Owens Takes New York’s 23rd District (Recipe Included)
Thought I’d share a newly developed recipe for Elephant Upside-Down Surprise Cake.
First you take a congressional district that has had Republican representation in the U.S. House of Representatives since before the Civil War, then add a teabag, pour on some hot steamin’ Sarah Palin, add a squeeze of Rush Limbaugh, then carefully strain the mixture until there is no trace of the moderate Republican. Then just wait and watch. Pretty soon you’ll have….Surprise! A Democrat!
There you go folks. Dems across the land can now send thank you notes to Our Lady of Perpetual Meddling. Can’t wait to find out whose fault THIS one is going to be.
I feel sorry for the confused voters in that district.
I’m so glad SP decided to stick her nose in NY’s business.
(*Snags a handful outta AKM’s bowl….*)
23rd Congressional District 56% reporting
(D): Bill Owens 37833 49%
(R): Dede Scozzafava 4259 5%
(C): Doug Hoffman 35516 46%
(*snickers*)
Popcorn munching indeed. Anyone else suspicious about the St. Lawrence County having “mechanical problems”? I smell a rat. I hope this is being observed with a non-partisan eye and that no shenannygans are going on (shades of Florida 2000).
“NewsChannel 9 has learned voting machines in Fulton County, which is a part of the 23rd Congressional District, have been impounded, after the machines were not working property today, the Fulton County Board of Elections confirms.
The county was forced to switch over to paper ballots.
They were not planning on counting any votes Tuesday night. We’re told by the Board of Elections, the paper ballots cannot be touched until the absentee ballots are opened a week from Tuesday.
The Board of Elections says they do not know how many people voted, but there are 22 districts in Fulton County.”
67% reporting
Bill Owens Dem. 47,826 49.1%
Doug Hoffman Con. 44,349 45.5 %
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 5,294 5.4 %
67% : 49% 46%
47, 826 v 44,349
Oh, my!
Mechanical problems may be because NY still uses the old “pull” mechanisms? Paper ballots are much more accurate, IMHO.
Corzine lost in New Jersey!
Hanging chad?
71%
Owens 50,712 49%
Hoffman 46,746 45%
LOL Hoffman coplaing about ACORN.
Up to 71%
Bill Owens Dem. 50,712 49.1%
Doug Hoffman Con. 46,746 45.2
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 5,898 5.7
complaining sorry
I haven’t been paying attention to NJ.
Corzine loss is a repudiation of his Goldman Sachs ties far more than a barometer on our President.
74%
Bill Owens Dem. 53,562 49.1%
D Hoffman Con. 49,661 45.5
D Scozzafava Rep. 5,949 5.4
Are those updates in chronological order? Have you got any info on percent reporting?
Many counties have just switched to the optical scanners here. I have to say the polling place in my little town ,part of NY-23, was pretty busy for an off year election. Most of the candidates ran unopposed Repubs. One judge was listed on all 4 party lines-Dem,Rep.Ind, & Cons. The scary thing was the Hoffman yard sign barely past the 100′ limit.
At 11:14pm, the NYT reported that, with 74% of districts reporting:
Bill Owens Dem. 53,562 (49.1%)
Doug Hoffman Con. 49,661 (45.5%)
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 5,949 (5.4%)
Though now:
76% reporting
N.Y. District 23
Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Bill Owens Dem. 53,562 49.1%
Doug Hoffman Con. 49,661 45.5
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 5,949 5.4
Interesting note on MSNBC earlier. This is probably the last election in that district. They said that with the next district overhaul, that whole district will be absorbed into surrounding districts, represented by Dems. So this may be Mr Owens one shining moment. No, I am not going to sing that cheesy song.
Oops. I’ll learn to copy/paste, promise!
U.S. House Special Election
77% reporting N.Y. District 23
Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Bill Owens Dem. 53,641 49.1%
Doug Hoffman Con. 49,713 45.5
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 5,953 5.4
Any news about Maine’s gay marriage vote?
(That was one tiny district!)
I voted in my city today, and tonight I FINALLY found a progressive blog for my town (I was afraid I was going to have to start one!)
Alaska: apparently my city would fit right in with all y’all!
Homer, everywhere I have looked, they say it is too close to call. I also find it interesting that the campaign for this initiative is being run by an employee of the Portland Catholic Diocese. Reports say that he is on leave from his job, but he is still getting paid by the Diocese. I looked up the Maine Campaign finance reporting site, and the Diocese has pumped in over half a mill, plus reportedly had their churches taking second collections with the money going to the campaign. Hmmm, anybody else see a problem here?
Just read on Kos.
NBC calls it for Owens.
Congratulations AKM and all you muddies.
I hope this teaches Scarah not to stick her nose into local political races. Another example of her reverse Midas touch, where everything she touches turns to s**t.
So when Hoffman loses, who is Meg, I mean Sara, going to blame? Obviously he should have cake walked thru once he got the endorsement of the Great and Powerful Sarah.
Found this interesting piece on the Albany Times Union website. If the numbers are correct, it looks like over 80% of the money spent in the 23rd District was from the lovely Club for Growth PAC. That would, of course, have gone behind Hoffman. And, yet he trails. Oh, that is nice!
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/19688/a-whole-lotta-moola-in-ny-23/
Republican Sweep NJ, VA Governors Races
Former U.S Attorney Chris Christie (R-N.J.) ousted New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) tonight, delivering Republicans a sweep of the two gubernatorial contests on the ballot today.
With more than three quarters of all votes counted, Christie led Corzine 50 percent to 44 percent, according to tabulations from the AP.
Christie’s victory was the more closely-fought of the two races as Corzine moved from a double-digit deficit into a small lead in the final weeks of the campaign. But, the collapse of independent candidate Chris Daggett, who was taking just five percent of the vote with 75 percent of precincts reporting, and the broad distaste for Corzine among the state’s voters doomed the incumbent.
Corzine’s loss comes on top of a stunningly large defeat for Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) at the hands of former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R). (McDonnell is only the third candidate for governor in Virginia history to win more than one million votes; George Allen was the first in 1993 and Tim Kaine was the second in 2005.)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) held a narrow 49 percent to 47 percent edge over New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson (D) with 68 percent of precincts reporting. That the race was so close given Bloomberg’s massive spending edge — he reportedly dropped $100 million on the race — may well be a testament to the anti-incumbent mood in the country.
In the upstate New York special election to fill the seat vacated by Secretary of the Army John McHugh, Democrat Bill Owens led Conservative party nominee Doug Hoffman 51 percent to 44 percent with just under one-third of precincts reporting.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/governors/republican-sweep-nj-va-governo.html?wprss=thefix
Chris Christie won in NJ. Issues here were high property taxes and unemployment. 60% polled said Obama’s administration not a factor on their voting and 57% approval for the President. Christie’s campaign did not want Sarah Palin to stump for him. They knew that if she did it would hurt him with the voters. $P not well liked in this state. Even Republicans don’t like her and think she is a mental case.
According to the Watertown Daily News, Hoffman is closing in on Owens:
Democrat Bill Owens is leading in the 23rd Congressional District race.
The Plattsburgh attorney has 57,050 votes (48%) compared to Conservative Doug Hoffman, a Lake Placid CPA, with 54,538 votes (46%).
Oh, and lets not forget that there is a true progressive running down in California, actually taking the place of a Democratic moderate who went to work for Obama. I have seen him on the news in his capacity as the California Lite governor and he was anything but lite. The man spoke his mind. Go Garamendi!
The TwitterQuitter is the Democrats’ best friend – split the Republican Party! Drive moderate Republicans into the Democratic Party! Teabag like there’s no tomorrow!
There are still 10,000 absentee votes that will have to be counted in NY-23 (per the Watertown Daily Times)
Corning, wonder how those broken machines are affecting the numbers now. And Watching, gonna be interesting to see how Christie governs considering he supposedly used his power as a prosecutor for personal gain.
unfortunately it’s looking bad for gay marriage in Maine. According to http://www.bangordailynews.com/electionresults.html 66% of votes in.
REJECT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAW
Yes 200399 51.75%
No 186852 48.25%
I heard Blomberg spent $100 MILLION on the NYC mayoralty race.
Think what could be done with that money.
To quote Tom Tomorrow comic strip…I have “crazy fatigue”.
And I do not trust the vanquishing of SPalin for a looooonnnngggg time.
{Signed} IP, from the land of Joe McCarthy. Any body remember that
stupid liar?
Here is another interesting post, this from The Albany Project, an excellent political blog in Albany:
http://www.thealbanyproject.com/diary/7514/hoffmans-crazies-are-out
Seems that the police had to be called to at least 2 polling places today “because Hoffman supporters are nuts”.
85% reporting N.Y. District 23
Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Bill Owens Dem. 58,483 49.2%
D Hoffman Con. 54,088 45.5
Scozzafava Rep. 6,292 5.3
I wonder if there is a recount in the 23rd if John Boehner will fly his staff up there to pretend to be concerned New York voters?
I’d think that many of those absentee votes will be for Dede, considering they were probably mailed before she dropped out….
Earlier today, Hoffman claimed a Democrat had slashed a campaign worker’s tires to interfere with the election. The police report stated the campaign worker said he had run over a glass bottle which caused a flat. LOL!
@35 bucsfan – We have to wait and see how and what he does for the state. As for his “personal gain” isn’t that why most Republicans are in politics? LOL
I just watched The Daily Show and he showed a clip from the Beck interview with Hoffman.
OMG, that guy is a complete dufus. I can’t believe he could even muster up one vote, let alone 54,000. The conservative money bought him those votes because it sure wasn’t anything this guy every said or did.
As the teabaggers would say, He was a complete moran. tee-hee.
It’s a shame about Maine – the locals just want to be left alone. They firmly believe in “live and let live” and are not at all happy about the buses and money coming in from out of town. If the measure does go down, it will be brought back up again and will probably be so airtight that these fringers who come in won’t be able to defeat it a second time.
O/T – Gryphen has a story on IM that Orly Taitz is now a friend of Sarah Palin on Facebook. Does that mean that SP also considers Obama to be a usurper?
OWENS OWENS OWENS OWENS
NY-23: Too Close To Call – Or Is It?
by BarbinMD
Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 08:08:42 PM PST
While there are still a lot of votes to be counted, Phillip Anderson at The Albany Project is calling NY-23:
With about 70% in, Owens lead continues to grow. Unless Hoffman has many thousands of votes stashed in the St Lawrence county districts where they are having machine problems, I just don’t see how he beats Owens. Does Hoffman have a secret Watertown Palinite contingent? I doubt it.
I think the next Congressman from NY-23 is Bill Owens.
From his lips to fill-in-your-favorite-deity’s ear.
If this holds, the teabaggers will be in full-blown meltdown and the Civil War within the Republican Party will officially begin.
Race tracker wiki: NY-23
http://www.dailykos.com/
ever said. Sorry. It’s late.
MonaLisa, I appreciate all the updates.
This is so close. I’m sure there is going to be a re-count. I’m worried about the absentee ballots.
According to the Watertown Daily Times:
“There were more than 10,000 absentee votes sent out before the election and some 5,800 were returned and must be counted. More absentee ballots, if sent before the deadline, could still be received.”
Trisha, yup. And he called Beck one of his mentors. Mentor for what? Catching the bus to crazy town?
I think Sarah ship sprung a big leak.
Not to many will want her endorsement in furture.
What goes around comes around. lol
According to The Washington Independent, the mayor of Watertown, who endorsed Hoffman, has conceded that They Lost!!!!!! In his opinion, Owens has won the election.
Republicans should Not be counting on all the absentee ballots, a majority from military to go to Hoffman because he is a conservative. Owens is military background (retired I think) that will carry more with them than Hoffman’s far right positions.
Crap, crap, crap…
Too Close to Call | 11:50 p.m. In the N.Y. 23rd Congressional District, Democrat Bill Owens is about 4 points ahead of Douglas Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate. But there are more than 10,000 absentee ballots that won’t be counted by late tonight, so this race may be one to watch into tomorrow.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/live-blogging-the-elections/
Crazy Town…..that’s funny.
Just reading over at DailyKos. Fox news isn’t mentioning the race at all now. No big surprise, but some said that CNN has dropped it too after being on this story for weeks now. Disgusting.
Another said, down the rabbit hole it goes. if Owens does win, we need to make sure that it doesn’t go down the rabbit hole.
Another disappointing MSM slant…I was reading on several other news sites that have headlines that say, The loss in NJ and VA are a bad sign for Obama.
Yet, exit polls showed that it was NOT about President Obama, but about local issues. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
trisha, I agree…local politics are a bigger issue in Governor and Mayor races…but in a Congressional race…..that is more about what is going on right now in the country…also in a win in a district that always goes republican is HUGE! I think that says more about Obama……..JMHO
Fox News has called it for Owens. Hofmann has conceded. All over.
Hoffman has conceded.
Oh my gosh…Hoffman concedes to Owen!!!!
Hoffman and Beck will make a stink and make some ACORN claims ( He probably already has) so, I really think we need to make a stink about Palin’s illegal robocalls in Virginia and NJ.
Fair?
Yipee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch how quickly Palin, Palinbots, Beck and the almighty teabaggers change the subject.
whew ~ i can finally breathe again…Thanks for the headzup…wtg ny
Here’s an amusing footnote to the NY-23 election. Some electioneering problems, and guess who was involved? (Hint: You know them WELL).
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091103/BLOGS09/911039984
58 trish~ i agree with that…
AKM, very funny. I love the graphic.
If Hoffman won, the GOP would probably have been very forgiving (as long as it didn’t go to a dem). But, now that they lost this long held seat………thanks in no small part to Sarah’s meddling. OUCH! Let the games begin.
What’s that sound?????????? PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I think it’s the air coming out of her big bumpit head.
HALLELUJAH!…… thank you Dede.
What do you suppose would have happened if Dede had stayed in the race?
Palin aracking a woman again…
Rats- attacking
AKM don’t forget to sprinkle in some 9/12 principles for a truly inedible cake.
yaaaaaa Grats to Owen!
Three cheers for the voters of NY-23!!!
Fivethirtyeight.com had Hoffman favored by 7.5 pts. based on exit polls before the poll closings.
To come back several hours later and find that Owens is winning is really tremendous!! I wondered about those “undecideds” who wouldn’t answer the exit pollsters. Looks like we know their leanings now.
Correct me if I’m wrong but if Owens wins, he will be the first Democrat from that district in 150 years…..Good work, Sarah. The conservative voters of NY-23 would rather have a Democrat than your whackjob crazy train! The moderate Republican probably would have won if not for Palin’s interference.
In the overall scheme of national politics, this local race was not very important but in the scheming brain of Palin and her fans, it was critical. It was a barometer of her influence and she failed…..miserably.
People are sick unto death of her polarizing and narcissistic melodrama (aka sh!t).
The good news, besides a big ol’ smack down for Sarah Palin and the teabagging wingnuts, is that despite massive amounts of cash flowing in from outside the district, Hoffman lost. If the teabaggers can’t buy an isolated special election for a congressional seat that has been Republican since dirt was new, they won’t ever be able to do any better in any other congressional district.
The wingnuts have been neutered – would that make them now merely wings?
It also means that Palin is the black widow of electoral politics. Every campaign she touches dies. Who will want her endorsement now? Hell, Republicans and even independent conservatives will be paying her to not campaign for them. Sarah’s incredibly brief career as a political kingmaker are at an end. ‘Tis a pity.
ROFL! I have to tweet that wings line…
AKM
SCHWING !!!!!
HAR….HAR….HAR….HAR…..HAR…..HAR…..HAR…….HAR……
Sorry SP, you and glenn will have to find somewhere else to play….
Way to go New Yorkers! I knew you would do the right thing! Woohoo….go away Palin. Only dumb Rick Perry still wants you to come to Texas, what’s up with that? Hmmmm, maybe he really doesn’t want to win.
There goes Palin again attacking an intelligent woman, KBH! I’d like to see KBJ jackslap her.
Too bad the gubernatorial candidates in NJ and VA didn’t want Palin to campaign for them. A good helping of Elephant Upside-Down Surprise Cake with that steamin’ pile of Palin would have insured Democratic victories instead of Republican wins.
Haha….great recipe, AKM.
Steamin’ Pile of Palin……just wanted to write it again. Bwahahahahaaaa…..made my day!
Went over to Huffpo to read comments. They are hilarious.
One had Palin’s newest facebook page up. Yes, she (or someone) has already responded by quoting Reagan. Suprise, surprise. Something about soldiering on and not giving up the cause. Gag.
Fact is, she is two time loser. American’s said NO to her in 2008, and they said NO to her in 2009. Hint, hint Palin. You are a big ol’ LOSER.
I am sure the requests for her help will come pouring in now that she helped lose a seat that the Republicans have held for 150 years!!!!!! NOT.
I think the good people of the 23rd thought of Hoffman as a carpetbagger. I think the shallow opportunism, lack of local authenticity, and shenanigans of grantstanding showboat “Big Personalities” from way far away got folks so mad that they went completely rogue and did the unthinkable in order to save their district. I think they saw a vote for Owens as a valient fight to save the home country.
It’s ironic, because It looks like Sarah’s “real Americans” just told her where to get off. They really did just scream from their rooftops and open windows that “They were mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!”
And the “it” turned out to be wearing a red leather jacket, and HOOOO BOY!
Rush Limbaugh and Tim Pawlenty, talk about “high and dry”. Hmmmm.
Whose fault? That’s a gimme — the Hoffman and the conservomedia fatheads started alying the groundwork for it earlier today:
ACORN.
Tell me I’m wrong. I double dog dare ya.
70 Gasman Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:10 PM
“The good news, besides a big ol’ smack down for Sarah Palin and the teabagging wingnuts, is that despite massive amounts of cash flowing in from outside the district, Hoffman lost….(snip)
The wingnuts have been neutered – would that make them now merely wings?”
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Yep. 95% of Hoffman’s campaign contributions were from outside the district, in good part from Palin’s fans once she stuck her nose into that race. It would have outraged me if outside interests were pimping out my local election for their own agenda. Apparently, the voters of NY-23 felt the same way. No one wants to feel manipulated. Once again, Palin demonstrated that she is dumber than a box of rocks with the political instincts of a dodo bird.
As to the neutering question…..their nuts took wing long before this election…. without them noticing the chilly breeze whistling through their nether passes.
I read a story today that said NY-23 has over a 15 point margin with the registered GOP voters there. So Hoffman basically had a 15 point Lead to start
Even if he lost 10% points there he should have won by a 5% margin.
Based on just the numbers … he should of won… and he DIDn’T.
He was bitten by the ” Palin Curse “. GOP for over a 100 years…History created.
I can’t imagine all the conspiracies are that going on all over her Facebook page.
It’s not Sarah’s fault…. blah… blah…
Still have to keep watching though as palin wants everyone to keep soldiering on.Will the Go after Crist,we already know she is going after Kay although I don’t know that Kay is much better then Perry.Maybe someone from Texas would know?
I saw a tweet on the daily cos where the dems won the seat in ca also
Letterman gets taped about at 5:00pm which was before the polls closed and they had a count.
Just wait…. for the Jokes to come tomorrow night. Don’t watch the TV Sarah.
jojobo1 Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:10 PM
jojobo1 Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Still have to keep watching though as palin wants everyone to keep soldiering on.Will the Go after Crist,we already know she is going after Kay although I don’t know that Kay is much better then Perry.Maybe someone from Texas would know?
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Is this true? Is it final? Yea! palin can pound sand now
If I were a Republican…. well….. I’d be stupid AND pissed off at Queen Hester today, instead of just plain stupid.
Lainey, I am wondering the same thing. Have searched the internet and do not see that Owens has victored in New York. Please, somebody give me a link that say this is so, so that I can celebrate!
Sarah helped NY23 get a Dem….YAAAAY!!! LOL, where will she ‘help’ next?
@ #74, trisha – you are so right and you had me LOL with this:
“I am sure the requests for her help will come pouring in now that she helped lose a seat that the Republicans have held for 150 years!!!!!! NOT.”
Palin is the straw that is breaking the elephant’s back.
Hooray for the voters of NY 23 who wanted a local candidate that actually understood the issues in their district.
Fox has an article online that lists Going Rouge as Palin’s autobiography.
Gryphen has a link to it on Immoral Minority. Go look quick before they fix it.
Now that Owens has won, Palin is just going to go more batsh¡t crazy. She’s going to make Michelle Bachmann look like Katie Couric.
Can’t wait for Letterman the rest of the week. He’s never let up on her. There’s a Palin dig every night. But it’s going to be good this week. And when her book comes out? Ohboyohboyohboy.
Surely I’m not the only one who gets a perverse thrill from reading hilarious responses to NY-23 on the kooky conservative blogs.
Hoffman consistently looks as if he has just been hit by a tazer………..creepy.
Like the relative who comes to holiday dinners, because good ole’ Uncle Blurt goes to the institution to pick him up.
I just can’t imagine sitting across a dinner table havIing THAT look at me….aghhhh
Her Facebook comments are completely off the track tonight. Even more than usual. Their ‘ rationalization ‘ is just out there. Last week Bree copied some of them in a post story..tonight they are even funnier.
She can’t hide from all the comments on Her own page. The Mods weren’t fast enough I guess.This guy weighs in. He sounds like a Republican.
I posted this one on the Huffpo thread.
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Gary Salmon
“We in New York State do not need or want you to stick your nose in our politics!!! You just cost us another Republican victory. You dumb ignorant b!t@h!!!!15 minutes ago
califpat…it’s official!!!
…the non-resident, pallin around with glenn beck, supported by palin, ultra-conservative CONCEDES!
http://www.doughoffmanforcongress.com/home.html
Alrighty then!! I am certainly convinced that Owens is the victor and now my celebration begins! (Raising my glass) thank you Sarah Palin for your very wise choice of endorsing your twin in pants, Hoffman. You gambled and lost, trying to be all rogue and sh*t, but as usual, you’re just doing it the trailer way. It’s all you know!! Thanks for the win!! You are appreciated! LOL!
Thanks for the link Lainey! Now I am really dancing and celebrating! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Yes!!!!!
califpat…lmao “the trailer way” that IS all she knows!!! I’m raising my glass right with you. now if we can just get her off of FB…it’s funny how she ended up just like the bloggers she so detests…only she’s really hiding in the basement with her jammies on. she still makes me sick! …all the attention she still gets and for what? what has she EVER accomplished? she can’t even manage to practice what she preaches…she really is (one of) the worst person in the world.
@Martha
Hoffman really does look like that neighbor that kept to himself…the one with all the butchered bodies in his basement….ewww, real creepy! of course, AK had ‘that one’ that went through a exorcism!!! what’s the conservative world coming to? …what are they really?
I hear you Lainey! She is a coward of the worse order! She will never ever, give a real interview. I kind of wonder how she is going to support her comicical fictional book, without doing an authentic interview? All through Fox??!!
comical
Looking at the Seattle Times site, and R-71 is winning big in the Peoples Republic of King County but overall is barely getting by. There are some red areas on the western side of the Cascades but east is all red including the district represented by guano crazy Cathy McMorris Rodgers who had guano crazy Vivian Fox’s back in comparing passing a health care bill to terrorism.
$arah Paylin is indeed toxic.
Doing the happy dance over here. What good news to wake up to!!!
Happy news from NY, but it’s looking very sad in Maine for our brothers and sisters who are still seeking to have their basic human rights recognized.
Well, this was very satisfying news to wake up to this morning. It’s a distinct slap in the face to Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and their ilk. Not, of course, that they will give up trying, but, just the same sanity wins a victory today!
Now, Maine, on the other hand – I just don’t understand. What a heartbreak. I hope the new studies that are coming out about the children of same-sex marriages being no different emotionally, psychologically or otherwise from traditional marriages will educate more people – because it IS about protecting the children, now, isn’t it? (snark) And, they show that these children are frequently better grounded and less likely to have difficulties than children from traditional marriages.
Rejoicing here on the other side of the state of ny..
First time in a century that this district went to a dem….wonder what that says to Palin and her pals? oh yes they do make an impact dont they?
“How to elect a Democrat without really trying”….by s’arah palin.
Undoing 150 years of Republican domination with a single endorsement, ladies and gentleman I present to you, ….The quitta from wasilla, hey…..where’d she go?
“Our lady of perpetual meddling” I love it!
The ‘peep toe pumps’ will simply be re energised by floods more cash..as a new pair of stilletto guerrilla boots is tried on..and deals..flow snakily, in the dark reaches of power. If batman is away..celeb. one win..who is left..to watch..the Rest of..the Cities? Discontent of the ‘mid terms’..must be watched, and educational informations..must continue. Would I Love a piece of cake..of course..but color me passing on this one..and going back out into society at large..to keep throwing light upon..The Bigger Picture..and amongst them..Maine. Enjoy the curr. headlines..and then..put down the coffee mug..and..Boot-up!
Newt was right on this originally until he got scared. He said that the good folks in the 23rd didnt need any help picking a R candidate. Newt, how do you like your choice now? friggin idiots got their azzes handed to them thanks to s’arah. Lets see how she plays from here.
Advise to the Coach, BENCH HER! Or not…let her do some more endorsin’ for our sake and amusemnet!
Self-fulfilling prophecy
This only goes to prove that the wingnuts were right all along: Moderate Republicans can’t be trusted! They must be purged at all costs.
Of all the races last night this one was practically written off as Hoffman’s from the start, so it was so awesome to hear that Owen, a Democrat won for the 1st time since the Civil War!!!
Thank God Sarah’s goin’ rogue backfired! Maybe this will shut her down for awhile until she concocts her next scheme from her kitchen table on Facebook. The conservatives may have the loudest and most obnoxious voices in the GOP, but even a very red district has rejected them!!!!
I think this means more than two governors who’s state”s swap parties every other election it seems.
How much more will the value of the king maker drop in the next year.
Oh, and one news clip I watched said it was the first for a Dem in 16 years. Do you think leaving off the zero changes the story at all?
I had decided that NJ and VA were probably going to go Red so I was nonchalant about those 2 races.
But NY-23rd – now that was the one I watched =) Especially since KO had a segment last night with teabaggers all over my TV screen. Ew.
So now, please indulge me while I engage in a Wicked Witch of the West cackle!! HHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHH!!!
I’ll get you my pretty! And your little……Meg too!
And oh, the irony! A million dollars from Club for Growth + Sarah Palin + Tim Pawlenty + Rush Limbaugh + Glenn Beck + Fred Thompson + Teabaggers from everywhere but the District voting = First Democrat in the seat since before the Civil War.
Awesome. Keep it up Sarah!
Palin 2012 – 2014 1/2!
The comments here are priceless!
I join the chorus of “Thank you New Yorkers!” for showing us that Sanity will prevail!
BTW – Does Sarah Palin not get “subtle” hints?
2008: Hey America, let me be your VP! America: No.
2009: Hey NY-23rd Americans, Vote for MY GUY! NY-23rd: NO!
s’arah wanted in the game at the last second and shot the ball thru the wrong basket. stay on the bench where you belong!
Went to bed before the outcome and it was a tie. Incredible! $he did it to herself again. Can’t help myself……..fighting it………gave in: HawHaw!
Paging flyinyoureye see Aussiegal #115″ I’ll get you my pretty, and your little Meg too!”
Can’t you see Sarah as Dorothy, and Meg as Toto, surrounded by the Wicked Witch and the flying monkeys? (apologies to Toto, who is kinda’ cute.)
What a great way to start my day. A cuppa joe and a slap in the face to
the Bitter Quitter Tin-cup Grifter!
Bwahahahahaha!
DD
Bystander: I know, I did hesitate before making the link from Toto to Meg. He is a cute bundle of love. Meg is….not.
rebekkah: let me join you! HEE!HEE!
“who’s fault is it?”
Answer: That pesky little detail called “registered voters”. Hoffman couldn’t even vote for himself, much less any of those teabaggers who were bussed in to electioneer at polling places.
I cheered in my car on the way to work this morning when NPR announced this win. Then I virtually thumbed my nose at $P. Can’t wait for the spin.
Everything she touches turns to CRAP. Literally and figuratively!
Thank you Upper NY Staters for having brains they thought you didn’t.
According to RedState, this is a huge win for conservatives.
Since two decades before the Civil War? The GOP was founded less than five years before the war began. And BTW, how far to the left does a Republican have to be before she’s no longer a “moderate?” She was pro-choice, pro-SSM, pro-bailout, and in favor of abolishing the secret ballot for union elections, etc. Otherwise, your post was spot-on.
Mea culpa on the date/party. I’ll change that. As far as Scozzafava goes, she was obviously good enough for Newt Gingrich. The GOP is splitting down the middle. Eisenhower would be regarded as a Democrat today. So it’s all relative. Obviously Scozzafava would have won the election and held the seat, and the people on the ground wanted someone who actually understood local issues and wasn’t just a poster boy for national conservative “values.” AKM
I haven’t read all the comments, but I wanted to make sure nobody missed out on Andrew Sullivan making Mudflats the quote of the day:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/quote-2.html
ouch, that mustahurt. What a rash that will leave!
Hey, guess what?
I found a video of Rush Limbaugh in a lighter moment.
http://failblog.org/2009/11/04/garbage-burning-fail/
Thanks to NY23, the wingnuts have been neutered. Now are they just wings?
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I thought they were just nuts….
Dunno if anyone has posted this yet, but Palin has a purity problem:
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/03/the-battle-of-ny-23-and-sarah-palins-purity-problem/
conservative “values.” What an oxymoron, or oxycontin in limpballs case….
By the time Palin’s book is released……..we might just get PAID to order one……….lol
Rupert Murdoch does love to throw his money away sometimes!
It makes you wonder why Oprah would take the time to interview the author of a book so obviously insignificant.
Oh yeah…….ratings……………
Newsmax.com offering Palin’s book “for just $4.97, a savings of $24 off the cover price”
14 minutes ago
From a commercial that aired on November 4 on Fox News Channel:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911040036
This election just goes to show McQuittyPants and the right wingy nuts not only can’t/don’t read, they can’t add either.
I knew her guy would lose soon as she said, ” Vote my Values.” Since her value is quittin,’ the voters did just that……quit votin’. Pooky quit.
omg…this is just beautiful….”Elephant Upside-Down Surprise Cake”……no wonder i love reading your blog…just so colorful with words and phrases….keep it up…..lol
It’s scary that wing(ex)nut Hoffman could make it even close against a locally well-known ex-military “moderate” Democrat. Fort Drum (huge employer — keep the federal funds coming!) and Adirondack Park (the gd guvment can’t tell ME where I can’t hunt, cut trees, or build my cabin! — sounds like Alaska, eh? But with more snow!) are THE issues in the NY 23rd, yet even tho Hoffman knew nothing about them the carpet-tea-bagging whackos drummed up enough support to bring him within 4 percentage points of a victory. No, the Palinistas won’t count this as a defeat, but only as encouragement to try harder next time.
Whew. Have to thank Sarah for her “support”. All the pundits were betting on a Hoffman win and all the wingnuts were rooting for him, but despite that, we in the 23rd district won by electing Owens. Thanks,again, Sarah, please keep supporting GOP candidates, thus assuring that sane people with functioning brains of either party will vote the opposite of your recomendations.
@aussiegal77
2008: Hey America, let me be your VP! America: No.
2009: Hey NY-23rd Americans, Vote for MY GUY! NY-23rd: NO!
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2012: Hey America, let me be your POTUS (I promise I’ll rule you with thumbscrews only under my religion)…America: effen HELL NO!!!
Republicans might be bragging today, but watch-out!!! When these people start putting the screws to everything—-they will be s o r r y!!!!!!!!! And for that—-they can blame Miss Smarty Pants.