become “reporting” these days.”
Spot on!
Ahhh...I love the smell of bitter, disappointed liberal in the morning.
60 million American voters got it absolutely right in rejection of the marxists. I like my Constitution exactly as it was written.
Therefore, having OHB win and having a filabuster-proof Senate would have been good things?
Good God. The only think you gain from losing is knowing how to lose.
Rather say "instead of stepping into 20 foot deep liquid manure with most of the rest of the country"
He knowed who beed his supporters and what they's wantsted to hear.
These leftwingers don’t understand that Obama is celebrating with the Republicans. A veto-proof Senate means that Harry Reid becomes President instead of Obama. If Harry Reid wants something and Obama doesn’t, Obama would need the Republicans to confirm his veto.
Well, here we are after a few hundred million deaths in the pursuit of liberal Utopia, and yet they still try to tell us that only in their way lies "progress".
No thank you; I prefer to cling to my guns and religion and the notion that the 21st Century belongs to life and liberty, not death and collectivism.
Haha! No ‘hopey changey’!
“ha ha .... all those “young voters” and guilty white libs are already getting a glimpse at the liberla dmeocrcta version of “future” and maybe having buyer’s remorse already”
...as much as I wish that were true, I doubt it. With such low turn out, it was probably the fact that you can only hope to get a homeless person OR college student OR dead person to the polls once. Otherwise, it’s back to binging or resting.
After his attempts to derail the efforts of the House Republicans, I can no longer respect Shameless Chambliss and have the same expectations of him that you do. I’m not sure I would’ve ‘bitten the bullet’ and voted for him.
BO did not blunder. He was smart, recognizing that he could not likely get the souffle to rise twice. The dirty secret is that except for the most rabid leftists, the RATS don’t want a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate... certainly BO doesn’t... the BO people want to bury the worst of the liberal agenda b/c he wants to be re-elected in 2012.
If you are referring to the bailout vote, he voted according to his constituents' wishes.
This is the first good news our party has had since 2004 and I can tell you this Senate seat would have gone democrat if McCain somehow pulled off the election. The upcoming near term election opportunities will be much tougher, in liberal states, replacing Obama appointees.
I am referring to the House rebellion over the summer (the drilling issue, drill everywhere) and Chambliss, Corker, Thune, Graham et al. making up their own compromise bill for Nancy, Speaker of the Planet.
Someone tell the mealy-mouth liberal columnist that we did not BLINK. We said, “SCREW YOU.”
North Carolina and Virginia didn’t become progressive all the sudden either. The small pockets of puke liberals just voted more than the conservatives because the conservatives weren’t that happy with their candidate.
You want to hear weeping, wailing, and Nashing of teeth? Put Sarah Palin / Condi Rice on a ticket and watch the liberals explode~ when the conservatives come out of the wood work.
2010: Not just a dream, a necessity.
Oh, yeah! Sadly, we seem to be forced to accept the lame in preference to leftists. It would be nice if some truly conservative leaders would bubble up from that ultra-weak GOP.
He isn't.
Comrade Obama has been campaigning for a filibusters proof US Senate for over 5 months. The guy has more dictatorial instincts than Stalin. This is a sharp rebuke for Obama. There just ain't no getting around that fact.
“Instead of stepping into the 21st century with most of the rest of the country”
Whereas the “change” they’ve all been touting is looking like anything but.
Amen to that, pretty sad when race comes before country.
No, I don’t want the dims to have a filabuster-proof Senate. I’m merely throwing out the idea that perhaps Obama didn’t want it because that might make it much harder to blame someone other than dims for their problems which I believe will be legion of the next several years. Obama and dims will have to make real decisions with real consequences when they have control over both branches of government. The economy will be a huge problem for years to come (imo) and terrorism ain’t dead.
“If you are referring to the bailout vote, he voted according to his constituents’ wishes.”
You must know something I don’t...
Let’s not miss the real message here. That the only reason Dems won big in all races is because of Obama. The blacks who voted in such large numbers returned to their apathy.
And guess what? This means that they will stay home in 2010. Because Obama is positioning himself as a centrist and will be a huge disappointment to the media and the left. That idiot lady who said Obama would pay her gas and mortgage will find herself still stuck with the bills. The blacks will not see Obama on the ballot and will stay home, meaning their usual turnout.
This means the Congress will in all likelihood turn back to the GOP.
Without the star power of their “Messiah,” the Dems are toast. All those analyses about shifts in the country’s political direction are all B.S.
2008 was the Dem’s year. 2010 will be the GOP’s year.
The Left will never forgive Chambliss for this. They thought they had the perfect vehicle in Max Cleland, who would at last give them credibility of military matters, and Saxby Chambliss blew him out of the water.
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