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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Nov 4 04:56:07 2009, in response to Re: WHY the GOP lost NY-23, posted by Charles G on Wed Nov 4 04:35:54 2009. Heh. We're of the same mind on the generals, the way I look at it is slightly different. As to NY-23, you're spot-on ... but in the end, even the republicans rejected the outsiders. The republican slant in that district is THAT severe. The area is almost entirely farmers along with a handful of dying "resort/roadtrip" seasonal business-types. Heavy on agriculture and tourism, and absolutely "upstate mentality." That being, "bring your OWN job 'cuz we don't HAVE any." If you're not an entrpreneur, they'll put you in a body bag once you float in the river in the spring after the ice melt. It's LIKE that up here, no joke. All of us, myself included, are all about what *USED* to be the core values of the republican party - personal responsibility, take care of your neighbors and they'll take care of you, nobody's gonna do it FOR you so get busy, and most important of all - government's job is to settle disputes (courts), provide for a common defense (military), build roads from this town to the next (we'll pay), educate our children (we'll cover that too) and leave us the FUCK alone. Don't try to peddle Jesus (we already know him), don't stick your nose in our business (personal as well as our living) and if we get stupid, cuff me, I'll walk to jail - I deserved it. And if we harm one another and can't settle the score peacefully, then put us in jail or just shoot us. Now we have these lunatics in the GOP who are as bad as the lunatics the dems had decades ago. Some of us worked at "Woodstock" and we've seen more than enough kooks (thank you, PeTA) and we'll shoot them too. :)As to Virginia, the dems didn't HAVE a candidate - there was a name on the ballot, but I'm not sure if it was just a tea stain. In New Jersey, you had a pair of Wall Street assholes who nobody can relate to except for perhaps Upper Montclair, Brielle or Deal (sorry folks, I lived in New Jersey for a short while in Monmouth county and Wayne) and a jamoke from out of nowhere. In Jersey, the guys who handled the cartage and hauling were KNOWN as crooks, and that's part of the politicosocial way things are. Being a crook is no big deal but the PROBLEM in New Jersey is that the Mafia used to get things DONE when they only took a 10% skim. It ain't LIKE that anymore and everybody in Jersey is PISSED. That's jettison the incumbent, can't be any plainer IF you know the territory and the "social contract." So each of these three items weren't actually a lesson of any kind other than a simple, curt "fuck you." :) But the talking necks now have 363 days worth of "here's what it means." Heh. |
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