The 2006 American Midterm Election Day Thread

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that Tucker Carlson transcript is amazing.

yeah i he seems to be trying to shift himself from party hack to some sort of meta-pundit to save his career. i saw him reporting from lebanese beach a couple months ago ponderously intoning abt how things can always get worse as if the is was some sort of deep lesson he had learned from iraq that he's going to share with us now.

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

John McCain Statement coming up at 3pm eastern (now)

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/vote.world.reax.ap/index.html

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Seriously... did the Right have it this good in 1994?

― researching ur life (grady), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://crymoregop.ytmnd.com/

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

One Frenchman, teacher Jean-Pierre Charpemtrat, 53, said it was about time U.S. voters figured out what much of the rest of the world already knew. "Americans are realizing that you can't found the politics of a country on patriotic passion and reflexes."

wait, a FRENCH guy said that???

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Fave freakout quote from Atlas Shrugs

But let's not kid ourselves. The American people have been clubbed to death like baby seals by a drive by, jihad loving media and it took its toll. Years and years of lies and propaganda had its effect.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

In Sri Lanka, some said they hoped the rebuke would force Bush to abandon a unilateral approach to global issues.

yeah, it's stuff like this that trips me out; the idea that other people are watching the live CNN Intl feeds and slavering over them minute-by-minute as much as we are here. (or even moreso, in some cases)

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

McCain, praising the change in DoD calling for bipartisanship yadayada

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

wait, a FRENCH guy said that???

I think the self-unawareness is part of the charm

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

McCain kind of waffled about Iraq's effect on the elections: first he said he had no doubt it was the major cause of lost Republican seats, but then he pointed to corruption as being a bigger cause. like there's no chance it could be both?

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

it depended on the race

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Linked from the Atlas Shrugs post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734672/posts

― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

From the comments on that freeper post:

Conservatism is dead until we destroy the MSM.

― Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

what is the MSM?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

Main Stream Media. Whee.

Press conference transcript is up.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

Rumsfeld/Bush/Gates press conference about to begin.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

And in the Oval Office at that. How very presidential.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

I love all the behind the scenes stage-managing BS here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

WHERE IS VIDEO OF BUSH-BOT

PLEASE, SOMEBODY

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

Bush bot live here

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

earlier press conference here but the server seems to be overloaded, hey soon that will be your problem.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

i need to see this

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

lol hay guys i just woke up... so who won? someone summarize everything for me

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hacks replaced hacks.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Ade, you're in for a treat!

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/rumsfeld_elk.jpg

Never forget.

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

wow, i am! lmao rumsfeld.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/alanapost/udid.jpg

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)

Earlier "assessment" laffer:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061108-2.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

ok, this is puerile but this dKos comment totally cracked me up

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

people on tv saying bush seized the newscycle by offing rumsfeld - but like really doesn't it just emphasize how much he got his ass handed.

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

CNN has called MT for Tester.

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

during the bush press conference it did.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

Who can pay attention when there's a Bush press conference going on?

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

It's a dead news cycle anyway, Dems be sleeping.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

So can we just say the Dems control the Senate now and be done with it? Does anyone expect any surprises in VA?

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

IM IN UR CONGRESS

BEATEN UR PERMNENT MAJORTY

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

ALL YOUR SENATE ARE BELONG TO US

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

so glad this guy got his ass handed to him, esp. by a renewable energy dude.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/08/MNG9LM8JDV4.DTL

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

CNN called MT for Tester a couple of hours ago -- I think Wolf just didn't want to feel left out.

― Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)

"In Montana, Democrat Jon Tester, a organic grain farmer who lost three fingers in a meat grinder, prevailed in a protracted contest with three-term Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record), who was weakened politically by his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff."

I misread this as "three-arm Sen. Conrad Burns."

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)

Cockburn & St Clair point out that a number of Rahm's Blue Dogs went down to defeat, and that "economic populism" was the core of the Dem pickups: "If the Democrats keep on pushing the old Clinton neoliberal recipe as now purveyed by Emanuel and the others, they will not recapture the White House in 2008, or even bolster their position in the Senate."

http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn11082006.html

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)

So can we just say the Dems still control the White House and be done with it? Does anyone expect any surprises in FL?

-- Edward III (ehonaue...), November 8th, 2000 3:18 PM. (edward iii) (later) (link)

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/thedarkbackwardser1art.jpg

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

In other news Henry Kissenger not dead, or at least reanimated for the purposes of telling Fox news that Rummy and Bob have different perzonalitiez.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, says here Conrad Burns ain't gunna concede, thus denying the world another amusing speech on the level of Keyes's concession.

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

he's gonna talk w/wolf blitzer in a minute too (re kissenger)

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)

Senator-4-Life Conrad Burns!

NPR: "Matthew Dowd, what happened to Karl Rove's math?"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:41 (nineteen years ago)

Is Conrad in some way related to Montgomery?

― Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I have to stop watching fox.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:57 (nineteen years ago)

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