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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKen Cuccinelli fights off stench of doom
'SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. In politics, it is generally not a good omen when a candidates supporters argue that he still has a chance of victory if the opponents supporters neglect to vote.
But this was Virginia Republican Chairman Pat Mullinss version of the power of positive thinking in an interview this weekend. The path for star-crossed GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, Mullins said, looks like this: If turnout is in the 30s, the low 30s, were gonna win. If it gets higher up in Fairfax [in Democratic-leaning Northern Virginia], say like 40, its likely we wont. I dont think its going to hit 40 anywhere. Im looking at 32.
For context, 72 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in last years presidential election and 40 percent voted in the last governors race.
This valiant effort at optimism is the kind of thing a campaign does in the closing hours when it becomes enveloped with an unmistakable stench of impending doom.
more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/ken-cuccinelli-virginia-election-2013-99287.html#ixzz2jfIIWnJz
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Ken Cuccinelli fights off stench of doom (Original Post)
Adenoid_Hynkel
Nov 2013
OP
"People don't understand how much better VA will be once we arrest all the folks who've had oral sex
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2013
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Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)1. "People don't understand how much better VA will be once we arrest all the folks who've had oral sex
We'll throw every single person who has ever engaged in Oral Sex in prison, and then the five or six of us left will be in HEAVEN!!!"
Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)4. I think the wrong place has been labeled heaven...
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)7. Whod'a thunk that item wouldn't go over well with the voters?
I'm sure Santorum felt it smelled like a winner.
chillfactor
(7,566 posts)2. I hope Ken Cuccinelli gets crushed....
what a slime of humanity he is.....
JI7
(89,174 posts)3. but this is the truth and that's how many republicans win these days
that's why they focus on preventing people from voting rather than reaching out to get more votes.
trusty elf
(7,349 posts)5. Is he against tea bagging?
[IMG][/IMG]
QuestForSense
(653 posts)6. I can smell the stench from here!
DFW
(54,051 posts)8. If it's Cuccinelli's doom you smell, that's no stench
It's the sweet aroma of freshly blooming roses in the Spring.
chillfactor
(7,566 posts)9. one more day....
and the elections in NY and VA will be over..I hope ALL republican candidates get flushed down the toilet!
FSogol
(45,357 posts)10. A-F'ing-men.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)11. +1 for the thread title alone. n/t
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)12. everytime the guy talks, there's a new stench coming from his mouth!
pscot
(21,023 posts)13. I heard a dog tried to roll on him.
Dogs know. They have an affinity for dead fish and horse manure.