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20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« on: November 08, 2012, 03:50:26 AM »
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By   •  November 7, 2012 03:46 PM

1. Republicans retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
2. Voters in Alabama, Montana, and Wyoming all passed measures limiting Obamacare.
 
3. Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz, one of the conservative movement’s brightest rising stars, overcame establishment GOP opposition to clinch a U.S. Senate victory in Texas.
 
4. Corruptocrat Beltway barnacle Rep. Pete Stark was finally kicked out of office in California

http://michellemalkin.com/2012/11/07/20-things-that-went-right-on-election-day/
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2012, 05:12:34 AM »
Yesyesyesyesyesyes.

It was not a total loss.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2012, 05:30:03 AM »
Hmmm.

The Republicans re-took control of the Wisconsin state senate?

Didn't know that.

She mentions Kentucky as passing something to protect hunting and fishing rights, but omits to mention Nebraska did the same, putting it in the state constitution by a wide wide wide margin.
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2012, 06:52:46 AM »
I haven't even made my first house payment yet--and I'm thinking of moving to Texas.  I'd find something.

But, part of me wants to stay here and fight.  I like long odds.  I've never really followed the herd.  It's in my blood--probably from being a Dragoon and a Brave Rifle.  (Tx can relate, I think.)
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2012, 07:38:56 AM »
32 years ago in my county their was maybe one republican in the whole county. He, 4 people wanting change and two John Birchers met to see if they could bring just a little discomfort to the extremely strong democrat party machine running our county. Tuesday was a glorious day here for the republican party. My entire county council is now conservative republicans and half of the other elected county offices are held by conservative, Tea Party type republicans. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

The local democrat party held it's meeting a few weeks ago and there wasn't but maybe a dozen people in attendance. It is now comprised of and run by moonbat black women and a transgender male..... :lmao:.....never in my wildest dreams 32 years ago did I ever see this happening. :-)
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2012, 09:00:18 AM »
It would appear that the biggest groundswell from 2010 (local/state elected offices/initiatives) did continue but did not translate to a National level in 2012. 
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2012, 09:49:01 AM »
It would appear that the biggest groundswell from 2010 (local/state elected offices/initiatives) did continue but did not translate to a National level in 2012. 

Because the powers that be keep thinking that they need to run a RINO to win the national elections.

Want to see one hell of a turn out for national elections.....run a true conservative with a conservative agenda.
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2012, 10:03:15 AM »
Because the powers that be keep thinking that they need to run a RINO to win the national elections.

Want to see one hell of a turn out for national elections.....run a true conservative with a conservative agenda.

Oh, I know, I know...
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2012, 10:13:19 AM »
Yesyesyesyesyesyes.

It was not a total loss.




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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2012, 10:16:10 AM »
Hmmm.

The Republicans re-took control of the Wisconsin state senate?

Didn't know that.

She mentions Kentucky as passing something to protect hunting and fishing rights, but omits to mention Nebraska did the same, putting it in the state constitution by a wide wide wide margin.

She did miss a few other things that I thought were positive.

You should drop her an email.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2012, 11:46:58 AM »
Because the powers that be keep thinking that they need to run a RINO to win the national elections.

Want to see one hell of a turn out for national elections.....run a true conservative with a conservative agenda.

Only thing you will see in a repeat of 1964

look at the % of conservatives in the electorate since 1976

Romney 12: 35%
McCain 08: 34%
Dole 96: 34%
Bush 04: 34%
Bush 88: 33%
Reagan 84: 33%
Ford 76: 31%
Bush 92: 30%
Bush 00: 29%
Reagan 80: 28%

funny how the "RINO"s bring out the conservatives. The GOP has a problem with single women and latinos. Going further right wont fix that. Changing candidates cant fix this, it has to come from a fundamental core set of values from the ground up not the top down. 
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2012, 12:55:11 PM »
Only thing you will see in a repeat of 1964

look at the % of conservatives in the electorate since 1976

Romney 12: 35%
McCain 08: 34%
Dole 96: 34%
Bush 04: 34%
Bush 88: 33%
Reagan 84: 33%
Ford 76: 31%
Bush 92: 30%
Bush 00: 29%
Reagan 80: 28%

funny how the "RINO"s bring out the conservatives. The GOP has a problem with single women and latinos. Going further right wont fix that. Changing candidates cant fix this, it has to come from a fundamental core set of values from the ground up not the top down. 

Won't work. Part of the problem is we are letting the media dictate our candidates and meddling into our affairs. Besides, look at Reagan's numbers, which actually PROVES conservatism works when communicated properly without deference to media hype. If he gets a mandate at 28% and a landslide at 33%, that means he's pulling a lot of moderates to the right, certainly more than the moderates pull conservatives to the left.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2012, 12:58:23 PM »
Won't work. Part of the problem is we are letting the media dictate our candidates and meddling into our affairs. Besides, look at Reagan's numbers, which actually PROVES conservatism works when communicated properly without deference to media hype. If he gets a mandate at 28% and a landslide at 33%, that means he's pulling a lot of moderates to the right, certainly more than the moderates pull conservatives to the left.



Imagine how much bigger Reagan's total vote count would have been had there been Fox News and talk radio.

He has those two big wins with the MSM completely dictating the narrative.
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2012, 01:24:25 PM »
Imagine how much bigger Reagan's total vote count would have been had there been Fox News and talk radio.

He has those two big wins with the MSM completely dictating the narrative.

True, but back then the MSM was a little more subtle in their bias. These days they beat you over the head with their bias.

With Reagan's wit it would have been entertaining watching him joust with today's MSM.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2012, 02:14:52 PM »
Won't work. Part of the problem is we are letting the media dictate our candidates and meddling into our affairs. Besides, look at Reagan's numbers, which actually PROVES conservatism works when communicated properly without deference to media hype. If he gets a mandate at 28% and a landslide at 33%, that means he's pulling a lot of moderates to the right, certainly more than the moderates pull conservatives to the left.

Reagan from 80 to 84 just brought out conservatives to the polls. That was a time when the southern conservatives had left the democrat party but had not fully committed to the GOP.

From 80 to 84 the self identified moderates voting for Reagan increased by 7% and the total number of voters increased by 7%. While the number of conservative votes for Reagan increased by 27%. Reagan brought out the conservatives in a way that is no longer an option with how much of the electorate we now have as conservatives.

Increasing the voting conservatives is not really possible anymore as the parties and now ideologically divided and those last non voting conservatives are so far right we lose more votes going after them. In the long term at the local level we have to focus of family and traditional vales and in the short term we have to be able to appeal to women and Latinos without compromising our principals.

You are right about the media though, we cant let them dictate the issues, but it is also a self inflicted wound. When we let guys like Akin and Mourdock to tie themselves to us. We have to many prominent republicans who let their political beliefs outweigh their political sense. We have to play the long game, for the fist time in history the most "liberal" voting republican is more conservative then the most "conservative" voting democrat. It makes RINO an antiquated term. If we have to suffer a "RINO" term to keep some of our power, so be it. We cant let this "throw them out" mentality to override our strategy to put the country back on the right track, any democrat will be far worse.
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2012, 08:17:41 PM »
Increasing the voting conservatives is not really possible anymore as the parties and now ideologically divided and those last non voting conservatives are so far right we lose more votes going after them. In the long term at the local level we have to focus of family and traditional vales and in the short term we have to be able to appeal to women and Latinos without compromising our principals.

Repubs better put a minority such as Rubio or a female at the top of the ticket if they want to win next time around. These white male stuff shirt RINO's like McCain and Yankees like Mitt will never get the Repub base/conservatives excited. Tell you the truth, I felt worse about voting for the father of Obamacare than I did about voting for the old man.

I disagree that the right of center conservative should be shunned. A lot of Palin supporters were pissed that she was not allowed to speak at the convention and that the Yankee establishment like Wills, Rove and others dissed the Tea Party. That will not happen again as far as I am concerned cause if the Repub pick another mealy mouth RINO or Yankee, I will stay home. Screw assholes like Bonehead Boehner and McConnell. Palin has more spunk than all of these spineless yahoos in Congress.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2012, 08:33:22 PM »
Reagan from 80 to 84 just brought out conservatives to the polls. That was a time when the southern conservatives had left the democrat party but had not fully committed to the GOP.

From 80 to 84 the self identified moderates voting for Reagan increased by 7% and the total number of voters increased by 7%. While the number of conservative votes for Reagan increased by 27%. Reagan brought out the conservatives in a way that is no longer an option with how much of the electorate we now have as conservatives.

Increasing the voting conservatives is not really possible anymore as the parties and now ideologically divided and those last non voting conservatives are so far right we lose more votes going after them. In the long term at the local level we have to focus of family and traditional vales and in the short term we have to be able to appeal to women and Latinos without compromising our principals.

You are right about the media though, we cant let them dictate the issues, but it is also a self inflicted wound. When we let guys like Akin and Mourdock to tie themselves to us. We have to many prominent republicans who let their political beliefs outweigh their political sense. We have to play the long game, for the fist time in history the most "liberal" voting republican is more conservative then the most "conservative" voting democrat. It makes RINO an antiquated term. If we have to suffer a "RINO" term to keep some of our power, so be it. We cant let this "throw them out" mentality to override our strategy to put the country back on the right track, any democrat will be far worse.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2012, 08:36:46 PM »
Repubs better put a minority such as Rubio or a female at the top of the ticket if they want to win next time around.

So if we cant beat em, join em? just put everyone into demographics and count on color/sex loyalty to win? No faith in the conservative message? Go Martinez/Love 2016!!!

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I disagree that the right of center conservative should be shunned.

Im not saying the right of center should be shunned, Im saying the people pegged all the way to the right should be shunned.

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A lot of Palin supporters were pissed that she was not allowed to speak at the convention and that the Yankee establishment like Wills, Rove and others dissed the Tea Party. That will not happen again as far as I am concerned cause if the Repub pick another mealy mouth RINO or Yankee, I will stay home. Screw assholes like Bonehead Boehner and McConnell. Palin has more spunk than all of these spineless yahoos in Congress.

If Palin spent her time fighting the democrats and not the GOP she would have a bigger role. As far as Im concerned shes is the spineless one shes done jack as a politician but has no problems whining about how bad everyone else is. The ONLY reason she is queen of the tea party is because she has never been to Washington. If she was a senator or a congresswoman the tea party would have disavowed her by now. The purist "more conservative than thou" attitude would drop her the 1st time she made a vote they didnt like. Palin knows this and thats why shes happy just being the commentator and not getting her hands dirty.
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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2012, 08:59:58 PM »
So if we cant beat em, join em? just put everyone into demographics and count on color/sex loyalty to win? No faith in the conservative message? Go Martinez/Love 2016!!!

Im not saying the right of center should be shunned, Im saying the people pegged all the way to the right should be shunned.

If Palin spent her time fighting the democrats and not the GOP she would have a bigger role. As far as Im concerned shes is the spineless one shes done jack as a politician but has no problems whining about how bad everyone else is. The ONLY reason she is queen of the tea party is because she has never been to Washington. If she was a senator or a congresswoman the tea party would have disavowed her by now. The purist "more conservative than thou" attitude would drop her the 1st time she made a vote they didnt like. Palin knows this and thats why shes happy just being the commentator and not getting her hands dirty.
Let me know who is a better conservative than Rubio or Martinez. You pick em. Not Ryan cause he could not deliver his home state. The media has written several favorable articles about him. They are already trying to pick the next Repub nominee in 016, and brain dead Repubs are eating it up. Hillary will take him to the cleaners if he is the nominee. . 

If I am not mistaken, she campaigned for Tea Party candidates that were elected to Congress in 2010. So, you are way off base there. She did not this time because the idiots in the Repub party said no thanks to your help in the Presidential race.

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Re: 20 things that went right on Election Day Michelle Malkin
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2012, 09:13:04 PM »
Repubs better put a minority such as Rubio or a female at the top of the ticket if they want to win next time around. These white male stuff shirt RINO's like McCain and Yankees like Mitt will never get the Repub base/conservatives excited. Tell you the truth, I felt worse about voting for the father of Obamacare than I did about voting for the old man.

I disagree that the right of center conservative should be shunned. A lot of Palin supporters were pissed that she was not allowed to speak at the convention and that the Yankee establishment like Wills, Rove and others dissed the Tea Party. That will not happen again as far as I am concerned cause if the Repub pick another mealy mouth RINO or Yankee, I will stay home. Screw assholes like Bonehead Boehner and McConnell. Palin has more spunk than all of these spineless yahoos in Congress.

Hispanics are social conservatives and take family very seriously, something that could help the Republicans. That group would be a gold mine for Republicans.
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« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2012, 09:15:19 PM »
Let me know who is a better conservative than Rubio or Martinez.

If you think they would be the best person for president thats a valid opinion but picking them because of their races or sex is stupid. I like Rubio and I think he could be a good president, Im not sure hes ready to run in 2016 though so he might not be the best candidate.

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Not Ryan cause he could not deliver his home state.

VPs rarely deliver anything or even move the vote much in their state and especially not home state of progressivism

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If I am not mistaken, she campaigned for Tea Party candidates that were elected to Congress in 2010. So, you are way off base there. She did not this time because the idiots in the Repub party said no thanks to your help in the Presidential race.

She has also done a lot of campaigning for GOP v GOP races
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