The Post-2006 election schadenfreude thread

"This is a disgusting display of American voter ignorance."

This link probably won't point at the story for long, so...

State Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, is downplaying an altercation at a polling place Tuesday.

The incident was between Rose and his former opponent Rick Green, the Hays County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Rose defeated Green four years ago.

Green approached Rose at the polling place outside the Sunset Canyon Baptist Church and pushed him and then punched him.

Rose was not injured seriously, and would not speculate on Green's motives.

"The bottom line is that this is not a big deal," Rose said. "It's unfortunate that it had to happen on Election Day, but we've got a campaign to run, and we're going to be working until the polls close today."

Green was charged with assault with bodily injury for hitting Rose. Green was arrested, taken before a judge, booked and released from the Hays County Jail on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg

Disappointed Fans of Rick Santorum [Rick Brookhiser]

....can take comfort from the fact that Bob Casey, Jr. won by a very old political gambit.
"Let him say not one single word about his principles, or his creed—let him say nothing—promise nothing. Let no Committee, no convention—no town meeting ever extract from him a single word, about what he thinks now, or what he will do hereafter. Let the use of pen and ink be wholly forbidden as if he were a mad poet in Bedlam." Nicholas Biddle on William Henry Harrison.

(NB: Biddle gave this advice for Harrison's first unsuccessful presidential run in 1836; but his second successful run in 1840 was run along the same lines—plus log cabins and hard cider.)
Posted at 10:59 PM

I'll deal with Jack, guys. by Moe Lane

Clearly, you want to have a confrontation. Fine: here's one.

Here I am. (Spreading arms) Contributor to the site, former Democrat, dreaded 'neocon'... I stand before you, and I tell you, freely and without hesitation: you won.

Yes, you won. You beat us in the House, and there's a very good chance that you may beat us in the Senate. No question. So. Say your piece. Let it all bubble out; all your hate, and your pain, all your fear. Say it to me. No tricks, no games. You won't get banned for it. Let all the ugly bits out.

And the best part is? At the end of it, I will forgive you for what you say to me, because you and I are both children of God, and that's what I'm supposed to do, or else my faith is a sham. In a way, that may be why you're here; to remind me that forgiveness must always be possible, no matter how terrible the crime done.

Just remember, that when you're done, you have to take that all back within yourself. Because what is not happening here is that I volunteer to be your sin-eater. Whatever comes out is yours, and you will have to deal with it.

So, please. By all means.

Moe

Martyrology -- tedious in ANY context.

Bush press conference
By Michelle Malkin · November 08, 2006 01:11 AM

Set for 1pm.

How do you spell illegal alien amnesty?

One thing seems clear: Santorum, Steele, seemingly Talent … angry Santorum haters aside, in many ways this wasn’t about individuals — certainly not in these instances. This was a throw-the-bums (re “Republican”) -out election — even if the guy I am voting for is not a bum.

An injustice, but here we are.

I'm still trying to parse it.

Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment of all persons, especially in law. It is often seen as the continued effort to do what is "right." In most of all cases what one regards as "right" is determined by consulting the majority, employing logic, or referring to divine authority, in the case of religion. If a person lives under a certain set law in a certain country, justice is considered making the person follow the law and be punished if not.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice

The anti-illegal immigration absolutists got their heads handed to them. As the fence goes up, their rhetoric must go down --dramatically.

I sure hope he was looking into the mirror when he said that!

President Bush will not flag in the pursuit of the war, and Senator Santorum is now available for a seat on the SCOTUS should one become available.

Someone's been hitting the Jack.

i listened to hh's show a bit on my way home from work, hilarious as he tried to spin every republican up with 2% precincts reporting as already in the victory column - most turned out to be losers. also kept saying how there was no dem wave. oh the harsh sting of reality.....

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DOOOOOOOOOOO!

(well not "dumbfuck", just shades of Gray Davis boring)

"SSSSSSSSSSSSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"

And that's spelled ZSCHAU!

can't be posted enuff

Not it.

USA surrenders the War on Terror
Posted by Colt_45cal
On 11/08/2006 12:08:04 AM PST · 15 replies · 421+ views

Hey fellow Americans. Sooo, you've turned this Country over to the lovely ladies of the left coast, huh? I wonder how they will prosecute the war on terror? Allow me to introduce the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of San Francisco. One of the most liberal members of Congress. Please allow me to introduce the new Majority Leader of the Senate. Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada. One of the most liberal members of Congress. You didn't know that you were voting for them, but that's what you got. They even voted in the very first...

Resurgent Democrats win control of House (Classis MSM Pap Alert!)
Posted by NormsRevenge
On 11/08/2006 12:07:22 AM PST · 13 replies · 152+ views

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/8/06 | Liz Sidoti - ap
WASHINGTON - Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress. "From sea to shining sea, the American people voted for change," declared Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), the hard-charging California Democrat in line to become the nation's first female House speaker. "Today we have made history," she said, "now let us make progress." The White House made plans for President Bush to call the speaker-in-waiting first thing in the morning; he will enter his final two years in...

Pawlenty "apparently" wins re-election in MN governor race.
Posted by roostercogburn
On 11/08/2006 12:05:18 AM PST · 13 replies · 200+ views

msnbc.com

Could be bad news - Buchanan/Jennings headed for recount
Posted by roostercogburn
On 11/08/2006 12:01:04 AM PST

bradenton.com ^
After spending millions of dollars attacking each other in one of the most-caustic local campaigns in memory, Vern Buchananand Christine Jennings waited into early this morning to learn which would be sent to Congress. The answer might not come for days, as the close vote and complaints of voting irregularities in Sarasota County could lead to a recount. In complete but unofficial returns, Buchanan beat Jennings 50.08 percent to 49.92 percent in one of the closest local races in history. Just 364 of the more than 237,000 votes cast separated the two, a difference small enough to fall under the...

Thanks Elizabeth!
Posted by watsonfellow
On 11/07/2006 11:54:15 PM PST · 31 replies · 467+ views

I knew there was going to be trouble when Coleman lost out on the NRSCC job to ED. Way to go Doles!

We Need to Support This President
Posted by Williams
On 11/07/2006 11:52:32 PM PST · 24 replies · 310+ views

He's the only one we've got, our soldiers are at war in lands far away, America is at war around the World. We gathered here at Free Republic are one of the truest bastions of support for a strong America.We are not quitters. Hazards Yet Forward!

Another Question: Does Democratic Win Give Iran Have the Green Light on Nukes?
Posted by quesney
On 11/07/2006 11:51:14 PM PST · 17 replies · 191+ views

quesney | quesney
...not that they needed it. Frankly, I don't see why Iran bothers to pretend anymore that they're not developing nukes. Bush had little political capital to deal with this threat before the war. Do you think he's in an even weaker position to deal with the threat now? Is it more likely now that we'll face a nuclear Iran?

We do indeed live in interesting times
Posted by Jim Robinson
On 11/07/2006 11:45:49 PM PST · 95 replies · 1,129+ views

Judgement Day '06 | Jim Robinson
We do indeed live in interesting times. I believe our resolve is about to be tested like it's never been tested before and I pray we're up for it. The Democrats and the leftist media see this election as a mandate against the president and the war. They are about to pull out all the stops in their mission to totally demoralize the American people. If they succeed to the point we pull out of Iraq before the Iraqis are strong enough to defend themselves, I'm afraid it'll be the Killing Fields all over again. Only this time much much...

Montana is NOT over!
Posted by balch3
On 11/07/2006 11:37:52 PM PST · 51 replies · 2,342+ views

vanity | 11 08, 2006 | vanity
Burns's campaign is saying the uncounted votes are from their strenth areas. This could still go either way!

George Allen in 2008?
Posted by NapkinUser
On 11/07/2006 11:31:07 PM PST · 113 replies · 1,294+ views

FreeRepublic ^ | November 7, 2006 | NapkinUser
Does (almost certainly) losing the Virginia senate election give George Allen more time to campaign for 2008, like Romney and Frist both stepping down does?

CONGRATULATIONS RUSH!! YOU JUST GOT A CAREER EXTENSION!
Posted by zarf
On 11/07/2006 11:25:26 PM PST · 28 replies · 996+ views

http//:www.zarf.com | 11/08/06 | zarf
WARM UP THE GOLDEN MIKE!! NANCY PEOLSI, FACE LIFT JOKES!! HILLARY"S CANKLES, FAT TED!! IT'S CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER, IT"S A FRIGGIN' HANGING CURVE BALL!!!

Chrissy Mathews: Hillary will be Senate Majority Leader! Puke...
Posted by trumandogz
On 11/07/2006 11:20:42 PM PST · 41 replies · 1,054+ views

PMSNBC ^ | 11/8 | C. Mathews
I am going to puke...

Are we allowed to say it now?
Posted by dangus
On 11/07/2006 11:20:16 PM PST · 129 replies · 2,628+ views

None | 11/8/06 | dangus
Are we allowed to say it now? Can we drop the happy warrior schtick? In the past six years, we've seen the deficit explode like never before in the history of the country. A flaming bra-burner nominated to the Supreme Court, only to be replaced by a (hopefully) stealth conservative. The most inept State Department in the history of the United States. (Clinton's wasn't incompetent; they were flat-out fifth columnists.) 20 million new illegal aliens, and barely-contained glee that the election-day losses mean we can welcome another 50 million in. And I hate to say this, but when we won...

(V)McCain For Majority Leader!
Posted by Tall_Texan
On 11/07/2006 11:19:37 PM PST · 24 replies · 387+ views

11-08-06 | Tall_Texan
OKay, I despise McCain as much as anybody but he is going to become the de facto leader of the Senate with this tight a majority. He'll just flip to the other side whenever he doesn't get his way so I say let's make him steer from the front of the bus instead of the back of the bus. Let's make McCain the new Majority Leader. Perhaps the appeal to his ego will be sufficient enough to get him to do it. If not, we're all screwed. By making McCain the spokesperson for the party in the Senate, he is...

Bush keeps head up despite loss of House
Posted by West Coast Conservative
On 11/07/2006 11:18:51 PM PST · 19 replies · 633+ views

AP ^ | November 8, 2006 | JENNIFER LOVEN
President Bush struck a businesslike tone Tuesday night as the Republicans lost control of the House, making plans to call the woman poised to become speaker of a Democratic House majority. Bush, unaccustomed to political defeat, planned a morning phone call to Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi and made plans to give his take on the midterm election results at an afternoon news conference. Asked if the president was surprised that the House was headed for Democratic control, Snow said it wasn‘t "a slap-on-the-forehead kind of shock."

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Election Open Thread #4

Here we have our last open thread for the 2006 election. With the House in Democrat control, we can expect to see flying subpoenas and impeachment hearings, and big parties across the Middle East.

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CAIR's Candidate Wins in Minnesota

The first paragraph of Reuters’ report on the win of former Nation of Islam spokesman Keith Ellison in Minnesota says it all: Minnesota sends first Muslim to Congress.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.

They’ll be celebrating in Gaza tomorrow.
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Senator McCain should rethink his presidential run. Amid the ruins of the GOP's majority there is a clear culprit.

yes, it's all the fault of...john mccain!

lolz

also, Rick Brookhiser OTM on Casey.

Sure, it stings. But it is far from a wipe-out, and if you had told me in 1986 that 20 years later there would be a Republican president facing a 20 seat Democratic majority in the House and a two seat Democratic majority in the Senate --and that the Soviet Union had collapsed-- I'd have cheered long and loud

First, my over-arching view is that voters aren't going to line-up at the polls in record numbers to hand Congress over to the hapless Democrats.

P.S. Hey Montana Republicans, how bout that Libertarian vote?

Idaho’s new Rep. Bill Sali will rival former Rep. Helen Chenoweth as the most right-wing conservative member of Congress

Oh *this* oughta be good...

JDaniels writes: Wednesday, November, 08, 2006 2:16 AM
Now We Know
I'm so disappointed, especially in you Hugh. Repubs *+3* in the House? I listen to your radio show and all you talked about was how Kerry's inane remarks would galvanize the base. Now we know you were just blowing smoke up where the sun don't shine. How about some honesty for a change, bleh.

Even more so, one of his fellow townhall.com columnists basically tells him he fucked up.

He was on the radio here in ATL circa 1995 or so. He got drilled in the ratings, and the few times I ventured into his airspace he was getting gored by knuckle draggers who were on smoke break at community college. Apparently, this is around the time he started blowing Roger Ailes in the Fox bathrooms, because after failing his way in the radio market here, he got promoted to his job at Fox. I don't know how Alan Combs does it. Poor Alan.

Ann, the gift who never stops giving

yeah, nothing like a line sounding like she wants to line 'em up and go down like a circus seal

Ohhhhyeah... You know, I might have had corruption fatigue for awhile but I am SO looking forward when the subpoenas start flowing like shark chum.

The Democrats weren't the only winners in last night's elections. The Army and the Marines are looking like they just came out on top, too.

There's a long-standing cliche that, when it comes to military spending, "the Republicans are mostly interested in weapons systems. The Democrats are interested in people," as Gen. Wes Clark told a New Hampshire public radio show, back when he was running for President.

You can buy the old saw, or not. But last night was a major power boost for two lifetime buddies of the people-heavy services. Ike Skelton, who's in line to become the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has been close with the Army's leadership for decades. Ditto possible House Majority Leader John Murtha. Both were big Don Rumsfeld haters.

Now, for months, the SecDef's office and the Army have been locked in a cage match over the service's budget. That might change, with Rummy being shoved out. But if it continues, who do you think Skelton and Murtha are going to back?

Phil Carter says to look out for five items as Skelton, Murtha, and Co. move into the big offices on Capitol Hill:

1) An increase in the military's end strength;
2) Some kind of restriction on multiple reserve callups or deployments;
3) Funding for reset of equipment to peacetime readiness levels;
4) Increased pay, benefits, and incentives tied to recruiting and retention; and
5) Policies geared towards making the military more well-rounded, i.e.
incentives to start Arabic and Chinese language programs.

Notice he didn't mention anything about technology programs. That's because, despite the love for the Army, big weapons systems -- like the $300 billion Future Combat Systems effort -- are going to get a whole lot more scrutiny.

Skelton is calling for "re-creating an Armed Services investigation and oversight subcommittee, which Republicans did away with in 1995," according to Aviation Week.

But Skelton could be the least of industry's problems. "I'll tell you the two words that freak then [contractors] out the most," one senior Congressional aide told me a few weeks back, "Chairman Waxman."

That's Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), in line to head the wide-ranging House Government Reform Committee. He's a master of the subpoena. And, Av Week notes, he "has complained about lax supervision under the Republicans and introduced contracting reform legislation in September that would require federal agencies to use at least 1% of their procurement budgets for contract oversight. The bill also requires Congressional hearings to investigate credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement."

If the Republicans hold on to the Senate, things could get even more heated. John McCain likely takes over the Armed Services Committee. He is one of the few people in Congress who truly, truly cares about the Pentagon's out-of-control spending on weapons development. And there is no contractor that pisses him off more than Boeing -- the guys in charge of Future Combat.

hahaha this sounds so bad ass

But enough about your se... Oh, never mind.

here, here, here, here, and here.

I don't think we will be judged for electing democrats to office. I think the fact that we allowed pro-choice, pro-gay marriage candidates into office is an EFFECT of our ALREADY being under judgment.

yeah, those Women will also do that

here you go

I guess he filed his column before tuesday, as it only covers Pastor Ted.

is there no Christian-puking emoticon?

Besides, there is really no such thing as homophobia. It is a false concept created by the gay community to smear the healthy aversion to a unnatural and disgusting deviancy.

Besides, there is really no such thing as anti-semitism. It is a false concept created by the Jew community to smear the healthy aversion to Jews.

Master rhetoricians, all!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

HOW BUSH SHOULD HANDLE LOSS [Jonah Goldberg]

I think James Baker and Dick Cheney should take Bush out to the woods around Camp David. After 24 hours in a sweat lodge, he should be given only a loin cloth, a hunting knife and a canteen of water. Bush should then set out to track and kill a black bear, after which he should eat its still beating heart so he can absorb its spirit. He should then fly back to Washington in Marine 1. His torso still scratched from the bear's claws, his face bloodied and steaming in the November chill, he should immediately give a press conference at which he throws the bearskin on the front row of the press corps, completely enveloping Helen Thomas, declaring, "I'm not going anywhere."

This will send important messages to Democrats and well as to our enemies overseas, who are no doubt high-fiving as we speak.
Posted at 6:49 AM

to which the proper response is:

...For now, I can only repeat that the idea of any of these men demonstrating courage and bravery in a real-life situation involving genuine peril and danger is entirely ridiculous, as silly as imagining that Jonah Goldberg himself could do so. On the other hand, I can very easily see Lucianne Goldberg tracking the bear, killing it in an excessively bloody manner, and then gustily devouring its heart. I'm certain such meals are a regular part of her diet...

Starts out normally, descends into ranting over the commies and preverts by about page 5 or so, and gets even more entertaining from there

hahaha it's like some anime character, yelling whatever random phrases he knows in english

The ultraleftists are mulyi-orgasmic this morning, but wait until their sock puppets in the RAT party actually gain control. Then the braindead jerkoffs (e.g., the Tequito troll) who put them in office will see what a "pig in a poke" they bought. Soros, MoveOn, the Unholywood elitists et al are salivating over what they'll have the power to do with America through their robotic RATs in Congress.

If you think it's bad now, you ain't seen nuthin' yet.

The circular firing squad now includes people calling for all GOP gayes to be outed, and blames Allen's loss in Virginia to the fact that he apparently didn't call for the outright lynching and/or beating of them.

Said entreaties usually are followed by puzzlement or outrage over vicious, angry liberals not calmly listening to why they are just like terr'ists.

!!