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Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Nov 03, 2010 4:58:33 am PDT #3513 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

country-wide, Dems seemed to take a pretty brutal beating.

Honestly? A lot of people are out of work and scared. And if the Republicans had had a majority going in to this election -- and unemployment figures were the same -- I think they would have lost a lot of seats.

I truly can't fault people for being scared and wanting a fix. But DAMN, can I ever fault them for believing propaganda.


Burrell - Nov 03, 2010 4:59:27 am PDT #3514 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Really? Because I'm terrified that that scary ignorant nitwit Palin will run in 2012 and win.

And now I have nightmares too. Although the losses for O'Donnell, Angle, and Miller don't speak well for the Tea Party.


Steph L. - Nov 03, 2010 5:03:31 am PDT #3515 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Although the losses for O'Donnell, Angle, and Miller don't speak well for the Tea Party.

We were talking about Rand Paul at work this morning, and chatty co-worker reminded me that he was replacing that whackjob Jim Bunning, who might as well have been Tea Party.

And while I was typing that, the fire alarm went off at work. See yas.


billytea - Nov 03, 2010 5:11:51 am PDT #3516 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Really? Because I'm terrified that that scary ignorant nitwit Palin will run in 2012 and win.

Nah. She'd be another Goldwater, but without the legacy. People who like her like her a lot, but she turns off everyone else. Dems, independents, and a reaonable chunk of the Republican Party too. She stands less chance than Christine O'Donnell did.

She could conceivably win the nomination, if the "Please, God, Anyone But Her" vote is totally fractured, but she's poison for a countrywide election.

Well the California results certainly speak to that, but country-wide, Dems seemed to take a pretty brutal beating.

Yes, but "who will you vote for" isn't quite the same question. (Starting with, "Generic" isn't an option on a ballot paper.) The Dems got slaughtered because they were in power and people are suffering, not because anyone was actually thrilled about the alternative.


Steph L. - Nov 03, 2010 5:20:06 am PDT #3517 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Fire alarm was just a drill. Half my office walked over to the gas station next to the building to get coffee. WOO COFFEE!


billytea - Nov 03, 2010 5:24:54 am PDT #3518 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Fire alarm was just a drill. Half my office walked over to the gas station next to the building to get coffee. WOO COFFEE!

It's probably valuable information that your office reacts to a fire alarm by seeking out the highest concentration of flammable material in the vicinity.


flea - Nov 03, 2010 5:29:26 am PDT #3519 of 30001
information libertarian

My neighbor is not the mayor - he missed the runoff by 600 votes, which is better than I expected him to do, go team! Other than the local races, Georgia did as expected and voted for all Republicans, including re-electing my representative, once called The Stupidest Man in Congress, Paul Broun. He's like Michelle Bachman, but in pants. He is so loopy. Sigh.


Steph L. - Nov 03, 2010 5:30:53 am PDT #3520 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

It's probably valuable information that your office reacts to a fire alarm by seeking out the highest concentration of flammable material in the vicinity.

Once, when there was a bomb threat, we went over to the TGI Friday's that had a view of the building so we could see it when it blew up but still be enjoying fried cheese.

No, seriously.


Gudanov - Nov 03, 2010 5:36:32 am PDT #3521 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Well my candidate for Senator got crushed, but that wasn't a surprise. The Dem house rep squeaked by. Republicans won every other single race on my ballot except for the ones where Dems ran unopposed and county collector. No, surprise though, that's the norm.

The puppy mill regulation proposition just squeaked by. Missouri is the top puppy mill state right now. That one was down by 30 points for quite awhile, but if you know how MO works, you know the two big cities always report late and the numbers can make huge swings.


brenda m - Nov 03, 2010 5:40:14 am PDT #3522 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I hear you Steph. I was in a grocery store that caught fire, dropped my stuff on the conveyor belt, and went straight to the pub across the street to camp out on the patio and watch it burn.