The 2006 American Midterm Election Day Thread

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"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

"Mommy, I'm sorry, I prayed as hard as I could!"

― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link

http://blogs.citypages.com/jwalsh/images/diane_arbus_02%5B1%5D.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link

So is it true that no repub kicked out any incumbent dem?

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

isn't that kid too old to be carrying a doll around anyways?

― dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link

So is it true that no repub kicked out any incumbent dem?

Looks like, but there were some close margins.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link

A certain ILXor on the night:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/althouse/292233338/

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Bah, if the image linked. More here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

kissenger is incoherent - someone put him out of his misery

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

omg its the cnn bloggler party

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link

― ken noizewater, field researcher: capitools division (Pareene), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link

So how was last night, then.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/gradygillan/santorum.jpg

― researching ur life (grady), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link

SO NOT GONNA HAPPEN

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/original/cnnbeer.jpg

― ken noizewater, field researcher: capitools division (Pareene), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:25 (seventeen years ago) link

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/gradygillan/santorum2.jpg

― researching ur life (grady), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

L-R

"Um"
"yeh rick. sigh"
";_; do not WANT!!"
"omg so lame"
"REDFUCKINGRUM!"

― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link

How appropriate.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_923_images/Rumsfeld_Nixon.jpg

― Gerard (Gerard), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:15 (seventeen years ago) link

He was kinda cute!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link

He had so much going for him then, didn't he?

― Gerard (Gerard), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:21 (seventeen years ago) link

maybe cheney's just had a crush on him all these years.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

a coupla years later:

http://www.rakemag.com/today/readmenace/archive/Rumsfeld-cheney1975 (Custom).jpg

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/avproj/A4256-04.jpg

and more

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, so that's what Lileks' desktop wallpaper looks like.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Ford looks like he wants to tie a turd around Cheney's neck.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:29 (seventeen years ago) link

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

kid on the right: WAHT

― gbx (skowly), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I just checked my email and thought the wording of this was funny:

Gov. Howard Dean How did this happen? - The Democratic Party ... This year will be remembered as another moment when Americans … 4:37 pm

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:33 (seventeen years ago) link

cheney is unfuckingrecognizable in those ford pix

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link

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

Remarkable how noone has commented on (presumably) the daughter, to the right of mom. She's not just looking sad, but more so looking very "Why is my bastard dad such a prick?! And why was I dragged on stage to back him up?!"
Now there's an image of the impact of shocking teen realisation for ya...

― Gerard (Gerard), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link

it was only the crooked mouth that tipped me off

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link

the partialy obscured son was crying nicely too

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/avproj/A7330-22.jpg

"I don't know, Dick. I think Lynne's stuff here is a bit too steamy for my tastes."

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link

You guys oversold the speech a little bit -- he's always been a subpar public speaker, though he was more inflection-happy than usual.

The answers to the press questions, though: mortifying. It was like watching a man shrink before your eyes. Embarrassed. Irritated. Bewildered. Annoyed! (Also hoarse.)

Eddie fucking Deezen would've been more authortative.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/avproj/A7246-14A.jpg

holy crap, its young montgomery burns

― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link

I wonder which one of us will turn into the evil mastermind one day.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Dan.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link

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