Posted on 05/25/2011 6:01:56 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
The Dems picked off a strong GOP seat last night, and they want you to think it was about Medicare?
The Associated Press: Medicare Overhaul Proposal Causing GOP Stress The New York Times: Democrat Wins GOP Seat; Rebuke Seen To Medicare Plan Los Angeles Times: Medicare Proposal May Have Cost GOP A House Seat In New York The Associated Press: Medicare Key To Shocking Dem Win In NY House Race ABC News: Referendum On Medicare? Democrat Wins Special Election In GOP-Leaning NY-26 CBS: Kathy Hochul's Special Election Triumph Sends Republicans Ominous Medicare Message h/t Mr. Pinko at iOwnTheWorld
Simple common sense should tell anyone that it would be complete nonsense that a seat that went GOP last fall to the tune of 73% would flip on Medicare. Especially in a Congressional election, one freshman member of congress has about as much clout as Al Gore would in asking the sun to turn it's thermostat up so he can stop looking like a liar. An overwhelmingly Republican district simply isn't flipping it's vote by 23% on a singular issue that the person elected wont be consequential in deciding. It simply doesn't work that way. There are two reasons the Democrats picked up NY-26 last night...
I know liberals think when I say "math" they believe they can solve the equation by taking truth and spinning it like its a plate on a stick....but I'm talking real numbers, not the ones they use to say ObamaCare will reduce the our deficit...
On Tuesday, she captured 47 percent of the vote to Ms. Corwin's 43 percent, according to unofficial results. A Tea Party candidate, Jack Davis, had 9 percent. From The New York Times
Any idiot can see reason the GOP really lost last night. If the Tea Party didn't have a dog in the fight Corwin would've won if she received even just half of that vote. It would've been WAY closer than last November, but there were other mitigating factors that caused this. Yes, Medicare is undeniably one of them as Houchul made it an issue and Corwin proved to be apparently quite feckless in her messaging, but all of this makes my point, the liberal media's headlines lyingly suggest this was a one-issue campaign. I wonder how much they'll be gloating when Houchul will be forced to defend her seat against a Republican candidate that Republican voters in an overwhelmingly Republican district will get to choose, and not some buffoon hand picked by the party elites. If the New York GOP continues to insist on special election nomination by pigheaded committee can they at least perform some kind of test to make sure the person they pick doesn't completely eff up a slam dunk? I don't care what it is....
Catch a falling feather Count to 1 Blink their eyes Be checked for a pulse
Anything...but please NY GOP, stop selecting candidates for these special elections that are proving they are less qualified for Congress and more qualified to be Vice President.
LLS
Regardless, the “Tea Party” candidate spoiled it for the GOP, and it didn’t help that Corwin basically rolled over when Houchul demagogued Medicare.
Like I said in the post Erickson detailed very well that half the problem was local NY politics, while the other half was split between an inept candidate and a “Tea Party” spoiler.
LLS
“The Associated Press: Medicare Overhaul Proposal Causing GOP Stress
The New York Times: Democrat Wins GOP Seat; Rebuke Seen To Medicare Plan
Los Angeles Times: Medicare Proposal May Have Cost GOP A House Seat In New York
The Associated Press: Medicare Key To Shocking Dem Win In NY House Race
ABC News: Referendum On Medicare? Democrat Wins Special Election In GOP-Leaning NY-26
CBS: Kathy Hochul’s Special Election Triumph Sends Republicans Ominous Medicare Message”
And so many people follows these spin masters, but thank goodnes for talk radio, and I hope folks will call talk radio shows so it will get even more coverage.
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