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DEL.ICIO.USWith Mississippi burning, the GOP wants to change the subject — to Jimmy Carter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Despite heavy campaigning by Gov. Haley Barbour and Vice President Dick Cheney, Democrats grabbed a third congressional seat from Republicans on Tuesday, this one in Mississippi.
In the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger, Republican Greg Davis promised Democrat Travis Childers a rematch in November.
CQPolitics is reporting that Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the Republican congressman in charge of congressional races, may be in danger of losing his job:
“I expect we’ll discuss changes that may be needed to deal with the atmosphere we’re facing,’’ Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting at which Democrat Travis Childers’s eight-point win Tuesday in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District provided a major focus for sometimes-pointed discussion.
Democrats, obviously, are giddy. This from today’s Washington Post:
“No one could have imagined the tsunami that just crashed on Republicans in Mississippi,” Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an interview after the victory. “There is no district that is safe for Republican candidates.”
House Democrats now hold a 236 to 199 majority, up from 203 seats they controlled two years ago.
In each of the last three congressional races — special elections to fill vacant seats — the GOP has attempted to nationalize the contests by linking the local candidates to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, his former pastor Jeremiah Wright, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
None has worked.
This morning, the Republican National Committee is tossing another name into the mix, hoping it catches fire: Jimmy Carter.
The RNC has posted on YouTube a video comparing Barack Obama’s opposition to a suspension of the federal gasoline tax, and the candidate’s support for a windfall profit tax, to the Carter policies of the 1970s.
The ad may be tipping the GOP hand on the themes it intends to strike during a general election campaign — Obama’s alleged elitism, and his inexperience.
Or, in the closing words of the ad, “Out of touch. Not ready to be president.”
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By Nabil Elibiary
May 14, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this
There is no place to hide from the Obama movement. This is why the republicans were voting for Clinton. She is easier to defeat in the general election. Obama launched the 50 State get out the vote campaign. When he enrolls all these new young voters and volunteers he will change the map of USA Political landscape. They are still calling inexperienced, and not ready.
By GAVOTER
May 14, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
McGovern+Carter=Obama. The formula for disaster.
By MiltonMan
May 14, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
According to Obama, he has visited 57 states.
By GAVOTER
May 14, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Yeah, the 57 Musilm states.
By obama=amin
May 14, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Anyone see how the speeches being given are about the same as an infamous GERMAN politician in 1936? Wake up people! IDI AMIN has been reincarnated. Obama-Wright will change the time to 1863 and the colors of the players will change. The writing is on the wall-don’t sign your own death certificate! Clone Ronnie Reagan!
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
May 14, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
And yet Obama is still going to be the Democratic Nominee. And yet Wright hasn’t worked. And yet Rephuchlycans are still losing elections.
And yet.
By Latrece
May 14, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
Stupid people respond with semaring someone who is unlike them. GA Voter and Obama= Amin are both the lower educated working class whites that voted for the Republicans that got our economy this way. Keep with teh “white ” supremacy crap. Obama is where it is at.
By Latrece
May 14, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
Stupid people respond with semaring someone who is unlike them. GA Voter and Obama= Amin are both the lower educated working class whites that voted for the Republicans that got our economy this way. Keep with teh “white ” supremacy crap. Obama is where it is at.
By truthseeker
May 14, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
I love all the republicans have been doing for me. I love the iraq war, I love paying 3.70 for gas, I love it that the dollars in my pocket are quickly eroding, I love the republicans scaring my family daily about terrorism when they havent even seriously tried to catch osama bin laden , I love the huge deficits spiralling out of control, I love the invasion on our individual privacy.
We need more republicans elected in in november so these trends can continue- that is what Faux news and rush limbaugh tell me and I am simply dumb as a post but i are barely smart enough to vote and the republican leadership flat out love me to death.
By GAindependant
May 14, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
Poor white hillbilly redneck democrats hate Obama. These phony, backward voters will go for McCain. I am afraid that there is still too much racism in our party to elect a black man. I am giving Hillary another look. Why would democratic voters vote for McBush over Barack Obama. This election is too important. Hillary may be our only hope.
By Wackolibhack
May 14, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
It is Bush fault that there is terrorism. The was never any terrorism, high gas prices, or anythinig negative. Bush made FDR establish a welfare state mentality in the American mind. Bush made Barack unelectable to racist democratic voters. Bush made Hillary stay in the race to further divide the Democratic Party. I hate Bush!!!!!
By Wackolibhack
May 14, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
It is also Bush’s fault that PMSNBC is in the tank for Obama. It is Bush’s fault that Hillary cannot get a fair shake in the liberal MSM. Bush made smart democrats love Obama, and the stupid democrats love Hillary. I hate Bush!!!!!!
By RJ
May 14, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this
The Indiana, Lousiana, and Mississippi Democratic Congressional wins are powerful indications that the politic of division, particularly race related, is on its death bed and the only thing uncertain about it is how costly will be the funeral.
The electorate wants proposals to get us out of the mess created by almost eight years of Bush and Republican Congressional dominance. Accountability is a major feature of this year’s election. Newt Gingrich sees it coming but the candidates and their strategist are not listening to him.
By Rarl Kove
May 14, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this
Racism is alive and wel in the Deocrat primary process
By MsSwin
May 15, 2008 12:50 AM | Link to this
“The Change You Deserve”
CLINICAL TRIALS HAVE SHOWN:
The new and improved Republican Platform XR produces side effects including but not limited to generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, nervousness, yawning, and/or sweating. Studies have shown a propensity for abnormal vision, impotence, nausea (31%) and constipation (10%). Flatulence tends to be a problem as well. Also revealed were increased instances of depression, decreased libido, agitation, nightmares, delirium, blurred vision and difficulty focusing. Known to cause loss of appetite, cold feet, postural hypotension and hemorrhoids. Less common side effects include acne, pustular rash, taste perversion, prostate irritability and vaginitis. Not a controlled substance and has not been studied in clinical trials regarding potential for abuse.
By GodHatesTrash
May 15, 2008 6:50 AM | Link to this
Bush + Homer Simpson = McCain
Disaster. Senile, stupid, spineless disaster.
By Robert Hewson
May 15, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this
From: Head of State http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 The Change That You Deserve
From the Chicago Tribune:
"The slogan unveiled this week by House Republicans - "Change you deserve" - is already a trademark used by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to market its antidepressant Effexor XR."Black Screen.
Fade into:
Scene of a thin grey haired man standing in a green field. Behind him we can see the sun is rising.
“I got the change I deserved with GOP”
Cut to a small child, in a sun dress, who looks up at him and smiles.
“I was tired, listless. I had lost interest in my usual activities—creating false attacks, acting as if I had been unfairly attacked about issues created out of whole cloth, drawing specious historical parallels, fawning over ideologically bankrupt manufactured father figures. Sure, I sent emails claiming that Obama was a Muslim, but somehow…it had lost the spark, the enjoyment of everyday life.”
Cut to a child who rides by on a bicycle, and throws a newspaper on the front porch.
“That’s when I found GOP.”
Cut to man rowing in a scull across a still river. He turns to the camera, smiles.
“In clinical studies, GOP has been found to increase aggressiveness in the absence of actual provocation in 8 out of 10 users. In most users, the desire to gleefully attack returns in 1 week. Full enthusiasm for invented ideas in two. “
Cut to image of porch swing.
“With GOP, my attention to minor distractions fully returned, until I was again building them into major accusations of flawed character. Once again, my intense focus on pins, buttons, sentences fragments and remote relationships as absolute indications of personal virtue and ability was at its peak. For an entire weekend, I could one again choose the right moment to accuse a candidate of treason without cause—when I was ready, when the time felt right”.
Cut to a series of blurred images: long, stringy haired teens in torn jeans and ironic 80’s t-shirts lounging by the Washington Monument; picture of John Kerry in a Swift Boat during Vietnam; Eiffel Tower. Plate of Arugula. During these images, rapid voiceover in female voice:
“GOP may cause monosyllabism, inability to consider two differing concepts at the same time, memory loss or inaccurate recall of recently and repeatedly presented intelligence information, focus on size of automobiles or koro, sequential nicknaming, knowing mischaracterization, hooting. If you have a desire to read the collected works of Ann Coulter that lasts longer than four hours, this may be a sign of a dangerous condition and you should contact your physician immediately.”
Cut back to man standing in field. American flag waving in the distance behind him, below a risen sun. A woman walks up beside him, puts her arm around him, and smiles.
Man:
“So get the change that you deserve. Talk to your Doctor about GOP. Soon, you’ll be walking by the homeless on the street again and saying “Let them get a job!”
Or better yet—let them get GOP.”
Woman smiles.
Fade.
Cite: Head of State http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html
By The Snark
May 15, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
The Republicans are clearly not trying hard enough. Where’s that old Karl Rove spirit? Instead of trying to link Democratic candidates with Rev. Wright and Jimmy Carter, try Hitler, Mussolini and Vlad the Impaler. Maybe the masses will fall for it. You never know till you try?
Of course, if everything else fails, they could put together a coherent and practical plan for governance.
Naaaaaah.
By Eric
May 15, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
“….trying to link Democratic candidates with the Rev. Wright and Jimmy Carter…”?
Wright was Obama’s pastor and friend for 23 years. Jimmy Carter is an Obama superdelegate. What’s to link? Democrats are the first ones out of the box to call Republicans “Hitler”. Google “Bush and Hitler” and Clinton and Hitler” and there are nearly twice as many hits on the Bush entry.
The Democrat plan for “practical governance” is raise taxes, raise taxes, raise taxes. This results in a lower standard of living for everyone—which means we need to raise taxes to further “help” people as a result of the self-created worsened economy.
Also, in the midst of rising oil prices, the Democrat plan is to prevent increasing the supply.
The Democrat foreign policy plan is to fight Muslim terrorists by running from them. Ethnic cleansing (hundreds of thousands killed) will result. How’s that for human rights? Thought you guys were interested in that. Guess not.
By Sarah
May 15, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Go ahead and try to tie him to Jimmy Carter. This will just give us Democrats an opportunity to remind the general public that if we had followed Carter’s policies that St. Ronnie dismantled as soon as possible, the US would be energy independent right now and we wouldn’t be occupying a foreign sovereign nation so that our fatcat oil men in the White House can make buckets of money at the public’s expense (and not to mention our armed forces lives).
I’m sure Carter is too nice a man to say I told you so, but I’m not and will gladly crow from all corners that he was right then and he’s right now.
By DaninMacon
May 15, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
Carter is an embarrassment. The man was a failure as President. We have Carter to thank for the current problem of wacko-Islamo terrorism. Does anyone remember his handling of the Iranian hostage crisis?
Carter negotiated a deal with N Korea, post presidency, for the N Korea to stop their nuclear weapons program, was given the Nobel prize, but the N Koreans did it anyway. Carter is a fool. And those who would like to re-write history are fools as well.