You know, for professional politicians many of our Republicans up in Congress seem skittish. Either that or only the folks the media wishes to report about are. I'm sorry, but why worry when you can work on things? Why panic when you should sit down and come up with a counter?

I can see panic and "worry" from first term politicians, but from multi-term folks? Weird....

actually, the most seasoned politicians will always be telling you how close it is, to keep you sending in money and volunteering right up to election day.

the worst thing you can do is sit on a lead and let your opponent catch up.

DIEBOLD baby!!! LOL

Yeah, the fix is in, Haliburton to the rescue. I knew it.

Actually it's simple, seen this movie before. Kerry by 6, it's a blowout, all the exit polls say so, everyone stay home, the election is over.

But then ...

Miami Herald has been running a story every week about how the Democrats voters are sitting this one out. Primary turnout for Democrats was half that of Republicans, despite there being several good Democrat candidates vying for the governor slot on the ticket. Not a good sign, for Democrats.

I sure hope these optimists are right. We were surely headed for an upswing in momentum before the Foleygate scandal exploded. I still would have liked to see new leadership at the Speakership position in the House to ensure a better response from Republicans and Independents at the polls.

The best way to ensure excellent GOP results is for Republicans and others all across America to show up in huge numbers and vote for Republicans in November!

Americans, get out there and VOTE REPUBLICAN!
:)

God bless you!

I wonder what Margolis and Noonan will say once the GOP loses the House by 20 seats.

For a party that doesn't condone homosexuality and calls it a sin, its pretty funny to think that after the Foley scandal, they can still say they will keep the house with a straight face.

Funny, isn't it, how the majority of campaign ads by DemocRAT candidates emphasize their GOP opponent's association with President Bush, while avoiding the issues entirely?

These donk-turds have no platform, and they're gonna win the majority? If, and only if, our party chooses to "teach our guys a lesson," and stay home on election day.

I'm in a blue state, so I can affect little. My congressman is GOP and is a shoe-in, and my Senate candidate has a slim shot. I'll be voting Republican straight down the ballot, as I will, forever, as long as our two-party system is held hostage by the kook left. There are no more DemocRATs worthy of my vote, now that Zell is retired.

Get out the vote, and get out and vote!

I'm in a blue state, so I can affect little. My congressman is GOP and is a shoe-in, and my Senate candidate has a slim shot.

Posted by: 1H8L1BS at October 15, 2006 07:20 AM

This is something that you, Reefer, and other hard-line republicans will have to live with in the coming years. It seems as if more & more of your fellow citizens have found the common sense they lost following the tragic events of 9-11.

HaHaHa! Imagine that, C.O. speaking of finding common sense based upon POLLS. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day, course the day is yet young!

I'm with the pres. & Matt, I think all this smoke is being blown so when we win, they(demoncrats) will be able to cry foul once again. Boohoo, It'll be a sad day in hell for CO, Axis, and all the other demoncrats left holding the bag(empty bag).

That's right, folks. Easiest thing in the world, voting...we do all the thinking so you don't have to! Just check your brain at the door, vote the party ticket, and pat yourself on the back, confident that you didn't let any "demoncrats" or "donk-turds" get elected. It's voters like you who make this country great! Our forefathers died so you wouldn't have to think when you vote. REMEMBER. VOTE REPUBLICAN!

pay no attention to IH8str8people
He's still upset jim kolbe said they can only be friends

The democrats do have a message, this message has not changed since the Clintons were in power.

I think Hillary said it best in 1994 "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"

That's the difference folks ... there are actually people who believe that the "government" is why you have money and "they" have the "right" to take back, at any time, what is "theirs".

Since no other "liberal trolls" have replied, I feel I must.

The Bush and Rove show is just that--a show. I seriously doubt they are really this confident. A story I read, originally from RealClearPolitics talks about the "voter enthusiasm" poll. Surely Rove knows about this poll; maybe he thinks the best thing he can do right now is project sunny optimism in a weak attempt at stopping the bleeding. In fact, it will probably work to some degree and it may change a race or two.

But liberals and moderate Dems, take heart. This "confidence" is not real. They know the tidal wave is coming. Please, if you are a liberal, give a few bucks to a candidate in a tight race. Look especially to strong Dem candidates in house races, or in state house and senate races. Even a small contribution to these campaigns helps tremendously.

Also, libs, please talk about politics this year. Go ahead and open the subject with your neighbors, coworkers and anybody else who might have lost confidence in the GOP. Use phrases like "The republicans had their chance", and "The GOP isn't getting it done." It's amazing how much mileage you can get from these simple statements. Also, remind voters that the Dems intend to raise minimum wage within a few hours of taking over. They intend to hold Donald Rumsfeld accountable for his (in)actions. If nothing else, the Democrat plan to hold him accountable is one step over the GOP. For all the bluster, the republican play to "stay the course" in Iraq to 2010 (!!!) is hardly a plan; it's inaction. Remind your friends and neighbors of this.

If you can convince one fence leaner, you have doubled your voting power. If you can get 5, you're practically a voting superstar.

All in all, the Repubs will probably win a few of the tight races. Don't fret if we don't "run the table" in the Senate. We can make up the difference in 2008. Just please, VOTE. Offer to drive your neighbor to the polls. Talk about the Dem plan to raise minimum wage and hold the GOP accountable. But most importantly, be confident! Even Rove's cheerleading about "only losing by 8 or 10" shows incredible weakness. Take Heart Dems! Veni, VIDI, VICI!

Matt,

Time to put the cap back on the glue.

That's the difference folks ... there are actually people who believe that the "government" is why you have money and "they" have the "right" to take back, at any time, what is "theirs".

Posted by: tom at October 15, 2006 01:41 PM

For the 'common good', Tom, for the common good.

I know that idea may be foreign to your way of thinking but, nevertheless, it is a valid characteristic of a caring society.

CO said :For the 'common good', Tom, for the common good.

Thanks for the advice "comrade" You sound like those jerks in Europe about 60 years ago who tried to take over the world. Do you have a sign hanging in your house that says "Arbeit Macht Frei" as well? "Work will set you free" for those in Rio Linda.

There is no common good in liberalism. Nothing good has ever come from any liberal program. Its redistribution of wealth and advocating of class warfare.

Since few other "liberal trolls" have replied to this, I feel I must.

The Bush and Rove show is just that--a show. I seriously doubt they are really this confident. A story I read, originally from RealClearPolitics talks about the "voter enthusiasm" poll. Surely Rove knows about this poll; maybe he thinks the best thing he can do right now is project sunny optimism in a weak attempt at stopping the bleeding. In fact, it will probably work to some degree and it may change a race or two.

But liberals and moderate Dems, take heart. This "confidence" is not real. They know the tidal wave is coming. Please, if you are a liberal, give a few bucks to a candidate in a tight race. Look especially to strong Dem candidates in house races, or in state house and senate races. Even a small contribution to these campaigns helps tremendously.

Also, libs, please talk about politics this year. Go ahead and open the subject with your neighbors, coworkers and anybody else who might have lost confidence in the GOP. Use phrases like "The republicans had their chance", and "The GOP isn't getting it done." It's amazing how much mileage you can get from these simple statements. Also, remind voters that the Dems intend to raise minimum wage within a few hours of taking over. They intend to hold Donald Rumsfeld accountable for his (in)actions. If nothing else, the Democrat plan to hold him accountable is one step over the GOP. For all the bluster, the republican play to "stay the course" in Iraq to 2010 (!!!) is hardly a plan; it's inaction. Remind your friends and neighbors of this.

If you can convince one fence leaner, you have doubled your voting power. If you can get 5, you're practically a voting superstar.

All in all, the Repubs will probably win a few of the tight races. Don't fret if we don't "run the table" in the Senate. We can make up the difference in 2008. Just please, VOTE. Offer to drive your neighbor to the polls. Talk about the Dem plan to raise minimum wage and hold the GOP accountable. But most importantly, be confident! Even Rove's cheerleading about "only losing by 8 or 10" shows incredible weakness. Take Heart Dems! Veni, VIDI, VICI!

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
--Joseph Goebbels

You know, Finn, you're right. I didn't used the think the Great Depression was a good thing, but you've convinced me that it was. Why, without FDR's meddling liberal domestic programs and liberal foreign policy, we might still be enjoying the heyday of the Depression! Damn liberals...why do they always have to go and ruin everything?

Now what'r they advocating...saving the environment or some crap like that? psh. Real Americans (CONSERVATIVES) know God gave us the earth for industry! Not to save a bunch of damn penguins on the Antarctic ice cap. I mean, the first thing Adam did was to name all of his corporate trusts and promise God he'd always look after them. This is why liberals need to read the Bible and find out the TRUTH!

But about this latest election...I think true Americans (CONSERVATIVES) realize that God wants us ruin the environment, alienate our brothers abroad, beat up fags and other deviants, molest boys in Congress, and keep throwing our brave troops into the fire of Iraq. If only enough people get out to vote, there's no way the TRUE AMERICANS can lose!

" Nothing good has ever come from any liberal program." Posted by: Finn Grove

Exactly!

Perfect wording!

Jeremiah

" Nothing good has ever come from any liberal program." Posted by: Finn Grove

Just like the commie Republican perscription drug program? If it was "Nothing good", as you claim, maybe we should get rid of these commie Republicans?

Sounds OK by me.

Jeresheep,

name ONE liberal program Finnsheep was talking about.

yeah, I though so, now go back to your Al Qaeda worshiping you spineless. America hating sheep

There is no common good in liberalism. Nothing good has ever come from any liberal program. Its redistribution of wealth and advocating of class warfare.

Posted by: Finn Grove at October 15, 2006 03:41 PM

Tom, Jeremiah, and other sheep.

From the blog 'Simply Left Behind':-

Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things – every one. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, ‘Liberal,’ as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won’t work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing

Right on Canadian,

How life imitates art, no? The Republisheep (consheepatives? Busheep? neo-conservasheep?) want to destroy these things. That is the whole point of their existence. Sheep Rick O'Donnell (currently losing the CO-7 race) was caught on tape saying we should "eliminate social security". Now he is saying that he was wrong and is begging for forgiveness...not likely.

Let's start an informal poll! What should we call the sheep?

1 - Consheepatives
2 - Republisheep
3 - Conservasheep
4 - neo-Consheepatives
5 - neo-Conservasheep
6 - Busheep
7 - other! add your own!

I personally like "(5) neo-conservasheep", it has such a nice ring.

Can't wait to see what kind of last minute news the MSM will conveniently release next week... in a last ditch effort to hurt our Party and President.
You know it's coming...
AubreyJ.........

CO Is that t he best you can do is quote someone how is made up? Thats the whole problem with liberalism, its all made up.

I believe the next plan is to "out" a bunch of gay Republicans in an effort to 1. Destroy them as individuals and 2. to call attention to the "hypocracy" of the republicans.

Of course, outing a gay man to destroy him is not seen as hypocritical by liberals.

From Margolis' post:

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are bracing for losses of 25 House seats or more. But party operatives say Rove is predicting that, at worst, Republicans will lose only 8 to 10 seats.

Warriornation's comment:

DIEBOLD baby!!! LOL

Indeed, my first thought on reading this is that Rove must've heard back from Diebold. Only I wasn't laughing out loud.

That's OK, though. Just keep on keeping on. Like the Watergate "plumbers," like Abramoff, DeLay, Ney, Cunningham, Charles McGee, James Tobin and so many others, the rest of the GOP's cheaters and criminals will get caught. It's only a matter of time.

Making things up, Kahn wrote:

I believe the next plan is to "out" a bunch of gay Republicans in an effort to 1. Destroy them as individuals and 2. to call attention to the "hypocracy" of the republicans.

Of course, outing a gay man to destroy him is not seen as hypocritical by liberals.

Your first two suppositions would be anticlimactic.

Your final contention is patent nonsense. It figures that you offer nothing to back it up. Just more making your own reality, right?

That's OK. Just keep doing what you've all been doing. Please, don't change a thing.

Canadian Observer,

I think its funny that you would quote a fictional character on a far-left wing TV as being factually correct. But here goes:

"Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote."

And is was the Democrats (liberals) who led the southern sates in succeeding from the union in order to maintain slavery as an institution. It was a Republican (Lincoln) who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves. It was the Republicans that supported reconstruction and greater rights for blacks and democrats who fought against these rights.

Remember also that the KKK was created by Democrats in the south to fight against the civil rights acts passed by Republicans after the Civil War.

It was the Democrats (liberals) in the south that created voter qualification laws and poll taxes to suppress or deny blacks the right to vote.

"Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act".

You realize that it was Democrats that filibustered the Civil Rights Act (Robert "KKK" Byrd), and it took a coalition of Republicans to get it passed. In the House of Representatives only 61 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act as compared to 80 percent of Republicans, and in the Senate only 69 percent of the Democrats voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act, compared to 82 percent of the Republicans.

97% of Senate Republicans voted for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In the House, 85% of Republicans voted for the Act. Compare this with the 74% of Senate Democrats voting for the Act and 80% of House Deomcrats.

So the facts are that both Acts had greater support from Republicans that Democrats. Neither Act would have passed had Republicans not supported them.

"Liberals ended segregation."

You realize that is was Democrats like George Wallace and Lester Maddox that fought the hardest against desegregation. It was a Republican President - Eisenhower - who federalized National Guard troops to enforce desegregation.

You also forgot to give liberals and Democrats credit for creating the War on Poverty and the welfare. Over 9 trillion dollars, that's $9,000,000,000,000, a number greater than the national debt, has been spent on the War on Poverty over the past 40 years and we still haven't won. What is our exit strategy?

hate to say it, but the fact is that the VAST majority of voters will walk in the booth and , unless their congressman in named Foley, will vote for their incumbent. Same for the Senate in most, but not all cases. Like it or not, that is how most people vote.

Where is everybody at???

Jeremiah

A-10, most of those Democrats who didn't go along with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 — where do you suppose they went?

I'll tell you: they switched parties. They became Republicans, which they have been ever since. It's a matter of historical record. But you probably knew that.

As for your nonsense about the $9 trillion, keep in mind that one poor family's welfare check represents rent to a landlord and income to numerous other businesses, all of which pay taxes, by the way.

An honest holistic accounting of what you mindlessly present as an outlay that, once spent, dissolves into the ether, would in reality be considerably smaller.

But hey, don't let facts and logic get in the way of a feel-good rant.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
--Joseph Goebbels

Posted by: Tom

Thanks Tom, I think you have identified the Democrat strategy for the past 50 years.

A-10, most of those Democrats who didn't go along with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 — where do you suppose they went?

I'll tell you: they switched parties. They became Republicans, which they have been ever since. It's a matter of historical record. But you probably knew that.

Posted by: S.W. Anderson at October 15, 2006 11:12 PM

Actually, all but one of the Segregationist Democrats remained Democrats; Strom Thurmond was the sole party switcher. You can look them up if you like. The Segregationist Democrats were:

- Hill and Sparkman of Alabama
- Fulbright and McClellan of Arkansas
- Holland and Smathers of Florida
- Russell and Talmadge of Georgia
- Ellender and Long of Louisiana
- Eastland and Stennis of Mississippi
- Ervin and Jordan of North Carolina
- Johnston and Thurmond of South Carolina
- Gore Sr. and Walters of Tennessee
- H. Byrd and Robertson of Virginia
- R. Byrd of West Virginia

Now there were occasions of a significant defection of Democrats in recent memory: the first were the "Reagan Democrats" in reaction to the Carter Administration; the second were the numerous conservative Democrats who switched after the 1994 Elections.

I don't have a crystal ball (neither does anyone else as far as I can tell -- only oversampled polls and perceptions of turnout). I think we will keep the senate and I honestly don't know about the house -- but the majority by whatever party I believe will be narrow.

But in response to all these perceptions of democrat "enthusiasm" -- I work in Manhattan, liberal capital of the world, and my law firm with which I am associated is strictly left leaning. The few people to whom I have spoken re politcs(and they are democrats) seem to be fairly disenchanted with both parties. And frankly, democrat turnout at primaries with a few exceptions have been lower than republican primaries.

So let's wait before we pop the cork, shall we? Setting aside the political junkies, I simply have not been bowled over with enthusastic voters on any side.

Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things – every one. So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, ‘Liberal,’ as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won’t work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing

Posted by: Canadian Observer at October 15, 2006 07:23 PM

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What a load of crap CO, kinda like your head! Why don't you and opysheep just keep coming up with new names for us, it is more constructive from morally & ethically challenged folks like yourselves. By the way, liberals haven't accomplished any of that S.I. bro, I think that would be PEOPLE, you know, in general. People of all races, people with consciences, people with half a brain, sorry, you guys do not qualify! Nice try though, taking honor away from whom honor is due. You should be ashamed of yourselves!

bearmanUSMC

Thank you for your kind words.

Liberal ideals advance mankind, it's as simple as that. I agree, though, that the people who do this good work are people of conscience and can be representative of all races & religions (or not).

The common thread is love for humanity.

I'm in California and voted straight Republican ticket for the first time in my life. I'm not a Republican, but an independent, but the crap that the Democrats have pushed of late allowed me to hold my nose and vote straight Republican. My wife did the same. Mailed our absentee ballots in today.

Felt great.

CO, you've restored my faith in humanity for the day. Your Christ-like example makes me happy, and shows what a bunch of childish bullies these right-wingers are.

Liberalism forever. Onward and upward, America!

Hey CO, your sweetie's, axis and Canuckgay, are missing you, son. Go back to bed. Politics isn't a game, and your sorry ass doesn't have a dog in this hunt. Go get yourself some of that free health care that's all the rage in your sorry-ass country. While you're at it, go shoot some of that H in those government-run shooting galleries your immoral nation supports.

Have a nice day, kook...

And frankly, democrat turnout at primaries with a few exceptions have been lower than republican primaries.

actually, voter, while historical primary turnout was anemic for both the dems and the GOP, GOP turnout trailed democratic turnout 7.2% to 8.4% respectively. while i understand we are bickering over little more than a percentage point, your claim to the contrary seems to have no basis in fact.

of course, one of the major findings of the study from which i lifted those stats also concluded that primary turnout is not a good predictor of election turnout.
source: http://www.american.edu/media/electionexperts/2006_PRIMARY_TURNOUT_Release.pdf

The common thread is love for humanity.

You know, CO, I'm sure you're a nice fella, and the guys down at the bath house love you, but you're as full of poop as a constipated elephant. Your posts are nothing but recycled talking points.

BTW, the Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act. The LIEbrals started the war on poverty, and it's been going on for 40 years. It's time to redeploy the money...

OK, Greg-O, I stand corrected concerning a strict count of then-Democratic senators voting in '64 and '65. Your response is a fair one given what I wrote and the way I put it.

Let me put it this way. In a larger, broader and more general way, constituencies that had sent Dixiecrats and some other Democrats to Congress in the mid-1960s, by the late 1970s and beyond were sending Republicans to Congress, almost without exception.

"1H8L1BS"

Why should anyone who's is not a fellow hater, of whoever or whatever, pay attention to anything you have to say? The handle you hide behind says all anyone needs to hear from you or about you.

You are a problem, not a solution.

S.W. Anderson,

Who asked for your opinion???

We have no use for ignorant foolishness around these parts!!!!!

Jeremiah

1H8L1BS"

The handle you hide behind says all anyone needs to hear from you or about you.
Posted by: S.W. Anderson at October 16, 2006 05:18 PM

S.W. Anderson

This is the dude formerly known as keefer, or as I like to refer to him, 'reefer', as he has an ungoing obsession with getting high.

Jeresheep,

"Who asked for your opinion???"

typical sheep statement, "if you don't agree with me you have no right to speek"

how's life on Al Qaeda's payroll?
worthless sheep

Opus,

How does comparing me to Al Qaeda, and calling me a worthless sheep, and insulting me, help you any??????

Jeremiah

Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 4:42 p.m. EDT
New Democratic Catch Phrase: 'Common Good'

I rest my case...

This is the dude formerly known as keefer, or as I like to refer to him, 'reefer', as he has an ungoing obsession with getting high.

How does comparing me to Al Qaeda, and calling me a worthless sheep, and insulting me, help you any??????

Because Jesus did it himself?
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.