Posted on 10/14/2006 8:03:57 AM PDT by Phsstpok
Yeah, I heard what Barnes said too.
What fun it will be if they are all wrong, again. More, it would not be the first time! Let's see.... The Democrats, pollsters, media and press were wrong when?
Oh yeah... 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. That sure does not seem like a stellar record of accuracy to me. The only prediction the media got right was Bill Clinton winning in 1996. They missed the rest. (I'm sure Mister's Gore and Kerry can remind them if they have forgotten.)
The only hope is the trend, and I think the trend is our friend.
I say that because most of these observers agree that up through the end of September, things were looking up for the Republicans. The Foley scandal brought that to a screeching halt, and the democrats are now up.
The trend is, though, that the Foley scandal has run its fill. There is no more to spill, and now the Republicans can get back on message. Will they? Will they allow the DBM to invent something new to beat them with? Will they allow the DBM to bury the Reid land deal? Will we? Is this why Barone is glum, or is it because of these last two weeks?
Lets see what happens over the next three weeks. Everyone is looking backwards. What is ahead of us?
Wonder if Wallace will spring another woodie... and ask Kerry about his Form 180.
You must be kidding....
Chris is a DEM...it is only because Clinton decided to make a scene and get a LOT of attention..that Chris even came close to giving a "tough" interview to Clinton.
I WOULD like Chris to ask Kerry why he has decided to make the phrase "swift boated" a perjorative...since he WAS a Swift Boat vet..(or is, techinically, although he has denounced his duty as war crimes)....
I want him to repeat what I think I heard that he said a week or two ago...how he was gonna kick a$$ all across America if the Swifties come after him again.
I ordered the new Mark Steyn book the other night...off of the thread posted here on FR..
I got my autographed copy in today's mail!! I am excited, I have never had an autographed book before.
The name of the book is , "AMERICA ALONE, The End of the World as We Know It"...
It is about how Europe has succumbed to the multiculturalism...and changes from it...with Sharia Law in places...
AND, how America is the last best hope to NOT let it take over the world...especially the West.
JUST a scary reminder of what will happen if the Dems get back in power..IMHO>
Good for you! Let me know what you think of it when you're done reading it.
For me, I am trying not to buy hard cover books anymore. I do buy E-books but I'm out of room for more real books. We have to get rid of a bunch of the ones we have so this is no time to get more. E-books I can store on disk.
I have 2-3 boxes of hard backed books I am going to take to the library..
I have been a member of book clubs...and used to split the cost with my mother, because she and I liked the same books..
But, since she died a couple of years ago...I haven't wanted to spend the money..and it isn't quite the same...
PLUS, I became a FREEPER....no time for reading.
Oh no, I read more now than ever before. I get tons of books off Gutenberg, for free, and buy others. I think I'm reading more now because TV is so horrible these days. Add in, I am not as tolerant of the propaganda the left keeps spewing so I am very selective on what I'll read by the left. Then add in FR and vast resources we get here and I have more to read today than I have ever had.
I spend a LOT of time on FR, when I don't have the kiddos here...I really only have the TV on for something to look at between postings...LOL
Tonight...sports!
I will probably start my new book..it is only 214 pages...so it shouldn't take me long.
I was going to watch the special on Fox about North Korea, even though it was being hosted by Sheppy...until one of the first "experts" he had on was Richard Holbrooke..GAG ME!
I turned the TV channel just in time to see the Detroit Tigers win the pennant...
Looks like Bahbah and I will be on opposite sides for probably the only time I can remember...she is a St. Louis fan...and there are several ex-Texas Rangers on the Tiger team...so I am going to root for them.
This is about the only time I watch baseball...I am more of a football fan...but I don't even watch that so much anymore.
I am reading Vince Flynn's new novel - WOW!
I agree. What is the matter with guys like Barnes, et al?? You don't help your turnout by declaring everything is lost three weeks out. And belief in polls in midterms is foolish. I am not a pollyanna. But how many election cycles do we need to teach us that polls cannot be trusted, even on election day itself (2004). Seems that most conservative journalists like Bill Crystal, the NRO gang, Barnes, etc. are hysterics about everything. As soon as things seem difficult they bail. Pathetic group.
Maybe Hillary wanted to get Harry Reid out of the way for some reason. The Clintons still have the FBI Files.
Terry McCauliffe made a similar deal to make money. Was he every investigated propertly?
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