For my part, I think it is sad how the MSM has savaged good, decent people while convincing Americans they are evil. Watching the cable networks last night and seeing Bill Mahre, Rachel Maddow, and Keith Olberman make fun of the American people's choices made me sick. Maddow even dug out some 20-year-old videotape from MTV -- as if O'Donnell's views on masturbation is really going to be make a significant impact on my life.
It just shows that they DON'T GET IT! The POLITICAL and PUNDIT CLASS is SO OUT of TOUCH with the American people it is SCARY!
What is even worse is they have MANIPULATED the American MIND into this HATEFUL and FEARFUL attitude towards GOOD PEOPLE who are trying to SAVE THIS COUNTRY! While you may disagree with their positions (I often do, especially on the wars) they are AT LEAST TRYING!
Where -- pray tell -- are the "liberal" and "leftist" challenges from the other side? Where are the antiwar candidates? Where are Democrats other than saying "We are better than Republicans?" If so, I would LIKE TO KNOW WHERE! They have had TWO YEARS to turn this economy around and the only thing they did was fatten up bank bottom lines and bonuses and surge into Afghanistan.
In fact, over the LAST FOUR YEARS what have Democrats done other than WASTE $1 TRILLION DOLLARS on STIMULOOTS; shove through a health insurance tax no one wanted; and fully fund the wars, Wall Street, and Israel while maintaining their cozy, taxpayer-funded perks? They GAVE BUSH (and now Obama) MORE SPYING POWER, fer cryin' out loud!
This isn't about Christine O'Donnell; this is about the ESTABLISHMENT!
The SAME ESTABLISHMENT that has LOOTED THIS COUNTRY and that SERVES ISRAEL FIRST!
The SAME ESTABLISHMENT that LIED US INTO IRAQ and that CONTINUES to CONCEAL the TRUTH of 9/11!
The SAME ESTABLISHMENT that NEVER SEEMS to HEAR or LISTEN to the American people!
Can you HEAR US NOW?
"Tea Party favorite wins in Delaware; race close in N.H." by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | September 15, 2010
The surging Tea Party movement grabbed a startling upset last night in Delaware, defeating a longtime politician who had the backing of the Republican Party establishment and delivering a blow to the GOP’s hopes of recapturing the Senate majority.
Related: Tea Party Will Lose For Winning
That's twisted logic if I ever saw it; however, that is AmeriKa's corporate media today.
Representative Mike Castle, a former two-term governor who won statewide elections 12 times, lost to Christine O’Donnell, a marketing consultant who had never won an election but surged in recent weeks as the Tea Party movement poured resources into the state.
Many top Republicans, who fear O’Donnell would make a weak, unsteady candidate in the general election, are now reportedly considering pulling financial support from the state.
Oh, so THAT is the way you STAND BEHIND the VOTER'S CHOICE, establishment?
Didn't RON PAUL get the same KNIFE in the BACK?
You know, if the ESTABLISHMENT and CORPORATE MEDIA are so VOCIFEROUSLY VITUPERATIVE then they MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!
Republicans once considered Delaware one of their best shots at picking up a Democratic seat, the one held by Vice President Joe Biden for 36 years.
“We weren’t in the race just to come close. We were in this to win big, and win big we did,’’ O’Donnell told supporters. “Don’t ever underestimate the power of ‘We the people.’ ’’
***********The strong insurgent showings are the latest displays of the burgeoning muscle of the Tea Party movement, which has hitched the traditional conservative message of less government and lower taxes to a powerful grass-roots fervor against Washington.
Related: Insurgents vs. Incumbents
Yes, the WORD CHOICE PROVES the corporate media's UNWAVERING BIAS!
O’Donnell was the eighth US Senate candidate to pull off a victory with the backing of the movement.
But their victories could rob Republicans of chances to unseat Democrats and take control of the Senate, political analysts and some Republicans contend.
These are the SAME CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ANALYSTS that are CONSISTENTLY WRONG, right?
Tea Party movement candidates have elbowed the GOP to the right, making it more difficult to appeal to the general electorate and independent voters, who are often key in general elections.
The MSM is acting as if NOTHING HAS CHANGED in AmeriKa these last few years.
They are REALLY DELUDING THEMSELVES and it is SAD!!
They could also end up costing Republicans the chance of winning what they considered touchstone seats — that of Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who is now leading in polls against his Tea Party-backed opponent, Sharron Angle, and that associated for decades with Biden.
Why would Nevada voters care what you think, establishment?
Related: Tea Party Takes Angle on Harry Reid
Reid better rig those machines.
The fiercely contested races in Delaware and New Hampshire capped a raucous and unpredictable primary season. With the slate of candidates nearly complete, both parties now sprint toward November’s crucial midterm elections, with several variables determining the balance of power in Washington.
As if it mattered. They just SWITCH SIDES! The SAME INTERESTS are SERVED no matter which party is in power.
Republicans have a good chance of winning the 39 seats needed to retake the House majority, according to election observers, and previously were given a shot at gaining the 10 seats needed to take the Senate as well.
Related: Clinging to the Senate
But the GOP hopes hinge on whether conservative insurgents are able to translate their grass-roots momentum into independent votes, whether Democrats are able to motivate their base, and whether President Obama can once again be an effective campaigner....
There is that WORD AGAIN!!
I didn't know little Chrissy O'Donnell was TRYING to KILL out TROOPS!
Also see: 2006 All Over Again
That's not very effective campaigning, is it?
The Senate race in Delaware illustrated the deep fissures within the Republican Party, which is still trying to figure out how to harness the enthusiasm of the Tea Party movement....
Related: Slow Saturday Special: Tea Bags Steeped in S***
America's False Choices Beckon
Yep, GIVING the MOVEMENT a BAD NAME -- as any CONTROLLED-OPPOSITION, COINTELPRO operation would!
O’Donnell will now face Chris Coons, a county-level executive who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination....
According to a Rasmussen Reports poll earlier this month, Coons was 11 points ahead in a potential match up with O’Donnell. By contrast, Castle was 11 points ahead of Coons.
“There’s just a lot of nutty things she’s been saying that just simply don’t add up,’’ Karl Rove, the Republican strategist, said in a television interview on Fox. “I’m for the Republican, but I’ve got to tell you we were looking at 8 to 9 seats in the Senate we’re now looking at 7 to 8. In my opinion, this is not a race we’re going to be able to win.’’
Related: Primary Party: Prom Night
I guess Karl didn't want to dance.
And it looks like RACHEL MADDOW just found herself a NEW FRIEND, huh?
Yes, let's see Democrats and WOMEN LINE UP with KARL ROVE!
And they have the NERVE to CRITICIZE the choices of "Tea Party people?"
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With high unemployment and low approval ratings for President Obama, Republicans have been bolstered by high turnouts and an energized electorate.
And the corporate media is doing EVERYTHING IT CAN to douse the fire of revolution in this country.
But often, Republican primary voters have not heeded the advice of the establishment and have chosen political novices over incumbents and long-established politicians.
Yup, and then the CORPORATE MSM DUMPS all over them!!
That is how they RESPECT the WILL of the VOTERS after they make it all seem like such a big deal about our ability to self-govern in a democracy and "change" things?
Ever notice the POLITICIANS only seem to CARE ABOUT YOU when ELECTION TIME rolls around?
In Utah, Senator Bob Bennett lost to a political newcomer with Tea Party movement ties, Mike Lee. In Kentucky, ophthalmologist Rand Paul defeated the party-backed Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
Related: Not Like Father Like Son
And last month, Tea Party -backed Joe Miller defeated Senator Lisa Murkowski....
Related: Clinging to the Senate
In other primaries:
■ Twenty-term Representative Charlie Rangel of New York won decisively despite ethics allegations against him by the House Ethics Committee. His primary challenger was Adam Clayton Powell IV, whose father Rangel defeated 40 years ago to win the seat. Rangel, who rose to become chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, only to give it up in the midst of the ethics investigation, will be heavily favored to win the general election.
Related: Charlie Rangel's Farewell Party
I guess not, and how DISAPPOINTING!!
Yeah, when it comes to the DEMOCRATS doing the RIGHT THING and DISPATCHING one of their own slime-ball establishment candidates they REELECT HIM!
Just goes to show you that RACE and GENDER do NOT GUARANTEE VIRTUE in politics (as the conventional myth implies)!
■ Also in New York, Rick Lazio, a former representative who had lost to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the US Senate in 2000, was trounced by political newcomer Carl Paladino, a wealthy developer with Tea Party movement support, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Lazio had once held a lopsided lead in the polls. Paladino now faces Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who will be the favorite....
Message: ESTABLISHMENT OUT!!!!
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Then again, I suppose it is JUST ME!!!
Go ahead and KEEP YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, Americans!
Then you get EXACTLY the GOVERNMENT you DESERVE!!
I would say time for a NATIONAL STRIKE and OCCUPATION of D.C. and STATE CAPITOLS as in days past until we GET WHAT WE WANT; however, Americans do not seem inclined in that direction so KEEP YOUR DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED CONGRESS and your ESTABLISHMENT! After all, they have SERVED YOU SO WELL with the JOBS, HOUSING, and INFRASTRUCTURE of your country!!
Btw, WHERE were the DEMOCRAT OBJECTIONS and FILIBUSTERS all those years they held a minority in the Senate? How come BUSH'S PROGRAMS were NEVER FILIBUSTERED? Why is it REPUBLICANS are the only ones who OFFER RESISTANCE? Why is it Republican resistance WINS and Democrats DO NOT?
