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I Told You Ninnies He Was Going to Win

Totally wrong on the 11 point margin of victory, of course, but, as St. Augustine said, "Fuck you for noticing."

So fucking psyched.

You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.

And that is politically problematic, for us. Cap and Trade? Dead. Card Check? Dead.

Health Care? Well, yeah: Dead.

A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.

Anyway, always trust my damn hunches. I predicted the 2004 Red Sox sweep of the World Series before the season even began, for crying out loud.

Oh: And of course we know the media's story for tomorrow: Brown didn't really run as a Republican, so, like, this doesn't mean anything, or something.

Um: Except for his party ID as "Republican" and the sixty-three gajillion Coakley commercials calling him a Republican. And his vow to join the Republicans in filibustering ObamaCare (now dead letter), and his support of across the board tax cuts, and his desire to treat terrorists in a rather GOPish manner.

Yeah. They'll try. They won't mean it, and they won't really believe it. But they have to do it.

Because they're stupid, and they can only do what they must do.

Posted by: Ace at 11:36 PM




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1 U da man!

Posted by: dogfish at January 19, 2010 11:39 PM (sGaoh)

2 Yeah Ace, but weren't you the one rooting for David Caruso to win Best Supporting Actor for his role in First Blood?

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 19, 2010 11:42 PM (QECjC)

3 Is it me, or is this thread Italican?

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 19, 2010 11:44 PM (QECjC)

4 Don't. Get. Cocky.

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 19, 2010 11:47 PM (ZiQz8)

5 I'm watching Rachel Maddow and apparently this election means nothing because "Mass. is not a particularly liberal state."


And also, they hate women there...

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at January 19, 2010 11:48 PM (ZiQz8)

6 IM AN EEYORE I ADMIT IT. I AM GLAD TO BE WRONG.

Posted by: MR PINK SOCKPUPPETTING AN NBC EXEC at January 19, 2010 11:49 PM (V/EYZ)

7 I got nothing. Happy the Ace is in Boston though, representing!

Posted by: Winston at January 19, 2010 11:50 PM (crVkA)

8 What do we 5%ers win? Pudding lids?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2010 11:50 PM (DPM1U)

9 Mmmmm hmmmm. Ten days after everyone else, you finally said, you know, maybe this isn't a fantasy.

Prognostication, thy name is Ace of Spades.


Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 11:50 PM (i8s5X)

10 How stupid does Harry Reid and Ben Nelson feel? All Reid has to do is sit on this bill until today. IF hadn't passed the Senate and the House, Brown gets smoked.

Nelson and the other Senators with their hands out like Landrieu must feel like schmucks too. Oh, and the Unions. I thought they might be the 101st Senator with card check, health care, the GM bailout etc.

Can't wait for November if the Republican leadership reads the "tea leaves" correctly.

Posted by: jeff at January 19, 2010 11:52 PM (eTz/n)

11 I dont think the passion dies, in fact I think it will be more energized than ever. With Obama claiming he is going to double down on stupid weve got all the fodder we need. Plus this has given the conservative movement proof that the old ideas are still the best ideas.

Posted by: Alex at January 19, 2010 11:52 PM (wFWt7)

12 It sure beats hoping Lieberman beats Lamont. I can't believe I devoted any nanosecond of my lifetime caring about that outcome.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 19, 2010 11:52 PM (DPM1U)

13 I must say Brian Dennehy pulled out all the stops in his portrayal of Fenway Park.

Posted by: eman at January 19, 2010 11:52 PM (sqNBZ)

14 I wonder how the libs like the taste of THAT teabag...

The fun part was watching The Olberdouche and Richard "Dick" Maddow try to wrap their minds around what had just transpired. They consoled themselves with the theory that Obama and the Dems just weren't liberal enough.

Posted by: packsoldier at January 19, 2010 11:54 PM (aKQa8)

15 Scott Brown ran one one thing: He will be the 41st vote AGAINST the abomination health care bill in the system.

Deny that shit at your peril, Dems.

Posted by: Chitown-Jerry at January 19, 2010 11:54 PM (Do528)

16 Checking out the results by town. In moonbatty Newburyport, Coakley only beat Brown by 1 point.

Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 11:54 PM (UJIeT)

17

And that is politically problematic, for us. Cap and Trade? Dead. Card Check? Dead.

Health Care? Well, yeah: Dead.



A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.
--------------------
20% unemployment thanks to moonbat policy should be enough to teabag the rest.

Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 19, 2010 11:54 PM (qyKoF)

18 Oh, and I wanted to repeat here:

God Bless Jim Webb.

Dem though he is, he is the one that can send the signals.

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 19, 2010 11:54 PM (i8s5X)

19 Dem though he is, he is the one that can send the signals.

he's also a traitor to the common sense side

Posted by: YRM at January 19, 2010 11:56 PM (MxqA5)

20 my coattails>?

a good solid B+

Posted by: Barack T. Ogabe esq. at January 19, 2010 11:56 PM (Mhn4l)

21 I'm not just happy, I'm relieved. We won't have health care nationalization now.

Posted by: chemjeff at January 19, 2010 11:56 PM (Gk/wA)

22 Yep, we Massholes (and former ones) know that State has lots of pent up anger and hidden R-ness.

The people of Mass already have Obamacare and complete rule by Dems. They know it sucks. Even a lot of the folks that voted for Marcia know it sucks. They just couldn't break the spell.

Posted by: eman at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (sqNBZ)

23 I thought Juan Williams was going to cry. He want's Obama to double down on his policies. Some pundits say he will. We could only be so lucky.

Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (iuNyN)

24 Time to go downstairs to my bar, draw off a nice Schwartz lager, maybe have a cigar. Balls get time off for good behavior.

Posted by: CUS at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (n56wA)

25 18 Hgoblin,

Jim Webb is the worst kind of traitor to the Reagan revolution, I know when he brushes his teeth at night he tries to con himself into thinking he is the last scoop jackson dem or Charlie Wilson, but at the end of the day he Harry Reid and Frau Botox's chief enabler.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (Mhn4l)

26 The Republicans do not need to read the tea leaves. They need people like Scott Brown to take back the Congress. Rino's move out of the way, because Brown has shown how it's done. Take it to the Dem's. Made the people decide on the issues. Don't take the bait the Dem's hold out and debate them on their aganda's bad messages.

Posted by: mystry at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (kmgIE)

27 I TOLD YOU NINNIES HE SHE WAS GOING TO WIN! BY SEVEN!

Posted by: Eeeyorepundit at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (outBY)

28 I predicted it too, Ace, F-ing Awesome http://itdontmakesense.blogspot.com/

nice celebrating video here! A perfect anniv gift for obumbles.

Posted by: Bunni at January 19, 2010 11:59 PM (4bn6K)

29 I don't think the people running the Democratic Party are going to give up their mantle from God. They're going to double down, rev up the nastiness, and keep the payoffs coming.

Posted by: MlR at January 19, 2010 11:59 PM (op9m5)

30 Yeah, yeah but don't get too coky, I predicted it yesterday too :-)

YeeHaw! Go Scott Brown and your pickup truck ... all the way to Washington! We The People still own America!

Scott Brown need to give the Republican response after the SOTU sweet!

Posted by: texas at January 20, 2010 12:00 AM (B1C4/)

31 I thought Juan Williams was going to cry. He want's
Obama to double down on his policies. Some pundits say he will. We
could only be so lucky.

Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (iuNyN)

Good. Let them double down. The harder they try to ram their shit down our throats, the worse the backlash will be come November.

Posted by: Mandy P. at January 20, 2010 12:00 AM (MK6Kx)

32 I feel like Cubans in Miami every time there's a rumor that Castro died!

Posted by: Johnny I @ 5.5--pro photog who can shoot drunk at January 20, 2010 12:00 AM (Jj2Z9)

33 It forces them back to a more moderate path,

This is sort of right. They can't pass what they want, but what they want doesn't change, and everyone knows it. But let's not forget, they didn't get obliterated in 94 because they passed Hillarycare-they were punished for even trying. It will not be forgotten by November what they tried to do this last year, nor how much time they spent on it when everyone knew a solid majority of the country opposed it. They will be punished again. Now it may not be as bad as it would had they passed it.

But remember. Some form of it already passed both the House and Senate. Every Dem Senator and nearly all Dem Representatives are on record voting for it. They may scramble now under the impulse "we are headed for electoral slaughter, but maybe I can outrun the rest of the caucus and keep my seat." There is great entertainment to be had in the months ahead. At the end of which time...

...they will be punished again.

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2010 12:00 AM (Xsi7M)

34
Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 11:57 PM (iuNyN)
Juan is a more realistic then most libtards and a nice guy, i'd take him over talking points and hacks like Colmes Beckel
Posted by: mystry at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (kmgIE)
I love how he didn't play too nice w/ Obama w/ his victory speech

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:00 AM (MxqA5)

35 And extra-special thanx to erg's twee little elegies. Adds just the right dash of piquant to the schadenfreude, shaken and served cold. You're a giver, dude, you'll always have that going for you.

Bet somebody's request for 40 copies of Heather Has Two Mommies gets canceled tomorrow, just out of spite.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 20, 2010 12:01 AM (aC0uO)

36

You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless
factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that
the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.
And that is politically problematic, for us.

You know what I learned this last year?

Elections have consequences. The "If this, then the electorate this" and "Well, this, then the electorate that that" don't mean shit when it comes time to actually enacting policies. We can't predicate, assume, or suppose. We just need to fight... and win.

Posted by: Filly at January 20, 2010 12:01 AM (FDfio)

37 I seem to remember a post here waaaaay back when Scott Brown was down by about 25 pts...was that you Laura W who was admonishing the national GOP for not supporting this candidate? Anyway, it was here at AoS that I first heard about Scott Brown vs. the Machine in Mass.

Ah, the wonderful schadenfreude brought about by reading the facebook posts by my liberal friends and coworkers tonight. Good times.

Posted by: muggedbyreality at January 20, 2010 12:01 AM (0XHSl)

38 Proud +5'er. I'm reporting, once again, for my free pudding.

Posted by: GW McLintock at January 20, 2010 12:03 AM (zFh1t)

39 @33

Not just for their voting record, remember the way the treated their own constituents at town halls? The RNC has no excuse not to have devastating commercials this next go round.

Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 20, 2010 12:03 AM (qyKoF)

40
Posted by: Eeeyorepundit at January 19, 2010 11:58 PM (outBY)
I hate that POS, he's CJ-lite, I know he and ace are buddies but still...talking about CJ, how's he reacting to the news?

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:03 AM (MxqA5)

41 Listen, I have no illusions that webb is niether conservative nor an ally. But he did stop O-care in its tracks. No pong here.

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:04 AM (i8s5X)

42 If this is the thread for postmortems on our predictions on the "spread", I went with the Eeyore-ish 2% and was expecting a circus of "disputed ballots" and possible recounts.

(I did call that Kennedy would be lucky to get 1%, so I got that going for me. Which is nice.)

So, please excuse my moderate pessimism; but mostly I was trying to keep up the hopes of the people who had faith.

On that topic, the "waaah it's Massachusetts" whiners here owe HillBuzz an apology. HillBuzz was right. The Eeyores were wrong.

Posted by: Zimriel at January 20, 2010 12:05 AM (WHpnp)

43 Ah, thanks for quoting my brother.

Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 20, 2010 12:06 AM (gbCNS)

44 You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama

Socialized Health Care would have been the end of the beginning of this country and the beginning of it's end. Yes this sudden swing puts some favoritism back into the dems corner. But this hill, above all others, had to be defended. It may cost us more effort and sweat on the morrow, but the victory of the day was needed in the present to save a cause for tomorrows battle. We were and still are at the brink. All we have done is paused before stepping off into the abyss.

The war is not won, the battle is not won, the day is won. Good night morons and moronettes, tomorrow is a new day. At dawns light I will see you back on the line.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at January 20, 2010 12:06 AM (NpODV)

45 I just wanted to stop by and let all you racist teabagging rednecks that if you took your balls out of the tapioca once and a while you'd realize that you and Senator Scott "I checked your nude photos on the internet and I've got you beat by at least an inch, maybe inch and a half" Brown can all suck my dick because I'm going to shove Obamacare so far up your ass next weekvia budget reconciliation that you'll be shitting cap and trade come July if you know what I'm saying.Whichyou probably don't so I'll spell it out for you...."I'm going topass cap and trade even if unemployment hits 15%" because that's what you cousin humping god botherers need. A little more time to sit home and reflect about life and how I'm the President of the United States and your biggest accomplishment was the time yougot drunk and didn't get robbed by a male prostitute. Also the world has a fever or some othergay bullshit. Ask Al Gore I'm too busy being President of the United States to have any idea what I'm talking about.

So in short laugh it upnow losers, we'll see how funny it is whenyou see the comprehensive immigration reform plan I've been working on. It's tits.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (VOigi)

46 Drudge has now gone completely around the bend. *spits*

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (9Wv2j)

47 So far, 2010 is looking like a good year. I'm still not covinced that the Republicans have learned anything.

Posted by: Hammer at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (hVGDL)

48 41 Hgoblin,
The problem is if anything Webb is precisely the type we have to punish as at the end of the day he is like most blue dogs....talks a tough independent game back home and gets his inner Berkeley on once in DC.....which is a neat trick given his home is next to DC.....
Old Dominion voters must not watch the news or read papers to keep sending his ilk up the river.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (Mhn4l)

49 "Totally wrong on the 11 point margin of victory"

Well, you forgot to subtract the fraud factor.

Posted by: JB at January 20, 2010 12:08 AM (1OoPr)

50 A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.

The only way that happens is:

1) Recession
2) ???
3) Booming economy in 9 months


Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:08 AM (GxVdJ)

51
Posted by: GW McLintock at January 20, 2010 12:03 AM (zFh1t)
I also went for +5
Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:04 AM (i8s5X)
he's just trying to go moderate, he was barely elected over a popular Senator and former Governor thanks to a YouTube clip that took a comment out of context and that on being a "red state moderate democrat" but he's been a rude, obnoxious, traitorous, liberal scum of a Senator and disrespected Dubya various times even daring to take a cheap shot when Dubya asked him how his son was doing in Iraq. the POS will hopefully lose in '12

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:08 AM (MxqA5)

52 allah is just a pessimist. He's not a rino except maybe on the ghey stuff, and largely b/c he's living in NYC, not gay. Pro war, prolife, pro-limited government. We gotta stop being puritans IN PLACES WHERE PURITY IS NO BENEFIT.

Scott Brown ain't pure, folks.

If AP was living in Alabama, I'd be with you in grinding him into the dust. But he's great for a NY conservative.

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:09 AM (i8s5X)

53 You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.
Ace, have not had MSNBC on much tonight, eh. The so-called smart political commentators over there advise Obama it is time to double down on the stupid. Please, please, someone tell Rahm and O to take the advice of political sages Keith Olbermann (sportscaster), Rachel Maddow (radio eh, "personality") and Chris Matthews (Tip O'Neill's driver). Please, please, please.

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 20, 2010 12:10 AM (V9SYy)

54 Time to go downstairs to my bar, draw off a nice Schwartz lager, maybe have a cigar.

Decided on bourbon. A nice Jefferson's Reserve.

Posted by: CUS at January 20, 2010 12:10 AM (n56wA)

55 I predicted the 2004 Red Sox sweep of the World Series before the season even began, for crying out loud.
If Ace really did that, then color me impressed.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 20, 2010 12:11 AM (F09Uo)

56 You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path
thank god this isn't a fortune telling blog. you are underestimatingyour enemy.

Posted by: evil libertarian at January 20, 2010 12:11 AM (x9lGm)

57 The White house already stated it was going to double down on stupid if Brown won.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:11 AM (GxVdJ)

58 I know Webb's not a great conservative that we should rally behind to reelect. Really I do. But he's stopping Hairy Reid before he even gets going

Sen. Jim Webb [D]: 'Suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated'...

That's good enough for now.

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:12 AM (i8s5X)

59 At the beginning of December, Charles hacked out his Why I Left the Right.

Since then, Copenhagen collapsed, Barry has been sinking in the polls, he looks clueless on terrorism, Dodd and Dorgan quit, and Brown took Ted fuckin' Kennedy's seat

If he tries coming back, change all the locks

Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2010 12:13 AM (sYxEE)

60 Anyone watching Matthews? Is he ok?

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:13 AM (p302b)

61 I've been hitting the tequila pretty good (agave, natch), but I'm still lucid enough to tell that the tide has changed, indeed.

BRB

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:13 AM (i8s5X)

62 I don't really think St. Augustine said that.

Posted by: God at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (ZzjLj)

63 59,
Chuckles would not make a very good surfer....
"BikeBoy, you ride the waves don't come in a year behind them a$$hat."

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (Mhn4l)

64 If this is the thread for postmortems on our predictions on the "spread", I went with the Eeyore-ish 2% and was expecting a circus of "disputed ballots" and possible recounts.
Current spread is 4.8. I had 4.3. 1% left to count. Probabky not enough to close the gap .5%. Guess dagny will tell us the winner tomorrow.

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (V9SYy)

65 Anyone watching Matthews? Is he ok?

Somebody on the Hannah thread said he's drunk and slurring. Is he really?

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (9Wv2j)

66 60,
Chris Tingle is in shock....he'll go full 'tard tomorrow.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (Mhn4l)

67 Given CJ's trajectory, his next stop would be to get fitted for a nice straight jacket and a padded room

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (GxVdJ)

68 So Ace, did you take up Allah's bet that Coakley wins by 7?

Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (sYxEE)

69 it won't force Obama to do a thing. He has Narcissist Personality Disorder. He can't and won't admit he was wrong or change his direction. He will continue like a bull in a china shop towards dictatorship. it is the other elected Dems that want to save their own fanny that will change. Obama will destroy himself due to his narcissism. As far as the others, they already let their leftist hair down, That genie is out of the bottle and not going back.
changing will not save their fannies but they will be in denial about thinking it will save them

Posted by: dem no more at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (0cUgO)

70 @ YRM,
Fella, I don't know whay you've been dippin' in but that didn't help me in the congnitive sense one bit.

Posted by: GW McLintock at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (zFh1t)

71 hobgloblin ..when you have a clear headshot you don't shoot the guy in the leg.

Posted by: evil libertarian at January 20, 2010 12:15 AM (x9lGm)

72 I swore I wouldn't believe it until it happened.
I believe now.
Hope for the best, expect the worst. That way, you're never disappointed, just pleasantly surprised.
BITTER OLBERDOUCHE TEARS ARE SO, SO SWEET

Posted by: tsj017 at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (TO4Pw)

73 65,
Probably he didn't take '94 well either.....

of course nobody could top Hitchens....watched his stammering drunk routine on CSPAN and was quite entertained.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (Mhn4l)

74 You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed.
I hate to be a downer on such a great night, but there is a long, long way to go and we are not nearly out of the threat. They won't moderate, they'll just move to some other idiotic, un-American, staticist plan ... if they even move away health scare so quickly, which The Precedent won't want to do (since he is truly stupid and doesn't care, anyway). But the big monetary threat still looms, and that is what eerything is really going to turn on, at least in my view.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (A46hP)

75 Hey, that's a cheap shot calling us ninnies when we all know we're morons!

Posted by: Nraendowment at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (pk3HD)

76
Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:07 AM (9Wv2j)When Dubya was elected in 2000, Obama was some clown in Illinois as a community organizer, when he was re-elected in 2004 Obama was winning his first state-wide election as a Senator, hell I wouldn't be shocked if he goes for it

Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 12:09 AM (i8s5X)
i'd agree w/ you, if he didn't take a shit on the base every time they were down or bashing religion to start flame wars

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (MxqA5)

77 "65
Anyone watching Matthews? Is he ok?

Somebody on the Hannah thread said he's drunk and slurring. Is he really?


Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:14 AM (9Wv2j)"He is slurring and he is squinting his eyes when he looks at the camera....the explanation now makes sense.....well, I guess when you broadcast from a bar....

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:16 AM (p302b)

78 68
So Ace, did you take up Allah's bet that Coakley wins by 7?

If Allah can't pay him, he has to pay up by being Ace's butler


Posted by: George Costanza at January 20, 2010 12:17 AM (sYxEE)

79 Remember people, the uniform for tomorrow is BROWN. Brown shirt, brown slacks, brown socks, brown shoes.
(we're trying to send a subtle message, here...)

Posted by: Warthog at January 20, 2010 12:17 AM (QPSwc)

80 71 EL,

Elf Commander surrendering to Orcs-"Here, my sword....."
Orc Commander stabbing elf in stomach-"thanks"

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:17 AM (Mhn4l)

81 Somebody on the Hannah thread said he's drunk and slurring. Is he really?
He seems really out of it. Like he has no idea what to say. None of them ever saw this coming. Period. Shock has set in. Tomorrow is the fun day, morons (and moronettes) for it starts the blame game. Expect a really entertaining circular firing squad.

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 20, 2010 12:17 AM (V9SYy)

82 Matthews: "Premeditated, deliberate murder of the health care bill ..."
He's great. LOL.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:17 AM (A46hP)

83 Always trust your hunches, Ace? Really, always? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: The grizz at January 20, 2010 12:18 AM (Fue76)

84 I couldn't think of a better place to be when this is happening than here, on Ace of Spades. Watching MSNBC. Dipping my balls and fapping furiously.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 20, 2010 12:19 AM (GhUHn)

85 Matthews can't believe that the death of Ted Kennedy is going to lead to the death of....Ted Kennedy's dream.
Tomorrow, I think I will e-mail Chrissy an old Hall and Oates tune.
So Close...yet so far away.

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 20, 2010 12:19 AM (V9SYy)

86 If you can put on MSNBC this is so worth watching.

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:19 AM (p302b)

87 Steve McMahon: Martha Coackley was down 15 in the polls last week. The Precedent visits Massachusetts and she loses by 4 or 5. The Precedent saved or created 10 points for her. He's a great asset.

[paraphrased]

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:20 AM (A46hP)

88 of course nobody could top Hitchens....watched his stammering drunk routine on CSPAN and was quite entertained.

lmao, I have to watch that I hate that man more then I do Obama or even CJ

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:21 AM (MxqA5)

89 If Allah can't pay him, he has to pay up by being Ace's butler

i'd pay to see that

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:22 AM (MxqA5)

90 Ace not only gets to be there for the ball dipping, his site hit statistics must look like a sudden boner on the traffic graph

Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2010 12:22 AM (sYxEE)

91 We get it, marcia was on vacation in the carribbean. But the guy who just said they didn't see it coming, the national party, the state party, the local party and the coakly campaign didn't see it coming, Brown crept up on her, say they....lol

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:23 AM (p302b)

92 it won't force Obama to do a thing. He has Narcissist Personality Disorder.

I read somewhere that he hasn't had a general type press conference, where he answered questions, in several months. He's already retreated into the bunker.

I expect this to continue. His handlers don't want to risk him blowing up in a narcissistic rage live on camera.

Now that the shit has gone sideways in a big way, his handlers must be working overtime to restrict access and contain leakage.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:23 AM (GxVdJ)

93 Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl but I cannot rejoice.
Does Brown speak openly of conceptslike freedom and liberty? No? Then he's not to be trusted any more than any other politician.
What are the chances Obama Co. are not going to move to the center but rather double down as their patron saint Alinsky would have them to?
Buckle up, folks. We ain't seen nothin' yet.

Posted by: Scott J. at January 20, 2010 12:24 AM (MU2+T)

94 87
Steve McMahon: Martha Coackley was down 15 in the polls last week. The
Precedent visits Massachusetts and she loses by 4 or 5. The Precedent
saved or created 10 points for her. He's a great asset.

She was up by 30 last month. He's a great asshat

Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2010 12:24 AM (sYxEE)

95 Guys, I would believe that this event would force he Dems back into semi-moderation.....if they were sane or somewhat realistic. From what I've seen of Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, et al, is that they are far, far, far from sane or realisitc.

I was at my moonbat brother's house tonight for a birthday party. Olbermann's grim, televised visage greeted me when I walked in. My brother noticed my smirk, and before I could say anything, he changed the channel to the Princess Diaries and skulked downstairs. That was better than any razzing I could have given him.

Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 20, 2010 12:25 AM (rhtun)

96 94,

Math skillz aren't a donk strongpoint.....

Chairman Ogabe thinks he has signed a lean series of budget bills.....

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:25 AM (Mhn4l)

97 I'm glad to see you nitwits have your shit-stained panties all in a wad, easier for us to blow holes through them when we show up in the next week with trunks and trucks full of uncounted ballots all for our sweetie.

Till that time, get drunk and celebrate because next week that bum truck driving cosmogirl will be kicked down the stairs and into the street.

Posted by: ACORN Warrior at January 20, 2010 12:25 AM (JpVJn)

98 93
Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl but I cannot rejoice.
Are you the guy at the bachelor party who tells the drunks that their wives won't speak to them for a month tomorrow morning?

Posted by: kbdabear at January 20, 2010 12:25 AM (sYxEE)

99 Does Brown speak openly of conceptslike freedom and liberty? No? Then
he's not to be trusted any more than any other politician.

he's not trying to be Glenn Beck, he was trying to win an election

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:26 AM (MxqA5)

100 Now we've done it. Obie's gonna get combative even if he has to throw the whole Democratic Congress under the bus....

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 20, 2010 12:26 AM (oxMVR)

101 I respectfully express my doubts on your theory, Ace!
Clinton was a pragmatist, and changed to please the masses, but Obama is an over-the-top narcissist (hence the near-daily speeches),and ahard-core marxist. He's also a fairly inexperienced politician who lives in a solid steel bubble that even a moderate Democrat can't penetrate. The other Dems have been following Obama, Pelosi, and Reid because they're being strongarmed, Chicago style. The hard left has been on a suicidal "force it down the public's throats while we have the chance" for some time now. Why expect it to change? These are not "normal" politicians running the show.
Hell, Obama still thinks that he can make outrageous claims and people will still believe him. He doesn't get that people are sick of hearing his empty rhetoric (every frikkin' day!), and only care about how unemploymentand the national debt arethrough the roofwhile he's busy withpushingsocialized medicine. He's literally incapable of "getting it", and a marxist like him sure as hell isn't going to support a damn thing that would actually help the situation (and neither are Nancy and Harry).
I could be wrong, but I expect the only "moderation" is going to come from the harsh reality of their not having the 60 votes. Expect sleezy, heavy-handed schemes to try to get around that handicap, and increasing lame attempts to STILL blame Bush! It would take a Tea Party WITHIN the Democratic Party to make any kind of difference, and I just don't see it. They're already rationalizing this loss in MA.
In short, I'll prognosticate that 2010 is still lookin' REAL GOOD. Their only real hope isif the economy bounces back somewhat despite their better efforts.

Posted by: Optimizer at January 20, 2010 12:26 AM (Sn+qO)

102 88 YRM,
He was totally hammered by 2200.....went on until after Cali closed, credit even if the devil he looked reality in the eyes and didn't say "the American democrats must double down on retard".....

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:27 AM (Mhn4l)

103 Ace has kind of changed my mind. Getting elected is always better than loosing.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 20, 2010 12:27 AM (F09Uo)

104 Brown,
The New Black

Posted by: Pike Place Pete at January 20, 2010 12:27 AM (qD3QA)

105 Oh Daily Kos, the polls, the polls are calling,
They say you suck, like interstellar space.
Oh Daily Kos, the meds they are a' failing,
Your Unicorn King's like a scooter in a drag race.

Oh Daily Kos, you drank up all the Kool-Aid,
Your fascist dreams, have vanished in the air.
Oh Daily Kos, you might just need a Band-Aid,
On that pulsating open rectal tear.

Oh Daily Kos, you venerated the Kennedy's,
A drunken clan of vote-stealing crooks.
Oh Daily Kos, your special brand of insanity,
Makes you all look like brain-dead mooks.

Oh Daily Kos, your tragedy touches me,
In a private and oh-so-special part.
Oh Daily Kos, I'll dip my balls in your breakfast oatmeal,
And wipe them off on your strawberry Pop-Tart.

Sung to 'Danny Boy'

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at January 20, 2010 12:28 AM (aC0uO)

106 Does Brown speak openly of conceptslike freedom and liberty?

He's a military officer. I trust his taking that oath more than I trust Obama/Pelosi/Reid when they took it.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:28 AM (GxVdJ)

107 97 Acorn Warrior,
Snow Ninjas better study up on anti-material rifles and 4th gen irregular operations.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:28 AM (Mhn4l)

108 Clinton was a pragmatist, and changed to please the masses, but Obama
is an over-the-top narcissist (hence the near-daily speeches),and
ahard-core marxist.

and he actually looked at the polls, had a moderate record as AR Governor and was part of the "New Democrat" 3rd way to change the Dem party (that failed when it was all said and done), and that was diff. world, put in 24/7 news and talk radio the way it is today and Clinton might lose in 1996 anyways

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:29 AM (MxqA5)

109 Dude, we are entitled to celebrate a little! Jeez, tomorrow (today) is the one-year anniversary of Zero's swearings-in....who the hell would have thought that in this one-year period he would have lost key allies in New stinkin' Jersey...and friggin' Massachusetts? Eat, drink and be merry!

Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 20, 2010 12:30 AM (rhtun)

110 All right, Brown won over three hours ago, where is the Hitler Bunker spoof of Coackley already?

(Come on, people! We're on Internet time here...)

Posted by: Warthog at January 20, 2010 12:30 AM (QPSwc)

111 Does Brown speak openly of concepts like freedom and liberty?
"When dealing with terrorists our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop these terrorists – not lawyers to defend them. The Constitution and laws exist to protect this nation and its citizens. They do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime."
-- Scott Brown
Works for me.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (A46hP)

112 I don't think Mattews is drunk. I think he has a stuffy nose and he hasn't been off the air long enough to blow his nose.

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (p302b)

113 I don't care who told who what...
This rules and we will not be silenced

Posted by: Brass Monkey at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (sHGby)

114 I watched CNN/MSNBC tonight ...............egh

What's the difference between MSNBC/CNN and a public access station?..........

No.I'm serious....I really want to know.

Posted by: your name here at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (qFdyV)

115 I cannot stand lawrence O'Donnel but we agree on the fact that the watershed moment was when he said "it's the people's seat"

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:32 AM (p302b)

116 I honestly thought ACORN and SEIU were going to be bigger factors than they were. I'm pleased to be wrong.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2010 12:32 AM (OkT2m)

117 good night, fellow Brown-coats

Posted by: Zimriel at January 20, 2010 12:32 AM (WHpnp)

118
Posted by: your name here at January 20, 2010 12:31 AM (qFdyV)
MSNBC is farther to the left then public access and CNNpublic access is farther to the left then CNNCNN is lefty center not necessarily far left but still a-holes

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:33 AM (MxqA5)

119 114,
be nice it has to be tough having what you use as your religion getting rejected in their equivalent to the city of Q'om......

at the end of the day the Newsies are barking moonbats and they just had the city of Q'om mass convert to Christianity.....

gotta be tough on 'em

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:33 AM (Mhn4l)

120 HAY! That was Johnny Effin Coldcuts that predicted the 2004 Red Sox sweep, champ!
The time-traveling sandwich from the future?

Posted by: HobbieHawk at January 20, 2010 12:33 AM (OyIZm)

121 I was soooo happy tonight I locked myself in the
bathroom and pulled my pud. I totally ignored
my wife banging on the door. I am the toughest
dude in the world, just like Obama.

Posted by: Barry McCockinner at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (JaiDJ)

122 Ace gulps down a few juicebox cocktails and suddenly transforms. Now? He's effin' GGS Patton riding shotgun in a WTF halftrack AND hand-cranking the freakin' air raid siren.

On to Bastogne San Francisco !

Hah.

Posted by: 13times at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (cmQEU)

123
Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:32 AM (p302b)
he's a POS still

Posted by: YRM at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (MxqA5)

124 Oprah To Michelle: Let’s Go Buy Some New Shoes!

Posted by: Pike Place Pete at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (qD3QA)

125 Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl but I cannot rejoice.
Sux to be you, then, huh?

Me, I'm doin' the happy dance.

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (9Wv2j)

126 1115,

yeah even President Wonderful tried to subvert it....
at the end of the day Libtards would be a lot better served reading Shakespeare more and 'The Motorcycle Diaries" less.....

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:34 AM (Mhn4l)

127 When he comes back he is going to give you the names of the democrats on "the endangered species list"....yoo funny...before that he announced "it's gettin pretty close"

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM (p302b)

128 You know, in a crazy way, this helps the Democrats and Obama. It forces them back to a more moderate path, and takes the scared shitless factor out of 2010; the public can now breathe a sigh of relief that the craziest shit these assholes think of won't get passed. - Ace

Not according to Paul Begala and Steny Hoyer. Both of them said that this win for Brown shows that Obama needs to get tougher, and to go full speed ahead with his programs. Talk about a couple of crazy fanatics. Sheesh. I hope that Obama takes their adevice. It will destroy the Democrats.

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM (ITzbJ)

129 This is just such a dahhhhk day! It’s ovah! It’s ovah! I can’t believe it! OW-AH PRECIOUS DYNASTY HAS COME TO AN END!

You people from othah faggot states don’t get it. He may have been a drunk who let a garl die, but he was OW-UH drunk who let a garl fackin’ DIE! You can’t appreciate the history this man had with his votah base! We lifted him up! If it had nawt been far the LEGENDARY BAWSTON VOTAHS, that highway bill nevah would have passed! FACKIN’ CHAHHHHLES SCHUMAH WOULD HAVE FACKED IT UP!

NO ONE DENIES THIS!

(May have been blatantly ripped off from Kissing Suzy Kohlber)

Posted by: Tommy from Qunizee at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM (1AnxB)

130 Brown,
The New BlackBLUE

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM (9Wv2j)

131 So has the inevitable Obama verison of the Coakley loses Downfall video appeared yet?

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2010 12:35 AM (Xsi7M)

132 @110

Yikes, but I type slowly.

Posted by: Methos at January 20, 2010 12:36 AM (Xsi7M)

133 128,
you might be watching crazy cop/moron cop in action....

Steyn(he of the moderate moonbat Pelosi hater club) is trying to talk tough so possibly President Jesus can "move to the middle" by taking 3 baby steps and having the newsies act like he ran a marathon to the middle....

we'll see.

Posted by: sven10077 at January 20, 2010 12:37 AM (Mhn4l)

134 And a hearty "Fuck You" to Erg, "ropspierre", Dum-Dum, T-Dub, and all the other trolls, concern or otherwise. Open wide, boys.

Posted by: Luca Brasi at January 20, 2010 12:37 AM (rhtun)

135 Note to Obama:

How's my teabag taste?

Posted by: Mike at January 20, 2010 12:37 AM (M5YQU)

136
I honestly thought ACORN and SEIU were going to be bigger factors than they were.

Nobody will ever know how much of a factor they really were...since winners don't usually demand recounts/audits or file too many complaints about vote fraud.

A 100K delta was a tough nut to crack with undetectable levels of fraud. Minus fraud, I could see Brown up another 20K or so though. 50 votes here, 50 votes there and pretty soon you can gen up 10K or 20K in a state the size of MA without raising too many eyebrows.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:38 AM (GxVdJ)

137 The fine print in Brown's victory is who the hell was running Brown's campaign? While Brown surely played a role, there's got to be a core leadership group working with Brown who needs to be giving out classes in how to get things done :

Good clean campaigns, with a consistent set of POSITIVE CONSERVATIVE messages, capable of positive counter punching, ability to implement internet fund raising, capable of putting together quality youtube video messages, capable of quickly expanding a positive, reasonably conservative, campaign vertically with increased funding without getting bogged down in bureaucratic wasteful foolishness, etc, etc...

Brown didn't win without a TEAM behind him. The GOP everywhere needs to take some lessons from Brown's campaign TEAM...

Posted by: drfredc at January 20, 2010 12:38 AM (puRnk)

138 111, that was good.
But has he kept saying in what little I heard on Fox News: we can do better.
How about addressing the fact that The Constitution is supposed to limit government and not some regrettable mistake like Obama thinks?

Posted by: Scott J. at January 20, 2010 12:39 AM (MU2+T)

139 We won bitches!
Now who's ass tatstes like CAKE!?
Ours does, so have another lick. Get used to the taste.

That is all.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 20, 2010 12:39 AM (F09Uo)

140 Anyone thinking that Bambi's gonna get the message and go all centrist in his presidenting n'stuff is smoking some pretty serious shit (and didn't share any with me!)

I suppose there is the chance that he will, but I think there is ample enough evidence that he won't.

Posted by: TheresaD at January 20, 2010 12:41 AM (iGCmo)

141 Dishonest Clod has been curiously absent tonight...maybe its because they owe me money ;->

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:42 AM (GxVdJ)

142 My bet, Obama can't help but double down on stupid, cause well he thinks he knows better then the "little people" who can't make choices for themselves.

Posted by: Rodney at January 20, 2010 12:43 AM (c6mrx)

143 I'm proud to present my personal hand-picked candidate with a copy of my new book, Wha's Up!: Bringin' the GOPizzle Fo' Shizzle!
Hey, is this thing on??

Posted by: Michael Steele at January 20, 2010 12:43 AM (aC0uO)

144 Somebody might have asked this question already before I got here, but I gotta ask, would it be a stretch to say that (my hero) Scott Brown defeated Teddy Kennedy as much as he defeated, um, what's-her-name?

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 12:44 AM (ITzbJ)

145 Some of Obama's advisors and staff might try to push him to the center, but that won't work. That will just get them fired.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:44 AM (GxVdJ)

146 Ah, there it is http://tinyurl.com/ybum5yo
(Is'nt tecknowledgy wunnerful...)

Posted by: Warthog at January 20, 2010 12:45 AM (QPSwc)

147 The politico guy seems wholly intimidated by you conservatives, by not making you right. yet he feels the "best shot" is for the congress to pass the senate bill. The only sane voice there was the time magazine female reporter who said it si not a very good idea.

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:45 AM (p302b)

148 Right now they're thinking up trinkets to dangle in front of Scott's nose.

It won't work.

Posted by: Nora O. at January 20, 2010 12:46 AM (Qpxxz)

149
"136

I honestly thought ACORN and SEIU were going to be bigger factors than they were.

Nobody
will ever know how much of a factor they really were...since winners
don't usually demand recounts/audits or file too many complaints about
vote fraud.

A 100K delta was a tough nut to crack with
undetectable levels of fraud. Minus fraud, I could see Brown up
another 20K or so though. 50 votes here, 50 votes there and pretty
soon you can gen up 10K or 20K in a state the size of MA without
raising too many eyebrows."


Yep. Because it wasn't close enough, any fraud that might have occurred (I'm looking at you, Boston.) is rendered irrelevant and will go unnoticed/ignored. If it had been close, with a dem win, it would have been up to the repubs to prove shenanigans.

Posted by: right at January 20, 2010 12:47 AM (EquV1)

150 We are witnessing the politics of ablation.

The Obama agenda is bundled up inside a capsule. The three-hundred-odd Democrats that comprise their House and Senate majorities form the heatshield on the bottom, shielding the agenda from the fierce heat of public opinion.

If the Rahm Emanuels did their sums correctly, the capsule lands safely on Obama's desk with enough of the heatshield intact.

But it's looking more and more like the steep angle at which they're trying to, uh, penetrate the public is tearing critical chunks off their protection.

Posted by: mrkwong at January 20, 2010 12:48 AM (G8Eo0)

151 The fine print in Brown's victory is who the hell was running Brown's campaign?
It has been reported several times (on Fox, as well as sites like Politico and NRO) that it was in large part Mitt Romney and his core braintrust. People are saying that this positions him very strongly within the GOP going forward and, you know what? They're right. Mittens and his team deserve MASSIVE credit for this. Call him a RINO all you want; he worked with Brown quietly, behind the scenes, never putting himself into the spotlight at all (until tonight, to take some well-deserved bows), and gave Brown a major boost. There's a reason Brown took a big pause to single out Romney for his help in that victory speech.

Posted by: Jeff B. at January 20, 2010 12:48 AM (GhUHn)

152 Hey Purple Avenger, Thanks for the part that you and Ace played in generating enthusiasm for Scott Brown. It was no small accomplishment.

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 12:49 AM (ITzbJ)

153 116
I honestly thought ACORN and SEIU were going to be bigger factors than they were. I'm pleased to be wrong.

Yeah the ACORN/SEIU factor only really comes into play when the margin of victory is in the 1-2% range. They're pros, they can't make it look too obvious.

Posted by: chemjeff at January 20, 2010 12:50 AM (Gk/wA)

154 This David Paleo something from suffolk university, an alleged pollster, said "It would be a mistake for Scott Brown to think the votes were for Scott Brown". Is that tomorrow's talking points?

Posted by: curious at January 20, 2010 12:52 AM (p302b)

155 Posted by: Jeff B. at January 20, 2010 12:48 AM (GhUHn)

Absolutely right. I'm not a big Mitt fan as a candidate, but he's fine as a kingmaker. I feel the same way about Palin.

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 12:53 AM (9Wv2j)

156
We are witnessing the politics of ablation.
Ooh, that analogy was hot.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2010 12:54 AM (OkT2m)

157 146 lol that is hilarious

"now we know why Obama didn't release his school records, he probably failed lunch"

Posted by: chemjeff at January 20, 2010 12:56 AM (Gk/wA)

158 Suffolk University? Isn't that the mailorder company that will send you a degree for $25.00?

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 12:56 AM (ITzbJ)

159 20,000 votes statewide? How lame. I find 20,000 votes in one precinct.

Posted by: Philly "Poll-Watcher" at January 20, 2010 12:56 AM (dqg46)

160 would it be a stretch to say that (my hero) Scott Brown defeated Teddy Kennedy as much as he defeated, um, what's-her-name?

Previous polling showed the Kennedy family endorsement pushed away more votes than it gained. So...I don't think Coakley was viewed by the public as defacto Kennedy surrogate.

I think Teddy's popularity was due to several things.

- He worked hard at the job. Nobody, even his worst enemies, denies this.

- His attendance record on Senate votes, even mundane procedural shit and naming of office buildings and such, was almost perfect (in the 97+% range)

- His responsiveness to constituent issues when someone contacted his office about something was exemplary.

He was a raging drunk, a lousy human being, but he played the "Senator gig" the way it should be played if you want to keep getting elected. IOW, he executed daily all the sage political advice offered by Tip O'Neil in his book "All Politics Is Local"

None of Teddy's positive attributes necessarily transferred to Coakley by default and I think quite a few of the voters understood she would NOT be giving the same kind of responsive apolitical constituent service they'd come to expect from Teddy.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 12:56 AM (GxVdJ)

161 The Axis of Stern may have been banking on that symbiotic relationship where they help keep Dems in power and that Permanent Democratic Majority keeps the DOJ off them, at least for however long the statute of limitations runs.

If it all doesn't look so much of a lead-pipe-cinch any more, they might be thinking about a lower profile lest they join the climate fraudsters on the subpoena list in the event the GOP gets the House back.

Posted by: mrkwong at January 20, 2010 12:57 AM (G8Eo0)

162 Frankly I'm shocked that Brown won, not because of anything miserable about him (he's basically a RINO, but no worse than many in the GOP), but because this is so important to the Democrats and because - lets face it - Massachusetts doesn't exactly have a great track record in elections. I mean look at the rogues gallery of scum and freaks that have come from there, and kept being re-elected.

But I was wrong, and glad to be so, because this means the nation is really waking up to what the left is trying to do and really is that angry.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 20, 2010 12:58 AM (PQY7w)

163 Ah, there it is http://tinyurl.com/ybum5yo

(Is'nt tecknowledgy wunnerful...)

Posted by: Warthog at January 20, 2010 12:45 AM (QPSwc)
Wow! I never saw the literal translation of that scene, before. That was absolutely perfect.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 01:01 AM (A46hP)

164 Call me shallow, but what I like about Scott Brown the most is that he is a fresh, new face in the Republican Party, but one with the principles of some of the old farts in the Republican Party,..., and he is down to earth (and it helps, too, that one of his daughters, the blonde one, looks like she is easy).

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 01:05 AM (ITzbJ)

165 I suppose it wouldn't be entirely appropriate to make up some fake Coakley heads, put them on pikes, and stick them in the ground in front of Boxer offices?

Pour encourager les autres, as they say.


Posted by: mrkwong at January 20, 2010 01:06 AM (G8Eo0)

166 (he's basically a RINO, but no worse than many in the GOP)

How's he a RINO? I keep seeing this, but no one cites specifics.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 20, 2010 01:08 AM (OkT2m)

167 How's he a RINO? I keep seeing this, but no one cites specifics.

He's not a "purist" on the social con issues. Not a problem for me, or the good people of Massachusetts, but I'm sure we'll be hearing about it. Mostly at the HA echo chamber, no doubt.

Posted by: Peaches at January 20, 2010 01:10 AM (9Wv2j)

168 but because this is so important to the Democrats

Nationally, perhaps, locally not so much. Romney already foisted off a version of ObamaCare locally on MA years ago. Maybe they aren't entirely happy with it?

Coakley was obviously not going to be a Teddy in terms of apolitical type constituent services either. She was running for his seat, but she wasn't going to be his equal or even close.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 20, 2010 01:13 AM (GxVdJ)

169 He's not a "purist" on the social con issues. Not a problem for me, or the good people of Massachusetts, but I'm sure we'll be hearing about it. Mostly at the HA echo chamber, no doubt.

IIRC, he was endorsed by Mass. Citizens For Life.

Posted by: fluffy thinks the baby should get the choice at January 20, 2010 01:14 AM (SwkdU)

170 Um, what I'm saying there is that she isn't another oinker likeChelsea.

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 01:17 AM (ITzbJ)

171 Nationally, perhaps, locally not so much. Romney already foisted off a version of ObamaCare locally on MA years ago. Maybe they aren't entirely happy with it? - PA
When interviewed, a few Democrats made that point, saying that inasmuch as they were paying for healthcare with their taxes in Massachusettsalready, they didn't want to pay for healthcare for the rest of the country,l too, with even more taxes, which was another reason why they voted for (sigh) my hero, Scott Brown..

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 01:25 AM (ITzbJ)

172 Been saving this up since the polls showed Our Man Brown had a shot...
(Sung to the tune of "Thank You Jagermeister")
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Just heard it now on MessNBC,from Madcow, Tingles and Olby,it ticks 'em off, and that's fineby me,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Well Scott Brown you are The Man,when it was time to take a standyou flushed that turd right down the can,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Martha Coakley was insane,had some problems with her brain,now ObamaCare goes down drain,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Harry Reid is feelin' bad,lookin' lonely, lookin' sad,WELLSUCK IT HARRY,'CAUSETHE FOLKS ARE MAD!Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Boxer, Lincoln and Specter too,may be feelin' like their screwed,in November they're done too,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Nancy's fuming, full of hate,losing congress state by state,someone show thathag the gate,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
Obama wants to keep it up,guess he just ain't lost enough,he can't grasp just how bad he's fucked,Thank you Massachusetts!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!
For thenutroots, how bout this,a little jingle with a twistlastlyY'ALL CANTEABAG THIS!
THANK YOU MASSACHUSETTS!
I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you Massachusetts!

Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all week.
Try the veal and tip your waitresses!
Anybody else seen the secondHardball?
Tingles is CRUNKED!
F'n priceless...I'm lovin' this!!!
Anybody want to start the countdown to Jim Webb jumping the aisle?
I'm putting it at 4-1 as of now.

Posted by: SuperCool at January 20, 2010 01:30 AM (chNlj)

173 Speaking of Hardball, too bad Comcast deleted MSNBC from our lineup of channels here. I would have loved to have seen Chris Matthews reaction to Brown's win.

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 01:34 AM (ITzbJ)

174 173 Speaking of Hardball, too bad Comcast deleted MSNBC from our lineup of channels here. I would have loved to have seen Chris Matthews reaction to Brown's win.
First Hardball, right about the time they called it, he looked like a Katrina victim; vacant stare, despair in his voice, Madcow was looking at him like they'd just put him on suicide watch.
Second Hardball, he was completely shit faced.
It was...magnificent!

Posted by: SuperCool at January 20, 2010 01:42 AM (chNlj)

175 Scott Brown is the next POTUS morons. Happy day.

Posted by: Evil Tim at January 20, 2010 01:45 AM (e1Iok)

176 Thank you, Senator Scott Brown and Massachusetts voters.
A toast to your Beautiful America.National Anthem: Cactus Cuties Texas
http://tinyurl.com/ykhwm7r
Other National Anthem(no longer common): U.S. Army Field Band
http://tinyurl.com/yk2rwue

Posted by: Speller at January 20, 2010 02:00 AM (o0R2E)

177 Back, all. Sorry it took so long.

Anyway, we are very lucky that Brown won, because that means Obamacare is dead. May it rest in pigshit.

If he had lost, even if only by a little, that abomination would be on Obama's desk in a week, and I think a mild shooting war would have started. 65% of teh public ain't gonna be shat on and let it slide.


Posted by: hobgoblin at January 20, 2010 02:15 AM (i8s5X)

178 Anyway, we are very lucky that Brown won, because that means Obamacare is dead. May it rest in pigshit.
Unfortunately, it is not dead. Watch. The Democrats will continue to try to pass it.

Posted by: Reality Check Here at January 20, 2010 02:39 AM (ITzbJ)

179 Curt Shilling just called in from Yankees training camp to wish Marci best of luck in all her future endeavors.

Posted by: johnny_p at January 20, 2010 03:02 AM (AEiWu)

180 To me the best part was during Brown's victory speech, he was interrupted by chants of, "Yes we can! Yes we can!"
Made me go all misty and sh*t for a minute there. Was verklempt - talk amongst yourselves.

Posted by: Adjoran at January 20, 2010 03:15 AM (jmoP/)

181 "I cannot stand lawrence O'Donnel but we agree on the fact that the watershed moment was when he said "it's the people's seat" "Yep. Massachusetts calls itself "the cradle of liberty", they make a big deal about the Revolutionary War, Lexington and Concord etc. but they've spent the last 40+ years mindlessly voting in the closest thing America has had to a royal family since King George III. I think Brown shamed them into voting Republican.

Posted by: Gary Rosen at January 20, 2010 03:40 AM (Heo0S)

182 Obama is too stupid. He will go further left harder. Think about it. Be broke his pledge to show the Obamacare negotiations on CSPAN (8 times) the broke it like a child's toy underfoot.

He DOESN'T CARE what the American people want.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 20, 2010 05:19 AM (kEBiX)

183 Yes, the MSM is going to spin this as creating a civil war on the right, blah, blah, blah...

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 20, 2010 05:20 AM (kEBiX)

184 Ball dipping = a Tea Party, Republican, Hobo Hunter's purity test.
Nicely done.

Posted by: Fritz at January 20, 2010 07:41 AM (GwPRU)

185 A few more catastrophic defeats like this and it might be safe to elect Democrats again.
No, thanks. The dem party represents welfare, dependence, debt, wacky econ theories and creampuff national security. As far as I'm concerned, they can all crawl back under the rocks they slithered out from.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 20, 2010 08:14 AM (LKkE8)

186 Am I still Attorney General(e)?

Posted by: Martha Coakley at January 20, 2010 08:24 AM (+FkcS)

187 Proud member of the "Ungovernable Nation" salutes Scott Brown.

Posted by: Ryan at January 20, 2010 08:29 AM (4eY0W)

188 hand-cranking the freakin' air raid siren.

Is this a new euphemism for chokin' the chicken?

I have to believe that Willie Brown had it right last night when he laid out what Obama's strategy will be. He said that Obama's problem wasn't that his ideas were out of whack with what the people want. He just hasn't convinced the people about how awesome his ideas are. I suppose his giant-sized brain is so powerful that we mere mortals cannot understand him. Brown went on to say that Obama should push ahead with his agenda and, when the people see how fantastic their lives have become, they will write songs singing his praises and every child born will be named Barack.

Posted by: Steve L. at January 20, 2010 08:29 AM (Gkhxf)

189 Ace:
I don't think Obama is going to back-off his agenda. I think he is going to double-down and use the Executive Branch. Watch for the EPA to start restricting that dangerous gas, carbon dioxide, soon.
I do agree that the election of Scott Brown is good news. However, three good election results for Republicans in a few months does not turn back a Progressive agenda that has been working for decades. I encouraged because Brown, Christie and McDonnell did not campaign saying, "Hey, vote for me because I want to be like a Democrat."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at January 20, 2010 08:42 AM (bCQG3)

190 I believe the phrase you quoted was in City of God or something. I remember talking about getting one of the "Great Books" for one of my nephews who was going off to college. I remembered that City of God was huge, so I threatened buying him a copy (better than a briefcase to attract the ladies!). I write them notes which are intended to be funny (YMMV), and then give them money which they like better than my threats at mind expansion (I recall that you did need pizzas and stuff also!). Finally some good news, although who could vote for that witch Coakley. Game over with that case with the poor toddler and the hot curling iron. She needs a severe beating, not a cushy senate job. I detest her (who could not?). Glories to God and all though.

Posted by: Mike at January 20, 2010 09:31 AM (7ihpS)

191 About time you took a standBut please don't misunderstandI know she won't be back againI think she's taken all she canShe's going down (It's all over, she's going down)She's coming 'round (It's all over, she's going down)She's going down for the last time (It's all over, she's going down)
Don't bother waiting for the next time around...
The first time, it doesn't showAnd her kind, just come and goShe's like a ship, a drifting freeAnd now she's sinking in the sea

She's going down (It's all over, she's going down)She's coming 'round (It's all over, she's going down)She's going down for the last time (It's all over, she's going down)
Don't bother waiting for the next time around
Don't bother waiting for the next time around
Don't bother waiting for the next time around...DOWN!


Prophetic lyrics courtesy of the Nazz. Now that you know the words, you can sing along. http://tinyurl.com/ygvqlvx

Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2010 09:44 AM (+OP3J)

192 I am ecstatic about Brown, but I think increased vigilance is in order.

My guess is the Dems will smarten up only to the degree that they are more clandestine about their goals. The biggest change in the last year from the previous 80 is that progressives stopped hiding what their real goals were.

They'll go back underground. Things will sneak through again, hiding in plain sight. Compromises will be made to give the illusion of moderation, while in back rooms the assfucking of the American people will continue unabated.

We need to make this clear, and we need to keep fighting them. In my view, it just got a lot harder to show the American people what these pinkos are all about.

Posted by: grognard at January 20, 2010 09:44 AM (v0kvW)

193 Oops! That didn't format the right way, but you get the idea.

Posted by: Lace Whig at January 20, 2010 09:45 AM (+OP3J)

194 A toast to your Beautiful America.

National Anthem: Cactus Cuties TexasOther National Anthem(no longer common): U.S. Army Field Band

Ayla Brown showing everyone how it's done (with bonus fly-by).

Best anthem ever (long version).

Shorter

Posted by: CUS at January 20, 2010 10:03 AM (wOGfT)

195 45 You might be a parody, but let the record show that Barack Obama is "hung like a white guy," according to Larry Sinclair. Even female journalists on his campaign plane couldn't distinguish it from his cellphone. But let's face it, if he was really well-endowed, he would have a hotter piece than Michelle.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 20, 2010 10:21 AM (mHQ7T)

196 Uhm, I made exactly this same point several threads ago.

Posted by: doug at January 20, 2010 10:39 AM (UpJts)

197 Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate

I think the above headline from the Village Voice via Ben Smith (Politico) comes the closest to understanding today's near-insane gibbering levels of spin coming from lefty talking heads everywhere across this great country of ours.


Posted by: norby at January 20, 2010 10:59 AM (/czyX)

198 #87 Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 20, 2010 12:20 AM (A46hP)
Bwaahahahaha.
Let's see how many want him on their campaign trail.

Posted by: always right at January 20, 2010 03:59 PM (HmCnI)

199 And of course we know the media's story for tomorrow: Brown didn't really run as a Republican, so, like, this doesn't mean anything, or something.
Item the First http://tinyurl.com/yb572fl
Item the Secondhttp://tinyurl.com/y8zv6p5
Sometimes it's just too easy.

Posted by: Dodd at January 21, 2010 02:06 AM (TTJgx)

200 Plus Sized Fashion, Plus Sized Clothing

Posted by: Plus Sized Fashion at January 21, 2010 05:19 PM (uwtSh)

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