Pick’en
Our country has failed three times in “pick’en”:
1) Way back when, we should have picked our own cotton,
2) Then, later, we should have picked our own fruits & vegetables, and
3) Last, we should NOT have picked a “community organizer” as our President in 2008!
Tomorrow will be a good day for America if…
I am excited about tomorrow’s election. I truly hope that the “Tea Party” helps elect a large number of Americans who believe in smaller and more responsible government. Here is what I am hoping for tomorrow:
1. I truly hope the Republicans gain a majority in the US House of Representatives. The last four years under a Democratic majority in the House under Nancy Pelosi has been a disaster. The Democrats added five trillion dollars to the National Debt in four years; this is astounding and future generations will have to pay for this forever. The older I get the more I realize that “gridlock” is good.
2. I hope that Harry Reid (D) is no longer the Senator from Nevada. He has been a horrible majority leader and has served too long.
3. I hope that Rand Paul (R) is the next Senator of Kentucky. The liberal media has developed a pathological hatred of the man and thrown everything at him that they can.
4. I hope that a large number of small Government conservatives are elected as Republicans. I then hope that they are not co-opted by the Republican establishment.
5. I hope that turnout tomorrow is higher than it was in 2006. More Americans need to learn what is going on in this country and they need to vote. Both Parties are running up the National Debt and this needs to stop.
6. I hope that far fewer people vote for a Party ticket. Voting for all of the members of one Party is just stupid and I truly wish people would stop doing it. It is absurd to think that all of the members of one Party are better than all of their opponents across the board.
7. Updated on Election Day at 1:28 PM. I hope that Lisa Murkowski is no longer the Senator from Alaska. Her antics affter her loss in the Republican Primary are deplorable and show that she is too attched to her position as US Senator.
Mike
The day it all began
With thanks to Douglas M. Christian for the idea of this post.
January 3rd, 2007 was the day when the Democrats took over the House & Senate, the start of the 110th meeting of the United States Congress - the first time since 1995 that they controlled a majority in both groups. On that date, the DOW closed at 12,621.77, the GDP for the last quarter of 2006 was up 3.5% from the previous quarter, the unemployment rate was 4.6% and we had just completed 52 straight months of job CREATION!
This date was when Barney Frank took over as the head of the House Financial Services Committee and also the day when Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
The present economic meltdown that began 15 months after this date was in the Banking & Financial Services part of the economy! So we can thank the Democratically controlled Congress for this crisis by the dumping of 5 to 6 trillion dollars of toxic loans on the economy - all coming from Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac!
And just who took the third highest pay-off from Fannie & Freddie? It was Senator Barack Obama!
And who fought against reform of Fannie & Freddie? The Democratic Congress (including Senator Obama!
But who asked Congress seventeen (17) times to stop the stuff happening at these two organizations, starting in 2001, because it looked like it was financially risky for the U.S. economy? It was George W. Bush!
So, just who is being blamed in all the Democratic commercials and the main-line media for this crisis? Remember - IT SHOULD BE the people who are now separating themselves from their voting record (and their party!) - the same ones who did not listen to the electorate during their disastrous bailouts, the Obamacare bill, the Cap & Trade push!
Please mark your ballots in three weeks to rid us of these dangerous liberals before it’s too late!!!
Republican stupidity in Alaska
This post was edited on 4/5/09. I did not have the ability to strikeout items when I edited the post so I deleted the incorrect references to a primary election and to Begich being a Republican.
This story leads me to believe there are some really stupid Republicans in leadership positions in Alaska.
To make a long story short there was a general election in Alaska for the Senate seat that was held by Republican Ted Stevens for 40 years. Ted Stevens has been dogged by corruption charges for years, is a “king” of pork barrel projects, and is the kind of Republican that makes me want to puke.
Democrat Mark Begich defeated the incumbent Senator Stevens in a very close general election. Senator Stevens likely lost his seat because he had just been convicted of seven felonies.
Minnesota Senate Seat
The race for the Senate in Minnesota in November of 2008 was extremely close. Infact Coleman (The Republican) led by a couple of hundred votes immediately after the election. A recount was performed and after that recount Franken (The Democrat) now leads by 225 votes.
I have followed this recount by reading Republican and Democratic news sources.
Both candidates and their campaigns have acted in an insulting fashion and have attempted to get certain votes counted they felt would favor them while at the same time trying to get votes they feel would help that other candidate eliminated.
The Secretary of State has closed the recount and determined that Franken (The Democrat) won by 225 votes. There were a couple of million votes cast in this contest. It was an extremely close race.
I feel that Al Franken (The Democrat) should be seated and that the State of Minnesota should carefully analyze their election process and see what they can do to improve it. They especially need to look at how their absentee ballots are handled.
I now hear that some of the Senate Republicans may filibuster the seating of Al Franken (Democrat) until Coleman’s legal challenges are resolved.
The Senate Republicans need to get a grip and move on. Elections are handled by the States and the Secretary of State of Minnesota has certified Al Franken (D) as the winner.
Al Franken should be seated and the Republicans should move on.
Mike Sylvester
The Republican Party Has A Serious Problem
I’ve been poring over the exit polls and there are three glaring weaknesses the Republican Party is going to have to correct in the near future if they are going to compete in 2012.
First, young voters are moving away from the Republican Presidential candidates in droves. You now have a generation of voters that probably equate the disastrous presidency of George W Bush to Republicans. To give you some context, Gore won the 18-29 vote by 2 points, Kerry won it by 9 and Obama won it by 34.
Second, new voters are not voting Republican. First time voters went to Gore by 9, Kerry by 7 and Obama by 39.
Lastly, Latinos are the fastest growing minority and they have completely abandoned the GOP. Gore won the Hispanic vote by 27, Kerry only won it by 9 but Obama won it by 36.
You cannot be a viable party if you lose these 3 groups by such massive margins. Of course there’s always the chance that this was a one-time anomaly due to the general disdain for President Bush but I don’t think that tells the whole story…
(Data from CNN exit polls of 2000, 2004 & 2008)
Indiana Cheaters?
A trip down idiotic-quote memory lane:
In an interview before headlining the Indiana Republican Party’s fund-raising dinner in Indianapolis Thursday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Hoosiers are too smart to vote for Obama.
Democrats, he said, “can’t win fairly out here.”
Asked if Democrats could win without cheating, Graham said, “No. They can’t win fairly out here ’cause their agenda is so far removed from the average Hoosier.
“We could lose, I suppose, if they cheat us out of it,” Graham said of Indiana’s 11 electoral votes. “I think the only way we lose a state like North Carolina or Indiana is to get cheated out of it.”
What a clown…
Early Voting Indicates Record Turnout
According to a local newspaper, early voting for this 2008 election numbers 30,440 voters out of a pool of 253,313 eligible in the county.
In the 2004 election, the early birds totaled 15,716 out of a possible 225,967 voters.
That’s roughly double the amount of early voting.
The turnout for the county in 2004 was 58.4%.
Neil over at Political Equinox is on point with today’s big question:
“Will the newly registered voters brave the LONG lines to vote or will they give up after seeing the wait?”
Voter turnout in my part of Allen County, Indiana
I voted this morning at 9:30. Historically the polls are slowest from 9 - 11 AM and from 1 PM - 3 PM.
I vote at Agape Church on Lima road in precinct 299. Precinct 360 votes at Agape as well. I waited for 35 minutes to vote and I got there at 9:30 AM. I talked to several people there and it took some people 90 minutes to vote early this morning.
I drove by another polling place on Coldwater Road with lines out the door at 9 AM and 10:30 AM.
I have talked to two people who voted at other Allen County precincts and one waited 60 minutes to vote and the other waited 50 minutes to vote.
It looks like turnout will be high!
Mike Sylvester
Election Predictions
First of all I hope everyone votes. One of the keys to a successful Democracy is an informed and voting populace.
My predictions are below:
Barack Obama (D) will be the next President. He will not win in a landslide; however he will win. I further predict that McCain will win both Indiana and Ohio.
Mitch Daniels (R) will easily win the Governors race.
Greg Zoeller (R) will win the Attorney General race by at least 6 points.
Tony Bennett (R) will win the Superintendent of Public Instruction race by at least 6 points.
Mark Souder (R) will win his next term in Congress; however, it will be close. I predict Souder will get 49%, Montagano 46%, Larsen 5%.
Sue Orth (R) will easily win the race for County Treasurer in Allen County.
County Council is the hardest race for me to predict. I project Buskirk (R) having the most votes, followed by Armstrong (R), followed by Hoot (D). I think Moss (R) will come in a close 4th and Knuth (D) a distant 5th. I would not be surprised if Moss was 3rd.
Three Fort Wayne School Board seats are up for election this year. Three candidates are supported by the Code Blue Schools PAC and their opponents are supported by the leadership of the School District. I predict: Olinger will beat Hill by a comfortable margin. Schaab will beat Pierce by a small margin. Mol will beat Corona by 10 votes. In other words, I am predicting that the citizens will elect all of the Code Blue candidates in an effort to take their School District back.
What are your predictions?
