(2006-11-05) — A palpable wave of fear swept across the nation today as precinct-by-precinct voters began to realize that Wednesday morning they’ll probably wake up to news that, once again, they’ve elected the representatives they deserve.
“I want to vote for someone with personal integrity, honesty, solid moral character and a vision for the future of this nation that supercedes personal ambition,” said one Pennsylvania voter, “but instead it looks like we’re going to get someone who’s no better than me.”
The anxiety crossed political boundaries as Republicans and Democrats alike admitted that political advertising filled with gossip, innuendo, vitriol and lies was little more than what one voter called “my daily life, on steroids.”
After months of acrimonious debate on the national stage, insult exchanges on internet forums and blogs, and even some house-to-house political combat, many voters have begun to recognize that politicians behave badly toward each other because the U.S. government is “of the people, by the people and for the people.”
“You can pass laws to get the special interest money out of politics,” said one Chicago-area voter, “but that’s not enough. Real campaign reform would have to get the people out of politics. They’re what’s lousing it up, making it shameful. This would be a truly great government if it weren’t for the people in office and the people who elect them.”
Experts concede that while the government is hobbled by the handicap of human nature, it could still do some good if it had some checks and balances, limited power, rule by law instead of men, and if it were all superintended by some authority higher than mankind.
“If we could draft a document that would specify those constraints,” said one Congressional scholar, “Then we’d have the foundation for the greatest nation on earth.”
82 responses so far ↓
1 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:30 am
God Bless America!
2 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:33 am
Hmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm, to you.
Hmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm, to you.
Happy Birthday Dear KAJUN,
Happy Birthday to Yooooouuuuuu!
3 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:33 am
God bless (and protect) America.
Happy birthday, kajun.
Excellent link (#173) at prior thread, Darthmeister.
Good morning, Scrapplers.
Vote for Rick Santorum if you live in PA. Absolutely no resident of the state or in our nation deserves the pig in the poke that Bobby Casey, Jr. is.
4 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:36 am
I finally was forced to take the battery out of my phone yesterday after the 95th phone call asking me to vote for, or warning me against voting for, some candidate.
Sad thing is, I already voted. sigh, no nap for the weary.
5 Fred Sinclair // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:47 am
kajun -Happy Birthday !!! Mine is the 12th – w/b 69 years young!!!
Heirborn Ranger
6 Shelly // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:47 am
Happy Birthday Kajun!!! Eat lots of cake, it’s health food on your birthday. There’s got to be a scientific study that shows that.
On the other topic: Isn’t it odd that the only threats to such a government document could be “living” and “breathing?”
And yet another topic: They’re celebrating in the streets of Iraq today. I pray that unity can come to that nation.
7 Bill's Bites // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:49 am
Voter Fear Mounts as Election Day Approaches…
Voter Fear Mounts as Election Day ApproachesScott Ott (2006-11-05) — A palpable wave of fear swept across the nation today as precinct-by-precinct voters began to realize that Wednesday morning they’ll probably wake up to news that, once again, they…
8 Rock Slatestone // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:53 am
I believe I heard that the democrats will be dropping leaflets out of airplanes (as you know the conservatives have too much control over the television, radio, and news print) to get their message across to the U.S. to draft this never before seen document. “It’s time for a fair America” they say.
9 MargeinMI // Nov 5, 2006 at 9:04 am
Be afwaid. Be vewy afwaid.
10 egospeak // Nov 5, 2006 at 9:07 am
Another absolutely brilliant piece Scott. Regarding the last two paragraphs… it sounds so familar, I, I just can’t quite bring it to the front of my memory… I know there is a document just like that somewhere……………
Regards,
11 Mack // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:36 am
I am sure that Scott is right. I think the biggest problem with our adversaries is that they can’t accept that other people do have a voice and that the majority of voters don’t agree with them.
I could go even further. I almost never watch regualr TV any more. I won’t likely until nex wednesday when the political attack adds are finnished for the rest of the year. We live in Iowa though. We will be seeing presidential adds for 2008 before Christmas Next year.
12 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:36 am
Updated from previous page, but lost to the archives as Scott suddenly, and with precise accuracy, changed the course of mighty discussions.
Let me be the first, er second, [as per earlier discussions] to wish my dear friend in the southern latitudes, a Happy Birthday, with many more to come.
Saddam Hussein has been found guilty and is going to be deep fried and served like Kentucky Fried Chicken. Kennedy said that is barbaric (because he won’t be there for a slice).
13 Mack // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:55 am
After working a twelve hour day I can’t wait to come home, shower, eat dinner and curl up in front of the tube to watch bits and pieces of television between attack adds that I know are distortions at best. I laughed when I heard a story about a little boy running in fear when a congressman came to their school. The staff tried to tell the boy that this was an important man. The boy knew better because he had seen the face on TV and the “news” said he was “Bad for children and Bad for Iowa.”
The news I assume was attack add advertising. The funny part here is when the Democrats advertise that Republican candidates oppose abortion on demand, oppose Stem cell research, and so on. This saves the Republicans money and is a ringing endorsement for Republicans. A negative add that backfires.
Or the ones that tell me they voted against funding for this or that or opposed raising the minimum wage. You might as well call the Democrats and thank them for contributing to Republican campaigns.
14 Libby Gone // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:58 am
Great work Scott,sir!
Personally I believe so deeply in God and the Great people of this land, that I know we shall prevail. The moral decline is at times disheartening, especially when “Church Going” people condone sin, yet hope is always there. The ebb and tide of politics is something that needs to constantly monitored. My only advice….GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
15 GnuCarSmell // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:23 am
Saddam won’t be hanging around much longer. Oops, bad choice of words…
No word yet if Islamic terrorists will buy campaign ads endorsing Democrats. We do know that no Democrat wants to talk about the endorsements.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52775
16 SeaDog // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:47 am
I believe it was Sir Winston Churchill who said that the biggest argument against democracy was a 10-minute interview with the average voter.
17 upnorthlurkin // Nov 5, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Re: #15, quite a ringing endorsement isn’t it?! They should be so proud. Rush has been talking for months now about the terrorists’ bill of rights and pointing out their “talking points” parrot those of the Democrat party.
18 Beerme // Nov 5, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Let me add my wishes for a Happy Birthday to Kajun! Best wishes and many more!
19 Big Java // Nov 5, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Let’s all remember that politics is a contact sport, that most of the politicians seem to get Potomac Fever from living inside the beltway and yes we will get what we deserve if one does NOT vote.
BUT most important of all HAPPY BIRTHING DAY, Kajun…
20 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Why don’t those voters just vote for themselves? God knows they think their perfect but are too lazy to get involved. If they think all politicians are rotten and are beneath their dignity to vote for them, then maybe they should run themselves.
21 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Latest poll numbers showing Republicans are quickly regaining their numbers.
Maybe a bunch of disgruntled repubs are waking up to their horribly bad thinking from once saying they would note vote their own party
or
maybe they were lying to the pollsters all along. Hee hee
22 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:18 pm
I admire how the DemDonks are fervently burning both ends of the candles this election cycle. They believe they deserve to win and the media polls have guaranteed their win, therefore if they don’t have a landslide or gain back both Houses of Congress its because Republicans stole the elections!
You just have to love the circular reasoning of the Donks.
23 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:22 pm
Did everybody take the opportunity to read this? It truly is an amazing confession. I’ve emailed to everybody I know, particularly those sitting on the fence. Media pundits (what do they really know, right?) claim about 17% of voters are still undecided.
Let’s hope the vast majority of these voters wake up and smell the coffee and realize they aren’t doing themselves, their country, or their posterity any favors voting for cut-and-run Donks. Either Islamofascism is a growing threat or it isn’t. We have both parties on record on how to deal with these global murderers. Democrats have chosen appeasement and isolationism.
24 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Why am I not surprised?
Amnesty International has denounced Saddam’s trial.
“Human Rights watchdog” my eye.
25 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:33 pm
SeaDog,
“I believe it was Sir Winston Churchill who said that the biggest argument against democracy was a 10-minute interview with the average voter. Comment by SeaDog — November 5, 2006 @ 11:47 am
In recent years it has been easy to see the truth of your quote. In fact, its truth may be best displayed right here on Scrappleface.
Yo egonut,
Haggard confessed it all!
Maybe that was the best service to God and the Church of his life. Maybe now he can be truly used of God. Most believers here need the brokenness Ted Haggard seems to have found.
ET
26 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:46 pm
Nothing like being judged by a Godless, Anti-American.
27 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Happy Birthday Kajun!!!
I hope you got the e-card I sent you? If not, well… it was pretty funny… OK, kinda funny… WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY!
Wishing you all the best, sir.
And greetings to Mrs. Kajun too.
Your friend Hawkeye
28 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:56 pm
RE: #23~~
Darthmeister~~
Interesting. I’ve read a few of Card’s Sci-Fi novels but didn’t know anything about him–sort of just lumped him in with all other Sci-Fi writers. So, after reading that article, I checked out his website and Wikipedia and found that he’s, well, different. For example, he’s not a Christian but he’s not a God-hater, either.
Thanks.
29 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2006 at 1:57 pm
As the editor of our local newspaper says, a vote for the Democrats is a vote for mass redistribution (of your wealth. Let your conscience, not the State, determine your generosity to the less fortunate.
30 Hawkeye // Nov 5, 2006 at 2:07 pm
JL3 #24,
Well think about it for a minute. Let’s see… “Amnesty International”…
Amnesty: (from the Greek amnestia, “oblivion”) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been guilty of any offense against it to the position of innocent persons. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense.
What do you expect from a group of idiots that wants to pardon all the criminals?
(:D) Regards…
31 Stop The ACLU // Nov 5, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Sunday Funnies…
image courtesy of faithmouse in reference to the ACLU’s massive database of its members’ financial information.
Dr. Sanity has the carnival of insanities.
Scrappleface: Voter Fear Mounts As Election Day Approaches
Blue Crab Boulevard rep…
32 RedPepper // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Maybe the next installment of the McCain-Feingold campaign “reforms” could incorporate a blanket “amnesty” for the American voter! And then, we can pay Diebold & the other voting machine companies to re-jigger their machines so that in future elections they cast votes automatically, without human intervention.
Problem solved …
33 camojack // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:14 pm
“If we could draft a document that would specify those constraints,†said one Congressional scholar, “Then we’d have the foundation for the greatest nation on earth.â€
Y’know…that sounds great in theory, but some activist court would probably find it unConstitutional.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAJUN!!!
(And many more…)
34 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:22 pm
It does not matter if Bush stays in office for a hundred years this war is not going to be won by any Western State or Armed Force ! And that is no reflection whatever on the quality of our men and women batting their heads against a wall !
Rummie and company failed to provide them with the equipment they needed and a lot of our men and women have suffered accordingly.
Islamofascism has thrived while Bush has been running the show in Iraq, as he created, at our expense, the world’s finest Boot Camp for terrorism the planet has ever seen ! They come from all over to get the best real life training available.
What is the evidence that Bush is winning ?
In the face of realism he is already backing down.
35 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:30 pm
The earth has fallen apart under Bush. Fires in California are worse than ever under Bush. More cats have died in alleyways under Bush. The water in lake Erie has risen two inches under Bush. More kids than ever wet their beds under Bush. Men has lost more testosterone under Bush. Swedish cars have had more ignition problems under Bush.
Prove me wrong
Where is the evidence things are getting better.
And, oh, don’t forget more people are angrier than ever before in the Mideast.
Agggghhhh!
36 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:40 pm
“Where is the evidence things are getting better.”
Right on Ms Right Wing,Ink !
How perceptive you are my dear.
37 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:42 pm
“Where is the evidence things are getting better.”
Right On Ms RW,Ink !
How perceptive you are my dear !
38 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:51 pm
“Where is the evidence things are getting better.”
Right On Ms RW,Ink !
How perceptive you are my dear.
39 GnuCarSmell // Nov 5, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Darth #23 – Great link above! I had not heard of Orson Scott Card, but he’s impressive — right up there with Victor Davis Hanson. Card says:
“This is the victory that awaits us — and it remains possible for two reasons only:
“1. America’s brilliant, brave, and well-trained military, which projects not just power but decency and compassion wherever our soldiers go, and
“2. President George W. Bush, who, regardless of his critics and detractors, has steadfastly pursued the only course that holds the hope of victory without plunging us into a worldwide war with a united Islam or isolating America in a world torn by chaos.”
Here’s the link again for anyone who missed it. It’s a must-read.
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-10-29-1.html
40 kajun // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Thank yall for the Birthday wishes! Now; if someone of my advanced age can rember to vote on a Tuesday, rather than a Saturday, maybe we’ll keep the House too!
41 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:04 pm
Nothing like being judged by a Godless, Anti-American.
Comment by JamesonLewis3rd — November 5, 2006 @ 1:46 pm
At last, we have found agreement!
42 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:15 pm
Well, I didn’t expect a denial since you’re so proud of it.
43 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:16 pm
bystander,
Re: 34
Dang bystander, that’s the best post of the day!
Now, of course, Darth or Dumb will write 10 or 20 thousand words to claim the title. But real Scrapplers know it is yours!
My compliments compatriot,
ET
44 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:19 pm
JamesonLewis3rd
Stupid! I mean that in a constructive way of course.
ET
45 On The Third Hand // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:30 pm
US Mid-Term Elections: …
I believe Scott Ott (Scrappleface) pretty much says it all. Go read. …
46 myword // Nov 5, 2006 at 4:46 pm
GnuCarSmell Post # 37
Thanks for the Orson Scott Card piece in your link at Post #37.
That is a brilliant analysis of where the US is today in the WOT. Thank you again. I am sharing it with many friends.
47 egospeak // Nov 5, 2006 at 5:11 pm
everthink,
“Yo egonut” Egonut? Where did you come up with that one? Please don’t misunderstand, I really don’t care how you refer to me, I’m just interested in figuring out how your mind works.
See, sometimes your posts have the tone and flavor of a petulant sixteen year old, (perhaps I’m being a tad generous) other times, though somewhat incoherent, they almost resemble adult discourse, and occasionally. albeit rarely, they actually make some sort of sense. So you can see my interest.
I anxiously await your next post…
Regards,
48 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Egospeak,
Tell me if you will, what does your handle mean?
49 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:00 pm
Oh Great Darth, wherfor is thy daily wisdom ?
50 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:01 pm
The Nose on Your Face has unearthed (probably literally) the ultimate Democrat spokesperson, who has “superultimate moral authority.”
“The object of the Democrat’s affection is none other than Shawnessithopia Eleanor Rodriguez who, for starters, is an openly gay displaced Katrina victim of tri-racial descent who lost quintuplets in Iraq. But Ms. Rodriguez brings much more to the table.
“She has everything we look for in a Democratic advocate,” said party spokesman Nelson Fitzwater. “HIV positive? Check. Homeless? Check. Atheist? Check. Left-handed, vegan, uninsured, senior citizen? Check, check, check and check. Cindy and Michael will always have a place in our party, but quite honestly there isn’t much of a need for them any longer. Shawnessithopia will truly allow us to streamline our services.”
51 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Oh, oh, Dem’s “tidal wave” is shrinking. Polls are showing a dramatic tightening! There’s still another three days to the election for more shifting since these polls were taken Friday-Saturday
Hmmmmm, I wonder why it is liberal media polls (which still under-represent Republicans) are tightening exactly as many conservatives have been predicting? Could it be there wasn’t really a Democratic “tidal wave” in the first place? Not saying the DemDonks don’t have a chance at the House, but it still doesn’t look like the 40-45 seats that the out party normally picks up in the sixth year of a two term Presidency and it certainly doesn’t look like a “blue tsunami.”
After the elections I will be interested to hear how the media justifies its earlier ridiculous poll spreads, particularly since many of those House races in question are now virtual tossups. The only poll that counts is the one on Tuesday.
52 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:15 pm
It does not matter if Bush stays in office for a hundred years this war is not going to be won by any Western State or Armed Force ! And that is no reflection whatever on the quality of our men and women batting their heads against a wall !
You better hope this global war (we’re not just talking about Iraq here) against Islamic jihadists is going to be won by the West, bystander. You’ll be one of the first waves of useful idiots jihadist fundamentalists will dispatch if we do lose this war. There is no neutral ground here.
You really do need to sharpen up your reading comprehension skills and check out the Orson Scott Card link. Open up your mind, dear troll.
53 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:18 pm
I am talking about the war in Iraq not the West vs Muslims – Muslims vs West.
54 onlineanalyst // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:26 pm
Jon Carry would wish you a happy birthday, Kajun, but he is currently stuck on himself in the corner at skool, trying to get an edjucashun from his Dem masters.
55 Beerme // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:34 pm
I guess that means, unlike Rosie O’Donnell and Wolf Blitzer, that Bystander does want the U.S. to lose in Iraq. Thanks for being specific and to the point Bystander, it’s so unlike a Democrat but very refreshing!
56 Beerme // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Push!
57 egospeak // Nov 5, 2006 at 6:45 pm
everthink,
Let me tell you what it doesn’t mean first. I did not consiously choose it to feed my ego, although I must admit that it was a bit of a rush to see my first post.
I had been reading Scrappleface on and off for about a year before I decided to contribute. I hadn’t even bothered to read the comments until about six weeks ago.
I considered several other handles but wasn’t happy with any of them. I’m not terribly imaginative but I wanted something more than my initials or my real name. I mean no disrespect to those who may have chosen to do that.
I remembered many years ago looking for a particular street (Echo Dale) back in my truckdriving days and I couldn’t find it. I was late and muttering to myself, “Echo Dale, Echo Dale, Echo Dale” and my subconsious added “Egospeak”. I guess that in my frustration my mind threw that in for alliteration sake. There is a book by that name that was written in the late 60’s or very early 70’s, and I was aware of it although I had not read it.
At any rate, I remembered that from 30 years ago and I thought, “What the heck, that’s as good as anything else I’ve come up with”.
My ego is not such that I believe that there is a need for me to be heard. As a matter of fact, I’m somewhat surprised when people respond to what I have posted. Subconsiously however, I suppose that it is my ego speaking.
I trust that answers your question.
Regards,
58 conserve-a-tips // Nov 5, 2006 at 7:20 pm
Re #47: Oh Great B.S. – wherefore is thy daily spelling lesson?
Kajun, I wished you happy birthday on the last thread, but didn’t realize that Scott had just put up a new, great piece. So I will repost:
Hope you have….
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
(and that you)
pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o (happy)
Son of a gun, hope you have big fun on the bayou!
Re #57: The war in Iraq is the front for the war against fundamentalist Islam and the west. Have you ever read any history? Do you know anything about war? Do you understand the concept of a world war and different battle fronts? Guess what Iraq is!
59 Darthmeister // Nov 5, 2006 at 7:32 pm
Then what did you mean by referring to a “Western State”, particularly when the war against Islamic tyrants/terrorists/sectarians in Iraq is a part of the greater war against a global Islamic caliphate?
BTW, have you are any other troll read the Orson Scott Card link? He essentially answers the questions you’ve raised and clarifies that which has been made murky by partisan Bush-haters and America-blamers.
60 bystander // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Darth:
Bush and America are not synonymous as you will learn this coming Tuesday.
A seat at the Head table has been reserved especially for you
61 egospeak // Nov 5, 2006 at 8:32 pm
re: 55
That should be conscious and subconscious. I need to become a better friend with the dictionary.
Regards,
62 GnuCarSmell // Nov 5, 2006 at 9:00 pm
The polls are showing a widespread upsurge in Republican strength as we go into the final stretch — which is normal. The poll-cats — most of them creatures of the MSM — tried their best to suppress the Republican vote by skewing polls for Democrats, but in a face-saving move they’re now showing more accurate poll results. This happens every election, and is as predictable as rain after washing your car.
I’m an election judge in my county, and was amazed by the primary election last spring. This county was 75-80% Democrat a few years ago, but the precinct I chaired was exactly 2-to-1 Republican over Democrat.
If the voters don’t deliver the Democrat sweep predicted by the poll-cats, we’ll hear excuse after excuse from the Beltway know-it-alls.
63 rbmd // Nov 5, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Scott, you have said it. This is a poignant description about how we feel now. Your satire is with DeFoe in tenacity and succinct power to show the real situation we face against the force of primal human atavism.
64 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 5, 2006 at 9:43 pm
I didn’t trust the polls in the first place and I’m just as dubious now.
For all I know, it’s a ploy to motivate apathetic Democrat voters and create apathy among Republican voters.
65 Ms RightWing, Ink // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:10 pm
http://shellyscafe.blogspot.com/
HOMELAND SECURITY DECLARES NO ELECTION RESULTS UNTIL THURSDAY OR LATER
BEST i COULD DO IN ORDER TO PUT MY 2 cents WORTH INTO THE QUAGMIRE
66 Godfrey // Nov 5, 2006 at 10:20 pm
Polls or no polls, I’m holding to my prediction of a few weeks ago. The Republican leadership is going to get a much-needed spanking Tuesday night, whether we want it to happen or not.
Hopefully they’ll be properly chastised so that we don’t have to endure a Democratic president in 2008. But I’m growing less and less confident in this adminstration’s ability to learn from its mistakes.
67 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Egospeak,
Thanks for taking the trouble to answer, and for being so polite, straight forward and non-defensive in your manner.
My reason for asking are expressed in this poem.
EGO SPEAK
By Ken Bennet
From dark and devious symbols,
the human ego fabricates an unintelligible vernacular
for the performance of its bi-lingual masquerade —
its blatant pretense at communication.
In twisted patterns of discourse,
uttering words without meaning,
phrases impervious to understanding,
the ego strives not to communicate,
but to sustain isolation.
Speaking simultaneously in contradictory languages
which mean both everything and nothing,
it is forever oblivious to its own message.
Replies are equally incomprehensible.
Communication cannot occur.
As unintelligibility ensues,
the ego praises its own eloquence
and applauds itself as “A Great Communicator”.
http://christhealing.com/egospeak.html
ET
68 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:15 pm
reasons
69 everthink // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:27 pm
“I’m an election judge in my county, and was amazed by the primary election last spring. This county was 75-80% Democrat a few years ago, but the precinct I chaired was exactly 2-to-1 Republican over Democrat.” Comment by GnuCarSmell — November 5, 2006 @ 9:00 pm
Hey Smell, with your precincts new Diebold, maybe you can get 100% on this one!
ET
70 Terry_Jim // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:39 pm
If you can’t get 110% , get a new Diebold.
The Dems will need something to blame when they fall flat on Tuesday.
Where’s “Milk-Carton” Pelosi and “Where’s Waldo” Reid on the eve of their presumptive triumph?
71 Liger // Nov 5, 2006 at 11:53 pm
“Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, hold on.”
~Phil Collins
Love,
Liger
72 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 6, 2006 at 12:13 am
“That is the only variable in this,” Pelosi said. “Will we have an honest count?”
That’s just one fallacious scare tactic, mingled with false predictions based on undiluted hatred–she called Tuesday’s election a “a href=”http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/05/MNG8NM6EI21.DTL”>…..referendum on the war”–all in an effort to distract voters from the truth.
73 JamesonLewis3rd // Nov 6, 2006 at 12:15 am
Oops.
Here’s the link.
74 Effeminem // Nov 6, 2006 at 1:31 am
I wonder why the Democrats are trying to undermine our confidence in democracy. Aren’t they the party of mob rule moreso than the Republicans?
75 Godfrey // Nov 6, 2006 at 2:04 am
Eff: “Aren’t [Democrats] the party of mob rule moreso than the Republicans?”
Yes. They are also the party of wild spending programs and massive free-flowing immigration.
Oh, wait…
76 Darthmeister // Nov 6, 2006 at 7:21 am
Interesting take on Tuesday’s elections here.
Not saying it’s going to happen this way (for example, I believe Republicans will hold DeLay’s seat) but it certainly belies the “blue tsunami” prediction which will supposedly make Republicans and conservatives “eat crow”.
77 Darthmeister // Nov 6, 2006 at 7:22 am
Getting a late night snack, Godfrey? 2:04 AM!
78 Darthmeister // Nov 6, 2006 at 9:39 am
What some pundits are saying:
PATRICK COX, TCS Contributing Writer
What I wish would happen is that Republicans would suffer a near-death experience, nearly losing control of both the House and Senate, thus provoking a mass GOP repentance with blood oath to slash spending, eliminate programs, privatize social security and permanently cut taxes. What I think actually will happen is that the voters, exhibiting the American wisdom of crowds, will turn to legislative gridlock, perceiving that divided government is better than consensus profligacy. The House goes Democratic. The Senate stays Republican. Bush remains Commander in Chief but Republicans learn that irresponsible Democratic military and foreign policies is not enough to guarantee their ascendancy.
MICHAEL M. ROSEN, Daily’s Intellectual Property columnist, is an attorney in San Diego.
Here in Southern California, you’d hardly know Republicans were in trouble. The Governator is gearing up for a crushing defeat of Phil Angelides (whose campaign event spawned John Kerry’s “stuck-in-Iraq” disaster). The GOP is poised, for the first time in years, to retake several statewide offices, along with defeating some ill-conceived initiatives and passing some good ones. But the nationwide outlook is deeply worrying. Sadly, like most of the talking heads, I believe that the Democrats will take the House–very narrowly–but will fall a seat or two short of taking the Senate (I think Corker will win and either (or both) Talent or Allen will win as well). Yes, the dread words “Speaker Pelosi” are becoming a reality.
MAX BORDERS, TCS Contributing Editor
The economy is strong. We haven’t been attacked in over five years. On pretty much every major metric, the US is doing well. Still, there are dozens of issues: stem cells, minimum wage, social security reform, gay marriage, CAFTA, farm subsidies, and on and on… And people only have one vote, if they vote. So it’s never been about “the issues”, but one or two issues a voter cares about at the time, in a cluster of lesser issues. We know that partisan activists will get out to the polls. The rest of us are the targets of commercials. … The master narratives of ‘06 are our “failure in Iraq” and “Republican excess.” And let’s be honest: complicit in crafting these narratives has been a media determined to see the elephants run off. So my prediction? It won’t be a sweep, but the Ds will do very well. And the loudest vote of all – the non-vote – won’t get counted, but it will say a lot about just what Americans think of the whole exercise.
FREDERICK TURNER, Author of The Culture of Hope and Natural Religion
I think the Republicans will squeak by with small losses in both houses, mainly because “better the devil that we know” and “it’s the economy [which is in good shape], stupid”.
79 bystander // Nov 6, 2006 at 10:14 am
“Bush remains Commander in Chief but Republicans learn that irresponsible Democratic military and foreign policies is not enough to guarantee their ascendancy.”
Irresponsible Democratic military and foreign policies ?
History will show who has been supreme in irresponsible ……… policies, and it ‘ain’t’ the Dems.
Your children and grandchildren and generations to come are the ones who will be paying for the Bush Administrations idiocy and arrognace on the world stage.
80 Pros and Cons » A tale of two dictators // Nov 6, 2006 at 10:23 am
[...] I hate this election result in Nicaragua. I hate it not just because a lunk-headed U.S. Ambassador (in South America we no longer order people around and Chavez is being contained by his neighbors) is in part responsible for this result and that Jimmy Carter finally got the election result he wanted in 1990, but mostly because the electorate, or well over 1/3 of it, has rubber stamped a history of plunder by Ortega and his ilk. No matter what happens here tomorrow, that’s worse. Still, though Daniel Ortega richly deserved death, the peceful handover of power when he finally allowed an election properly spared his life, a la Pinichet (pronounce that “t”, this is Spanish, not French). Further, he’s at least arguably repented some of his worst sins, unlike this even more mustachioed soon-to-be corpse, the one with the two sons who died in a firefight with U.S, troops in northern Iraq some time ago. [...]
81 beekabok1 // Nov 6, 2006 at 11:52 am
Trolls, please read the link from yesterdays thread.
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-10-29-1.html
It is really a good look at what is and should be going in the “war on terror” and, get this: it’s written by a Democrat. All other regular Scrapplers shoud read it too.
82 JQ // Nov 8, 2006 at 11:53 am
I haven’t posted in awhile, but I had to drop a note to say that I’ve rarely read a truer and more insightful statement than I see here in Scott’s post-election day satire. What we hate about our elected officials is what we hate in ourselves: HUMAN NATURE.
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