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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 10, 2010, 10:25:38 AM
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Okay now, we're getting into only about three weeks before the elections of 2010.
I wasn't around in October 1994, instead wandering around the godforsaken socialist paradises of the workers and peasants with free medical care for all, and as the downtrodden weren't much interested in American elections, it was never anything on the "news," and I have no idea what it was like here, back then.
In late March 1995, when I finally got the news--I was somewhere on the wind-blown steppes--that not only had Nebraska won the national championship in college football, but that the Republicans had taken Congress for the first time in my whole life, it was a good thing I was wearing brown pants.
So I don't know what to make of things as they are right now.
Are we peaking too soon, or is the momentum still growing?
Only God knows.
Anyway.
Win or lose, how does one speculate the primitives are going to take it?
Inevitably, of course the primitives are going to lose, the only question being "by how much?" It's a hard-and-fast rule that the party in the White House loses seats in Congress (and gubernatorial chairs), the only exceptions in the whole history of this Republic being in 1934 and 2002.
And the current president, who's no Franklin Roosevelt or George Bush, isn't going to be the third exception.
The primitives are going to lose, but in case the Devil is listening, I'm sticking with the "official" Republican party prediction, a pick-up of one seat in the Senate, one seat in the House, and one seat in a state capitol somewhere.
How does one suppose the primitives are going to take it?
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I think that it's pretty obvious how they're going to take it . . .
"STOLEN ELECTION!!" "DUAC!!" "DIEBOLD!!!!"
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I think that it's pretty obvious how they're going to take it . . .
"STOLEN ELECTION!!" "DUAC!!" "DIEBOLD!!!!"
Yep exactly.
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They will not take it well.
We should expect to see more bouncy's and stolen election claims.
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This --> :overreaction:
Followed by this --> :bawl: :panic: :catfight: :sad1:
(rinse and repeat)
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This --> :overreaction:
Followed by this --> :bawl: :panic: :catfight: :sad1:
(rinse and repeat)
EXACTLY
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Yep exactly.
" " <aka ditto's>
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And if we think it's gonna be great now . . . all I've got to say is--well, I'll let Bachman Turner Overdrive do it . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo
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:catfight:
That one could be considered racist on several levels........love it.... :rotf:
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I think that it's pretty obvious how they're going to take it . . .
"STOLEN ELECTION!!" "DUAC!!" "DIEBOLD!!!!"
Couple that with them blaming their fellow 99% cult members for being upset with Dear leader for not making this the USSR within 2 years, and for the electorate "voting against their own best interests," and that will cover virtually all the bases. I won't say all bases are covered because it's impossible to totally predict the insane.
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Couple that with them blaming their fellow 99% cult members for being upset with Dear leader for not making this the USSR within 2 years, and for the electorate "voting against their own best interests," and that will cover virtually all the bases. I won't say all bases are covered because it's impossible to totally predict the insane.
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I'd like to add a few bases...
Corollary to that will be so much frothing-at-the-mouth-hatred of tea party people/identifiers that it'll deserve separate mention. I'd expect a spike in posts exemplifying Palin Derangement Syndrome as well (which has pretty much eclipsed Bush Derangement Syndrome), since her endorsements have counted for much. Double that last if Angle eliminates Reid, as it appears is going to happen.
There'll be much simply calling the electorate stupid and Fox-brainwashed, also corollary to the bolded statement above. Oh, add triple-dipped shitcones of Fox News loathing.
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I'd like to add a few bases...
Corollary to that will be so much frothing-at-the-mouth-hatred of tea party people/identifiers that it'll deserve separate mention. I'd expect a spike in posts exemplifying Palin Derangement Syndrome as well (which has pretty much eclipsed Bush Derangement Syndrome), since her endorsements have counted for much. Double that last if Angle eliminates Reid, as it appears is going to happen.
There'll be much simply calling the electorate stupid and Fox-brainwashed, also corollary to the bolded statement above. Oh, add triple-dipped shitcones of Fox News loathing.
Wouldn't argue with that at all. Good additions.
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Evidently, it's the Chamber of Commerce's fault, too. Well mostly. And big oil. Well the list could go on.
Cindie
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how are the primitives going to take it?
well
not well
other
not sure
don't know
Where is the "don't care"?...or the "don't give a ......"?
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DUmmies=curled up on the floor drooling and suckin their thumbs...
Ree= :rotf: :rotf: :tongue: :tongue: :cheersmate: :cheersmate:
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And if we think it's gonna be great now . . . all I've got to say is--well, I'll let Bachman Turner Overdrive do it . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo
I don't even need to click the link to know which BTO song it is. :-)
Bbbbbbaby you just ain't seen nothin' yet.....
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We would see what the 'Large Hadron Collider' was expected to do: Dummy heads imploding and collapsing into singularities under the immense pressure of all that negative intelligence. Those singularities would be drawn to one another and combine into a large black hole of stupidity, which will utterly consume Skin's Island of Misfit ****-ups, and eventually (by December 21th, 2012) swallow the earth whole.
Ought to be one hell of a ride.
'Not well' doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Let me add that after every election we've enjoyed together as a group, whether here or at CU, we have had some primitive wander over extending an olive branch of "OK you won, aren't there some things we can agree upon and work together to improve?" or "We won, no hard feelings, time to pull together and help us move forward the agenda the people favored." Now that I mention it having happened, it's probably jinxed, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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:rotf: mass suicide? :rotf:
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:rotf: mass suicide? :rotf:
One can hope.
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Ok, ok, who are the "other" voters?
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Ok, ok, who are the "other" voters?
I'm one of 'em.
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Okay now, I got a question which is off-topic, but not worth a new thread.
As I mentioned in my original post, I wasn't around in 1994, so have no idea what was going on then.
I come home for a few minutes this evening, and am finding no good news, no good news at all, for the Dems.
"DEMS IN RETREAT" seem to be all over.
"IT LOOKS TO BE A ROUT" most seem to be predicting.
It's three weeks yet before the elections, and I'm curious.
At what point in 1994 did most seem to sense the Republicans would gain control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1952?
Was it an unexpected--but of course something more than "pleasant"--surprise, or did people sense it coming?
And if they sensed it coming, about when did that sense happen?
In spring 1994? In summer 1994? In autumn 1994?
Long before the elections, or only days or minutes before the elections?
I'm worried we might peak too soon, but having no "past" on which to measure, have no idea if we are or aren't.
(Naturally, I'm hoping the momentum keeps building.)
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I wasn't able to find much, but I did come across this article, published in late September 1994. It doesn't sound like any Republican landslide was expected.
A net of 40 seats would have to swing from Democrats to Republicans for them to win control of the House in the November election. The morning line is that Republicans may well pick up 25 to 30 seats but are not likely to reach 40.
But Republican leaders today expressed confidence that they would beat the conventional odds. Representative L. William Paxon of upstate New York, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said he had reviewed all the opinion polls and believed that if the election were held today, Republicans would win the House.
One reason for the event today was to dispel the notion that Republicans are obstructionists who have no ideas of their own. Republican candidates for the Senate put out a similar platform last week.
"It's important that we stand for something," said Grant Lally, who is running against Representative Gary L. Ackerman in a district that includes parts of Long Island and Queens.
A matter that worries some Republicans is that they have given Democrats a target to shoot at for the rest of the campaign. Before this, when the Republican manifesto was limited to opposing President Clinton, Democratic candidates found it hard to take the offensive. Now, Democrats can tote up the Republican proposals and argue that they have promised to favor the rich at the expense of the less fortunate and would break the national economy.
New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/28/us/republicans-offer-voters-a-deal-for-takeover-of-house.html)
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Not well...
Why? Simple, they are zealous fanatics.
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I'd like to add a few bases...
Corollary to that will be so much frothing-at-the-mouth-hatred of tea party people/identifiers that it'll deserve separate mention. I'd expect a spike in posts exemplifying Palin Derangement Syndrome as well (which has pretty much eclipsed Bush Derangement Syndrome), since her endorsements have counted for much. Double that last if Angle eliminates Reid, as it appears is going to happen.
There'll be much simply calling the electorate stupid and Fox-brainwashed, also corollary to the bolded statement above. Oh, add triple-dipped shitcones of Fox News loathing.
Don't forget what'll happen if Christine O'Donnell wins!
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:popcorn: :hi5: :cheersmate: :tongue: :popcorn:
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We would see what the 'Large Hadron Collider' was expected to do: Dummy heads imploding and collapsing into singularities under the immense pressure of all that negative intelligence. Those singularities would be drawn to one another and combine into a large black hole of stupidity, which will utterly consume Skin's Island of Misfit ****-ups, and eventually (by December 21th, 2012) swallow the earth whole.
Ought to be one hell of a ride.
'Not well' doesn't even begin to cover it.
:rotf:
Best answer. H5.
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Okay now, I got a question which is off-topic, but not worth a new thread.
As I mentioned in my original post, I wasn't around in 1994, so have no idea what was going on then.
I come home for a few minutes this evening, and am finding no good news, no good news at all, for the Dems.
"DEMS IN RETREAT" seem to be all over.
"IT LOOKS TO BE A ROUT" most seem to be predicting.
It's three weeks yet before the elections, and I'm curious.
At what point in 1994 did most seem to sense the Republicans would gain control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 1952?
Was it an unexpected--but of course something more than "pleasant"--surprise, or did people sense it coming?
And if they sensed it coming, about when did that sense happen?
In spring 1994? In summer 1994? In autumn 1994?
Long before the elections, or only days or minutes before the elections?
I'm worried we might peak too soon, but having no "past" on which to measure, have no idea if we are or aren't.
(Naturally, I'm hoping the momentum keeps building.)
Rush has the best analysis of that election than anyone else out there. To paraphrase, the midterms that year were made national vice district. There were many democrat scandals that election season that disgusted many voters.
By contrast, this midterm is not going to be a partisan election as 94 was. This one is going to go way beyond a partisan look-at-us-we're-better and be a "is this really how you want to continue living?" election season.
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Let me add that after every election we've enjoyed together as a group, whether here or at CU, we have had some primitive wander over extending an olive branch of "OK you won, aren't there some things we can agree upon and work together to improve?" or "We won, no hard feelings, time to pull together and help us move forward the agenda the people favored." Now that I mention it having happened, it's probably jinxed, but I wouldn't bet on it.
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Well, at that point we can offer them the same hand of cooperation that hussein offered the Republican minority: Hey, we won.
:-)
Personally, I hope these Luddites "take it" with a .45 caliber aspirin.
But that's just me... ;)
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I'm one of 'em.
Well, I gotta ask, Def...how do you think they'll take it, if not in some way that we wouldn't call "not well"?
Fro myself---A FEW I would expect to point out the following: "hey, look at all the good for damage to the United States Obama has managed to do in just 2 years. So what if we lose the Congress now, or even the Presidency in 2 years? The Rethugs decent people of the United States will NEVER be able to reverse what we've done to advance the cause of progressivism combination Stalinist/Maoist fascism/communism. And we'll gain it all back eventually and push the country further left down the path to complete tyranny and ruin."
And those few might be right. It's the "never reverse" part that's still uncertain, but if past is prologue, they might be right. Every time the bastards gain power, they push the country farther left overall, and never seem to be rolled back.
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Well, I gotta ask, Def...how do you think they'll take it, if not in some way that we wouldn't call "not well"?
Fro myself---A FEW I would expect to point out the following: "hey, look at all the good for damage to the United States Obama has managed to do in just 2 years. So what if we lose the Congress now, or even the Presidency in 2 years? The Rethugs decent people of the United States will NEVER be able to reverse what we've done to advance the cause of progressivism combination Stalinist/Maoist fascism/communism. And we'll gain it all back eventually and push the country further left down the path to complete tyranny and ruin."
And those few might be right. It's the "never reverse" part that's still uncertain, but if past is prologue, they might be right. Every time the bastards gain power, they push the country farther left overall, and never seem to be rolled back.
As I posted earlier; 'not well' doesn't even begin to cover how bad they'll take it.
My guess? Skinner restricts access to the DUmp exclusively to donating members at about 16:00 eastern time on the 2nd, as the early exit polls start showing a real rout in progress and the DUmbshits start the full blown flinging poo and clawing and biting at one another in rage and frustration.
(http://img.buzznet.com/assets/imgx/1/9/1/6/6/1/orig-191661.jpg)
I imagine that once he can get the worst of the loonies tombstoned, it'll take Skinner about a week to sweep the worst of the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth - you know, the stuff that shows the Dhimmi'Rats for what they really are - down the memory hole and the 'Island becomes visible to the general public.
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As I posted earlier; 'not well' doesn't even begin to cover how bad they'll take it.
My guess? Skinner restricts access to the DUmp exclusively to donating members at about 16:00 eastern time on the 2nd, as the early exit polls start showing a real rout in progress and the DUmbshits start the full blown flinging poo and clawing and biting at one another in rage and frustration.
I imagine that once he can get the worst of the loonies tombstoned, it'll take Skinner about a week to sweep the worst of the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth - you know, the stuff that shows the Dhimmi'Rats for what they really are - down the memory hole and the 'Island becomes visible to the general public.
Oh, I think he's going to need a month to hose the blood and feces off of the walls after this election night.
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Ok, ok, who are the "other" voters?
I almost voted "other" 'cause I didn't see a..........
"They'll go Nuckin' Futz!", choice!
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They never take anything well.