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| It appears you can’t count on the midterms as a check to the party in the White House no matter how incompetent they are. I’m confident we’ll hold the house. A huge underperformance. But it will provide clarity for 2024 where our senate odds are better.
“Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” – James Madison
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| It's hard for the average voter to be fired up when the criminal old media bastards so thoroughly cloaked and clouded the reality of dims running wild for these last two years. WE know what's been happening, our info sources are minorities. And the zillions of dollars pumped into leftist candidates and causes can't be overlooked. I watched almost no coverage tonight but literally caught a few seconds of Dana Perino on Fox News blathering about "..the Republicans have a lot of soul searching tonight..." I survived the blood pressure spike but WTF you fool, Perino?! We made just enough progress tonight to guarantee the next two years something else. Mega, nuclear, supernova something else.
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| If people vote for Democrats in these circumstances, with these issues, when can we ever win? Sarah Hoyt on Instapundit says: We’re not going to be able to vote our way out of this.
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Lighten up and laugh
| quote: Originally posted by sigalert:
It appears you can’t count on the midterms as a check to the party in the White House no matter how incompetent they are.
I’m confident we’ll hold the house. A huge underperformance. But it will provide clarity for 2024 where our senate odds are better.
You can if it's against a GOP president. The media was against us covering for them and liberals have invaded many of these states like AZ, TX, and GA. Throw in mail in voting (that starts two months in advance) and electronic machines and we are in trouble. |
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| And neither GA or NV looking good. Dems likely hold the Senate. quote: Originally posted by Dakor:
The senate race has been called in PA for Fetterman. Damn.
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Lighten up and laugh
| quote: Originally posted by sjtill:
If people vote for Democrats in these circumstances, with these issues, when can we ever win?
I don't know, but we can only do our best with these things. The country is turning wicked and tonight shows that many are fine with that. All we can do is stay close to God, spend time with family, do things that make us happy, and enjoy life as much as possible. Bad things are coming but there is still a lot to enjoy. |
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| Underestimating the impact of Roe v Wade overturning; when it came down I had a bad feeling about that ill-timed decision, not that SCOTUS was left with a choice once the initial decision was leaked. Gave too many women, especially among those in the middle, a reason to make the midterms a single-issue referendum. Among many of the female friends that my wife and I know and socialize with, it was a sticking point for quite of few of them, even as far as to consider it a judgment on whether a woman has the right to control what she can do with her own body, and that government should play no part in that. Ironically, an rather familiar tone that us gun owners often sound a lot alike given our own woes with government control. Frankly I think just this one issue alone hurt the GOP's chance of a sweeping victory, certainly more than any other because on everything else the Dems scored a massive Charlie Foxtrot.
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| Congratulations Brad! As a general thought/question to everyone - I wonder how much of the Democrats success tonight was due to cheating on their part vs. were there really that many Democrat voters that prioritize abortion and climate change over crime and inflation?
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| I don't think it was Roe v Wade. I think it was the whack job sycophant candidates Trump pushed. quote: Originally posted by monoblok:
Underestimating the impact of Roe v Wade overturning; when it came down I had a bad feeling about that ill-timed decision, not that SCOTUS was left with a choice once the initial decision was leaked. Gave too many women, especially among those in the middle, a reason to make the midterms a single-issue referendum. Among many of the female friends that my wife and I know and socialize with, it was a sticking point for quite of few of them, even as far as to consider it a judgment on whether a woman has the right to control what she can do with her own body, and that government should play no part in that.
Ironically, an rather familiar tone that us gun owners often sound a lot alike given our own woes with government control.
Frankly I think just this one issue alone hurt the GOP's chance of a sweeping victory, certainly more than any other because on everything else the Dems scored a massive Charlie Foxtrot.
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School Curmudgeon
| quote: Originally posted by Appliance Brad:
Hillsdale County Fourth Commissioner District with all precincts reporting. I will return as County Commissioner for a 5th term.
Congratulations!
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| Georgia remains a republic. How could the numbers for senate remain so skewed?
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Eeewwww, don't touch it!
Here, poke at it with this stick.
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| No real surprise for me regarding Michigan. Stupidity reigns. The big cities control the votes. I would say that is the case in AZ too.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
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| quote: Originally posted by sigalert:
I was a single issue voter for Trump on Supreme Court justices. He delivered more than I could have hoped. That being said, if he were to run, he’d be older and only eligible for a single term. He needs to leave gracefully and cede the field to DeSantis.
I agree with this and suspect it is not an entirely popular sentiment. The next two terms are more important than the next one term. |
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Eschew Obfuscation
| quote: Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
We may end up picking up less than ten seats in the House. I don’t know what to say. It should've been much more. The last two years the dems have been driving the country off of a cliff. We will win the House and perhaps the Senate, but this is not the rebuke the dems deserve. It will not dissuade them one bit from pushing the accelerator down even harder the next time they're fully back in power.
Winning the house is certainly a victory, but I wanted to crush the democrats. I'm not satisfied.
Well said. For the last two years, the Dems, led by a senile buffoon, have spiked inflation, triggered a violent crime wave, and aggressively embraced radical policies and perversions. This was not the "correction" I anticipated.
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