Saw this and thought of you guys: http://volokh.com/2009/11/04/four-obvious-lessons-from-tonights-elections/ Four Obvious Lessons from Tonight’s Elections Orin Kerr • November 4, 2009 12:41 am I think there are four obvious lessons to draw from tonight’s election returns: 1. For Conservative Republicans: The America people reject Barack Obama and obviously want true conservative leadership. The Governorships of two states have switched to the “R” category, showing a grassroots conservative movement that is alive and well. 2. For Moderate Republicans: The American people obviously want old-fashioned economic conservatives who are moderate on social issues. McDonnell in Virginia and Christie in New Jersey won by downplaying social issues; Hoffman in New York-23 lost because he was too extreme. 3. For Moderate Democrats: The party out of power usually does well in off-year elections like this, and this year was no exception. But obviously there is no sign of any substantial shift in public opinion from the election of 2008. 4. For Liberal Democrats: NY-23 was the race to watch this year, given that right-wing extremists like Palin and Beck threw all their support behind Hoffman. But the district voters rejected the right-wing candidate, sending a Democrat to Congress for the first time in one hundred years. Obviously this shows that the American people reject right-wing extremism. Obviously.
This has been proven to be false: all exit polls from both VA and NJ show support for the president has held steady and in some cases actually risen. The polls also show that Obama was 3rd or lower when asked what issues brought them to the polls.
Further, of the ones that said Obama was a factor in their vote (very few), as many said they were voting to support Obama as said they were voting to oppose him. This is an utterly false meme.
Hey basso, are we still going to be surprised in ways we can't understand in 2010/12 as a result of Hoffman's victory?
Hilarious, I post a piece on how every person thinks their party was victorious last night which completely spoofs both sides, and right away both sides come in and point out the good things they see in the post for their side only. Awesome. Full of win.
Keep making claims that aren't backed up by any data, even when the data shows the exact opposite of what you are claiming. It won't turn into a rooster or a logical fact based, valid point.
keep puttin' lipstick on that pig, she's still going to be a dip**** ex-beauty queen wannabe outta her league.
Wow, the personal insults have upped a notch since I stopped visiting so regularly. You guys all suck and hate your wives and kids. That should catch me up to speed.
WTH? Why would BJ want to screw a chicken? Furthermore, why would he want to screw a chicken and have it turn into a rooster? Your post makes no sense, even as some folksy saying, unless one wants to delve into issues like latency, projection, and transference, and that's too strange for me to take on this afternoon.
you haven't been paying attention. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PdnXYWSa56w&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PdnXYWSa56w&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>
I'm pretty sure he's riffing on the anchor who used that phrase in a newscast... <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ss8LDBNcsWc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ss8LDBNcsWc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
And that illuminates your bizarre post... not at all. Then again, I'm used to you not making any sense.
So you suspect we will be surprised due to the aftermath of Hoffman's victory which, in case you didn't notice, didn't happen. Yeah, that's about par for the course.
Can't see it, but I think I remember this... he didn't say anything about a rooster did he? The rooster bit was your add-on right? I think my post stands in spite of your lame-o attempt at trying to pass off a bizarre post as some wry play on a viral youtube clip.
