The 2006 American Midterm Election Day Thread

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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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

McCain, praising the change in DoD calling for bipartisanship yadayada

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

wait, a FRENCH guy said that???

I think the self-unawareness is part of the charm

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

it depended on the race

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

what is the MSM?

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

Main Stream Media. Whee.

Press conference transcript is up.

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

Rumsfeld/Bush/Gates press conference about to begin.

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

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

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

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

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

WHERE IS VIDEO OF BUSH-BOT

PLEASE, SOMEBODY

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

Bush bot live here

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

i need to see this

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

Hacks replaced hacks.

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

Ade, you're in for a treat!

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

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

Never forget.

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

Earlier "assessment" laffer:

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

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

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

CNN has called MT for Tester.

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

during the bush press conference it did.

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

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

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

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

IM IN UR CONGRESS

BEATEN UR PERMNENT MAJORTY

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

ALL YOUR SENATE ARE BELONG TO US

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

"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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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 (seventeen years ago) link

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

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

Senator-4-Life Conrad Burns!

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

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

Is Conrad in some way related to Montgomery?

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

I have to stop watching fox.

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

i don't normally like to pimp my place of business but:

http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=12888

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/106997/santorum.jpg

it's the doll that puts it over the top. it's like a fucking diane arbus photo.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

that kid's totally fake crying

― Sam rides the beat like a bicycle (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

i should note the second photo is maryland's new governor martin "muscles" o'malley and his wacky, wacky son

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

The mom's pressing a hot poker into her back.

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link

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