Posted on 11/05/2014 12:26:57 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Republicans scored a stunning electoral rout in the midterm elections, taking control of the U.S. Senate after a bitter campaign in which anger at Washington gridlock was turned against a president who took office promising to transcend it. Full article here
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Tonight we saw nothing short of a historic outbreak of mass sanity across America. Sooooo, to gloat or not to gloat. That's the question tonight. I'm leaning heavily against any gloating.It's not an easy decision because the shellacking the Democrats took across the country tonight -- a magnificent display of Democrats' Electile Dysfunction -- presents such a target-rich environment.
For example, the contest in Arkansas. Here you've had what amounted to a family dynasty. It went down in flames tonight. But to top it all, Mark Pryor was brought down by a chap the media not long ago laughed off as having not a snowball's chance in hell of winning! A 37-year-old Congressional freshman named Tom Cotton beating a Pryor? In Arkansas? Ha, no way. But am I going to gloat over it, or even mention it? Nope.
Speaking of losers running on big family names, Michelle Nunn (Senate candidate) and Jason Carter (Gubernatorial candidate) similarly went down in flames in Georgia tonight. But I'm not gonna gloat about it nor even mention the fact that the experts were confidently predicting the Senate race would definitely head to a run-off. David Perdue winning outright? Against a Nunn? In Georgia? Not gonna happen.
Nor will you hear a peep from non-gloating me about the drubbing Democrats received in Colorado's Senate race tonight. The Democrat incumbent, Sen. Mark Uterus, flogged the "war on women" meme throughout the Campaign. He fancied himself being able to rouse that dead horse to victory. This was, after all, the meme that was supposed to be the Democrats' silver bullet because it worked for Obama, whose reelection was saved at the last minute by a woman named Hurricane Sandy.
Unfortunately for the Democrats in Colorado, there was nothing to save the world-renowned expert on female genitalia from defeat at the hands of Cory Gardner. But! Since I'm not gloating, no mention of any of this from me.
Indeed, if I were gloating, I would definitely mention the GOP upset victory in North Carolina, but I'm not. Here again, experts insisted that Kay Hagan had victory in the bag even though her polls sucked. Democrats bragged that the high turnout of early voters would seal Thom Tillis's fate. "I think we've got the momentum," Hagan proclaimed over the weekend. But, again, you won't hear me gloat nor even mention any of this once.
I suppose I could gloat about Wendy Davis's shellacking in Texas (but I won't). She was supposed to turn Texas purple if not blue on the basis that she held up passage of a measure against late-term abortions. She became an instant heroine to the abortion lobby. Vogue magazine featured her on its cover. The Abortion Barbie raised over a million bucks in mere weeks after her pro-abort filibuster. Liberals were certain that being pro-abortion and making fun of people in wheelchairs were winning formulas in Texas. She lost by 20 points to a guy in a wheelchair. But if you thought I was going to gloat about it or even mention it, you'd be mistaken.
In fact, not gonna mention Gov. Scott Walker winning reelection in Wisconsin nor Joni Ernst becoming Iowa's first female U.S. Senator after trouncing Bruce "Bailey". Since I'm not gloating, my lips are also sealed about Pat Roberts winning reelection in Kansas and Steve Daines winning in Montana and Mike Rounds winning in South Dakota and Shelley Moore Capito winning in West Virginia and Mia Love becoming the first African-American GOP Congresswoman.
Oh, one more thing . . .
Harry Reid -- you're fired! Heh, heh, heh! I'm still not gloating though! Honest!
Anyway, that's ...
My Two Cents
"JohnHuang2"
Yup.
The damage to this country is long-lasting and Barry is not the kind of guy to show repentance.
He’ll double down on his policies because he is an extremist by nature.
Yes four Democrat incumbents chose to step aside this round - MO, SD, VA and IA. Those seats were always likely to go to the GOP once they were vacated. It just so happens that they came open this year.
If the GOP were Democrats the media would be playing up the number of women (and one African American) who won this year.
Let us hope that Republicans will be smart enough to realize that they did not win the elections by offering people something to vote for, but won because people voted against something. They will have big shoes to fill and all we can do is hope that they don’t squander this once in a blue moon chance to put this country back on the right track. From knowing how the Republicans operated in the past it may not pay to be too overly optimistic.
On the other hand it would come as a pleasant surprise if they come to their senses and avoid making the same mistakes what caused them to fall out of favor with the public in the first place. Fate has given this great country another chance, almost like a Gift Horse by handing us a pitiful misguided and poor excuse for a leader in order to show and teach us a lesson where this country shouldn’t be going. Only time will tell if we have become any wiser and learned our lesson. If we happen to fail, this time there may not be another wakeup call.
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geeze - put some sugar on the lemon you’re sucking on
This was a vote against Obama.
It was not a vote for the GOP.
If they put together a conservative agenda, they have a good chance in 2016.
If they don’t, tonight will be a pleasant memory.
Sorry not VA, WV ...
Good job..!
The glass isn’t 2/3 full, it’s 1/3 empty. Got it.
I love that! Hope to see it again in 2016!
Yeah. We were just lucky. Check out the blue-state state results in a day or two. They must have been lucky too, in some other way.
Mitch McConnell isn’t the change we need.
Does it make a difference? Only if you think the GOP has principles.
It’s GRRRRRREAT to see you, JH2. 1901-S VDB & 1914-D BUMP!
Let us hope thy realize this, but I am not holding my breath. The Republican were given a chance let’s hope they will not waste it as the next time around it could get real ugly.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dre/politics/election-results-2014?office=senate&state=31
Thanks for the ping!
Conservatives once again held their noses to vote and gave the senate to Republicans but what’s the reward? A kick in the face? We’ll find out.
Well done! One of the best nights ever :)
For just one night, would it kill you to just shut up and let us enjoy this long-awaited victory? We have a couple of months before the new Congress takes office and, I for one, want to gloat just a little for the next couple of months.
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