Massive voter fraud happening even as we speak in Ohio. Anyone out there paying attention? Did you hear about the rock concert at Ohio State? Now which presidential candidate do you think has arranged for a concert at Ohio State and then plans to march all of the students from the concert to a voter registration table and then immediately to a voting booth? If you have to guess on this then you haven't been paying attention. Do you think there will be any check to see if these people are actually eligible to vote? Yeah ... sure there'll be a check.

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I have always opposed the lowering of the voting age to below the age of twenty-one. Young people can follow orders and give birth, but that does not automatically give them the widsom and experience to cast intelligent votes. But, the Democrats, always on the prowl to register uninformed people for their votes, have a new champion.

But probably the most important point from an underdog - maybe the most important point made by any candidate - came from Dennis Kucinich, who said he not only favored lowered the drinking age to 18, but the voting age to 16. I seriously support such a lowering of the voting age - I've been saying for years that it should be lowered to 14 - an age at which, according cognitive psychologist Jean Piaget, people have completely adult reasoning processes, and have had them for at least two years.

If some Democrats trust the wisdom of kids to vote, then maybe they will lower the ages for drinking, smoking, driving, statutory rape, obtaining credit, and running for office.

Maybe my dog should vote, because she listens and follows commands better than most teenagers, plus she barks at Democrats.

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1 That's about the lamest analogy I've seen in a long time - maybe your dog should vote?

Following commands is not the reason I think 14-year-olds should vote - it would more likely be that they have more wisdom than some adults.

Speaking of which - do you have any evidence for your claims? I cite Jean Piaget, the father of cognitive psychology. He was neither Democrat nor Republican.

Posted by: Paul Levinson at Sunday, September 30 2007 08:20 AM (vpfhE)

2 Paul, you want evidence? Walk around Walmart one day and observe the teenagers. Proof enough. Also, anyone whose pants come half-way down their rear ends shouldn't vote, either.

Posted by: Woody at Sunday, September 30 2007 09:10 AM (Eb/8J)

3 A complete misunderstanding of piaget. Complex reasoning begins around that age. It does not spring forth in full flower.

The brain does not fully mature until age 25. Myelin sheathing is still building on your neurons until then. Humans prior to that are still impulsive.

Posted by: Assistant Village Idiot at Sunday, September 30 2007 09:28 AM (YQFD4)

4 I can't keep up with the democrats line of reasoning. The mental midget from Ohio wants the 16 YO vote because they're adult enough. Shrillary classified a 25 YO as a child (not adult enough) for 'free medical' care purposes. Oh, and if you make less than $60-80K a year you are poor and require free medical care in Shrillary's world. There isn't such a thing as a free lunch and there is no such thing as free medical care. The taxpayers (working class) will pick up the bill for everything while Shrillary and her ilk have they're stolen money hidden in foreign accounts.

Posted by: Scrapiron at Sunday, September 30 2007 10:51 AM (d/RyS)

5 There are people in Germany pushing for votes for all children to be exercised by the parents until the child is of age. The idea is that families would have more weight in setting governmental priorities, but some have pointed out the obvious difffículties when parents don't agree. Can you imagine this issue coming up in divorce proceedings or support battles? What can you expect when utopians are on a roll?

Posted by: expat at Sunday, September 30 2007 12:29 PM (VIkw3)

6 Good thing 16 year olds can't vote for the opportunity to vote.

Of course Kucinich is for this. By and large young people would vote Democrat for a reason. They depend more fully on their "feelings" in making decisions than an adult; something many Democrats do even after reaching adulthood.

When we're young we still believe in that utopian world where everybody shares everything out of selflessness because we are taught by our parents to share and everything we share has been given to us so we have no real sense of having worked for any of it.

It's much easier to share things that don't belong to you or you didn't work for.

But then we grow up and we realize that indiscriminate charity is more destructive than anything. We are still then robbed of the opportunity to make our own decisions on who is worthy of our charity even though our powers of reasoning are more fully developed.

A sixteen year old's vote is a vote to put someone in power to do that reasoning for them.
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Paul Levinson:

Perhaps you missed the sarcasm in GM's analogy. But of course, for the sake of argument, you think it's better to take it seriously and counter it on a serious level than to just accept the sarcasm.

Posted by: Oyster at Monday, October 01 2007 02:31 AM (loYMN)

7 I just realized that was Woody's analogy. My apologies, Woody. You get extra merits for that one

Posted by: Oyster at Monday, October 01 2007 06:37 AM (loYMN)

8 Thanks, Oyster. Paul put a smiley face after his remark and may have seen the sarcasm (or, was it?) I was really speaking more about Kucinich and figure that Paul is a decent guy--for a liberal. I just have to assume that he either never raised children, had exceptional children, or was oblivious to them.

I can see it now...Hillary Clinton pandering to the youth vote by promising government pop festivals and guaranteed dates through a "Universal Match Program."

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We know the costly and extensive investigations made on behalf of the Democratic Party to investigate the outing of CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson and the report by her husband Joe Wilson that Iraq had not sought uranium for Niger. These costs went beyond dollars and destroyed the lives and careers of Scooter Libby and others. Maybe the Democrats and the Wilson's should take all the money that they raised from this fabricated scandal to restore the taxpayers and Scooter Libby for what they lost. Not likely.

Here is the 3 1/2 minute video from Hannity's America exposing the Wilson's. It is clear and documented.

To the Democrats, no cost is too high to win elections--as long as the costs are borne by individuals and taxpayers. Typical liberals--use other people's money.

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If you had to vote for President all over again, given the choices and even what we know now from 2004, would you vote for Bush or that French guy?

This is how the election came out:

These were our choices:

Images from Respublica and Zete-Tic

Think we have problems now? Maybe we would be going along with U.N. resolution number 426 condemning Hussein, and the U.N. still taking bribes if this country had gone the other way. Think of the Supreme Court justices that we would have gotten rather than what we have. Think of the taxes that would have been added and the negative impact of those on the economy.

I have a lot of problems with President Bush, but nothing compared to what might have been. When people want to bash Bush, remember the other choice that we had--no choice.

(Note: This post is not from G.M., who may have a varying viewpoint.)

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Democrats guilty of interfering with the election process??!! Say it ain't so.

(AP) U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee ruled late Friday that Noxubee County (Miss.) Democratic Party leader Ike Brown and the county Democratic Executive Committee "manipulated the political process in ways specifically intended and designed to impair and impede participation of white voters and to dilute their votes."

Noxubee County is a rural area along the Alabama line with a population of about 12,500, of whom 70 percent are black.

The judge said there was a pattern to Mr. Brown's efforts to keep all whites out of the county's Democratic Party, including holding party caucuses in private homes rather than public voting precincts and inviting only blacks to the meetings.

Brown, in fact, claims a number of whites as friends," Judge Lee wrote. "However, there is no doubt from the evidence presented at trial that Brown, in particular, is firmly of the view that blacks, being the majority race in Noxubee County, should hold all elected offices, to the exclusion of whites; and this view is apparently shared by his allies and associates on the [Noxubee Democratic Executive Commitee], who, along with Brown, effectively control the election process in Noxubee County."

To the Democrats, justice is spelled "just-us." Where's their outrage? Do you think Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will go to the rescue?

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I bet that title really shocked you. Imagine that.

The House Ethics Committee Report includes new information that top Democrats were also aware in 2005 of Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to congressional pages at about the same time as outgoing Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was informed.

While the report is critical of Hastert and his staff for not taking sufficient action, nowhere is there any evidence that the Democrats followed up.

Of course, we knew it all the time. Isn't it amazing that the major media failed to catch this before the election? But, now they know it and suddenly protecting young people from congressional predators is not important to them. It never was to the Democrats.

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Whenever Democrats want a change in the voting process, you can bet that it's not because they actually believe the change is fair or that it is good for democracy. One recent notable case was trying to make every Arizona voter eligible for a million dollar lottery. Vote for us! We'll give you a million dollars! There are many cases of rushing to register illegal aliens and multiple law suits to fight voter identification laws. Sure we'll let you vote without an ID, but you better have one to buy cigarettes! They know that illegal votes and fraud helps Democrats. You do, too.

The latest crusade for voting change comes from Oregon's Democratic Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, who is writing and campaigning with other Democrats and the usual suspects to have all states adopt the new Oregon voting process of vote by mail. Watch out. more...

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Dear Republican Party:

I'm betting that right now you are wondering what happened? Wondering how did we come so low in only 12 years when it took the Democrats 40 years to betray the trust of the voting public and lose the house. Why, we had the "Contract With America" and we had tax cuts and we had a war time President who had such high ratings just 5 short years ago. Well, I'll tell you what went wrong folks: You did.

You sat on your fat butts and spent like you were democrats. You refused to fight for the principles you were elected on. You broke your promise to the American people and they remembered that when they went into the voting booth. You fell down on the job.

Oh sure, you did some good things, but almost each and every time you rolled over for the Democrats and all but apologized for doing it. Need an example? When you passed the Tax Cut the Democrats took the high road and said "Tax cuts for the rich," and you rolled over and let them get away with it. When the war in Iraq started going less than perfectly, the Democrats said "no blood for oil" and "Bush lied and people died" and you kept quiet rather than call them out on playing politics in a time of war. When the Democrats and others of their ilk predicted a major meltdown in Afghanistan, you soldiered on and said nothing lest you be proven wrong when you should have stood up, argued for the rightness of the war in both Iraq and Afghanistan and you should have sent a delegation to the President and said, you need to speak out more often, you need to LEAD, but no, you kept quiet.

You seemed like a bunch of simpering high schoolers wanting the Democrats to desperately like you. Well, guess what, they don't, they won't and now they have the power.

You tried to buy things for your district thinking that if it worked for Democrats it should have worked for you. You let disgusting tirades of a United States Senator standing before the greatest deliberative body in the world and whimper that if you didn't let him have money for a bridge he would resign. You needed to stand up to Stevens and say "Fine, quit, you still aren't getting money that is needed elsewhere." but no, you took the money and gave it to Alaska via the back door where they could spend that money just the same.

You let a United States Senator pork up for repairs to a rail road that didn't need repairing. You spent, and spent and then when all the money was gone, you spent some more.

You let the Democrats demonize you on Social Security, on welfare reform, on taxes. Don't you get it, Democrats want the power that you had; and now they have it. You broke the contract with America and you did it in a smug self satisfied way that turned off the voters. Oh, the Democrats will be gloating now, and some of the libs/Dems who are readers here will come in and gloat, and you know what, that's fine because you fell on your sword and let it happen.

You will be tempted to blame the Democrats, the voters, the bloggers, indeed, you will be tempted to blame everyone but yourselves, but that is where the blame lies my friends, on you. There will be much gnashing of teeth and wringint of hands on the right side of the blogosphere, many will decry the victory of the Democrats. But you know what? The Democrats earned every vote they got, they earned it by out manuvering you on every front. The prime piece of evidence of this is that the Democrats had no program except "We're Not Repubicans," and it worked. So think on that for a while if you will.

Many Democrats ran on a more "conservative" ideaololgy than ever and they won big time. You are about to face reality. America wants governance and since you showed you couldn't do it, the Democrats will now get the chance. I don't think they can do it either, they will not have learned the lessons of the last 12 years either and will most likely revert to the usual leftish style that has governed Democratic policy and practice for the last 35 years. And in that reverting you will find your opportunity.

But you could also blow this opportunity. You have two years to get it right, two short years. Quit-chur-bitchin and think what got you elected in the first place, and do it again. Otherwise, lean back and get used to the idea that the Democrats will be in power for a long, long time.

Many months ago, I wrote you another letter here. You didn't listen then, maybe you'll listen now.

You have failed miserably at reforming the way government works. And, I'm not sure you even think we have noticed. You are going blithely about your business as though we were too stupid not to notice. Well, you are wrong. Further, you are wrong on so many counts. We expect good government and we are not getting it with you in charge. If we wanted all this scandal, spending like there is no tomorrow etc., we would have kept the Democrats in place in '94. But, we wanted change. You started off right but quickly lost your way.

So, I'm putting you on notice. You will have to EARN my vote this year, and you have damn little time to do it. You need to clean up your act and you need to start now. Not next week, not next month, not next year. Now!

Remember, I don't need you, I can get some Democrats to do the same thing you are doing (and probably increase my taxes too.) But you need me in a most desperate way. You need my vote!

UPDATE: John Boehner is running for minority leader:

Why we lost seats. I'll be talking with everyone in our Conference in the coming days about how we can rebound. If I haven't talked with you yet, I will soon. Widespread concern about the war in Iraq was clearly a factor, but to my mind the issue was much closer to home. Our voters stopped thinking of us as the party of principle because we lost our commitment to and confidence in our core principles. We fell into the trap of exploiting the marginal advantages of majority control instead of constantly advancing those principles. We got used to talking with those whom we'd already convinced instead of persuading the unpersuaded. We got used to playing not to lose instead of playing to win. And somehow, we grew to accept the notion that we were entitled to continued majority control, instead of having to constantly earn it.

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It's probably not worth much, but my prediction is that the Republicans will very likely hold on to both houses, perhaps by the slimist of margins, but hold on never-the-less. I also predict that the Democrats will, along with the able biased reporting of the majority of the left leaning MSM claim that "We wuz robbed!"

I have spoken!

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1 My predictions are same as yours. And, assuredly, the MSM will hghlight "voter fraud" in Republican areas that win. I wonder if they will look at Memphis, TN, a Democratic stronghold, where a dozen of more computer machine voter cards are missing. These cards can be programmed to fool the voting machines.

Posted by: DADvocate at Tuesday, November 07 2006 07:19 AM (AIolm)

2 I'd be surprised if the Democrats regain control of either the Senate or the House. People (real people... not just liberals) are unhappy with the current administration but they aren't quite ready to pull the trigger just yet. Maybe in '08.

Posted by: e. nonee moose at Tuesday, November 07 2006 07:28 AM (dlFaD)

3 ok my friend in that case..can u precict if I will lose 5 lbs by the weekend?..LOL..keep votin pple!!!

Posted by: Angel at Tuesday, November 07 2006 08:10 AM (qo/NM)

4 Just as I predicted, the Democrat's lawyers are already screaming "foul" and wanting the polls to stay open later. Of course, this was all pre-planned rather than a reaction to events.


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/LOCAL19/61107003

"Marion County (Indiana)Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy blasted Republican election officials for what he declared was the "criminal" way in which they are running today's election.
"Providing lists to reporters to back up his assertions,Treacy said 20 Republican-appointed precinct inspectors failed to show up to open polls this morning and machine problems were reported in 173 precincts.
"As we predicted, it was utter chaos this morning and we're furious," he told reporters outside the Marion County Election Board office. "People were turned away. I was telling everyone this was going to happen, and everyone thinks I'm living in some fantasyland. There is criminal intent in doing this stuff."
"He said Democratic attorneys were determining how the party would respond. In addition,Treacy said Democrats are poring over lists of poll workers to identify those who are not registered to vote in Marion County. He will ask that they be prosecuted."


http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061107/NEWS0206/61107022

"Lawyers with the Tennessee Democratic Party will file suit early this afternoon asking that voting hours be extended due to reports of infrastructure problems, a party spokesman said.
"The party has received reports that some precincts lacked enough voting machines, voting machines that are not working, long lines and delays in the openings of polling paces, said the spokesman Mark Brown.
"Brown said he did not yet know which court party lawyers would file suit in, but said it would be in Davidson County at about 1:30 p.m.
"Lawyers had not yet decided whether they would ask that all polls remain open later or ask only that polls in certain regions of the state be open later."


When the game is over, it's over. Yet, the Democrats stay on the field and keep running in players until their score is the highest.

Posted by: Woody at Tuesday, November 07 2006 08:42 AM (v5VVJ)

5 My predictions: continued bitter partisan divisions through the 2008 election, an increasingly lame-duck president, and more global warming from the hot air spewing from politicians and pundits.

Posted by: civil truth at Tuesday, November 07 2006 08:47 AM (UM3aQ)

6 Want to read the text of a great ad run in the Atlanta area?

"This is Congressman John Lewis."

"And I'm Mayor Shirley Franklin"

"And I'm Andy Young"

(John Lewis) "On November 7th we face the most dangerous situation we ever have. If you think fighting off dogs and water hoses in the sixties was bad, imagine if we sit idly by and let the right-wing Republicans take control of the Fulton County Commision."

(Shirley Franklin) "The efforts of Martin and Coretta King, Hosea Williams, Maynard Jackson and many others will be lost. That's why we must stand up and we must turn out the vote for the Democrats on Election Day."

(Andy Young) "And especially for John Eaves for Fulton County Commission Chairman. Unless you want them to turn back the clock on equal rights and human rights and economic opportunity for all of us, vote for John Eaves as Fulton County Chairman"

(Lewis) "Your very life may depend on it."

(John Eaves) "This message paid for by the committee to elect John Eaves."

Heck, I was hoping for some lynchings, but if white folks aren't elected what can you do?

Posted by: Woody at Tuesday, November 07 2006 11:30 AM (v5VVJ)

7 I hope you nattering nabobs of positivism are right.

I (always plan for the worst case) think the Dems will take the House and maybe the Senate.

If that happens, I think the Reps ought very quickly figure out why they angered the voting public. Further, there ought be a massive education program. People actually believe that the Dems are the party of the "little people." We have dumped trillions of dollars into "programs" and our education system is worse, our drug problem is worse, our border security is worse. We are becoming a self-imposed 2nd rate power, even though we have more and better of damn near everything. Why, pray, is that? We, as individuals and as a nation, need (desparately) to toughen up.

Lastly, I think everyone ought be leaning in on the Dems and asking, just EXACTLY how are you going to protect our country and the people therein? I would like specifics and details...without compromising security.

If we go the self-absorbed model that Europe seems to be providing, then we will surely lose...everything.

Posted by: tad at Tuesday, November 07 2006 12:30 PM (YadGF)

8 I predict a real spanking!

Aside from that, I recommend to all my conservative friends (not neo-cons; they're
hopeless) the article on Congress in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. A terrific article, in a magazine I haven't read in over 25 years.

Posted by: jim hitchcock at Tuesday, November 07 2006 01:18 PM (/6lBR)

9 But, however it turns out, I will continue to salute GM and Woody as two of the good guys..

Posted by: jim hitchcock at Tuesday, November 07 2006 01:24 PM (/6lBR)

10 Jim, as are you my friend, even if you are a lib. ;-P

Posted by: GM at Tuesday, November 07 2006 01:37 PM (S60yG)

11 If Lamont vs. Lieberman in the Democratic primary was a referendum on Iraq, as the Democrats hailed it, then what do they call Lieberman beating Lamont in the general election where everyone, and not just left-wingers, get to vote?

I was watching some show on MSNBC in which they went person by person through the Democrats and the committees that they would control. It was pretty ugly. The clincher was when they showed Pelosi with Sheehan.

Will someone wake me up in two years?

P.S. Thanks, Jim. The feelings mutual. At least we all like baseball.

Posted by: Woody at Tuesday, November 07 2006 02:58 PM (v5VVJ)

12 I'm cutting it off for the evening. The interesting thing at this point isn't who won but the spin on why. It's historical for the party of the President to lose such ground in these mid-year elections. Yet, in checking over at Marc Cooper's and listening on the TV, you would have thought that the vote is a total repudiation of conservatism. That's a really false conclusion, and, if the Democrats really believe it and act that way, then they will become the minority party in both houses once again come 2008.

With the Democrats back with power, people may be reminded why we threw them out years ago.

I have to go to bed.

"Say goodnight, Dick."
"Goodnight, Dick."
Hey, I have to come up with something from Laugh-In, because I'm not laughing from anything else.

Posted by: Woody at Tuesday, November 07 2006 03:36 PM (v5VVJ)

13 "It's historical for the party of the President to lose such ground in these mid-year elections."

Not in the last twenty years, it's not - primarily because of the amount of gerrymandering and the increasingly large sums of money funneled into protecting incumbents. The typical shift has been about 5 seats in the last couple of decades. '94 was the only big shift since the early '70s and it was considered a historic victory for the GOP. Try getting your facts straight. You're so mired in the talking points, you can't see straight and just pass along disinformation that you probably actually believe yourself.

Posted by: reg at Tuesday, November 07 2006 04:24 PM (LXXU8)

14 Gloating time! Let me give you some guys some advice: hang up the hats now. It's time to quit. Republican ideas have failed. It's Canada for you. On second thought, they may not want you. You could try Italia. But Pope aside, they're a bit sexually permissive. I know! We could dig a hole in the earth and you could just hang out there. A strangelovian plan for the nuclear holocost brought on by Democratic appeasers. It'll be perfect. Especially for me.

p.s. just kidding. I figure we owed you guys from last time.

Posted by: Mavis Beacon at Tuesday, November 07 2006 06:34 PM (O8Uj0)

15 Hey there GM, guess who? Yep, its that lefty troll again.
Ive just seen the results of the house of Reps in the good ol U.S.of A. What do you reckon GM, theres a lot more of us trolls out there bud. and they all vote!!!
Dubya got his arse kicked and with a bit of luck he will get it kicked again in the Senate.
I'm so happy I think I'll open a bottle of Chivas Regal.
Have a nice day!.
Magnarc (the troll) Ho! Ho! Ho!

Posted by: Magnarc at Tuesday, November 07 2006 08:08 PM (HJ8Y4)

16 now what do you have to say.......

I love you BIL

gb

Posted by: gordon at Wednesday, November 08 2006 12:48 AM (O5BXE)

17 Not to rub salt into the wounds but I was one of those who took the lose both in GM's earlier poll on this. Damn I should have put my money where my ideas were.

I also have commented that it is quite likely a 'good' thing that this bloodletting occurred now rather than later as far as a viable Republican Party is concerned. 2008 is IMPORTANT. 2006 not so much.

I hate to burst Magnarc's balloon so early in the day, but a 'lefty troll' should perhaps not get too excited about this result. Many if not most of the 'gains' were the result of 'conservative' Democrats winning in 'conservative' areas. This is far more attributable to complete disenchantment with the bankrupt Republican apparatus and IRAQ than it is to a wave of support for the leftist loons in the Democratic Party. These new guys may have a "D" after their name, but they have nothing in common with the 'progressive' wing of the Party. Has Magnarc even looked at Jim Webb's positioning on social issues?

Somehow I have a really hard time seeing the new wave of blue-dog Democrats having a long lifespan within the Democratic Party as it is now constituted. Perhaps these people will help to move the Party away from the 'nutroots', but the smart money is on them becoming very upset with the Rangels, Conyers, Waxmans,Finegolds in a very short period of time.

Ah well, win some lose some. This was inevitable given the situation in the world. The Republicans can be grateful that they faced the opposition they did or it would have been a GREAT DEAL WORSE. They DESERVED to lose HUGE, but were saved by the other team.

ps --- The reason that Iraq and the WOT were not sufficient to again defeat the Democrats is that many people are not at all HAPPY about the prosecution of the effort and think that if losing is truly not an option, a drastic change of course is long overdue. This was merely a kick where it will do the most good to an Administration that appears to be ineffectual . People can tolerate a lot but as Patton rightly said---- " Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser."

The tolerance just ran out.

Posted by: dougf at Wednesday, November 08 2006 12:53 AM (STFua)

18 Woah... who know there were so many closet lefties here at GM's Corner?

I'm not going to gloat or anything and in fact I'm more than mildly surprised at the results so far. Yeah, the American people have spoken... yadda, yadda, yadda... but I don't expect dramatic changes in how things are done with Democrats in control of the House (and maybe the Senate.)

Posted by: e. nonee moose at Wednesday, November 08 2006 01:06 AM (LqapJ)

19 reg, historically, the party out of power makes gains in mid-term elections. But, to be more precise about what I meant, I was actually thinking about Presidents who are mid-way through their second terms; i.e., the sixth year. As I remember, both Reagan and Clinton suffered such fates with Congress. Of course, I'm not going got take the time to get all sorts of election analyses to sway you, as it's simply not worth my time.

Also, to use the term "talking points" with me assumes that I somehow obtain ideas and words from outside sources. I listen to talk radio less than you think, don't open political mail, dropped my subscription to the AJC, and don't waste time listening to Sunday talk shows. What I say is what comes from my mind--not that of others. That's why it's so, what the word?, original.

Posted by: Woody at Wednesday, November 08 2006 02:16 AM (v5VVJ)

20 Well! my goodness, look what happened. Do you suppose that some of the actual majority actually got fired up enough to go vote?

Posted by: James S Melbert at Wednesday, November 08 2006 02:55 AM (w8YJV)

21 In looking at the other comments from the left, it reminds me of the Alabama-Mississippi State game last week. Alabama holds a "slight" edge of 72-15-3 in the series with State. Mississippi State had nothing but losing seasons over recent years, but they took on a traditional powerhouse and took advantage of Alabama turnovers and injuries to pull out the win. Of course, the State fans went nuts--just like the liberals above and elsewhere. They just had more class and are smart enough to know that upsets won't happen every year, so they didn't rub it in too much.

And, Mavis, it's not conservatives who abandon their country when the opposition party wins. And, why is Barbra Streisand and Alex Baldwin still here after they said they would leave if Bush was elected?

Posted by: Woody at Wednesday, November 08 2006 02:57 AM (v5VVJ)

22 Yes James, the same MAJORITY that got fired up and voted in 94, 96, 98, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. The difference is, IMO is that the Republican's threw this one away because of a lack of listening to conservatives and voting like Dems. The voting public in essence said "Hell, if I'm gonna have a dem in congress, I might as well vote for the real thing." Of course, I told this to the republicans back in April of this year. go back and read.

Posted by: GM at Wednesday, November 08 2006 10:53 AM (DQHjM)

23 More in response to reg's denial that the Democrat's pickups are consistent with history, particularly the sixth year mid-term elections of Presidents....

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.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=historic_victory_for_diebold!&ns=AnnCoulter&dt=11/08/2006&page=full&comments=true

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Hi, GM Roper reporting here. As a public service, and to get the jump on everyone else, I did some informal exit polling during my lunch hour today. Here are the startling results:

Because my sample is small, I'll give you the full rundown on all 15 voters:

3 dead voters (66.67% voting Democratic) (2 votes Democrat, 1 vote Republican)

4 men and one woman dressed in business suits (60% voting Republican) (3 votes Republican, 2 votes Democrat)

3 Marines and a Soldier (100% voting Republican)(4 votes Republican, 0 votes Democrat)

3 school teachers who are members of NEA (100% voting Democrat) (37 votes Democrat, 0 votes Republican)

Apparantly the Democrats have won by a landslide in my little corner of Texas. Of 15 votes cast, Democrats won 41 or 273% of the total.

Democrats are claiming fraud and that they should have had all 49 votes of the 15 cast. Al Gore and Jessie Jackson will be holding a press conference soon.

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Today's weather Pattern. This WILL test the theory of turnout efforts vs. weather on election day. (courtesy of Jonah Goldburg of The Corner)

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Captain Ed quotes Michael Kinsley:

[...] For national security in general, the Democrats' plan is so according-to-type that you cringe with embarrassment: It's mostly about new cash benefits for veterans. Regarding Iraq specifically, the Democrats' plan has two parts. First, they want Iraqis to "assum[e] primary responsibility for securing and governing their country." Then they want "responsible redeployment" (great euphemism) of American forces.

Older readers may recognize this formula. It's Vietnamization—the Nixon-Kissinger plan for extracting us from a previous mistake. But Vietnamization was not a plan for victory. It was a plan for what was called "peace with honor" and is now known as "defeat."

[...] In fact, as Kinsley notes, the Democrats have no plans for anything other than their normal asset redistributions to special-interest groups and selected victim classes. They want small businesses to shoulder the cost of a 50% health-care tax, which they think will solve the health-care crisis. It's more likely to start a small-business crisis as firms collapse under the weight of the new costs. Since the engine of economic growth lies in small businesses and start-ups, the effect will be to start a recession and to drive people into larger corporations for their investments. Instead of building a more robust middle class, the Democrats will remove competition and escalate centralization of economic power.

Also, Kinsley also discovers that for all of the talk about fiscal discipline and responsibility in this election cycle, the Democrats did not specify a single new revenue source for all of their new programs. They rail about the profligate Republicans, in an attempt to convince fiscal conservatives to consider the Democrats as their own "new direction", and talk a lot about "pay as you go" as the principle for budgeting. However, they leave the reader with no clue as to how the Democrats will find the money for all of their giveaways and redistributions ... which means that they have some tax increases that they don't want to mention.

The Democrats offer defeat, retreat, and an economic collapse darned near complete. Even Kinsley can't put a good face on this fiasco. No wonder Nancy Pelosi has been hiding for the last week.

Vote, and vote Republican!

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Because some people find ballot choices for candidates and issues confusing, I will simplify them for Georgia voters by providing a glimpse at my intended ballot for Tuesday. I'm such a nice guy to share this insight. more...

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Republicans Cut Democratic Lead in Campaign's Final Days:

Republican gains in the new poll reflect a number of late-breaking trends. First, Republicans have become more engaged and enthused in the election than they had been in September and October. ...The Republicans also have made major gains, in a relatively short time period, among independent voters. ...Notably, President Bush's political standing has improved in the final week before the election. ...The final pre-election survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted among 2,369 registered voters from Nov. 1-4, finds that voter appraisals of the national economy also have improved. ...In addition, Sen. John Kerry's "botched joke" about the war in Iraq attracted enormous attention.

Republicans More Likely to Vote:

The Pew poll showed that the Democratic advantage had dropped to 47 percent to Republicans' 43 percent among likely voters, down from 50 percent to 39 percent two weeks ago. The poll found a drop in Democratic support among independents, but Pew Director Andrew Kohut said the most significant change over the past two weeks is that Republicans now outnumber Democrats among likely voters. ...Democrats, mindful of the Republicans' success in getting their voters to the polls in the past two elections, expressed nervousness at signs of tightening in some national polls. But they said private and some public polling in contested House districts continued to show their party in a position to win enough seats to claim the majority. "I don't know what to make of it," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Republicans Focused:

Ken Mehlman, the Republican chairman, said polls showed that Republicans and conservatives “were coming home,” which he said “is what happens when voters focus on the choice before them.” Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the Democrat leading his party’s effort to win control of the House, said, “It’s inevitable that there would be some tightening in the end.” Still, Mr. Emanuel, who has been careful this campaign to avoid the public expressions of optimism voiced by other Democrats, added, “This is making me nervous.”

Weather Forecast--Wide Spread Rain:

A new study of voter behavior confirms something political operatives have long suspected: rain hurts Democrats and helps Republicans. The study found that 1 inch of rain reduces overall turnout by slightly less than 1 percent and cuts the Democratic vote by 2.5 percentage points. ...Democratic strategists acknowledge that their party is more affected by bad weather but say they boost their turnout efforts by giving out rain ponchos (LOL) or adding more vans to give voters a ride to the polls.

So, Democrats Already Starting with the Excuses:

In an interview from her Capitol office, Pelosi...cautioned that the number of Democratic House victories could be higher or lower and said her greatest concern is over the integrity of the count -- from the reliability of electronic voting machines to her worries that Republicans will try to manipulate the outcome. "That is the only variable in this," Pelosi said. "Will we have an honest count?''

But, I'm not confident despite the Democrat's worries. However, I feel better knowing that the Democrat's are losing confidence themselves. Let's pray for heavy showers tomorrow.

G.M. UPDATE: In a previous thread, one of my favorite contrarians who typically is fairly obnoxious in his comments (reg) complained that we thought only the educated should vote and that we were racist etc. (read the whole thing and all the comments). But then comes along a typical liberal/democrat who posts a comment on this Huffington Post post:

Instead, I talk with Wingers and feed into their conspiratorial mistrust of politicians and government in general, with catch phrases like: "They're all a bunch of crooks! Your vote doesn't count anyway! It makes no difference who you vote for, they do what THEY want anyway!" Helping to keep stupid people FROM voting is my goal in this election, and it is relatively easy to do.

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I came across this in a comment with a link from Editor. Now, Editor claims that this is his (her?) first attempt at this, if so, it's an awesome first shot. John "Do you know who I am?" Kerry is just one more reason not to vote Democrat.

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