Posted on 06/10/2006 2:39:29 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Ever the optimists, Democrats remain convinced that they are riding a wave to victory in November. If Tuesday's California special election results mean anything, then the wails and screams that ultimately come in the wake of any so-called November tsunami are more likely to come from the Capitol Hill offices of Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emmanuel than they are from the Republican leadership.
Even after Francine Busby's loss to Congressman-elect Brian Bilbray in California's 50th Congressional District the so-called election experts are spinning wildly to proclaim what an achievement it was to have come so close. But close doesn't matter. To quote Vin Diesel's character in the movie The Fast and the Furious, "Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning." At the end of the day control of Congress will be decided not by how close the elections are but by how many seats are actually won. Consider that in 2004 Republicans exhibited an audacious power-play by re-electing every single incumbent in Congress. What statement are Democrats expressing with this pattern of consistently coming up short in clutch races?
Not withstanding the losses, Democrats say they still expect the political equivalent of a "rogue wave" to overthrow the Republicans and install their party in power. Once dismissed as a nautical myth, oceanographers now claim that freakish or "rogue waves" do exist and can rise as tall as ten-story apartment buildings in the midst of otherwise calm ocean settings. In many instances these freaks of nature are able to destroy even the sturdiest of ships. Democrats would have us believe that even without any clear signs the rogue wave is coming and this November Republican majorities in the House and Senate will be washed out.
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If the rogue wave doesn't happen, the dems still won't get it. They think 'Liberals' is a dirty word with voters, so they're calling themselves...'Progressives'. They'll just come up with another euphemism and they'll continue to tank.
In actuality, Phil Crane (IL-08) lost to Melissa Bean and Max Burns (GA-12) lost to John Barrow. Also, Governor Craig Benson of New Hampshire lost to John Lynch.
Many republicans arent happy with these RINO's , but even a RINO is better than a Democrat. In Sphincters case I make an exception. What a pile of dung he is.
Rogue Wave in '06; Easter Bunny in '08.
Oddly enough, "Progressives" policy does not encourage progress.
"Consider that in 2004 Republicans exhibited an audacious power-play by re-electing every single incumbent in Congress."
now that rogue wave was the real McCoy.. no crack pipe dream like the ones Dems are having.
Progressives are a big step above Liberals, they are the hadcore Socialists, in fact the Progressive caucus used to have (and may still have) a link on their website to the Socialist website. Cynthia McKinney, pride of Georgia, she is one who is a proud Progressive.
Hey you are giving dung a bad name!!!!!
Right now the "best-selling non-fiction hardback book" in Ann Coulter's Godless. Not only that, but the libs, led by the Witch herself, are helping to sell it. Looks like we've got another win coming up. By the way, for any of us who are disillusioned with what the pubbies are doing on a number of fronts, it's a good idea to read just the first two chapters of Godless just to see how much worse things will be if the DemonRats win this fall.
I wouldn't read too much into that one.
I think there is a good chance that the GOP will pick up seats in the House and hold on to 55 in the Senate, with pickups in NJ and MN.
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