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We Need A New Word For The Latest Republican Wave
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| 11-5-2014
| RON ELVING
Posted on 11/05/2014 10:20:06 AM PST by Citizen Zed
In 2010, President Obama lost six seats in the Senate and 63 in the House and he called it "a shellacking." Four years before that, President George W. Bush lost six seats in the Senate and 30 in the House and called it a "thumpin.' "
We need a new term for the midterm mojo that once again struck the president and his party last night. This time, it was a derecho — sudden and destructive, blowing down the vulnerable and blasting through some incumbents' fortifications.
The White House had braced for the loss of half a dozen seats or more in the Senate, implying the loss of the majority in that chamber and the last of Obama's leverage on Capitol Hill. There also was resignation about the probable loss of another dozen or so seats in the House, pushing the GOP to its biggest majority since the 1940s and making it look all but impregnable.
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How about the 2014 "Enlightening"?
To: Citizen Zed
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11/05/2014 10:21:00 AM PST
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Salamander
(People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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11/05/2014 10:21:53 AM PST
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freedumb2003
(Zimmerman, Brown, Fast & Furious, IRS harassment, Philly ignorance: holdering in 1st degree)
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11/05/2014 10:22:19 AM PST
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SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: Citizen Zed
Big Red Won?
Red Tide?
/sorry
;]
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11/05/2014 10:22:28 AM PST
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Salamander
(People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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11/05/2014 10:22:47 AM PST
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Salamander
(People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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11/05/2014 10:23:11 AM PST
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TauntedTiger
(On the outside looking in!)
To: Citizen Zed
If Manchin switches its ten
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11/05/2014 10:23:13 AM PST
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Viennacon
To: Citizen Zed
To: Citizen Zed
Mandate. :) Make it difficult for the Dims to say there is not one.
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11/05/2014 10:24:04 AM PST
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Ingtar
(Is this the Ebola and rumors of Ebola mentioned in the Bible?)
To: Citizen Zed
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11/05/2014 10:25:04 AM PST
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Paladin2
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Good, old-fashioned ass whooping.
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posted on
11/05/2014 10:29:44 AM PST
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Dr. Thorne
("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
To: Citizen Zed
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11/05/2014 10:32:11 AM PST
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glennaro
To: Citizen Zed
How about:
“The moment in time when Hillary realized that she would not get the Presidency.”
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11/05/2014 10:36:34 AM PST
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Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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11/05/2014 10:38:13 AM PST
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Nevadan
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BARRYSTROIKA
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