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It’s all but official: This will be the most dominant Republican Congress since 1929
Washington Post ^
| 11/5/2014
| Philip Bump
Posted on 11/05/2014 6:34:32 PM PST by GilGil
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Wow! The similarities are chilling. Hopefully the Republicans are a bit smarter.
In 1929 the Republicans had a 56% majority in the Senate and 270 Republican house members. When the next congress began there were 36 Republican senators and the House lost 52 Republican seats. Let's hope this is not a repeat!!!
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:34:32 PM PST
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
In 1929 the Republicans had a 56% majority in the Senate and 270 Republican house members 1929--the year that saw the USC Trojans start their march to the Rose Bowl by beating the UCLA Bruins 76-0.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:44:01 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: GilGil
Except the history is precisely reversed. The Republicans have gained because of Democrat disasters, while after 29, the Democrats gained because of percieved Republican disasters.
The causal relationship is precisely reversed.
Of course, the entire left’s ideas are almost entirely based on thoughts that reverse causality.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:44:35 PM PST
by
marktwain
(The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
To: GilGil
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:45:10 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: GilGil
Of course the Depression was the major factor in the Republicans’ electoral debale in 1932. And that was exacerbated by GOPer Herbert Hoover being not just POTUS during the Crash but one with a seemingly aloof personality. I don’t foresee those factors repeating themselves.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:48:25 PM PST
by
xkaydet65
To: GilGil
And McSally took Gabby’s old seat despite Gabby’s anti 2nd amendment super-pac pouring money in for her opponent. Sorry you got shot Gabby but contrary to your views more lives will be saved by opposing your agenda,
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:50:02 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Fiji Hill
1929--the year that saw the USC Trojans start their march to the Rose Bowl by beating the UCLA Bruins 76-0.And my Father was only 13 years-old.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:52:40 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Starstruck
What ever happened to “Commander” Mark Kelly’s plan to run for Senate? Wasn’t the MSM decreeing him the next big thing for Democrats?
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:53:58 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, Convict, Deport)
To: GilGil
One of the laws passed by that Congress, the 78th, was a measure sponsored by Sen. Wesley L. Jones (R-Wash.) that toughened penalties for violating Prohibition. This act inspired a popular tune.
The Jones Law Blues--Benny Moten & the Kansas City Orchestra (1929)
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:54:32 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
To: GilGil
Does anyone know if the Virginia Senate race has been officially decided? The latest info I could find was that Warner declared himself the winner, but Gillespie wouldn’t concede pending a recount.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:55:45 PM PST
by
FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: marktwain
“The causal relationship is precisely reversed.”
But history, and the present, is whatever the media makes the most money saying it is.
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posted on
11/05/2014 6:59:22 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Inyo-Mono
My father was nine years old in 1929, but he remembers it well because in August of that year, he saw the German airship Graf Zeppelin which landed at Mines Field--now known as LAX--near Los Angeles and was quite impressed.
To: mrsmith
“But history, and the present, is whatever the media makes the most money saying it is.”
Nah. They like money, but the agenda is far more important. I would believe your assertion if it said:
But history, and the present, is whatever the media decides moves its agenda forward the best.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:11:25 PM PST
by
marktwain
(The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
To: GilGil
Make the most of it and don’t muck it up!
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:12:01 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
To: Starstruck
Last I heard, it was too close to call.
Great to hear she took the seat.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:13:15 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: marktwain
Sorry, media’s only agenda is to make money.
Liberal ideas and policies make them the most money.
So they’re VERY liberal.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:16:06 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: xkaydet65
And that was exacerbated by GOPer Herbert Hoover being not just POTUS during the Crash but one with a seemingly aloof personality. Gee, that kind of reminds me someone I know.
To: marktwain
True but were we to get say a 25% correction in the markets and unemployment going back up well you fill in the blanks.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:21:45 PM PST
by
GilGil
To: marktwain
True but were we to get say a 25% correction in the markets and unemployment going back up well you fill in the blanks.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:21:56 PM PST
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
They had better get REAL busy or 2016 will be lost. There are huge expectations here.
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posted on
11/05/2014 7:23:00 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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