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A Reality Check about What Handel’s Win Means [NeverTrump]
National Review (Corner) ^ | 6/21/17 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 06/21/2017 5:21:23 AM PDT by madprof98

On the other hand, a Handel win is not anywhere near the victory/mandate/endorsement the Trump team will claim it to be. This is a Republican district. The only reason it was close: A lot of Republicans voted for a Democrat. So, the GOP victory on the merits is pretty limited. Spending enough money to scald a wet mule (to borrow a phrase from Haley Barbour) to hold on to a district that Tom Price (Trump’s HHS secretary) and Newt Gingrich held is not a sign of Republican health.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: preeningrino; rinosalwayslie; rinosheeple; whiningrino
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1 posted on 06/21/2017 5:21:23 AM PDT by madprof98
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The spin begins ...

If a child came up with excuses this flimsy, we’d laugh at him.


2 posted on 06/21/2017 5:23:29 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: madprof98

Jonah Goldberg, just another Clinton Conservative.


3 posted on 06/21/2017 5:24:00 AM PDT by JonPreston
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I now lump Jonah in with George Will, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks and a number of others. They just pretend they aren’t Democrats. Any of these people would have been positively thrilled to have Hillary in the White House. The wine and cheese parties inside the beltway would have been spectacular.


4 posted on 06/21/2017 5:24:22 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: madprof98

You can’t disagree with that paragraph.


5 posted on 06/21/2017 5:24:41 AM PDT by caver
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What a putz. Never Fail to be a Never Trumper whenever the opportunity arises for the self absorbed bum who has ridden the name of his mother’s fame for his entire adult life.


6 posted on 06/21/2017 5:26:18 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: madprof98
At the very least her victory shows that the Rats couldn't convince the voters of the 6th to hate DJT.

Not even with $20 million from Hollywood,San Francisco and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

7 posted on 06/21/2017 5:30:29 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: madprof98

Reality Winner Goldberg. Pick up the “check”, Jonah.


8 posted on 06/21/2017 5:30:53 AM PDT by PGalt
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Hey Goldberg with what the liberal Hollywood crowd & other left coast lefties put up in terms of cash to win here boggles the mind. Again they lost ... next time up the check books may stay put away in a lock box.


9 posted on 06/21/2017 5:31:35 AM PDT by BluH2o
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“You can’t disagree with that paragraph.”

Given the amount of money the demonrats poured into this election I can disagree with the paragraph.

The demonrats pulled out all the stops to win this and failed. This was a huge Trump victory.


10 posted on 06/21/2017 5:31:55 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Jonah wrote “Liberal Fascism”, a rather good book.

But he is an insider.


11 posted on 06/21/2017 5:32:18 AM PDT by redgolum
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Remember when NR was conservative?

And intelligent?


12 posted on 06/21/2017 5:32:56 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Hey Goldberg with what the liberal Hollywood crowd & other left coast lefties put up in terms of cash to win here boggles the mind. Again they lost...

IIRC ILLary spent twice what DJT spent.

13 posted on 06/21/2017 5:33:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: madprof98
Those grapes were probably sour anyway!

< /SARC>

14 posted on 06/21/2017 5:34:32 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Muslims: Religion of Peace...|...Democrats: Party of Peace)
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To: madprof98

Another irrelevant GOPe reject heard from. Since last Nov., Goldberg has dropped off radar, so this may be the last you hear of him.

The best moment last night: when Karen Handle thanked Pres. Trump for his help in her win and the crowd erupted in shouts of “TRUMP!TRUMP!TRUMP!” The GOPe crowd probably curled up in a fetal position knowing that there is NO CHANCE that the President’s voters are discouraged.


15 posted on 06/21/2017 5:34:44 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Let’s see. Trump won the district by 1.5 points. Karen Handel won it by 5 points. No way of spinning the facts. This is a huge victory for Handel and Trump.


16 posted on 06/21/2017 5:34:56 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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“This is a Republican district.”

And Massachusetts a commie state.

But Scott Brown won the special election there in the early days of Obama.

The only way the democrats can retake congress is by winning in republican districts. And open races are far easier than the incumbent races of the midterms. The democrats are screwed.


17 posted on 06/21/2017 5:35:59 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: caver

I don’t disagree with the paragraph but trump has been assaulted for 8 months......she was outspent by a large margin.....the media was pounding her

She won by a lot larger margin than anticipated...anyway you slice it this is a very good win


18 posted on 06/21/2017 5:36:19 AM PDT by SPRINK
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To: madprof98
No need for CNN if you have National Review.

Good one! You'd think Jonah would be tired of writing from this point of view. Goodness.

19 posted on 06/21/2017 5:38:10 AM PDT by dmd25
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The media keeps portraying this district as a solidly red one. It’s just not true. It is split right down the middle. There are deep blue and deep red areas with in that district.


20 posted on 06/21/2017 5:39:14 AM PDT by laxcoach (Government is greedy. Taxpayers who want their own money are not greedy.)
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