There are many stories to this election, but the big one is voter dissatisfaction with their own party. That will determine the outcome.It is not so much the Republican's dislike for the Democrats as much as it is how much the Republicans dislike the Republicans. Less so with the Democrats. They thought they had spoken when they knocked off Lieberman in Connecticut. Lieberman went down and the Democratic establishment abandoned him. Yesterday, Lieberman said he does not owe an impending win to the Republicans. I did not see him so I cannot say he said so with a straight face, but whatever gains are made by Lieberman and by the Democrats, it is because Republicans did not govern like Republicans. Bad decisions have consequences. This is what William F. Buckleyhas to say:
..."If George Bush ever took to the bottle again, he might confide that he wishes he had never got into war in Iraq. I too wish he hadn't, but that's not because he was wrong in going in. He was moved by a conviction that Saddam Hussein was productively engaged in manufacturing weapons of mass destruction, that he was in league with a terrorist movement that threatened the Middle East, and that America needed to demonstrate its willingness to use its own resources to fight against incipient threats to regional and national security.
Joe Lieberman agreed. He was hardly the only Democrat to back President Bush in 2003, but his special prominence -- he had, after all, been Al Gore's running mate in the campaign of 2000 -- attracted attention to his continued backing of Mr. Bush on foreign policy. The especially sibilant left set out to make the backing of President Bush an excommunicable offense. So that when a pleasant and wealthy young man in Greenwich, Conn., volunteered to head up the posse, he got the backing of the Democratic left. And when the showdown came, the ideological avengers won the day. Senator Lieberman was defeated in the Democratic primary.
This meant to the population at large that hard-bitten Democratic leftists were bidding for control of the party and had scored a huge victory in a critical exchange by defeating a three-term senator who once ran for vice president. The bigger they are ... the harder they fall. So there was much rejoicing in the Jacobin camp when Mr. Lieberman lost.
But of course almost immediately Senator Lieberman announced that he would run as an independent. This gave the dissenters in Connecticut -- Democratic, Republican, and independent -- an opportunity to vote against the execution of the prominent and effective incumbent, who has thought and acted in what he believed the national interest, never mind that the commander in chief was a Republican.
The features of the Democratic leadership are not yet set. The left is eager to assert itself as the true heir of the Democratic tradition, even as in 1948, under the leadership of Henry Wallace, the left attempted to take over the party of FDR and Harry Truman. It failed, and may fail again. But much depends on how much life there is in the opposition, and the first challenge is to vote to retain Joe Lieberman in office."
Join The Contest: Post your final entry here for the outcome of the election. The cut-off is 1300 EST, US. The closest to the outcome will win $100 American Express Certificate. An exact guess will win $250. In the event of a tie, two certificates will be awarded. In the event of more than a two way tie, the posts nearest to 1300 EST will be considered the winners. The winner can make a guest post.
The winning estimate will be the closest to the actual. You will lose one point for each seat that you are off. A perfect score will be "zero". For example if you guess the Democrats pick up 12 in the House and 4 in the Senate, and that happens, you have a perfect score of "zero". If you had guessed a Democratic pick up of 14 and it was actually 12, you have a score of "-2". Change your mind as often as you like till 1300 EST. I will tabulate from your latest. You will not have two guesses. Your latest is your only valid entry. Those of you with multiple personalities can only use one. You know who you are and Whit will confirm, we CAN tell who you are. Have fun.
Post your final entry here for the outcome of the election. The cut-off is 1300 EST, US. The closest to the outcome will win $100 American Express Certificate. An exact guess will win $250. In the event of a tie, two certificates will be awarded. The winner can make a guest post.
ReplyDeleteThe winning estimate will be the closest to the actual. You will lose one point for each seat that you are off. A perfect score will be "zero". For example if you guess the Democrats pick up 12 in the House and 4 in the Senate, and that happens, you have a perfect score of "zero". If you had guessed a Democratic pick up of 14 and it was actually 12, you have a score of "-2". Change your mind as often as you like till 1300 EST. I will tabulate from your latest. You will not have two guesses. Your latest is your only valid entry. Those of you with multiple personalities can only use one. You know who you are and Whit will confirm, we CAN tell who you are. Have fun.
So what happens if I am spot on, and then Chafee defects to the Dems?
ReplyDelete---
(from NRO SIXERS)
I have a friend in Rhode Island—a Democrat torn between his affections for Lincoln Chafee and his desire to make Harry Reid majority leader.
Over the weekend, my friend attended a Chafee event and cornered the senator.
Now, my friend doesn't have a personal relationship with Chafee, but he put the question bluntly to him:
Why should I stick with you in a race with so many national implications?
Chafee pulled my friend aside, lowered his voice, and told him that he might not be a Republican for much longer.
This is just one report. Take it for whatever its worth.
It's a very interesting election. One in which I have developed an almost venal distrust of Pollsters.
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought that the House, which of the three branches, had been the most stalwartly conservative would swing into Democratic Hands. Republicans hold a slimmer majority in the the Senate and a change wouldn't surprise me so much there.
Prediction: Dems pick up 12 seat in the House and 2 in the Senate.
...besides, Rassmussen says Chaffee is "on the slide".
ReplyDeletehttp://rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/July%202006/rhodeIslandSenate.htm
that would be Chafee, of course!
ReplyDelete... must have been concentrating on my "coffee"
In the House Dems up 18, net.
ReplyDeleteIn the Senate Dems up 4
Mr Chafee's long term party affiliation will not be a factor.
Since I'm picking for the Valour IT Marines team, I guess I'd better try to win this one.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans: 221 house
Republicans: 53 Senate
Semper Fi, Bro's
Pessimism : Dems up 25 in the house and 7 in the senate?
ReplyDeleteGuys, the Exit Polls are going to be Awful, again.
ReplyDeleteWatch Ky and In early.
If we're winning the the Chocola and Sodrel seats in In early, it's gonna be okay.
If we're losing the two Ky seats, early, It's going to be a bloodbath.
Today is the power to the people day.
ReplyDeleteI predict the House will install a Starbucks and a Ben and Jerry's if the Dems take over.
If the Reps hold the majority it will be daily catered fondue by "Fondue Oui" and fountain drinks by Coca Cola, that franchise being given to Zell Miller.
There will be emergency psychiatrists on suicide watch if there's a massive Rep turn out and they retain both Houses.
Elect 'em, elect'em good.
Semper Fi and good luck America.
The other day someone, whit I think, has the solution to the Iraqi Challenge. I compared the situation to St Louis and Detroit.
ReplyDeleteIn that if those cities were full of criminals and out of control, how could we expect to "secure" criminals in Iraq.
I was told, not incorrectly I thought, that the situations were not really comparable. I was making the case that language & cultural skills and such made the police job in Iraq almost impossible for US to accomplish.
There is an Austrailian film maker, a War story documentarian, George Gittoes, that recently visited Miami. His perspective differs, greatly.
MORE fighting goes on in parts of suburban US than Iraq, according to Australian filmmaker George Gittoes who has just finished a documentary set in a Miami "war zone".
...
"It is much worse in Miami than it is in Baghdad," Gittoes said in Sydney today.
"There is a sense of people with guns, drug dealers lairing at you ... and being there, I knew I was in a war zone."
Rampage is the second in Gittoes trilogy of documentaries based on the war in Iraq.
...
"Even left-wing Americans ... don't want to recognise the mess they've got in their own backyard," he said.
Gittoes has spent much of his career travelling the world, painting, filming and photographing wars in places such as Rwanda, Afghanistan, and East Timor.
"To me, this was just another war zone and it was in America," he said.
Gittoes said there were similar stories to Rampage in Australia's indigenous communities, although he said the task of translating that on the big screen would be difficult.
"The film that I'd like to make in Australia I couldn't make," he said.
"All of our politically correct laws and things wouldn't let someone like me make a film like this in an Aboriginal community in Australia."
Perspective, as allen has come to learn, here at the Bar, is all important. It presents it's own "truths" and can warp reality.
The link is over at drudge.
I predict a surprise outcome caused by Democrats staying home and Republicans holding their noses and voting straight Republican tickets. When I voted at 6 am this morning there were almost 100 in line behind me, usually there's only 20 or so.
ReplyDeleteSenate
ReplyDeleteRepublicans - 52
Dems 47
Indep 1
U.S.Court of Appeals - 1
House
Republicans - 219
Dems 212
Indep 3
US Court of Appeals - 3
Petition for Certiorari denied by Supreme Ct. Monday by Dec. 4 in all cases.
Republicans hold both houses, despite one or two contested or voided elections.
Roadie, your house numbers don't add up; you need one more, somewhere.
ReplyDeleteSo if you're Osama in a cave waiting for the returns what do you do. Here's my guess.
ReplyDelete1. Preparing a letter to go to "Red" Ted Kennedy on how they can undermine the last years of the Bush administration.
2. Sending John "The Jerk" Murtha, and James Webb autographed pictures.
3. Sending out the code word for new attacks.
4. Having dinner with Geo. Soros,Vlad Putain(French spelling)and for desert Cindy Sheehan doing the dance of the Seven Veils.
And if you don't like the local news coverage you can send them a gift.
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest politicians but, butt.
A Special Gift
I do not doubt that the Republicans will turn out in force.
ReplyDeleteJohn Shadegg will gain reelection, here in AZ, with an impressive majority.
This situation may well be mirrored across the Red zone. IL is not that Red, Mr Hyde's District for example. Ms Duckworth seems a formidable Dem candidate, even though running is a bit tough for her, since she lost her legs in Iraq.
Remember that though the Dems held the minority of the Seats in the Senate, their combined vote totals were larger then the Republican Majority.
The GOP held the majority with a minority of votes, just as Mr Bush held the White House in his first term. It's more than "turn out" but where the turn out is.
i gotz me a marmot friend who be liv'in in Norf Dacota, Renville county and he say dat if'n it goes purple din it's damn cold out side.
ReplyDeleteSo keps a eye watch on dat key 'dakator.
Da bog was slow las night. ended up bogg'in up wit a skunk..heck dey all look gud at clos'n time..i'm feered MZ "Tighter"Tater gonna smell sump'n on me..reck'in?
Dr,
ReplyDeleteGittoes is right on the mark.
I've been gearing up for a big breakdown in this country since way before 9-11. 9-11 increased the pace and gave AQ a good many "home grown" desperados who don't give a shit about AQ but would ride with them just for the chaos.
My reading of the entrails:
ReplyDeleteHouse Dems net gain 22 (Dems take majority)
Senate Dems net gain 4 (Repubs maintian marjority)
Another of the ceaseless waves eroding the shoreline of America and the Constitution.
ReplyDeleteACLU in the Vanguard
Well, that goes back to my '83 & '84 lament.
ReplyDeleteNot only has Danny boy regained the Presidency, but the posterity of my indig warriors have morphed into MS-13. These fellows are, in their own way, a mirror image of Jr. They are spread across the length and breadth of the US and hold loyalty to no one, but their own clan and the long green.
Guns for hire, across the Americas.
We have mismanaged, by neglect, our own backyard. Now the weeds are thick as thieves.
Watch the film of desert wildfires for an anologous situation. Even the controlled burns jump the fire lines and spread, well beyond the scope of the authorities to manage.
According to Alexa Internet Traffic Reports, the Libertarian Party Website is currently the highest ranked official political party website in the United States
ReplyDeleteWell, habu, there is no doubt that the illegal migrant workers are subject to the the Federals "... failing to protect millions of undocumented workers from exploitation and discrimination in the workplace."
ReplyDeleteThe criminal migrants are loathe to report crimes to the Police.
The Federals have created, through negkect and incompetence, a major problem, here in the US.
The problem is there, the solution is open to debate. Vote amnesty, vote Republican. Bush, MeCain & all the rest of the Skull & Bones elite stand shoulder to shoulder in that regard.
Vote education
ReplyDeleteVote Librarian
For what it was worth, I did.
So that mail in ballot, from a registered Republican, may not have hit the right column in Mr Rove's preelection figures.
Maybe it was just me, maybe not.
What’s wrong with this picture? The answer will indicate why the Republicans are going to have a long day of worry.
ReplyDeleteHe’s Not Toast
Man, that was fast. Of course, this is just about the safest district in the Nation. Only real race was for County Judge. Three people I don't know (I've only lived in this area for a few years, and I'm not active in local politics) were running, and I voted for the poor little old gal standing out front holding a sign for some guy named Treadway. If that was his wife I hope he wins.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's feeling like a "Crown Royal" type of day. I think I've got a little "taste" left in the kitchen; excuse me for a minute.
And he speaks the truth. allen.
ReplyDeleteAs Mr Diem or the Shah about the long term value of US committments to a foreign leader.
Ask the Hungarians and those in Prauge in '68 about US committment to liberty and freedom.
The Hmong know well the value of US promises. As well do the Shia' of Iraq, learning their lesson in 1991.
The US cannot make the "long haul", it never has. Win and win now, or don't join the fight at all.
DR,
ReplyDeleteThe problem, DR, is his being able to talk at all.
Dow up again; All time intra-day High.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a relief rally; "Relief" that this nonsense is just about over.
Allen,
ReplyDeletere: He's Not Toast.
He's right. I was in Saigon up until 3 days before the last day.
We left 6-10k S. Vietnamese. I'm sure they were all killed. We had promised to get them out. Promised.
The very end was chaos of our making or at least abetting ans I point the finger at Henry Kissenger who for some insane reason thought he could still negotiate an end while the entire North Vietnamese Army was right outside of town. What an ego.
I have said it before. I'll fight for this country but we are a very iffy partner after the first six months.
If not him, allen, his replacement will continue to rant and rave..
ReplyDeleteGlance at the LGF comments, all about "him" not his ideology or his "movement". Take "him" out. He should die, etc. Barely a comment on the "big picture".
If only Hitler had been killed, in '42, Himmler and Heydrick would have been push overs without him around?
West Virginia: Sen. Robert Byrd (R) survived until the election, which was all he had to do in order to defeat businessman John Raese (R). Likely Democratic Retention.
ReplyDelete___Robert Novak
It's alive! It's alive!
Democrats pick up 12 House seats, blame Kerry. Senate is split 50:50, Cheney comes out of hiding for the next two years to break ties.
ReplyDeleteDR,
ReplyDeleteSome things should be done for principal's sake.
Obviously, I disagree that the removal of key players makes no difference. If key players are removed coincidentally with major military action, all's the better.
woman catholic,
ReplyDeleteWelcome.
Well, allen, the Israeli killed the first to HB leaders in Lebanon. Which is to bad, because a competent leader emerged in their wakes.
ReplyDeleteWhat was gained by those targeted killings, in the long term?
How has targeted assassination helped in Gaza? More rockets fly now than ever before.
Mesquite is not killed by plucking the flowers or even cutting down the tree, but only by digging out the roots. It is really the only way to eleminate the problem.
DR,
ReplyDeleteAt the moment I am talking tactics and you are talking strategy.
Yes, the followers of Fatah and Hamas daily launch munitions into Israel. They are flaying away like an enraged fighter, for lack of disciplined leadership. Eventually, they will provoke massive Israeli retaliation. That will take the game back to the "start" square. Granted, this will not eradicate the disease; however, it will weaken its effects, at least temporarily.
Buddy Larsen and Catherine are vicious, vicious street fighters, e.g. as shown by buddy larsen's repost to Teresita:
ReplyDelete"But I regret hurting your feelings, and apologize for doing so. I blame Bush for my cruse ways.
(c'mon, smile!)"
As I said, "vicious", and possibly rabid.
There's a lesson here
ReplyDeleteThere's a lesson here as well
Deuce,
ReplyDeleteIt looks as if some “Muslim” women are starting to attention, even in the Muslim world. Now, they just have to stay alive.
Dr. Sanity
Dr. Sanity
Dr. Sanity
I love this state. You can't buy a beer on election day;
ReplyDeleteBUT YOU CAN BUY "WHISKEY" all day long.
Ya gotta love it.
Okay, time for some Positive News.
ReplyDeleteIt's worldwide, folks.
Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteGood morning--Seems like lots of voters early for here, whatever it means. It will be dems picking up 13 seats in the House, dems picking up 3 seats in the Senate.
ReplyDeleteNo more bets......No more bets
ReplyDeleteThe Window is Closed
If I should get lucky enough to win the contest I'm asking Deuce to send my prize (the money, not the trophy:) to These Guys.
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, to the Marine team, but you get the idea.
C'mon drunkards, these guys are supplying voice-activated Laptops for troops who lost their limbs in Iraq. I challenge you to get on board.
Whoa, hope I'm not too late. I posted the same earlier. I want to give my money to Teresita!
ReplyDeleteAllen,
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be some Muslim men who could use some circumcism, perhaps slightly under the jaw. Why is that not on MSNBC?
Deuce, Whit: I forget which one of you posted the Airbus "War-Starter," but Fed-Ex just cancelled 15 orders for the new A380, and ordered Boeings, with an option for 15 more.
ReplyDeleteWhere's all them Germans? They ought to arrive any time now, right?
You are in Bob.
ReplyDeleteMay Day, May Day, May Day.
ReplyDeleteHey, elections come and elections go. Now, this is real news!
ReplyDeleteNew York Plans to Make Gender Personal Choice
“Separating anatomy from what it means to be a man or a woman, New York City is moving forward with a plan to let people alter the sex on their birth certificate even if they have not had sex-change surgery.”
Oh sure, go ahead and laugh, you narrow minded bigots, again failing to grasp the implications of the big progressive picture.
Look, if something as immutable as sex can be changed by fiat, why not species?
Yes, I can hear you now, “What’s so special about becoming a duck? Well, you silly goose, only humans can be taxed.
Deuce,
ReplyDeletere: Muslim men who could use some circumcism, perhaps slightly under the jaw.
That would fit well with the mandatory lobotomies all Muslim male Ph.D. candidates undergo prior to oral dissertations.
re: Progressive species change
ReplyDeleteIt is a forgone conclusion that only Progressives may be squirrels.
HEY! THIS IS GOOD NEWS!
ReplyDeleteSo, will the market break through to 12,200 today?
ReplyDeleteLook, if something as immutable as sex can be changed by fiat, why not species?
ReplyDeleteI suppose if a man went from driving a Hummer to driving a Fiat, that would count as a sex change, in a way.
Maybe
ReplyDeleteDEWEY WINS !!!
ReplyDeleteDEWEY WINS !!!!!
HERE'S SOME NUMBERS TO PONDER
ReplyDeletefrom Winds of Change.
Certitude with Mushrooms
We're saved...luckily if you act NOW and send HABU $20.00US we can get out of this jam....so don't be one of those who pump's up da jam, jam it damn it...now the cure..
ReplyDeleteEasy Liv'in
Don't worry, habu, we've got plenty of time, now.
ReplyDeleteWe've decided to fight the "Long War" regardless of the fact that Mr Bush said
"time is short"
way back in '02.
Times do change, you know, but regardless, it also March on.
tick tock tick.
Half life of plutonium 238 is ONLY
ReplyDelete4.5 billion years ..we got no problem.
The half life of uranium is 760 million years. If the age of the earth is 4.2 billion years, then 4.2/.76 = about 6 doublings or about 64 times as much uranium existed on earth at creation as exists now. Uranium is rather heavy. Why doesn't it sink and become more concentrated at the core? Would this high concentration uranium cause early Earth's volcanoes? ANSWER HERE
There are three different isotopes of uranium. They are:
uranium-234: half life = 244 thousand years, 0.0055% of all uranium.
uranium-235: half life = 704 million years, 0.72% of all uranium.
uranium-238: half life = 4.5 billion years, 99.28% of all uranium.
Half-life is the length of time required for half of a given number of initial number of atoms of that isotope to decay.
Elements with short half-lifes, like uranium-235 and potassium-40 (half-life = 1.25 billion years), were important in the early thermal history of the Earth. About 2.5 billion years ago, elements with longer half-lives, like uranium-238, became more important. Heat production was about 4 times greater 4 billion years ago than it is today. Part of that high heat production is from the decay of the elements with short half-lifes. The other part of that heat was from the accretion of the Earth and the formation of the core. Estimates suggests heat production was divided equally between radioactive decay and accretion
DR,
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, there's not a lot that I worry about.
Ole Malcolm Forbes, the original, lead a very full life and on his grave he had carved.
"While alive he lived" ...I think that's the ticket.
Must have a lot of posters out there just holding their breath til the polls close.
ReplyDeleteWe could be talk'n about the Petronis Towers or something...soda run..back soon.
rufus said:
ReplyDeleteFed-Ex just cancelled 15 orders for the new A380, and ordered Boeings, with an option for 15 more.
In another strategic re-deployment:
PARIS -- Airbus will slash the number of suppliers it uses by 80 percent, from 3,000 to 500, as part of a critical restructuring program, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Taxpayers in Eutopia who are underwriting Airbus at gunpoint have nothing to worry about! It's just a very important initiative!
I guess that other 2,500 wanted to get paid in cash.
ReplyDeleteRufus - Deuce -
ReplyDeleteI'm taking a media holiday until late tonight - not watching the tube or going online until after 11:00 - by then we should have trends in evidence.
Anybody recommend a good movie?
Roadie, Is there a River, nearby?
ReplyDeleteIf so, you could go down and watch the Libs jump off of the bridge :)
Rufus -
ReplyDeleteI had the distinct pleasure of voting against Senator Rodham today - but Gotham is the land of liberal excess, so their kind never gets upset here, except when Streisand cancels a concert, or when tax cuts result in augmented tax receipts - Oh, they hate that.
I'm thinking a some tall cold beers, a steak on the grill, and back-to-back viewings of Patton and Jackass the Movie might be just what the doctor ordered.
Thank You For Smoking for desert.
I had the distinct non-pleasure of voting for Trent Lott (I hated that,) and the most anonymous congressman to ever hide in the capital cloakroom (one Roger Wicker;) but, it had to be done.
ReplyDeleteAt least I had the pleasure of driving through a CITGO station, yesterday, to get to an EXXON, and pay an extr thirty cents for a tank of gas.
Life does have it's little triumphs, from time to time.
I'm going to save my tall, cold one (frosted glass) until after my nap. Then I'll check in on the returns from Indiana. If Sodrel, and Chocola are doing okay I'll be encouraged. If dumb-assed Hoestetler is close I'll relax and get ready to enjoy the show.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, nap-time.
forgone=foregone
ReplyDeleteI've just been to the BC. "Woman Catholic" sounds alot like Andrew Sullivan and Teresita.
ReplyDeleteWell, sure.
ReplyDeleteThe undecided broke to the Dems, according to FOX News.
As per Mr Morris's prediction
Still early
I will watch a movie tonight, internet and TV free.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow will be time enough to learn how the nation will go.
Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity.
Thomas Hobbes
My noives is shot....
ReplyDeleteThe big news is in--Brittany Spears Bimbo is fed up and filing for divorce today.
ReplyDeleteRichard Armitage is now in Australia badmouthing the White House and rooting for the Dems.
ReplyDeleteDidn't he have an important job in the Bush administration?
Why are the Republicans having such difficulty?
habu,
ReplyDeletere: Thomas Hobbes
An old, dead, white man. ;-)
principal=principle
ReplyDeleteAsst, Sec of State, was Mr A.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the Republicans have lost their "Vision", and their core values. Seems to me.
They definately moved away from me, others as well I'm told.
Much like the Democrats left Mr Reagan, back in the day.
I am blogging from a expat bar in Costa Rica. The Americans here are mostly anti- Republican.A couple of Germans and a Christopher Hitchens conservative Englishman. I would sy 50% did not vote.
ReplyDeleteThe Englishman is having a go at the yanks supporting Bush.
ReplyDelete"Woman Catholic said...
ReplyDeletedave h said:
Saddam Hussein was a terrorist indeed, ask the relatives of the 180,000 Kurds he killed. He controlled vast amounts of men and money and was a sworn enemy of the USA, anyone who left him alive and in power should have been impeached.
I wonder why the Republicans made American children have to hear about DNA on Monica's dress, when all they had to do was charge Clinton with breaking the US law against leaving rich sworn enemies of the USA in power."
Is this nuts?
Yes
ReplyDeleteDeuce,
ReplyDeleteHave one for me, you lucky dog.
No surprise in Indiana and New Hampshire. A very un-Republican looking tica at the bar is wearing an elephant hat. Who'da guessed.
ReplyDeleteThe girls here like those tight low riding jeans and she has the belly for it.
ReplyDeleteThe portly Englishman has taken off her hat and is wearing it.
ReplyDeleteThey have CNN on here. Wolf blitzer talking Kentucky three with the Repub trailing. Kentucky 2 not doing well eithe. Indiana and John Hostetler trailing. Not looking good for the Repubs.
ReplyDeleteI want to give my money to Charlie Manson.
ReplyDeleteJeez
Allen gets 57% of ex Gi's and rejecting webb.
ReplyDeleteIndiana 8th, any news?
ReplyDeleteTell us when the Englishman leaves with the gal on his arm. Someone should score a little fun tonight.
ReplyDeleteHe will not make that catch. I can predict that based on early exit polls now. Ticas have great eyes, but this girl's belly is awesome.
ReplyDeleteGuess who is in here? James Kieland! i am sure it is him, He does not know who I am. he ain't pretty.
ReplyDeleteHe is well tanked and seems very pleased with results. He is a Canadian. Talk about a small world.
ReplyDeleteHe does not have an awesome belly.
ReplyDeleteThe girl with the belly is leaning over me asking me what I am doing? I explained to her. She says "Pura vida". She may have a message for Doug if he comes back.
ReplyDelete10:03 AM Tater:
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I needed that.
Nice perfume, beautiful teeth and dark hair like a young seal.
ReplyDeleteAloha to Doug from Maritza.
ReplyDeleteAloha!
ReplyDeleteAnd Fuck You, James K!
CNN has Candy Crowley and the Elephant has Maritza.........We win.
ReplyDeleteMartiza says fuck Hugo Chavez and gave the Englishman a high five. Maybe I was hasty in calling that race.
ReplyDeleteEnglishmen can be subtle, got to give him a chance.
ReplyDeletePaula Zahn could not hold a candle to Maritza. I asked a German how he felt about the skulls. he did not seem to get it. I told him not to worry about it.
ReplyDeleteOops, don't look good. Northrup's down in Ky. Lookin bad.
ReplyDeleteSomeone explained to the German about the skulls, he laughed and said fuck somebody. I think he has noticed Maritza as well.
ReplyDeleteDems take Ohio Governorship. Not good.
ReplyDeleteJust voted in IL.
ReplyDeleteTaking a media holiday myself now.
Remember your readership, Deuce:
ReplyDeleteDon't want to set 'Rat off on one of his "Skull" Diatribes!
Ohio governership was not in play.
ReplyDeleteLike Santorum, Blackwell is too good for this country as it now stands.
Sorry, i am back on focus. Maritza had a friend join her, Anjelica is her name.
ReplyDeleteThat's much better.
ReplyDeleteI asked Maritza to repeat what she said about Hugo chavez, another Fuck Hugo, seems as if Angelica is Venezuelan, beautiful hands.
ReplyDeleteLike an Angel.
ReplyDeleteTry that Angle.
ReplyDeleteI bought a few drinks. Girls are doing tequila shots. No one seems stressed about the outcome of the election except the Englishman.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll have the bar keep leave the bottle. They have lost interest in the lap top.
ReplyDeleteMaritza is about 28, Angelica 43 ish, very stylish and athletic looking.
ReplyDeleteOne of the key issues for elections teams on Maui and Hawai'i was the impact of last month's earthquake.
ReplyDeleteMaui voters established a special polling place last week for residents isolated by landslides.
And on the Big Island, three polling places needed to be changed due to damage to the structures where the voting had been scheduled to occur.
Try something else on your lap.
ReplyDeleteI better get some extra lemon slices. these girls like doing the salt routine with the tequila. Very un-pc. Marlboro lights all around.
ReplyDeleteAsk em about the Panama Canal or something. Keep em talking.
ReplyDeleteTwo American gals in the bar now. No repub votes there.
ReplyDeleteThe one American has has a Che t-shirt on.
ReplyDeleteAngelica has amazing legs.
ReplyDeleteand Allen is leading.
ReplyDeleteI do not think I am a very good political blogger. too easily distracted.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can get America-Che and Maritza in a cat fight.
ReplyDeleteThis is the pre-game show. I will turn it over to y'all after the 8 oclock results. whit is already to go.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't going to vote, but I just found out we might have a House Rep in play, and a long shot to take out Senator Akaka.
ReplyDeleteDuty Calls.
6 minutes and counting and the miserable swine Jack Cafferty is doing his usual.
ReplyDelete6 minutes and counting and the miserable swine Jack Cafferty is doing his usual.
ReplyDeleteNow WEBB IS UP.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats leading:
ReplyDeleteVirginia (52-47)
Rhode Island (53-46)
Pennsylvania (57-42)
Ohio (57-43)
New Jersey (52-45)
Montana (53-46)
Missouri (50-48)
Maryland (53-46)
Republicans leading:
Tennessee (51-48)
Arizona (50-46)
Keep your head down, Deuce. It looks like a long (bad) night.
ReplyDeleteWhere are those figures coming from?
ReplyDeleteI, for one, am looking forward to greeting our new Democratic Overlords.
ReplyDeleteIt is getting hard for me to concentrate in here. Webb is pulling ahead slightly. I will turn things over to Whit and check in with you later.
ReplyDeleteThere are no rivers near your house, are ther rufus?
ReplyDeleteHate to see you leapin' off, since the Libs don't seem to need to, yet.
That Hoesteller fella in IN has lost. That's 1 of the 18
Foley is down by 3 points
ReplyDeleteChocola, in Indiana is getting his clock cleaned, Northrup is going to get beat in Ky. Hoestetler is already down.
ReplyDeleteYou can kiss the house goodbye.
Try 2
ReplyDeleteWhere are those figures coming from?
Hate to say I told you so, rufus, but...
ReplyDeleteSeen it comin' for over a year, now. The vaunted "get out the vote" campaign by Mr Rove, didn't.
Whoever had the high number wins the money. I don't like Bill Kristol, but he might have been right; it might be a wave.
ReplyDeleteduece was watchin' CNN
ReplyDeleteDoug, these are exit polls , I got on the phone from a reporter of the Tico Times who picked them up from one of the Latin news wires. They also Say Indy 8th went demo.
ReplyDeleteI think I got htem right. It is very noisy in here.
ReplyDeleteSooo...
ReplyDeleteHas anyone made a salad dressing and peanut butter sandwich?
I've heard of the fool's gold loaf but thats somethin else...
A lot of self-described conservatives, and Republicans are voting democratic. The Dem winners are mostly socially conservative, fiscally conservative.
ReplyDeleteThis is a bunch of Desert Rats giving an "up your ass" to their incumbent RINO's.
Doug, Fox news has excellent coverage.
ReplyDeleteRemember what the greatest Republican said about foolin' the people, rufus. The President and Mr Rove did not.
ReplyDeleteBob Casey beats Santorum
1 of the 4
Fox calls for Casey.
ReplyDeleteMenendez called the winner in NJ
ReplyDeleteNo, they need 6 rat, Cheney breaks the tie.
ReplyDeleteOh, you were talking about your prediction. I see.
ReplyDeleteCorker's up big in Tn.
Only 3% of the vote is in. If it's in the East that those votes were counted, it'd make sense for Mr Corker to be up.
ReplyDeleteOhio is called for Brown.
ReplyDelete2 of 4
ReplyDeleteIt might come down to old Burns in Mt. $3.30 Corn, $5.00 wheat, $6.50 Beans, maybe he'll come through. That's if Talent can come through.
ReplyDeleteAll the Dems are out talking, there's not a Republican in sight. This might be a holy scalping.
ReplyDeleteOne thing surprising, I guess, the last I saw Negron/Foley was leading in Fl 16.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the two Pubs are running tough in Ga. but it's early.
Wait till you find out what a shallow twerp Casey is. An empty Robert Hall suit.
ReplyDeleteOh well, a democratic congress will be good for alternative fuels. That's a plus.
ReplyDeleteWe'll get twenty million more "citizens."
Wow, they called for Cardin with 1/2 of 1% of the vote in. Gee
ReplyDeleteChocola loses in IN
ReplyDeleteYarmuth in Kentucky wins
Thats three of the 18
The Republicans are in trouble, time will tell about the conservatives.
ReplyDeleteChafee loses
ReplyDelete3 of the 4
Chaffee's down
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit, Batman; will the Pubs ever win a fuckin seat?
ReplyDeleteIt will be good if the Republicans get reminded who put them in power in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Deuce, I'm not exactly heartbroken, here. They really do need a house-cleaning; and, it looks like they're going to get it.
ReplyDeleteThis is like watching a sloooow motion train wreck.
ReplyDeleteWatch Lieberman. He will want to get even. He will run for President as an Independent. Bush burned all his capital and for what? It is all up to Montana for the Senate and The Republicans. The House is gone for sure.
ReplyDeleteAn honest stand on immigration and this would be a different night.
ReplyDeleteImmigration, the War, Spending and "Earmarks".
ReplyDeleteThe Blue are getting bluer
If the two GA seats do not go the GOP, the Red will get no Redder.
That's right guys. It's not like the 4 years of Carter caused any lasting harm.
ReplyDeleterufus said:
ReplyDeleteWe'll get twenty million more "citizens."
Good family-oriented hard-working future-minded citizens. Thank God we're not France, it could be 20 million unassimiliable 7th-Century jihadists who bring their own Imans and suicide belts and hatred for all things Western.
Santorum is a class act. Casey is a real asshole.
ReplyDeleteRaymond, this is not a cheer, but it could wake the Republicans up and remind all Americans what the Democrats are about. that may not be all bad.
ReplyDeleteMr Murphy in CD4 wins
ReplyDeleteThat makes 4 of 18
Ms Nancy Johnson a long time incumbent bit the bullet
CD5, not 4
ReplyDeleteThe last of the Rockerfeller Wing is goin' down in the northeast.
ReplyDeleteDEFEATISTS!
ReplyDeleteYou fools:
Believing the MSM!
I've been gone for 2 hours and I know better than you:
Senate is a lock.
Rep leaning Pub!
Mr Sorel in Indiana 9 is toast
ReplyDeleteThat gets the count to 5 of my 18
The GOP lawyers are on the case, the FBI as well. Seems it is not just the Dems that are going to resort to lawyers and Courts.
The Nixon Standard is history.
Deuce looked at exit polls?
ReplyDeleteWhy do I read this blog???
Allen wrote:
ReplyDeleteIs this nuts?
desert rat said...
Yes
Here we go again. But I'm ready this time.
Duckworth going down:
ReplyDeleteHeroicly losing two legs does not make up for being a liberal.
Ohio 18 goes to Mr Space
ReplyDelete6 of 18, third of theway
Mr Carney in PA10
7 of 18
It was Bush 41 that permitted Saddam to remain in power, he's the one that brought the Army home before the threat was removed, if it was in the US interest to do so.
ReplyDeleteMANCHESTER – 9:49 p.m.: BULLETIN: UnionLeader.com has learned that Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Bass is preparing to call Paul Hodes and congratulate the Democrat on his victory.
ReplyDeleteOne thing for sure, Mr Allen's not running for President in '08
ReplyDeleteMANCHESTER - Updated, 10:17 p.m. Paul Hodes has beaten U.S. Rep. Charles Bass. The incumbent Republican is ready to concede. As the national Democratic wave swept into New Hampshire, the state's GOP lost most of its Manchester House seats. Democrats have taken Republican state Senate seats in Laconia and Manchester.
ReplyDeleteDid Rat have the biggest number? If so, sent that man a check.
ReplyDeleteLost Chocola, Hostettler, Northup lost but several
ReplyDeletePotential pickups for Republicans look close but good for us right now … GA8 and GA12. With 40% of the precincts reporting in GA8 we are behind by 400 votes and in GA12 we are ahead by 1000 votes.
In FL 16, Mark Foley’s old district, with 49% of precincts reporting GOP is down by 600 votes.
IN9 with 59% of precincts in and the GOP is down by 2000 votes. FBI is involved in an investigation where an election official has been stuffing absentee ballots for the last two weeks … in favor of the Democrat candidate of course.
In VA2 with 67% in GOP is up by 3000 votes.
Someone was in the mid-twentys, I do beleive.
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