Posted on 11/07/2018 6:15:55 AM PST by Morgana
With vote totals flooding in early in the night, it was painfully obvious to the liberal media that the so-called blue wave theyve been hyping for a year crashed against red breakers. It was early in the nine oclock hour when CNN anchor Jake Tapper admitted what's going on here tonight, this is not a blue wave. This is not a wave that is knocking out all sorts of Republican incumbents.
His evidence was Democrats failing to take Kentuckys sixth district:
Now, there are all sorts of ways Democrats can regain the House without Amy McGrath having defeated incumbent Congressman Andy Barr, but the fact is she did not. And if she had, that would have been an indication of a big, powerful blue wave. The fact that she did not, and it is a district that he won two years ago, Congressman Barr, by more than 20 points. This was a target. Democrats did hope to win Kentucky sixth.
But Tapper held out hope Democrats would take the House by a very narrow margin. That said, Democrats still have a decent chance of winning back the House. They still have a number of seats that are very competitive where Democrats are in the lead, and that could still happen, he explained.
A few minutes later, CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger declared there is no tsunami. There's no tsunami coming. According to her, Democrats could win the House by one member but there's a lot of disappointment I'm hearing from people.
In response, bitter liberal activist Van Jones tried to keep up morale saying people need to stay out there and continue the fight, but admitted this is heartbreaking, though. It's heartbreaking. Jones then kicked up the hyperbolic and divisive rhetoric by equating Democratic efforts to unseat Republicans to antibodies fighting off an infestation of hatred and division.
That does not seem to be happening tonight. It's not a blue wave, but it's a blue war, he proclaimed. We have to continue the fight forward. But I think that sense of helplessness, that has really fueled a lot of this outrage and outpouring from Democrats may still be there tomorrow even if we have the House.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
By all means, please post it :)
That was early in the night, before the House came out so solidly for the Dems. (Right around the time Nervous Nate Silver was backing down on his probability for a Dem win there.)
ummmmmm we got our a$$ kicked in the House. Otherwise it was a good night.
We got rid of clare mckaskill and Heidi Heitkamp, it was an excellent night!!
Obama also openly campaigned for Fla's Gillum.....and Nelson.
The Obama Kiss of Death----both lost.
normalle the swing to tge non POTUS party is 45 to 60.
The best porections have it at 23.
This is net win of 20+
Pelosi and the donkeys will use the subpoena power to make life hell for Trump.
normalle the swing to tge non POTUS party is 45 to 60.
The best porections have it at 23.
This is net win of 20+
they will tty. Trump will essily deflect ghem.
An object lesson regarding former Presidents out trying to make a partisan effort to try to retain their legacy.
Rather like trying to use “body English” to control the bowling ball AFTER it is released from your grip. The pins are going to fall the way that was preordained once the ball left your hand.
And no known power bounces the ball back up onto the alley once it drops into the gutter.
As the Godfather said, "Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me."
1. If Justice Thomas decides to retire, we will have a new and younger conservative supreme.
If Ruthie receives her just reward and moves on, we will have another young conservative Supreme. In two years our new Senate can appoint a lot of great and young conservative federal judges across America.
2. This Midterm-result-is-best-case-scenario-for-investors as per Fox Business:
The expected outcome from midterms, according to Goldman Sachs, is for a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican Senate majority. According to history, this could be the best-case scenario for the S&P 500 one year later, with a potential 20 percent appreciation for the broad-based U.S. stock market index.
As previously reported by FOX Business, Goldman Sachs political economists believe Democrats will gain control of the House and the Republicans will retain a slim Senate majority after midterms. A divided Congress would mean increased equity volatility and an uncertain future for infrastructure spending while pharmaceutical stocks could benefit, the banks analysts explained in a research note.
The stock market fares fare the worst, in the short-term, when both the House and the Senate flip, dropping over 1 percent in the month following the election. Longer-term, however, they snap back, and on average have been up over 4 percent three months after the election and up 16.9 percent one year later, according to Dow Jones Market Data
www.foxbusiness.com/economy/midterm-result-is-best-case-scenario-for-investors
Gridlock is great for investors.
The Obama/Clinton curse continues for their chosen candidates.
the issue is that the dem committees in the house will leak misleading information that will spin the media cycle ahead of the 2020 elections.
That alone is worth a 5% in voting
Like your analogy.....
It takes waaaaaaaaay too long for that clip to load.
Ooooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you.
The stench of Obama, the worlds biggest piece of shi*.
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