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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:27 PM
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I actually think the nutbaggers' "big" wins tonight portend well for our country.
Every nutbagger in the country voted tonight.

Most sane people stayed home.

This is all they got, folks. That's it. They shot their wad tonight (I'm looking at you, Christine). Every last sane repubican in New England is gone. That is spreading. The reasonable ones got their ass kicked by batshit crazy people. But the fact is, every batshit crazy person voted tonight. There is no apathy in their ranks, only zeal.

But there is no big crowd. Look at O'Donnell's acceptance speech. I have seen bigger audiences at school board primary winners' parties.

If you want to win, just go vote. And just for the hell of it, ask your reasonable repubican neighbor to go to the polls with you.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:30 PM
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1. why would "sane people stay home" ?
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:33 PM
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3. Anger or apathy
Neither of which will hold when the likes of Christine O'Donnell start talking. I have long been predicting teabagger primary wins followed by a shockingly big Dem turnout (relatively speaking) in the generals.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:45 PM
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8. I do hope you are correct
I'm voting Dem regardless but I certainly am not enthused - but, I guess an anti-vote wields the same clout as a pro-vote
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:52 PM
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9. Yes it does.
And my kid voting with us this election. His first vote! He's excited. Hope nothing fishy goes down. :hi:
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:30 PM
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2. Exactly. And don't discount the fact that many dems most likely crossed
over to vote for the nutbagger to help set up a dem victory in November.

Hell, I'd have voted for her just to be proud of helping the republicon party implode.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:34 PM
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4. I'm pretty sure Delaware has a closed primary.
That means the nutbaggers did it to themselves.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:38 PM
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5. That means the nutbaggers did it to themselves.
That means the nutbaggers played with themselves.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:45 PM
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7. I'm in PA, so local news discussed the primaries a bit--
I heard this in passing, so, I don't know how real this is, but someone said that there was confusion around the primaries, with registered Democrats showing up:

It seems that some Republicans changed their party affiliation to vote in the Democratic primary in 2008 (Operation Chaos!)and forgot to change back. If this is the case, that makes me laugh even harder!
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 09:41 PM
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6. There has to be a political label for whatever point
a party has reached when it has appealed so entirely to its base that it loses all independents. I think the GOP is trending there.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 10:33 PM
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10. We're going to see at least a few tea partiers win
In Utah, Alaska, and Kentucky, there are going to be wins for the tea party. Clearly, in a goodly number of Congressional districts, this will happen as well.

Let's hope they give the GOP establishment the majority of the trouble, but I have a feeling that what they will bring to government will get worse before it gets better.
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