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We Need A New Word For The Latest Republican Wave
npr ^ | 11-5-2014 | RON ELVING

Posted on 11/05/2014 10:20:06 AM PST by Citizen Zed

In 2010, President Obama lost six seats in the Senate and 63 in the House and he called it "a shellacking." Four years before that, President George W. Bush lost six seats in the Senate and 30 in the House and called it a "thumpin.' "

We need a new term for the midterm mojo that once again struck the president and his party last night. This time, it was a derecho — sudden and destructive, blowing down the vulnerable and blasting through some incumbents' fortifications.

The White House had braced for the loss of half a dozen seats or more in the Senate, implying the loss of the majority in that chamber and the last of Obama's leverage on Capitol Hill. There also was resignation about the probable loss of another dozen or so seats in the House, pushing the GOP to its biggest majority since the 1940s and making it look all but impregnable.

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To: Citizen Zed
Rat Massacre of 2014


21 posted on 11/05/2014 10:43:37 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Citizen Zed

My big fear is that this “wave” will become known as nothing but a FART.

All stink….. no substance - with the Ruling Class Establishment already giving us signs of surrender.


22 posted on 11/05/2014 10:47:14 AM PST by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Citizen Zed

Crybaby got a ‘Spanking’??


23 posted on 11/05/2014 10:47:24 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: Citizen Zed

Black Crusade - they already think we’re villains, and I love Warhammer 40,000 references.


24 posted on 11/05/2014 10:47:51 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
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To: Viennacon

Eleven, because we’re going to win Louisiana too!


25 posted on 11/05/2014 10:48:11 AM PST by JSDude1
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To: Citizen Zed
Typhoid Barry
26 posted on 11/05/2014 10:50:38 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Citizen Zed

Revolt!


27 posted on 11/05/2014 10:51:40 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Citizen Zed
How about "It's OUR turn now"?


28 posted on 11/05/2014 10:58:49 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Don Corleone

I was thinking Obamanami myself.


29 posted on 11/05/2014 11:05:18 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Citizen Zed

A second coat of shellacking?


30 posted on 11/05/2014 11:05:56 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Don Corleone

I was thinking Obamanami myself.


31 posted on 11/05/2014 11:06:08 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Citizen Zed

“Smack Down”


32 posted on 11/05/2014 11:10:30 AM PST by toast
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To: Citizen Zed

Red Storm Rising.


33 posted on 11/05/2014 11:11:15 AM PST by Redcitizen (.)
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To: Citizen Zed

GOPocalypse


34 posted on 11/05/2014 11:12:10 AM PST by Tuxedo (Forget Gold - buy Lead!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Beat like a rented mule ? You been “Obama’d”.


35 posted on 11/05/2014 11:12:42 AM PST by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: Citizen Zed

Obamaitis


36 posted on 11/05/2014 11:14:48 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: Citizen Zed

RINOplasty.


37 posted on 11/05/2014 11:15:35 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Republican Rave


38 posted on 11/05/2014 11:24:35 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Tar and Feathering.


39 posted on 11/05/2014 11:29:55 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Citizen Zed

Being a Navy man myself, I lean twoard the term Keel-Hauling.


40 posted on 11/05/2014 11:35:09 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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