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Reginald McGraw:
Here in Maryland, both the gubernatorial and senate races are being contested with the following sledgehammer argument:
Dem: <Republican candidate> IS BUSH!! (Literally...http://www.ehrlichisbush.com/)
Rep: Bush who?
Is this happening in other locales to this degree?
RottingCorpse:
Yeah. I think so, though VA's race has been more of "Webb hates women!" "Allen is racist!"
George Allen, you'll remember is the current senator who got in trouble for calling some Indian dude "Macaca."
James Webb is a GOP turned Dem, and a total shitheel from I've gleaned.
I'll be writing in somebody, probably Satan.
nacho:
Sad to say that the 2006/2008 Dem strategy will be exactly that, Reggie. "We ain't Bush!" It's why we might as well just give up, really. Once again, the Republicans will come in with a stronger win -- at least for 2008 -- simply because, by summer 08, everyone will stick a screwdriver into their eye when they hear whatever the rambling equivalent of "not Bush/he is Bush" will be.
06, thankfully, will be the backlash year. The midterms are less about strategy and more reflective of the people, so you get slightly different results. But the tone set by both the parties is what everyone will have to shudder and swallow in two years.
fajwat:
--- Quote from: RottingCorpse on October 20, 2006, 05:31:08 PM ---George Allen, you'll remember is the current senator who got in trouble for calling some Indian dude "Macaca."
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George Allen Insult Generator:
http://www.slate.com/id/2150347/nav/tap1/index.html?g=1&zsacategory=GeorgeAllenInsults
--- Quote from: RottingCorpse on October 20, 2006, 05:31:08 PM ---I'll be writing in somebody, probably Satan.
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Vote Green!!
fajwat:
So today Dupont Circle was covered with Democrat volunteers carrying clipboards and saying this line to all pedestrians: "Help the Democrats take back Congress!"
I turned to the volunteer who heckled me and said with a huge grin, "Congress belongs to the people. Green Party all the way!" She looked nonplussed at my thumbs up sign.
Seriously, though, I'm upset by monopolies, duopolies, cartels and even more so when they're as dysfunctional as our two major parties are. One of these parties "take back congress" just smacks me upside the head with really bad logic. It isn't theirs. They can't have it. They're renting it from us and they've always been bad tenants. They had their chance two years ago on the same issues they're expecting to win on today. Sure, events and public opinion have changed but our leaders should've been fully capable of forming today's winning opinions years ago. (Of course, the Green party did.)
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