Norman Alexander
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But surely the non-stupid ones must have known Walker was almost certain to lose? So why would they even pretend to be disappointed when he did?
...perhaps I answered my own question?
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...perhaps I answered my own question?
I don't consider it as significant as Dems losing the House. The senate was already not in GOP hands.
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Then you don't understand the difference this Seat makes for the composition of Senate Committees.
No, I do understand. I still don't see it as significant as losing the House.
That's my opinion. We'll see.
Look, the narrative is that the GOP was the beneficiary of a Red Tsunami in the 2022 mid-term election.
It doesn't matter that the Democrats actually enhanced their position in the Senate or that they made gains at the state level, or that the majority of candidates endorsed by Donald Trump failed to get elected, the fact that the Republicans have a small majority in the House is sufficient evidence for that Tsunami.
That makes sense when you consider that the Republican Party appears not to care about governing any more - see how little they got done in the Trump years but simply stopping the Democratic Party from governing. Holding the house effectively prevents the Democrats from bringing forth any legislation and the Republicans don't care about their bills failing to make it through the Senate because they're not interested in actually governing.
The Republicans will happily waste the next two years generating frivolous bills which will die in the Senate, impeaching President Biden for *reasons*, investigating Hunter Biden's laptop and screaming about how they're being cancelled by the radical left wingers.
Then in 2024 they will hope that the economic bad news has continued so that the Democratic Party candidate has an uphill battle and that some of the dirt they have been flinging around for the last 2 years has stuck.
Look, the narrative is that the GOP was the beneficiary of a Red Tsunami in the 2022 mid-term election.
It doesn't matter that the Democrats actually enhanced their position in the Senate or that they made gains at the state level, or that the majority of candidates endorsed by Donald Trump failed to get elected, the fact that the Republicans have a small majority in the House is sufficient evidence for that Tsunami.
That makes sense when you consider that the Republican Party appears not to care about governing any more - see how little they got done in the Trump years but simply stopping the Democratic Party from governing. Holding the house effectively prevents the Democrats from bringing forth any legislation and the Republicans don't care about their bills failing to make it through the Senate because they're not interested in actually governing.
The Republicans will happily waste the next two years generating frivolous bills which will die in the Senate, impeaching President Biden for *reasons*, investigating Hunter Biden's laptop and screaming about how they're being cancelled by the radical left wingers.
Then in 2024 they will hope that the economic bad news has continued so that the Democratic Party candidate has an uphill battle and that some of the dirt they have been flinging around for the last 2 years has stuck.
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Look, the narrative is that the GOP was the beneficiary of a Red Tsunami in the 2022 mid-term election.
It doesn't matter that the Democrats actually enhanced their position in the Senate or that they made gains at the state level, or that the majority of candidates endorsed by Donald Trump failed to get elected, the fact that the Republicans have a small majority in the House is sufficient evidence for that Tsunami.
That makes sense when you consider that the Republican Party appears not to care about governing any more - see how little they got done in the Trump years but simply stopping the Democratic Party from governing. Holding the house effectively prevents the Democrats from bringing forth any legislation and the Republicans don't care about their bills failing to make it through the Senate because they're not interested in actually governing.
The Republicans will happily waste the next two years generating frivolous bills which will die in the Senate, impeaching President Biden for *reasons*, investigating Hunter Biden's laptop and screaming about how they're being cancelled by the radical left wingers.
Then in 2024 they will hope that the economic bad news has continued so that the Democratic Party candidate has an uphill battle and that some of the dirt they have been flinging around for the last 2 years has stuck.
That confirmation bias thang is a *****!
The republicans are so hated, they barely won the house.
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!
Your own petard just foisted you.
wareyin
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Right? The Republicans are so hated, they barely won the House with extreme gerrymandering! The Republicans suck so badly that their handpicked guys are now losing Republican safe places by 3%!
Armitage72
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And Walker was such a bad candidate he couldn't get elected in a state that would happily and enthusiastically vote a three month old moldy cheese sandwich into office if it was registered as a Republican.
With the struggling economy, high gas prices, the woke agenda, and the stold presidential election, the repubs should've cleaned up this mid-term, but they're so hated they underperformed in an historic fashion!
Maybe Mike Lindell can get to the bottom of it, straighten things out once he becomes RNC chair . . . unless that election gets stold as well.
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plague311
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I wonder what it means now that Warnock won by about 100,000 votes?
newyorkguy
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Yes he was. Walker played three seasons and part of a fourth with the Cowboys (1986-1989), after the United States Football League collapsed. Walker had left the University of Georgia before graduating, to sign with donald trump's USFL team, the New Jersey Generals. Walker was traded by Dallas to the Minnesota Vikings midway through the 1989 season. Walker played the rest of the 1989 season with the Vikings as well as the next two seasons. The Dallas-Minnesota trade was panned as a very lopsided trade with Dallas being the beneficiary. Walker was wildly welcomed by Vikings fans but he never had the success they expected. In fact, the Minnesota Star-Tribune newspaper gives out a "Hershel the Turkey" award every year to whomever is judged to be the "most inept" local player.
Walker was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles where he spent three seasons, 1992-1994, one season with the New York Giants and then his final two seasons back with the Cowboys (1996-1997). Walker's professional career was very good, though he was never the dominating player he'd been in college.
The three seasons he played for the University of Georgia, 1980-1982, were spectacular. The team, the Bulldogs, were Southeast Conference champions all three seasons Walker played, though they lost the Sugar Bowl two years out of three. But Walker did his part and more. He was a dominant player, absolutely superlative, and he attained national prominence. This was before the internet era, but we heard about him even in New York. I saw him nearly every week on ESPN cable network's College football highlights and read about him every month in a sports magazine, Inside Sports. Walker made a college football fan out of me. Inside Sports called him "Superman" and he was truly astounding.
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Remember when Obama got re-elected, the GOP were having a total meltdown because, historically, no president who had these certain status characteristics of the country had ever been reelected. Therefore, Obama couldn't be reelected. So when he ended up beating Mittens, they went off the deep end in denial. They couldn't comprehend that elections did have to do with candidates.
This goes with my comment the other day that they think it's about the Cult of Personality and Identity politics, and think all they have to do is play that game. They never credit Democrat candidates for winning, it's always something external that is responsible.
Walker is done and he should be grateful. You dodged a bullet by not getting into politics dude.
Can't think of anything more to say about this guy except maybe thank you for shining light on yet another way in which the Repubs are absolutely disgusting. Crossing this thread off my list.
Can't think of anything more to say about this guy except maybe thank you for shining light on yet another way in which the Repubs are absolutely disgusting. Crossing this thread off my list.
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SNL's Michael Che, on the runoff election results:
"I don't think this is the last you'll hear from Herschel Walker.....unless he's your biological father."
"I don't think this is the last you'll hear from Herschel Walker.....unless he's your biological father."