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Obama and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
.bainbridgereview.com ^ | 8 Nov 2014 | WILL DURST

Posted on 11/08/2014 11:23:16 PM PST by 11th_VA

To call the grotesque drubbing suffered by the Democratic Party in the midterms monumental, is like referring to the surface of the sun as warm. The scene was so grisly, acutely sensitive Democrats (most of them) were forced to avert their eyes or risk anaphylactic shock.

If you ever wanted to see numbers bleed, this was your night. Surprised no referee jumped onto the CNN set, rang a bell, and raised the Koch Brothers' hands triumphantly in the air. The big question is how much the FCC will fine the networks for airing the election returns, thereby exposing young viewers to such grotesque brutality.

Back in 2010, President Obama described the midterm losses as a shellacking; this was more of an epic trouncing with faint overtures of catastrophic putrescence. Political junkies who stayed up late were treated to a front row seat at a world championship seal- clubbing finals. Rated ZV for zombie violence.

Yes, indeed, the world has changed, but just a little. The Senate is now controlled by Republicans, much like it was before. The House did turn a darker red and several Governorships moved into the GOP column, including Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland, which was as expected as Tiffany eggs in a litter box. But Washington will stumble on. Grand postures will be assumed. Little will get done. Politics as usual continues.

On this night, finding liberal silver linings was tougher than a truck stop steak. Marijuana legalization passed in Alaska, Oregon and DC, and minimum wage increase propositions won victories. The lone big GOP loser was Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, who ran for the same office in New Hampshire, giving him the unique distinction of being the first truck driving male model to lose two U.S. Senate races to two different women in two different states. Rumors abound he is currently scouting for property in Maine and Vermont.

Many reasons were given for the democratic debacle. Dark money poured into ads at the last minute. President Obama as a third rail. Establishmentarians keeping the Tea Party down. Young people and African Americans staying home. New episodes of "NICS" and "NCIS: New Orleans." One or the other, OK, but both?

Even amidst the carnage, the two sides did their best to make the requisite bi-partisanship noises of nice. Day after the election, soon- to- be Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, held a press conference to announce he wants to work with the president. Of course, he was hard to understand, failing to turn off the chainsaw behind his back during the press conference.

Yeah. The GOP wants to work with the president. The same way a 5 year old with a magnifying glass wants to work with ants. Like a gorilla wants to work with bananas. A 10-ton boulder falling off a cliff wants to work with windshields.

Obama should promise Republicans twice the amount of cooperation he received after the 2012 election. Because as everyone knows; 2 times zero is still zero. But despite increasing odds, the president says he is still ready and willing to fight for his agenda. As soon as he figures out what it is. Staffers boast he doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit." Apparently, he's not overly familiar with the words "consensus," "strategy" or "leadership" either.

Will Durst is an award-winning, nationally acclaimed political comic.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; elections; obama; republicans
Funny stuff, even though he sounds Lib ...
1 posted on 11/08/2014 11:23:16 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Hilarious.

Best line:

‘Yeah. The GOP wants to work with the president. The same way a 5 year old with a magnifying glass wants to work with ants.’

We could only wish this were true.


2 posted on 11/08/2014 11:29:57 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: 11th_VA

I just like this picture.

3 posted on 11/08/2014 11:38:43 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: 11th_VA

Obama never ever tried to work with Republicans


4 posted on 11/08/2014 11:40:35 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Vince Ferrer

May he have many more similar reactions in future political elections.


5 posted on 11/08/2014 11:52:00 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: 11th_VA

I doubt libs watch any of the NCIS series.


6 posted on 11/08/2014 11:54:32 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: 11th_VA

He zinged Obama too, so maybe not a Obama zealot.


7 posted on 11/08/2014 11:57:59 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Haha.....instead of a warm trickle down his leg, looks like he has some cocoa smudge in his shorts.


8 posted on 11/09/2014 1:46:17 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Fantasywriter

My father in law taught our sons to use magnifying glass on aphids! POP!


9 posted on 11/09/2014 3:59:03 AM PST by buffyt (EBOLA CZAR says Overpopulation is the biggest threat to mankind Call the village we found your idiot)
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To: Vince Ferrer

That photo is priceless!

What, no thrill running up or down that leg?


10 posted on 11/09/2014 3:59:34 AM PST by buffyt (EBOLA CZAR says Overpopulation is the biggest threat to mankind Call the village we found your idiot)
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To: 11th_VA

Marijuana legalization passed in Alaska, Oregon and DC,

They are trying to woo their base letting them have pot.

Stoners don’t make it to the polls...

Too stoned They forget to go vote

LOL

I talked to a guy in Colorado... I asked what it is like driving on icy roads there with so many stoned drivers.... He said it is HORRIBLE! they drive like drunks! so many wrecks....


11 posted on 11/09/2014 4:02:06 AM PST by buffyt (EBOLA CZAR says Overpopulation is the biggest threat to mankind Call the village we found your idiot)
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To: 11th_VA

This is netter than not bad.


12 posted on 11/09/2014 4:38:27 AM PST by stevem
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To: Vince Ferrer

It looks like the tingle of his leg is a high voltage now dont you think. These liberal terrorist just dont know when to let go of a fraud.


13 posted on 11/09/2014 4:44:43 AM PST by pghfrank1948
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To: 11th_VA

We’re gonna need a bigger magnifying glass...


14 posted on 11/09/2014 4:47:23 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: 11th_VA

“tougher than a truck stop steak”!

hahaha!


15 posted on 11/09/2014 4:53:24 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: buffyt

‘My father in law taught our sons to use magnifying glass on aphids! POP!’

Sounds like the kids have a pretty good FiL. They must love him.


16 posted on 11/09/2014 7:46:35 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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