Posted on 11/09/2005 12:24:05 PM PST by NewMediaFan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the resounding Democratic victories in elections in New Jersey, Virginia, and across the country:
"The resounding victories tonight by Jon Corzine and Tim Kaine have sent a powerful message that when Democrats stand up for what we believe in, we win. They showed that the values and priorities of the Democratic Party are the values and priorities of the American people.
"Jon Corzine and Tim Kaine were strong candidates who offered vision and leadership based on the shared values and priorities of the voters of New Jersey and Virginia. They worked hard to earn the trust and the votes of the people in their states by not taking a single vote or voter for granted.
"Also tonight, voters all across the country delivered a resounding message: Americans are tired of the politics of hate and divisiveness, and voted for strong Democratic candidates who offered true leadership for their states and communities. These candidates showed exactly what our party is going to do to stand up and win in 2006."
Next year they'll be toast.
Where's the barf alert? I guess if "Dean" is in the title the chunk-blowing is implied.
What resounding victories?
VA-we expected Kaine to win. He shouldn't have, but did. VA already had a Dem Gov. Net gain/loss - 0.
NJ-see above.
Ohio- issues 2-5 DEFEATED SOUNDLY!!!
Or the San Diego mayoral race, or the Ohio defeat of the Soros/MoveOn.org initiatives...
I think I threw up in my mouth just a little.
A fool and his mind are soon parted.
What victories...they maintained their governorhships...They LOST their BS initiatives in OHIO...and the mayor of NYC is a republican.
For Dumbocrats like Dean, failure is victory.
Dean is such an ass. Exactly how many gubernatorial seats did the Dims pick up yesterday? Zero? Yes, resounding is the only way to describe such a political earthquake.
They're peaking too soon.Yep.
Good. Let them be confident. It will make their defeat all the more sweet.
Seriously though, what can one say? The Dems held in New Jersey, where it seems a monkey could get elected as long as it had a 'D' designation, and they won in Virginia, where many did not bother to vote, and where the Dems also won in 2001 despite the President's stratospheric popularity.
Dems replaced dems so I don't see the big deal. If he is saying the dem's position were all no on Prop here in CA they are in big trouble they might have won the props but lost all the bond issues.
My guess is the people don't want change and don't want to pay for anything new. We are taxed enough.
Like the initiatives in Ohio and the constitutional amendments in Texas?
Rooster congratulating himself on the sun coming up.
Jon Corzine is a lying scheming thief, which puts him right in line with recent Dem leadership in NJ. Oh well, at least his dalliances are hetero!
Say what ?
The Democrats can only win if they start running more conservatives who are running against morons like Kilgore...
They are being lulled into a false sense of security....
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No mention of The Gay Agenda being rejected in Texas.
Is that the real headline? You've got to be sh*ting us.
I knew it would be like this. If Pubbies had won it would have been dismissed with a tut-tut, just local elections on local issues. If Dems retain the positions, whoa, the sky is falling on President Bush and the GOP!
That was a dem win too. I'll give it to them. They kicked our butts, especially in all of Pennsylvania. Let this be a lesson to us to get our act together.
Hey Howie ... New Jersey is a very liberal state .. no surprise that Corzine won
In most cases, the American people rejected the "values and priorities" of the Democratic Party.
Well, it was YAHOO!!! news that the article came from.
If someone wants to give me an early Christmas present, photoshop a bat in place of the microphone, and place a smiling Ozzy in the background. :-)
Here are some threads about the Proposition 2.
So, Kaine runs as what Mr. Dean has labelled "Republican Light" and that is standing up for democrat values? YEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
The funny thing is they didn't peak.. NJ Dem got less votes than last Dem... and Republican got more. They haven't peaked, they've declined.
Ohio resoundingly sent the attempts to stack the election deck packing voting down all the new legalized vote fraud initiatives backed by Dems and the mombats as well.
Screamin' Dean would say the same about a new Democrat Dogcatcher in Nowheresville Oklahoma if that was the only election they won.
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind!"
Howie -- take another Prozac!
So, keeping the same seats is a resounding victory for them? Do you think Dean is aware of what happened in Ohio?
Short version: 2 Dims won Dim seats.
I guess when you define a "resounding victory" as not losing what you already have - Dean is correct.
OTOH, considering the Dem record since 2000 - maybe that IS a resounding victory!!
Allow me to rephrase Howie's statement:
"The resounding victories tonight by Jon Corzine and Tim Kaine have sent a powerful message that when Republicans don't stand up for what they believe in, they lose. The Democrats showed nothing, because Texas voters reaffirmed by a 3-1 margin that marriage remain between a man and a woman. San Francisco voters demonstrated their hostility to our brave men and women in uniform by banning military recruiters from their high schools."
Yea, the only liberal victory I saw was issue 1 in Ohio, and it was handed to them by a RINO, Taft.
Ohio, which is already under a huge tax burden that is driving away business, is now able to borrow large sums of money to give to businesses to come to Ohio. However, since our taxes are so high, and will end up being evn high to pay off these loans, it's unlikely to create a significantly larger tax base and pay for itself.
Not to mention that the government doling out money is never an efficient way to get things done.
This got voted down once, and Taft just wrapped it in some new words and tied it to a popular program, and got it passed.
We had 5 major issues on the ballot. We dodged 4 bullets, but still took a serious hit.
We need some serious housecleaning in Colombus. Too many RINOs are feeling invincible due to a long standing republican majority. We need to toss them out in the primaries and put some conservatives in office.
Howard can run, but he still can't hide the salami.
Dems can claim a victory but, in a fair world, headlines in California should read "Democrats block reform."
Blackwell for Governor!
For the sake of Freepers everywhere, no pictures of that event shall be posted (at least by me).
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