Can O'Donnell Win In November?

[CSpindizzy]

To paraphrase Joe Scarborough this morning in discsussions with Pat Buchannan. "Will you be excited about this when you are one vote shyy to try to stop a very liberal supreme court appointment?"
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Not sure a very liberal nominee would even be made. It takes 40 to filibuster and the GOP has that. Even with Snowe & Co. the new arrivals will give enough to hand 40 to stop anything "very liberal". If Obama is stupid enough to put anything "very liberal" while running for reelection, he will deserve to lose in '12.

Scarborough needs to get over his grudge. This example is stupid. It may just cost a Senate majority - it MAY. But the momentum and change would be enough to keep a radical agenda from going through.

 

[gsvol]

To paraphrase Joe Scarborough this morning in discsussions with Pat Buchannan. "Will you be excited about this when you are one vote shyy to try to stop a very liberal supreme court appointment?"
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Not on topic but I wonder if you remember (not sure if you are currently claiming to have or not have me on your 'ignore' list) but recently you posted that scripture found in the New Testament commands Christians to kill nonbelievers and were challenged to point out such a passage.

Just wondering if you have come up with anything yet to support your claim??

Not sure a very liberal nominee would even be made. It takes 40 to filibuster and the GOP has that. Even with Snowe & Co. the new arrivals will give enough to hand 40 to stop anything "very liberal". If Obama is stupid enough to put anything "very liberal" while running for reelection, he will deserve to lose in '12.

Scarborough needs to get over his grudge. This example is stupid. It may just cost a Senate majority - it MAY. But the momentum and change would be enough to keep a radical agenda from going through.

Do you think lame duck democrats will try to ram through crap and tax after they are voted out of office in massive numbers??

Some of the more prudent democrats who can visualize being the minority party for twenty years or so if they don't rein in this radical socialist administration, have written a letter to Pelosi admonishing her to not touch the Bush tax cuts, and 32 democrat house members have signed it.

 

[gsvol]

Let's take a look at O'Donnell's opponent.

As a county executive he has raised property taxes thre years in a row, the last time by 25%.

Kenyan Marxist: No, Not Obama, Chris Coons | Red Dog Report

An article Democrat Chris Coons wrote for his college newspaper may not go over so well in corporation-friendly Delaware, where he already faces an uphill battle for Vice President Joe Biden’s old Senate seat.

The title? “Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist.”
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Something about Kenya wrote Coons.

The question may now be, how can O'Donnell not win??

 

[CSpindizzy]

Do you think lame duck democrats will try to ram through crap and tax after they are voted out of office in massive numbers??

Some of the more prudent democrats who can visualize being the minority party for twenty years or so if they don't rein in this radical socialist administration, have written a letter to Pelosi admonishing her to not touch the Bush tax cuts, and 32 democrat house members have signed it.

Part of me thought they may try to ram things through. But seeing how not only is there an anti-Dem mood but also an anti-incumbent mood, those that manage to survive November may be realistic and do what it takes to survive - just chug along with 'moderate' legislation.

 

[sjt18]

O'Donnell:


"It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, you also have to be be abstinent alone. The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery, so you can't masturbate without lust."

So now you want to introduce a religious test for office, right? Since when is expressing a personal conviction a relevant issue for a race like this? Isn't this the kind of underhanded politics of personal destruction that liberals whine about?

Barney Frank's homosexuality or even the fact that his boyfriend ran a prostitution ring out of their house should be off limits... but somehow O'Donnell's views on abstinence and sexuality are fair game?

"We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools. Now we're having weekly shootings. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS."

First sentence is historically true. The third sentence is historically true and is an association that even those on the left admit. The second is certainly true if you include gang violence in inner city schools.

I'm not surprised that raw facts cause you this much grief... but would really like you as a liberal to explain why.

"America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more your economy is dependent on the federal government."

Not quite sure on the definition part but there is certainly way too much intrusion in the private economy by the federal gov't... and 50% may be low side. Gov't absorbs 25%+/- of GDP and has tenticles into well over twice that much through regulations, set asides, etc.

YIKES!

Yikes indeed when a well educated person can post comments and mock them rather dealing with them honestly and objectively. That tells us that liberal indoctrination and propaganda are having a gross effect on some people.

 

[MG1968]

Part of me thought they may try to ram things through. But seeing how not only is there an anti-Dem mood but also an anti-incumbent mood, those that manage to survive November may be realistic and do what it takes to survive - just chug along with 'moderate' legislation.

is there really an anti-incumbent mood? sure, some have lost, but most incumbents made it through their primaries without a problem. Although that may have more to do with safely gerrymandered districts.

 

[CSpindizzy]

Some areas are worse than others. UT, AK, and WV are three examples of pretty safe incumbents getting blindsided and tossed out of office. Others are barely squeaking through.

 

[J-P]

O'Donnell:


"It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, you also have to be be abstinent alone. The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery, so you can't masturbate without lust."

"We took the Bible and prayer out of public schools. Now we're having weekly shootings. We had the 60s sexual revolution, and now people are dying of AIDS."

"You know, these are the kind of cheap, underhanded, un-manly tactics that we've come to expect from Obama's favorite Republican, Mike Castle [..] Mike, this is not a bake-off, get your man-pants on."

"America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more your economy is dependent on the federal government."

You're right for a change LG. She's a wise woman, just what this country needs. :good!:

 

[J-P]

Some of the more prudent democrats who can visualize being the minority party for twenty years or so if they don't rein in this radical socialist administration, have written a letter to Pelosi admonishing her to not touch the Bush tax cuts, and 32 democrat house members have signed it.

Meanwhile, the President is blaming it all on "the folks on the other side of the aisle". Pathetic... :ermm:

Even more pathetic that many will buy it.

 

[gsvol]

O'Donnell only got 30K votes in the primary. Not saying she can't win, but she has a long way to go. Rasmussen currently has her down by 11 and he's pretty spot on.

Unfortunately the Tea party, as a whole, is moving away from Fiscal Conservatism and injecting more and more Social Conservatism. If this trend continues they will lose my support.

So who will you vote for instead?

If you lived in Delaware would you vote for Coons??

O'Donnell raked in three quarters of a million dollars in campaign contributions so far, one day after winning the primary.

Some pretty funny stuff here and a link to easy way to contribute to O'Donnell's political campaign.

O'Donnel was behind Coons by 16 points just last week, so she has gained 5 points already.

Part of me thought they may try to ram things through. But seeing how not only is there an anti-Dem mood but also an anti-incumbent mood, those that manage to survive November may be realistic and do what it takes to survive - just chug along with 'moderate' legislation.

How about those who won't be a part of the 2011 congress??

My favorite party of all time, other than the 'party' party that I singelhandely founded, was the 'do nothing' party.

Their platform was that every bit of legislation passed since the adoption of the Constitution had been bad and therefore if elected and sent to Washington, they promised to do nothing. I really think they were on to something.

The 'Party" party operates on the principle that the pen is mightier than the sword and if you like neither candidate then demand a paper ballot, to which you are thus far entitled and write in whomever you feel would be a good choice.

My favorites since the '60s have been Pat Paulsen and Foster Brooks.

The only significant contribution to the political arena so far by the 'Party' party has been that so many 'party' party members were writing in Mickey Mouse that the election commission (at least in Tennessee) has mandated that write in candidates not be reported by the precincts.

That's probably unconstitutional but so far the "Party" has been spending most of our legal funds on keg parties, fun raising is one of the more important planks in the "Party" party platform.

And I might add that the "Party'" party platform seems to be working far better than the democrat party platform which really looks like a gallows on which they can hang themselves this year.

 

[gsvol]

Some areas are worse than others. UT, AK, and WV are three examples of pretty safe incumbents getting blindsided and tossed out of office. Others are barely squeaking through.

Don't forget Pennsylvania and Alaska where two incumbent senators were shown the door!!

Many incumbents who didn't have to face primary battles now are running behind in polls and there are several who were thought to be rock solid but are now running about 50-50 and that is never good for an incumbent because there are always something like 1 or 2% who don't decide until the last minute and they usually don't go with the incumbent.

Meanwhile, the President is blaming it all on "the folks on the other side of the aisle". Pathetic... :ermm:

Even more pathetic that many will buy it.

Pathetic is a good choice of words when it comes to Obamama and company.

LG was immediately against O'Donnell when he found out she didn't approve of his favorite hobby.

Delaware Senate Race: O'Donnell Opponent Chris Coons Restricts Access to Records Just Like Obama | Before It's News

Well, I don't know much about Chris Coons either. But a little checking brings up a disturbing trait he has in common with Obama. It seems that Chris Coons likes to restrict or hinder access to public records like Obama.

Case in point, as County Executive of New Castle County Coons has restricted access to the public records that county legislators need to make decisions.

By Executive order he decrees that all County Board members must make a formal FOIA request, pay fees and wait for records. Of course Coons and his staff have all the free unfettered access they want to County information. It's just the legislative branch, the peoples advocates, that have to apply, pay and wait.

That doesn't even mention that he has raised taxes three straight years in his little fiefdom, the last property tax raise was by 25%.

I doubt he will carry his own county, much less the state.

Up until now voters have gotten their political information from dipskip news media and sound bite paid political adds.

The communist party union SEEIOU has come out in support of this little avowed marxist.

Nowadays though more and more people can get a more in debth look at candidates due to the advent of the internet, this is not a good thing for establishment politics, democrat or republican but especially dhimmicrats.

 

[lumberjack4]

So who will you vote for instead?

If you lived in Delaware would you vote for Coons??

I will vote for local candidates that stand for Fiscal Conservatism and does not try to legislate morality. My local House race has such a man that I will be voting for. If I disagree with an R, for example my senator (The King of Pork) Richard Shelby, I will most likely vote for myself.

No longer will I choose the lesser of two evils, the only way for politicians to get the message is to lose their jobs, even if that means a Dem taking an R's place. Its the only way to strengthen the Republican party, which as I see it is almost lost. Like most, I do not want the Republican party made up people who spend like Democrats, but at the same time I do not want the Republican party made up of people who tell me and others the way to live our lives.

Personally I would not vote for O'Donnell because she carries too much social baggage. And before you ask I would not have voted for Castle or Coons either.

 

[CSpindizzy]

Shelby is another southern Democrat who switched over to avoid being kicked out of office. Unfortunately that is a huge problem with the GOP in the south. It's a plague here in GA.

 

[gsvol]

I will vote for local candidates that stand for Fiscal Conservatism and does not try to legislate morality. My local House race has such a man that I will be voting for. If I disagree with an R, for example my senator (The King of Pork) Richard Shelby, I will most likely vote for myself.

No longer will I choose the lesser of two evils, the only way for politicians to get the message is to lose their jobs, even if that means a Dem taking an R's place. Its the only way to strengthen the Republican party, which as I see it is almost lost. Like most, I do not want the Republican party made up people who spend like Democrats, but at the same time I do not want the Republican party made up of people who tell me and others the way to live our lives.

Personally I would not vote for O'Donnell because she carries too much social baggage. And before you ask I would not have voted for Castle or Coons either.

What social baggage specifically??

I'm with you, I didn't vote for Alexander his last campaign and I'm not going to vote for Corker anymore either.

 

[bam15]

How so?

Witch...

 

[sjt18]

She is a big girl and will have to take her lumps over stupid stuff she's said and done... That said, this is another opportunity to look at the rank hypocrisy of the left and bias in the media.

They are giving her goofiness more play than they gave Obama's very serious relationships with Ayers, Wright, and other radicals. Which is more meaningful to the actual function of the office having been exposed to witchcraft or having been long time friends with a unrepentant domestic terrorist?

 

[utvolpj]

it honestly seems like her opponent is just a setup for talk radio

Coons, 47, has already been targeted by Republicans for an article he wrote for the Amherst College newspaper when he was 21 -- a piece entitled "Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist."

Coons wrote about his political evolution from a conservative college student who founded the Amherst College Republicans into a Democrat suspicious of America's power and ideals. The transformation, he said, came during a trip to Kenya.

 

[lumberjack4]

it honestly seems like her opponent is just a setup for talk radio

Let me guess, the birthers will claim that he and BO discussed political philosophy together.