All day yesterday and for days before, I was inundated by comments bragging about a big red wave on its way. I believed it, too. While Republicans will certainly take the House, it will be by a slim margin. And it appears now that the Senate may remain Democratic. I'll know more tomorrow. They had the perfect message. We do have a terrible economy and a president who is definitely past his prime But as good as their message might be, they had terrible messengers. Election deniers. Anti-vaxxers. QAnon types who latch onto conspiracy theories instead of facts.
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Wednesday, November 09, 2022
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Just like buyer's remorse with Biden the Pa. voters will be sorry-They deserve high inflation. high energy prices, crime galore, no borders. Wew do not want to hear the Pa. people complain because you get what you voted for.
ReplyDeleteNo crime galore here in Pennsyltucky and our borders with our neighboring states are secure, thank you very much!
DeletePelosi won easily People in this country deserve what they get.We will be a 3rd world nation in no time.
ReplyDeleteHow high will inflation go -how many million illegals, China will dominate us for years to come, wait till energy prices hit if you think they are high now, The people of the United State deserve what they are going to get from these people.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats dominate--so when the taxes go up and the government spending increases --no complaining this is what you voted for.
ReplyDeleteIf I said it once, I’ll said it again - we don’t need or want conservative extreme fascist white Christian nationalism in Pennsylvania. Your so-called “people” have spoken, and we accept pro-choice over Steven lynchs totalitarianism.
ReplyDeleteThe results should put the last nail in Trump's coffin. Election deniers and MAGA cultists took a beating. I do thank him for showing up in PA and revealing Oz was going to be his lapdog. Until his visit I was going to vote Oz.
ReplyDeleteThis just shows that either party has perfected a method to deal with high inflation, although the Democrats are for the working person and it appears that the adults came out and voted. Women won their rights for health care and that was on the ticket.
ReplyDeleteWere you better off two years ago?
ReplyDeleteYes or No?
Was the World better off two years ago?
Yes or No?
2 years ago we were storing dead bodies of Covid victims in freezer trucks. And trump was writing love letters to Kim and golfing.
DeleteAnd whose responsibility is that? Be accountable for yourself. Losers blame others.
Delete3:11
ReplyDeleteWhat was the thought process that decidedly took away abortion from American women?
I’m just surprised so many votes would go to endorse the level of destruction brought upon us by the current politicians in office. This defies all logic. It’s as if America is being chewed up right before our eyes, with everyday Americans just watching it all happen in ignorance! The path we will now continue down leads only to further destruction of the Middle Class. Pain ahead, for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe destruction of the middle class occurred under Reagan and was amplified every time the Republicans gained the majority and presidency
DeleteRed ripple is more like it
ReplyDeleteYour right Bernie Trump does not stand a chance in this country our people will take everything Biden and the Democrats do because rather than have him in office they would rather pay high prices for everything, high murder rate, no border and take what goes with that, hell on retirement 401 plans will continue to dry up, the vast majority of Americans would rather suffer than vote for Trump. And they will suffer because the left-wing policies are bad just look at the economic situation right now it will only get worse.
ReplyDeleteIn other words Bidens plan to create inflation and high energy prices worked. Fascinating.
DeleteUnited States will continue its decline in all areas not worth it to get all excited because this what the people want. Our system of government is not working and there is no way in hell where politicians will turn this country around, they are not capable of doing it. We will continue to decline and China for one will dominate us in all areas.
ReplyDeleteThe red wave is the blood from all those abortions. Suck it Rethuglicans. Abortion is legal, will be plentiful, celebrated - and the best part is you noobs are going to pay for them. You want to be tough on crime? Kill the minority crime problem before it gets born and it won't become a problem. Same thing with failing school districts. We're finally having an honest conversation and Trump cultists are about to see the brave new world. Most people want abortion. They want more of it. They want it to be more available in minority areas where it's sorely needed. And they're willing to pay for it. What a night!
ReplyDeleteFor me as a Republican this is the best result. Trump must be purged from the party. We get the house and we can get rid of Trump once and for all. Clowns like Mastriano, Bolduc, all the Trump candidates lost. How could Oz win with Mastriano losing by 14?
ReplyDeleteAbortion, crime, inflation, and open borders ruled the day yesterday.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations America. We are trending in the right direction and our children and grandchildren will be the beneficiaries.
Dems steal another one if you voted Democrat you deserve whats coming.
ReplyDeleteIf the Dems stole it, why does it matter whether people voted Dem? You managed to contradict yourself in a single sentence. Make up your mind. Either the Dems have complete ability to steal elections (in which case you should give up and stop voting/talking politics because you are wasting your time) or they don't (in which case you should stop saying every election conservatives lose is stolen). We as conservatives need to stop being so stupid on this issue.
DeleteWell this prove the trumpeters views are finally done and we can move forward to a stronger America.
ReplyDeleteA purple puddle, at most.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who doesn't believe the media is in the pocket of the Democratic Party is blind. I watched ABC coverage with David Muir last night and for a full hour, his entire analysis was focused on 'election deniers' which plays hand in hand with Senile Joe's message. He didn't ask winning Republicans about their message, he asked them how they felt about election deniers and if they believed Joe Biden won fairly in 2020. Then even at the local level on Philly 6, it was stories about election deniers by local reporters. Complete and utter BS.
ReplyDelete"our democracy is at stake" was as much a hoax as the Russian tie to the Trump campaign. And the media shoved it down our neighbors throats. We get what we deserve, I guess. This is democracy, I guess. Never mind the economy. Never mind inflation. Never mind energy. Never mind North Korea, Iran or Russia. Its just evil Trump stories.
I don't want Trump to run again, but they set this whole story up that if these people get in office they'll install Trump, which is a fictional novel yet to be written. Its a crazy jump. No one said that about Hilary. No one said that about Abrams. Its just a media sensational story that has no basis, but it sold the American public.
We'll look back at these times in 50 years and shake our head in disgust. Sad.
Voters are smarter than you think. They see what an extreme right Supreme Court can do and they don't like it. They also know that corporate greed is driving a good part of inflation in this country right now, not government policies. Corporations are at 53% profit margins, an historic figure.... during other inflationary periods it was 11%. Finally, most Americans want to continue to wash the stink of Trump out of the country's hair. My faith has been restored in the American people (or at least those in the great state of PA).
ReplyDeleteOur democracy at work! Majority wins!
ReplyDeleteProtecting womens rights, minority rights!
Trying to help families!
Helping with our planets future!
Believing and supporting our veterans and cops!
The message from Democrats was don't vote Republican the democracy is at stake. People bought it. Unfathomable.
ReplyDeleteno change for next 2 years-how high will inflation go; how high will energy prices go. will crime increase, People in Pa. do not seem to care about these issues because I doubt, they will change and two years from now maybe too late.
ReplyDeleteI am hoping this is a wake up call to the republican party that the Trump effect and its extremism will not carry candidates to a win.
ReplyDeleteI wish we can go back to the days of pragmatic candidates, especially on the republican side, where crossing the isle is not an automatic death sentence politically.
I still think the middle is not served very well by either party and hopefully this election will make the parties push more moderate candidates.
Just like with Lynch last year - The GOP stepped on their own dick again in a political environment that was there for the taking by putting up bad candidates that only appealed to its base voters.
ReplyDeleteTrump/MAGA does not broadly appeal to moderate/independent voters who dominate suburban areas. Yes, there are plenty of people who like to put signs up in their yards, but yard signs don't translate directly to votes. Dems dominate in Urban areas, Republicans dominate the rural areas, the true battle ground is the hearts and minds of suburban voters who are usually college educated and raising families with children in schools and in general avoid extremism.
Republican messaging was terrible and that is illustrated by a lot of oft repeated FOXNews talking point comments here. Its one thing to acknowledge that the economy is tanking, or that inflation is painfully high, but there was no concrete plan from the GOP explaining what they could/would do to change it beyond the basic "We're not Democrats! Vote for us!".
The people have spoken. The voters of 2022 are the most informed voters in history. The shock wave to the Republicans should be a lesson learned for the future. When in doubt, put your faith in the hands of the American voter. This isn't the beginning of the end for Donald Trump. This is the end of the beginning for that scum bag. Now he can be prosecuted for his sins against his fellow Americans and pay for his crimes.
ReplyDeleteI think there are quite a few historically moderate republicans (or fiscally conservative, socially moderate republicans) out there like myself were completely disgusted by the MAGA, anti-vaxxer, anti-abortion extremist candidates in this election. I didn't vote for any of them this time. I don't even recognize the current form of the party as it basically exists to enrich the top 1% at the expense of everyone else, and is only "fiscally conservative" to the extent that it helps the 1%. I can't vote against my self-interest like that anymore.
ReplyDeleteRed wave? I’m surprised it’s this close considering everything that’s at stake.
ReplyDelete"We the people" have spoken ... again. They don't like the MAGA types. They detest the Lynch mobs The GOP makes some good points, but they tend to have worse messengers than even we do. This is thanks to the extremists within the party
ReplyDeleteWe are now in hands of Biden and his left-wing cabinet good luck America.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Raegan is dead.
ReplyDeleteThat right there is what you call an "Orange Crush". Donnie the mob boss put the kiss of death on those campaigns.
ReplyDeleteYou miss the point: given many of their candidates, the Republic message also was insurrection, election denial, and anti-vax.
ReplyDeleteAnd Trump wasn't the only party leader who fanned the flames of this.
It's so clear that some people here need to find hobbies that don't involve watching or listening or (maybe) reading about politics.
ReplyDeleteThe woe is America pants wetting is just sad and pathetic.
Biden aint great, he is/was always going to be a 4 year palate cleanser President who was needed to let the room air out.
My toxic trait is watching Steve Lynch and his cuckold mob be wrong about everything and whining about it
ReplyDeleteSTEVE, WE DON’T WANT YOUR FASCIST IDEOLOGY!!!!
Go back to fixing bathrooms for a living Steve
Red wave? It wasn't even a puddle.
ReplyDeleteIt was actually Democrats waving goodbye to the MAGAS, and that's pretty sad considering the State of the Union.
Nikita Khrushchev had it right years ago he said the United States democracy will do itself in on its own he was probably right.
ReplyDeleteTrump. Good policies, terrible President. If he's what caused this (and I believe he is), then its well past time for the Repubs to squash him and move on.
ReplyDelete"Nikita Khrushchev had it right years ago he said the United States democracy will do itself in on its own he was probably right."
ReplyDeleteWas he right or probably right. You MAGAs are the ones who claim to be "We the People," but you reject majority rule. While Plato had problems with democracy, he was at least internally consistent. You are not. What you really are promoting is ruleby a loud minority, and now that you've lost ... again, the sour grapes will go on for days.
Bernie you talk out of your ASS.
ReplyDeleteIf you vote Republican, you are aligning yourself with racist, ableist, and homophobes. The Republican Party is actively campaigning to take away gay and trans peoples rights. They are actively campaigning to get rid of affirmative action, free and fair election votes, social programs that benefit the elderly, and recategorizing the definition of black so they can gerrymander black and people of color voters out of proper representation. And it doesn’t matter if you say that you’re voting for the economy or veterans or whatever, because you’re just telling me that those things are more important than the rights of LGBTQ, people of color, the elderly and everyone that’s paid into their social security and Medicare benefits.
ReplyDeleteI have some land in Florida to see you.
DeleteI have some land in Florida to Sell you.
DeleteI don’t know what this means but I would never live in a state of boomers that are singlehandedly responsible for destroying our planet, increasing the prices of homes to the point that they became unaffordable, and fighting to keep the hourly wage low.
DeleteI vote the person, not the party, and reject your absurd partisan analysis. And frankly, one of the mistakes we Dems make is catering too much to the wokes like you.
ReplyDelete2 more years of Biden and now he said he might run again, and the American people will vote for him. China, are you watching.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who uses the term "woke" or "wokes" is an idiot.
ReplyDeleteBut that won't stop you, BO.
Your Fox News folks love, love, love to use the term woke!
DeleteI am assuming hat the numerous economists who respond to this blog understand that the inflation that we are suffering is a Worldwide cyclical phenomenon. It’s due to the pandemic and the aftermath of same. Trump btw was the single most deficit incurring President in our Nations history. Our inflation rate is much lower than EU nations and The UK. Our dollar is at an all time high in terms of value and exchange rate. As far as all the Gordon Gecko’s who lament that there 401 k is in the tank, I suggest changing financial advisors. The stock market is again higher than when Trump was in office. That was Trumps big bragging point and it should be Dems now. These are the Economic facts and they are not in dispute.
ReplyDelete2:48, 3:05, 3:11, 3:19, Bernie there is you big red wave. One loud mouth fool who spews. Just like the Republican leadership. A few at the top who spew crap all the time but in reality do absolutely crap except rip apart this country for their own gain.
ReplyDelete5:48 Yes we are better then 2 years ago. tRump is not in a position to pander to the dictators of the world. He can only spew his venom to the cultist who listen to him anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnd Yes we the world is better off then it was 2 years ago. The dictator wanna be in chief and his henchmen opened the doors to the the worlds most horrific individuals idolizing them and encouraging them to do whatever they wanted as he sidelined one of the few things in their way.
IF this becomes the nail in his coffin that another poster said so be it. The country will be even more better off when he permanently stays on one of his golf courses.
7:32 yes you are unfathomable that you don't think your republican pukes would destroy this country for their own power and financial gain. The current republican party is barely different then many of the most horrible dictators cult followers in years gone by. Open your eyes and accept you mental inability to see what is right before your own eyes. I wish I could say I felt sorry for people like you but I try to have empathy as I doubt you even see yourself for who you really are when you look in the mirror. Instead you just blame others and deflect (NOT MY FAULT)
ReplyDelete@(:41 Russia is looking for more conscripts. They have openly said they will take any transplants back to mother Russia and send them to their deaths in Ukraine. Go join your comrades and while helping this country purge.
ReplyDelete7:06. As usual a republican spewing their cultist leaders comments with no self evident.
ReplyDelete7:18 why is is complete and other BS when the vast majority of your type were election deniers and so many of the republican party politicians toed the same line. If you can honestly say that you never had one of the denier thoughts or uttered those words you are a rare republican.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats elected a drooling man-child, and a dead guy in Pittsburgh. Our failing public education system is delivering some choice Democratic voters.
ReplyDelete12:26 sure we are better off now than 2 years ago. You must be one dumb son of bitch.
ReplyDelete12:26: We are not better off than 2 years ago. We're much worse. If only Trump didn't nominate 3 completely, utter-nonsensical moronic idiots to the Supreme Court, he would have easily won a second term. Instead, he pandered to an extreme base. It'll take years to undo the damage he did, which nominating judges is really the only consequential aftermath of any U.S. President.
DeleteTrump will run because he needs the attention (plus excuses not to attend depositions). He'll destroy the party even further.
ReplyDeleteGood times!
Pennsylvania elected a democrat state rep named Deluca. He’s dead! LOL. PA elected a dead guy and a brain damaged guy WTF. Laughingstock of the country.
ReplyDeleteThat happens all the time, nice try
Deletehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/abc11.com/amp/dead-republican-wins-candidate-north-dakota-david-andah/7641637/
1:40- He died a few days ago from lymphoma, which he beat twice. He got 85% of the vote. His opponent was a Green Party candidate who got 14% of the vote. 1% voted for non-existent Republican, mostly write-in.
DeleteAlmost all of the votes in this race (for both candidates) were cast before he died due to early , mail in votes.
Nice try, buffoon. Continue to read Newsmax.
I wasn't going to go to my in-laws Thanksgiving this year. Now, I can't friggin wait.
@1:03
ReplyDeleteLosers blame others? Like Russians? or Voter suppressors?
Fetterman can't finish sentences and he wouldn't let the state's murderers finish theirs. The next victim of one of Fetterman's parolees should be a Democratic super voter or precinct captain. Can we all agree on that much?
ReplyDeleteYeah let's wish death on people. What are a sociopath.
DeleteFetterman is the least capable Senator we've ever elected. Except for the dead democrat that was elected to PA State Senate. As long as they have a (D) next to their name, gotta pull that lever.
ReplyDeleteThat is what the world sees. And that is why this whole billion dollar election scheme is non-sense. Some of us think we've won, but "We the People" lose every damn time.
Lots of sore losers here.
ReplyDeletePap Pap, Nan Nan, Pastor Bob, and Coach Luke are turning in their graves. Now, if they only hadn't been afraid of wearing a little piece of cloth over their faces, they could have all voted (R) in the election. Guess they didn't own the libs after all.
ReplyDeleteFRUMP fd it up for us Republicans. Him and his wanna-be cronies.
ReplyDeleteOnly RED WAVE is from his vagina…..
"Yeah let's wish death on people. What are a sociopath."
ReplyDeleteI do not see any comments wishing death on anyone in this thread. If there is one, point it out and I will delete.
Who is the loser the party that will control the house or maybe even the senate or the party in total control of Florida is that the losing party or is the one that gave us high inflation high energy prices, no border with plenty of drugs, or the party that gave us a little crime in our cities. Which party is the loser.
ReplyDeleteI can’t wait for republicans to self destruct when choosing between Trump and De Santis - that should super fun
ReplyDelete1:32 You must have your head so far up your ars or someone elese that you cannot see what your type is doing to the world and the destruction of the American way of life you are destroying. Crawl back under the rock in the cesspool where you seem to be living in the excrement from your cult leader and all the other failure your idolize. You must be one of the treasonous extremists who cannot bear to understand how pathetic you really are. It is truely a shame that people like you are allowed to have a voice when you are nothing more then a leach on our society.
ReplyDeleteGo play with you butt buddy knuckle dragger LYNCH.
2:20 WTF do you have a point or are you just deflecting?
ReplyDelete1:32 I assume you are an old white guy who feels violated. Must be a tough life when you feel so inadequate.
ReplyDelete6:22 Why are you on this blog when you enjoy Florida so much. Go there when you make your annual pilgrimage and do us all a favor stay there with your buddies DeSATIN and tRump. And if you ever do decide to come north stop and have a racist conversation with MTG. She will sure love to waste her time on you.
ReplyDeleteTwo things happened that gave me hope that this country can work together and bring some decorum back to politics. The first was Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. He made a joke in poor taste about sending Nancy Pelosi home to be with her husband. He admitted it and personally apologized to her. He also sent a hand written note to her. Trump take note, this is called taking responsibility for an action. Second was Dr Oz who called Fetterman and was very gracious in conceding. Then he made a statement saying that we must put our partisan swords down and work better together or the republic will not survive. Very classy. Trump should go away now we don’t need his nastiness any more.
ReplyDeleteExcellent observation.
ReplyDelete858. So agree. There is hope. Perhaps all of us on this blog could also work to be just as classy. Change starts with each of us. Is it possible we could work together and show respect to those with different opinions? It is after all what this country is supposed to be about
ReplyDeleteThe red wave turned into the red tide. Can't expect ro elect Republicans when you support a tyrant.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, if republicans had taken control of the messaging about COVID, encouraged their constituents to get vaccinated early on instead of playing politics, a lot of their voters would still be alive today. Sad but true.
ReplyDeleteThe Let’s Go Brandon flags are flying at half mast this week
ReplyDeleteThe Great State of Colorado is in great peril with pistol packing hot entrepreneur thot Lauren Boebert fighting for her political life against a RINO backed globalist intent on disarming the future shooters of America with limp wrist vision for the bread basket. Will he join the Squad if elected and squeaked out a win?
ReplyDelete7:18 no way Brandon sucks--inflation up, no border, Energy bad aqns will get worse all other issue bad no no no Biden still sucks for the American people. you must be some kind of fool to think differently.
ReplyDeleteNo red wave but the economy is going to hell.
ReplyDelete