9 responses to “Repudiation”

1. 

   Mikey McD

   20 January 2010

   Agreed. American is not dead yet… WE are not rolling over to progressive enslavement just yet. Last night’s votes were heard around the world and should be received as nothing less than a freedom cry. We joined liberty lovin’ Americans across the country and celebrated last night. There is hope.

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2. 

   Russ

   20 January 2010

   Victor Davis Hanson, provides us too for measuring the impact:
   The Democratic Reaction Richter Scale
   Posted By Victor Davis Hanson On January 20, 2010 @ 10:44 am In Uncategorized | 15 Comments
   The Democratic statist transformation suffered a sudden earthquake in Massachusetts last night. How can we measure the severity of the upcoming reaction aftershocks?
   The subsequent damage will depend on the magnitude of the next round of shaking—a 7 aftershock ensuring rubble, a 1 suggesting that rebuilding can proceed.
   So here is our reaction aftershock scale. (I think a 5-6 is the most likely, a 1 very improbable).
   7.0 Obama brings in Pelosi and Reid to plot strategies about dealing with a deluded electorate, and so emulates a defiant Jimmy Carter—complaining about a crisis of national confidence while pressing ahead with socialized medicine, cap and trade, amnesty, more spending and greater deficits. When all that is passed, we will all, to use the President’s words, “suddenly” appreciate the magnitude of His genius and sacrifice on our behalf. We will hear Obama orate about Lincoln’s and FDR’s “difficult” first year on their way to historic achievement analogous to Obama’s to come. Bottom line: Massachusetts was a warning to hurry up and get the Obama deal done.
   6.0 The liberal base, and White House insiders, adopt a bunker mode and start leaking off the record quips about the inadequacy of Democratic losing candidates and meaningless symbolic votes, while trashing Bush/Cheney and Rush Limbaugh. They begin turning on centrists and moderates as sell-outs and turncoats.
   5.0 Axelrod, Gibbs, Emanuel et al. start talking about the “middle-class” concern about jobs, lack of health care, and the economy, citing Coakley’s defeat as sign of the continual middle-class anger at the Bush debacle and the inability of government to address the people’s needs. “Change” takes a long time.
   4.0 We start seeing a lot less of Pelosi and Reid—and suddenly an “I’m worried” Jim Webb and Evan Bayh are everywhere. Democrats table Health Care, and seek to tweak a compromise “victory”. John Kerry begins talking about a “principled” opposition and a “big-tent” inclusiveness of “all Americans.”
   3.0 Blue-dog House Democrats (such things now suddenly exist) meet to figure ways of recalibrating their health-care votes, talking tough on spending, and leaking stories about an “out of touch” White House. The networks start interviewing Joe Lieberman. White House memo goes out to drop the use of “tea-bagger”.
   2.0 Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod announce “long-planned” retirements, while Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi gracefully step aside for new centrist congressional leadership. Robert Gibbs goes the way of Scott McClellan.
   1.0 Obama’s uses his State of the Union speech to do a Dick Morris triangulation, and now talks of balanced budgets, cutting spending, and fighting a “war on terror,” while praising the Bush anti-terrorism protocols, encouraging the “job makers” of the private sector, and announcing that “the era of big government is over.”

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3. 

   Russ

   20 January 2010

   oops, should read tool, not “too”

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4. 

   Dixon Cruickshank

   20 January 2010

   At least its a stick in the spokes

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5. 

   Mikey McD

   20 January 2010

   Must watch- comical… i think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aQCiRjvZY&feature=youtube_gdata

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6. 

   Dixon Cruickshank

   20 January 2010

   Mikey that was funny as hell – failed lunch LMAO

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7. 

   Scott Obermuller

   20 January 2010

   Was browsing Daily Kos today and it was great reading (aside from the usual F-bombs and cursing). Seems the central take is that it was just a local thing and not to worry – just keep on keepin’ on. Not all agreed, but hopefully they will just not get the message and sink even more in the polls.

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   Dixon Cruickshank

   20 January 2010

   When you mess with somebody and they punch you in the face – its a surprise – when you stand there and yap some more – usually doesn’t end well- just say’in

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9. 

   Mikey McD

   21 January 2010

   Google trends shows some interesting facts:
   Scott Brown is being searched more than Obama (http://www.google.com/trends?q=obama%2C+scott+brown&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0)
   And Scott Brown was searched more than his defeated foe Martha Coakley (http://www.google.com/trends?q=Martha+Coakley%2C+scott+brown&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0)
   Google could have called this one…

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