Can you imagine the chaos if Repubs do not win either House or Senate?

[kentuck]

It will be like the Armageddon of politics. They will blame each other and turn like vipers to strike out. This is all the more reason to get out and vote on November the 2nd, if you have not voted already? This is an opportunity to really stick it to the Republicans. When opportunity knocks, don't ask, "Who is there?" Instead you should say, "Come on in!"

[Demeter]

1. There will be great sulking throughout the land

and maybe some convenient heart attacks will call the loudest of the Faithful back to their Jesus....

nothing will change UNLESS and UNTIL we get the DINOs out.

[SharonAnn]

7. They will blame Democratic election fraud. Probably Acorn

[GoCubsGo]

32. Yep. Even though ACORN no longer exists.

They never let the facts get in the way of their tantrums.

[toddwv]

42. I've said it before. The Right is "all in" on this election.

If it doesn't take at least one house of Congress, it's going to get brutal REAL quick as the sharks start ripping each other up. These are hate-filled people on the verge of a mental breakdown that we are talking about, they won't be able to blame Obama if they lose so they will turn on each other and try to pull even further right. This means more gay-bashing, more racism, more "One Nation Under God", more vitriolic rhetoric and a increased potential of violence. It will be a frickin witch hunt as they burn any remaining moderates at the stake. In addition, they're corporate overlords are expecting payback. They will have to continue to block and bitch which seems to be their only contribution to the political process these days. Fortunately the greater majority of the teabaggers are all bark and no bite but there will most likely be a few more wackos who decide to act on their rage.

Here's hoping that the FBI is closely monitoring the potential grenade that the right represents these days.

[MineralMan]

2. I fantasize about that possibility daily.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Since someone took pot shots at the Marine Barracks last week

and they shot at the Pentagon, with bullets lodged in some of the windows, I think one of those hate groups that Beck and fox and Rush are constantly pushing are going to commit violence. I look for people to get killed. The tea bags are dangerous I don't care what any one says.

[sufrommich]

5. I agree. If they lose, there will be violence. nt

[Jester Messiah]

35. Then let there be violence. I'll not be held hostage. [nt]

[butterfly77]

27. I agree but...

they are not stopping anyone I know from voting everyone I know says BRING IT ON!

Their anger is no stronger than ours let them keep it up and they will really see who and where the sleeping giants are,they really have some damn nerve to jump up in everyones' faces when they are the reason we are having the problems we are having right now..

[Ozymanithrax]

4. If they do not win the House or Senate they will...

(1) Say they were not Conservative enough. American's would have given real Conservatives power.
(2) They will blame electronic voting machines, Acorn, or nefarious Muslim communist democrats for cheating in the vote counting.
(3) They will look for a Messiah 2012 to lead them out of the wilderness, a pure Conservative whose head will be anointed with oil by the Limbougher.

And there will be a wailing and a gnashing of teeth.

[daylan b]

13. People do realize the irony right?

I mean how it's just a big circle of one side doing the exact same shit as the other during the opposite ends of the political cycle?

[kctim]

20. You mean like

Saying the reason they lost was because they weren't liberal enough?
Like blaming electronic voting machines, the Koch brothers and the Christian "fundies?"
Like begging for a "liberal" politician to lead them? (and then screaming non-stop that he isn't liberal enough even though he ran as a moderate?)

Yeah, I think I can see what you are talking about :)

[daylan b]

22. Sometimes I wonder if people are just being sarcastic

or they really are so head deep in the ass of political parties that they can't see what they're actually doing.

edit:People as in the majority of this thread, not you. If this entire thread is just a bunch of people pulling of sarcasm briliantly, I'll admit it was way above my head and move on.

[Ozymanithrax]

30. In my post, I wasn't being completely sarcastic...

Except for the wailing and gnashing of teeth, that is exactly what Republicans have done after the 2006 and 2008 elections. It doesn't seem to make sense, but they did it. A similar process happened to the Whig party in the 1800's, though I don't think the republican party will fracture that way. They will pull the wagons around their brand and rebuild. Americans are predictably prone to amnesia and will forget the sins of the Cons eventually.

[Ozymanithrax]

29. Yes, there is irony, but in this case there is history, also.

The dominant message from Republicans after 2006 and 2008 was that they lost because they were not conservative enough. You can look that up.

As for voting machines and ACORN, that is also history. Both of those were blamed in 2008 when the voting did not go their way.

And they have been courting Conservative Messiah's.

The wailing and the gnashing of teeth was an sarcastic biblical reference of my own.

[kctim]

33. I don't believe we were disagreeing with that

Was just saying that the phrase "we weren't liberal enough" is just as common. Hell, its the main excuse being used to somehow explain why people will vote Republican instead of for their blue dog Dem, today.

Voting machines are used by everybody when the voting does not go their way. You can find instances of that on this very site.

And of course they are courting the 'conservative messiah,' much the same way we Dems courted the candidate we believed had the best chance to win.

There is history on BOTH sides with this, that is why it is almost funny to watch the two sides complain about and mock the other over it.

[Ozymanithrax]

38. Actually if Democrats loose, I think they will say the same things Republicans do...

We are not conservative enough.

Blue dog dems are predominantly from areas that lean conservative, and are probably the most liberal Democrat that will be elected to those seats.

But if we can get a few chuckles from the chaos, as long as we vote in the elction, why not.

[daylan b]

40. As long as you don't mean DU when you say Democrats you're probably right.

Because it's going to be a shit storm of "we're not liberal enough", "broken promises", etc. here if the Republicans take the house.

[kctim]

45. A voice of reason

and I agree, yes, its all for a good chuckle.

[WinkyDink]

6. There will be vote challenges galore in that scenario. The media have been prepping us for a

Republican landslide, so many citizens will ASSUME voter fraud/theft/intimidation.

The Republicans know how to prime the pump.

They shoot accurate exit polls, don't they?

[Joanne98]

8. They'll blame ACORN and illegal immigrants.

[BurtWorm]

9. That's the kind of chaos I could get with.

:applause:

[SargeUNN]

10. Interesting thing is how divided the right wing is really is

and should they elect enough to regain the House and/or Senate it would probably be one of most horrible fights for power between themselves, with the victim being the American People. As many differences we have as Democrats, the Republicans are in deeper divides and yet they will go vote for the Republican. If these people get control it will be very ugly.

[old mark]

11. Lots of the right wingers are saying that if they can't win via the ballot box, they plan to use

"the bullet box", which is an easily recalled phrase that even those dumbasses can remember...I do expect some of these fools to take this seriously; how many of them and what "plans" they may have are unknown, but I have been getting a lot of practice time at the shooting range to repel them if necessary.
I recall several posts stating they were noting homes displaying Democratic political posters, etc. Homes such as mine, and I believe there may be a few of the more committed scum that may actuallyu attempt that.

I would like to see us prepared for emergency circumstances - I believe we WILL win the election, maybe even more than we think...


mark

[rfranklin]

18. Good reason to get yourself a shotgun...

Show them the democratic spirit that has kept America safe.

[Ikonoklast]

12. I said it before, I'll say it again.

The Teabaggers will be the death of the Republican Party, because they will schism off all the racist, religous nuts, and rabid far right-wingers from the Republicans, losing part of the base of their members...and the money that goes with them.


The Teabaggers are the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party in a long time. They are like a Fifth Column of idiots doing the dirty work from within.

[BeFree]

16. Indeed

Used to be that the republicans hid their dirty work.
The Tea party idiots are putting it all out front; airing the dirty laundry.

They have done us a huge favor by exposing themselves.

[BootinUp]

14. They'll blame voter fraud and possibly machines too. nt

[RZM]

15. Boehner's in a precarious spot

My guess is that they'll win the house, but fall a couple of seats short in the Senate. If Boehner doesn't come through big, he'll be strapped to the sacrificial altar (again). If they fail to take the Senate, the CW will probably be that it's the Tea Party's fault (which it probably will be) and it'll get pretty ugly over there.

[WingDinger]

17. Teabaggers have already issued a deaththreat to the whole GOP.

They said this is their LAST opp. to go caveman. If they do not, the party will be dissolved.

[WillyT]

19. Yes... If Young Voters, Hell... All Voters, Want To Be A Part Of History...

this is an outstanding opportunity!

With one massive vote, you could spank the greedy, homophobic, misogynistic, racist, Republican Party into oblivion.

Imagine what would happen if we actually GAINED seats in both chambers???

Hey... if you're gonna wish... might as well wish BIG!

:shrug:

:hi:

[Initech]

21. The implosion will make for some great entertainment.

:popcorn:

23. "I gotz muh gun"

"Mister John Boehner is a Rightous Man, even though he's (belch) a Papist!"

[Frustratedlady]

24. Better buy stock in Orville R's popcorn.

I predict the influx of secret donations will sicken the quiet, non-committal voters and cause them to either stay home or vote for the Dems. There are a lot of decent Republicans...we just see the mouthy ones...and they are not happy with how their party has changed over the past decade. Unfortunately, it is too late to repair and return the Republican party to what it once was, so those people will float in and out of Independent status.

I know of many who went into deep depressions after the 2008 election. I don't think it was because Obama won, but because their party was not one they could recognize.

For those who are against Obama, there is little you can do. The propaganda of the MSM owned by the party is too strong.

It will be interesting to see how many states threaten to secede. Speaking of, how is Perry doing?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. I love the ones who are saying "Oh, if we won the house, we'd be ecstatic!"

They are full of it. They are expecting nothing less.

If they don't, expect government buildings to start being blown up. I'm not kidding. These are broken people, and they've done this before.

[wiggs]

26. How do you measure a win for gop and their donors? Even if they don't win

either the house or senate they will have gained strength.

PLUS, and more importantly, all this teabagger crap, smearing, lies, catapulting the propaganda, hate, demonizing of everyone else but party faithful, and RW control of media....has moved the political center of congress way to the right. The center today would have been RW fringe 25 years ago. The left in congress is the RW in most other parts of the world. For the economic royalists, turning most on the left into quivering campaign beggers scared of being called socialists is almost as good as getting your own cronies in there to begin with.

[Hamlette]

28. I wish the media would stop and question what part they played in the "GOP to win big" crapola

of course, if the media didn't stop to question themselves after being a huge part of leading us into an unnecessary war where lives were actually lost and will end up costing us trillions, I don't suppose they will stop to think this time.

[B Calm]

31. I know I would be smiling when I'm around the right-wingers at work. .

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. yep.

[Imajika]

36. It is going to be fascinating...

They have ridiculously high expectations and are already making excuses for their favorite Tea Party backed candidates. There is a civil war within the GOP pitting the somewhat sensible establishment wing of the GOP against the Tea Party extremists and radicals.

If the Tea Party candidates go down to defeat, and increasingly I do believe that is going to be the story of this election, they are going to lash out in ways that will be a joy to watch. When the likes of O'Donnell, Paladino, Scott, etc, etc, etc, go down to defeat the Tea Party crowd is going to blame Rove and virtually all the political strategists who warned them that these were awful candidates and had no shot at winning. The public just isn't that insane...yet. It is going to be a joy to watch. And what is really going to be interesting to see is if the Tea Party just takes their ball and goes home. They really may have a tantrum and just go 3rd party. And if they do that, they will split the conservative vote for years to come.

Oh this election cycle has the potential to utterly wonderful. If, in addition to knocking off the Tea Party candidates that are already certain to lose, we can also beat Rand Paul, Sharon Angle, Joe Miller.... The Republican party will explode, the long knives will be out, it will be a November to remember. And it could really happen too. The polls are closing up, we have momentum, Obama is now at near 50% in both Rasmussen and Gallup - things are trending our way!

[JNelson6563]

37. I wonder if any of DU's own trolls will give up the ghost.

You know how, from time to time, after an election an occasional troll fesses up and then takes their leave (at least under that screen name)? I wonder if we'll be treated to such this time around.....

Always fun stuff!

Jul;ie

[ThomWV]

39. I honestly fear for the nation if they do win.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

44. Too true

I shudder at the idea

[Canuckistanian]

41. They can piss and moan all they like.

If they lose, tough luck.

This is their big chance to prove the legitimacy of their "ideas", whatever they are.

They remind me more of anarchists than conservatives. They want to tear down the basics of society, rather than merely reform them.

I'll gladly watch them eat their own as I'm munching my popcorn.

[RainDog]

43. if Republicans win, I think I give up on Americans

because, honestly, they offer NOTHING.

[ProSense]

46. Three Tea Party videos all voters should see

Three Tea Party videos all voters should see: Angle displays racial bewilderment, O'Donnell shows constitutional ignorance and Miller exposes his inner thug