Posted on 11/14/2006 8:28:17 PM PST by Vinny
Now THAT bears repeating!
Hehehe, ;-)
LOL!!
Laughing too hard.
My face hurts.
I disagree. There are too many genuine silver linings in this dark cloud. Take Florida, for example, the scene of the big media fiasco in 2000, the Republcan Governor won there by 52% to 45%. That shouldn't make Mr. Dean very happy in a year when the DNC victory was called a tidal wave. If this is the best they can do, under these circumstances, the DNC is going to be toast in 2008!
Here are some more 'signs' that should bring humility to democrats:
In Virginia, Allen (incumbant) lost by a mere .3 percent.
In Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, defeated by 'moveon.org' $$ in the DNC primary, and a supporter of Pres. Bush on Iraq, won as an Independent by 50%-40%
In Alabama, Riley beat Baxley 58% - 42%, a margin only slightly less than Bush won the state in 2004 (62%-37%)
Its most likely that the illegal immigration and fence issues were the biggest factors. Losing the Hispanic vote was a big factor, imnsho.
War fatigue has to be acknowledged. Still, they couldn't do better than split the Senate, and get a small lead in the House? They are going to get their tails wiped in 2008.
Especially if the newly elected "conservative democrats" get feminized by Pelosi. Man, is she planning to spend big, and she's going so far to the left, you'd think she'd fall over from the weight.
Savage is an idiot. I'm convinced of it for a few reasons, one of which is because he donated money to Jerry Brown's campaign rather than Chuck Poochigian. Jerry isn't even qualified for the position of Attorney General according to California law!
I was a fan of Vice President Chaney, and it was reinforced when I met him in September. One of the finest men around! I'd love to see him as President. Maybe in the next life...
President Bush has been a good President delivering lots of things for conservatives especially with the two excellent Supreme court appointments. In his second term Bush has lost the ability to fight back and go on the attack at his opponents and instead is contend to play the nice guy. Nice guys dont do well in politics.
Yes, you're right about the Supreme Court appointments. I almost forgot that.
Yea, I don't think Bush is all that bad, but immigration and the expansion of the Nanny State tarnishes his record.
You can't have everything I guess.
Immigration became a serious issue especially when footage of Hamas/Hezbullah types coming across the border.
Conservatives were also wise to jump all over it when Hillary started trumping it in the press. That got the MSM covering it and people talking about lack of border security.
People forget that both borders have been a hot issue ever since 9/11. How this author can blame all of that on Rush is unbelievable and if Bush has hurt himself with this issue it's his own fault. After all he is the President and the one charged with protecting our Sovereignty.
The article IS right.
Exactly so.
Didn't Reagan conditioned it on the laws being enforced on businesses that hired (harbors) these illegal aliens?
Of course he did. Don't listen to the revisionists.
And Reagan didn't support open borders either. Reagan said: "A nation without borders is not a nation." Reagan did sign into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It specified prosecution and punishment for employers who hired illegals. If that law had been enforced, the IRCA of 1986 would have turned out to be what it was meant to be, a one time only amnesty deal. Instead, the Feds lack of enforcement led to a ongoing series of liberal immigration policies under Bush41, Clinton and Bush43, that has led to the 15 million illegals we have living in the US today.
So what does Bush want to do today? Even with the 20/20 hindsight of history, Bush wants to grant amnesty to those 15 million illgals. Giving the Dems more votes to count on.
Thanks, I knew I heard that somewhere before.
You da man.
The US stock market hasn't been at this level since right before it crashed under the Clinton administration in March 2000.
Lots of people have put Reagan on a pedestal and then either completely ignored every single fact, or they've never known any actual facts about what his presidency was like.
Don't get me wrong...I worked VERY hard to get him elected, think that he was a GREAT president, but I remember what actually DID happen.
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