Yay! Winning is fun!
The thing is, I don’t think anyone was predicting Christie would have such a big fat win in the extremely blue New Jersey but Hoffman would lose. Quite surprising, but I think the Hoffman candidacy was well worth it. The seat is only lost for a year (Owens will be up for reelection in 2010), and the only other possibility was electing a Republican even more the liberal than the Democrat (Owens is against the public option). So, at the cost of one House seat for one year we made a huge point to the Republican Party that candidates who are not fiscal conservatives will not be tolerated. Better this gets hashed out in a special election now than during 2010.
Anyway, the main message of the election was Obama sucks and is stupid and everyone now hates him. Obama campaigned in both Virginia and New Jersey, and the Democrats lost hugely in both (well, by 18 points in Virginia, and 4 points in New Jersey which is huge when you consider how blue that state is and how much money Corzine spent). Obama didn’t campaign in NY23 (instead he sent the charismatic powerhouse Joe Biden), and the Democrat won. Lesson learned: If Obama offers to campaign for you, tell him you have swine flu and he should stay away.
So, onward to 2010. Let’s get some good conservative candidates and pick our inner-party leader to all rally behind. I say it should be me because I’m much smarter than anybody else and my blog has a cool logo.
“…our inner-party leader…”
Sorry, Frank. I think you’ll be edged out by Fred or Sarah. But I’m sure you are a close 3rd.
I think Fred’s the man for this. I mean, Fred’s always the Man, but he has special advantages in this case. He has a grasp of truth, an actor’s voice, a way of putting things so that they’re hilariously, irrefutably obvious, and Jeri. Plus, he’s savvy to D.C. idiocy and sees right through it. The combination would give another edge in that the opposition couldn’t listen in, since 9 out of 10 hippies agree that listening to Fred tell the truth feels exactly like being punched in the face. (The other 1 out of 10 listed other body parts.)
That’s why I voted yesterday for the first time in an off year election. That, and to get my finger warmed up to vote against Specter.
…and your logo needs a dinosaur.
hoffman only lost becuase dede the hosemonster was still on the ballot and no matter what you can allways count on about 10% of the people to be so eradeamably shtooopid they would still vote for her even though she dropped out.
I beleive if he had been the cannidate from the begaining he would have won.
but as this picture shows the wheels are coming off the wagon and the donkey is in serious trouble
http://rumcrook.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/hey-democrats-the-partys-over/
The “inner-party leader.” Is that like an “inner-child,” Frank? In which case, you qualify.
I say we rally around Fred! I mean, he and Sarah were the first big name conservatives to get things rolling for Hoffman, but all libs apparently go into a screaming frenzy any time you mention Palin’s name. Fred! doesn’t generate that kind of irrational hatred. (That’s probably because it’s hard to hate someone when you’re scared $#*^less of them.)
I like Jindal, but he’s still pretty young. Huckabee and Romney were conspicuously absent until the end in NY-23. Another option might be Mike Pence; every time I hear about the guy, he’s doing something else good.
But overall, I think Fred! should just declare himself the leader of the Republican party, and if you don’t like it, tough. I mean, who’s got the cajones to argue with him?
Sorry, I’m with Rush. “Titular head of the GOP” and all.
Are you nuts? Palin is like the way Titular head of any party she chooses to be!
I think the importance of the blog logo pales in comparison to your devotion to making the logo a reality.
I’m good with Fred. The way I see it, I sent him $200 and he dropped out of the primary before he got to Virginia. I think he owes me time on the clock.
I like winning! It’s a good day here in the Old Dominion.
(closed captioning for the state nickname impaired: that’s Virginia!)
I think one of the most important lessons of NY23 is that you don’t protect the nation from Pelosi by electing Republicans who will vote with her. Sorry if this is a serious comment.
Hoffman? – a non politician with no particular political skills and a weird kind of blank look on his face who runs on principles? that doesn’t work.
Politics is about the deep voice, the smile, the right connections and the money.
This running on principles bit will never work – get yourselves a star player, conservatives!
Im ready to declare we may need to borrow yet another of the lefts playbook. Start running candidates who will vote far right but talk all middle and liberal during the election. Exactly like king Obama of Hussein. They just drop a wink wink nudge nudge to all of us then we know they are just pretending and we can vote for them. We are being outsmarted by liberals.
We need to start finding far right candidates people who have openly discussed burning down the department of education and spending the money on local education. Then we have take quotes from cnn and daily kos and then thats all the speeches they give. Then once they get to Washington they vote however the hell they want too. That’s what they have been doing to us for years.
The problem with Bush and his “compassionate conservative” is that he really followed through by doubling the department of education and massively increasing old people welfare.
The weinie-head media elites are claiming this election had nothing to do with Teh One. And the globe is warming. And the great Pumpkin is on the way.
I hope the Republican party has paid attention. Otherwise Rush, Fred, and Frank will form the Punch-the-hippies-in-the party.A true alternative.
Anyway, the main message of the election was Obama sucks and is stupid and everyone now hates him.
I thought Obama sucked and was stupid long before it was cool.
Being much smarter than anyone else is a good qualification … in theory, but when has it ever actually worked before?
on the other hand having a cool logo sounds like a truly solid basis for victory – it worked for Obama
After giving careful consideration to the election results in Virgina and NJ I would like to express myself thusly: Neiner Neiner Neiner.
One can but hope Obama will campaign even more vigorously in future state elections, thereby securing more votes/seats for the Republican party
Anyway, the main message of the election was Obama sucks and is stupid and everyone now hates him.
That says it all…..
Ruh-roh. First the Olympics, now this. Looks like someone’s going to need another Nobel Peace prize.
The word titular is to be avoided when mentioning Sarah Palin, because victims of the Public Indoctrination Centers will stare at her breasts.
So let me get this straight….. if I stare at Sarahs bosom then Im a victim? …..Is there such a thing as a willing victim?
I expected to see a lot more progress on the logo by now. I bet it’s gonna be a doozy!!
Hoffman looked a little bit like Ron Paul to me, not that I’d hold that against him. It took guts to run like he did, and I hope he succeeds in 2010.
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It’s probably easier to win elections when ACORN isn’t stealing them.