This is why we have “throw pillows”, gentlemen. Flatscreens are expensive to replace!
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This is why we have “throw pillows”, gentlemen. Flatscreens are expensive to replace!
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LarsThorwald
Rand Paul could be Goldwater on steroids, which is one thing, but he gives me that Greg Stillson vibe.
PeakVT
Or people could put their TVs behind a grate like the one in the hillbilly bar in Blues Brothers.
stuckinred
Lawrence O Donnell is killin this Freedomworks clown and Paul on the debt ceiling.
Spaghetti Lee
I’m actually pleasantly surprised, and pretty optimistic so far. Dems are holding on to a bunch of house seats and senate seats, but we’d apparently rather feed a third-rate troll and bitch about Jane Hamsher.
stuckinred
@PeakVT: Bob’s County Bunker.
You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here!
robertdsc-PowerBook & 27 titles
My polling place was stuffed with people at 5PM here in LA. Made me happy to see so many people.
Fuck the GOP and their teabagger bitches.
Comrade Luke
@Spaghetti Lee: Who’s the troll?
CA Doc
Sick, but cleaned myself up and voted. My Dems will all cruise to victory, but I’m crossing my fingers for Ami Bera to be a Dem pick up in the House. He’d be a great improvement over Lundgren.
Now a G&T for medicinal purposes…
Warren Terra
Oh, hey: Oklahoma just banned the imposition of Sharia Law. The people have spoken!
mai naem
Oh, puhleeze puhleeze have Rand Paul block an increase in the debt ceiling. Maybe then those Wall Streeters will start looking back at the good ole days when Barack Obama asked them to accept some regulation.
lamh32
Van Hollen Gets Feisty Over News Of Network Calling House For GOP
“DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen paid a visit to DNC head quarters to tell reporters that despite early losses, he still thinks Democrats can keep the House.
“Those were the [seats] who were expected to be called,” he said of the first returns.
When a reporter from a different outlet told him that her network had already called a GOP takeover of the House, a visibly flustered Van Hollen insisted repeatedly “I think that’s a mistake.”
uila
The Reason Blog has pointed me to this surprising news in the American Conservative…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The only thing worse than hearing about our center-right country will be the new found insistence that Republicans really are serious about governing and not in fact worthless assholes. Fantastic.
Southern Beale
Yes while Rand Paul has won it’s looking — knock on wood — as if he’ll still be in the Senate minority party.
So, you know, all things considered … it’s about what we thought.
WaterGirl
I can’t bear to watch on TV. How are things looking in IL for governor and senate?
WereBear
Mr WereBear feels the silver lining is that Progressive candidates are generally winning (Grayson notwithstanding) and Tea Party candidates are generally losing.
In the South, all bets are off.
I’m trying to think happy kitten thoughts.
Martin
@Spaghetti Lee: Dems are doing decently in the Senate. Getting killed in the House, though. Republicans have won or are leading more seats than they had coming in, and NY and everywhere west of the Rockies haven’t even begun coming in. Either they need to find a LOT of votes in races already reporting, or they need to sweep everywhere that polls are still open.
thomas Levenson
May I be the first to say fuck Evan Bayh with a rusty shovel?
(Warning. Link leads to brain-pan shattering 3rd way nonsense from a notable contributor to tonight’s debacle. Or at least one more strong argument against a hereditary political class.)
Spaghetti Lee
@Martin:
I think we’re looking at two different election maps or something. TPM has a bunch of vulnerable Dems winning in PA, NC, and the like.
@WaterGirl:
Dems are cruising in both.
Citizen_X
Somebody in the last thread mentioned investing in foam rocks to throw at the TV screen. I remembered, hey, I actually have a foam rock! And dug it out.
So I’ve got that going for me, at least.
fucen tarmal
i already smashed my flatscreen, but its ok, i anticpate a tax cut to cover the cost of replacement, now that republicans are in control, i am going to get back to sacrificing what i can for my country, and in the name of patriotism, go shopping.
Spaghetti Lee
And Joe Wilson is STILL LOSING! Man what a pickup that would be.
burnspbesq
Back in the mid-1970s, there was a widespread belief among Denver Bronco fans that Howard Cosell didn’t give their team sufficient respect. So a local bar had a promotion every Monday night during football season. They ran a raffle for charity, and the winner got to throw a brick through a TV when Cosell did the halftime highlights. Raised a shitload of money.
Perhaps we could do the same thing every time Boehner or McConnell are on teevee. Proceeds to ActBlue.
mai naem
I think it’s total BS for any network to call for the house when voters across the country hae not voted. It’s bad enough that they start in on races where the polls have closed but to call for the house takeover is completely unethical.
jwb
@Comrade Luke: I think the reference is to “change.”
Calming Influence
LarsThorwald
The reason Dems are getting smashed in the House and not the Senate? You can’t redistrict a Senate seat, baby. The redistricting process means there are about 30 to 40 truly competitive seats. A lot of those went Democratic last go round. A bit of an overcorrection the other way this way around.
I don’t see this as the complete disaster for Democrats, this evening.
We have 10% unemployment and massive economic problems, foreclosures out the ass, and the Republicans got one chamber back. One.
Also, some key races are going our way.
lamh32
Anyone hear anything about the FL gov race?
slag
Dan Savage tells Grayson how it is: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/11/02/confidential-to-alan-grayson.
Martin
@Spaghetti Lee: Be careful on that. Cook County is coming in earlier than usual.
asiangrrlMN
@WereBear: Needed that. Tristan is a doll.
I AM writing. I just can’t quit you guys, so I’m flipping back and forth.
wengler
It was really great of MSNBC to project a final total for the House when half the damn country is still voting. I thought we learned about why we don’t do this after 2000.
slag
@jwb: “Change”. That’s French, isn’t it?
Chat Noir
@WereBear:
Thank you for that. Whenever I’m feeling down, my husband tells me to pet a kitten and it will help me feel better. And it does.
Jrod the Cookie Thief
What good is having one of those old tube TVs if you don’t throw it when it gives you terrible news?
Mr. Neely is missing out.
@Southern Beale: It looks that way, but if the tally ends at 50 or 51, expect two things:
1) Lieberdouche finally flips to the R side, probably after stopping by the White House to thank Obama for his support with an atomic wedgie.
2) Republicans find some excuse to keep at least one Dem from being seated. Close election, ginned up scandal, whatever they can latch on to as an reason.
Luckily it looks like we’ll get 52-53, which at least has the happy result of making Lieberman completely irrelevant.
WaterGirl
@Spaghetti Lee: thanks! mostly upstate votes (chicago) counted so far?
Southern Beale
Sam Brownback won Kansas governor’s race. Kansas still crazy. Stop the presses.
stuckinred
@wengler: It’s every news organization, not just the one you are watching.
Foobar
I hope the black caucus takes little Rand behind the congressional lunch counter for a talking to.
Martin
@WaterGirl: Unfortunately, yes. It’s going to be close.
D-Chance.
What y’all folks need is some music… enjoy, and good evening.
Amanda in the South Bay
Someone on another forum I visit just said that ABC has called PA for Toomey. Every blog I’ve visited (including Philly TV stations) says nothing about that. WTF is going on?
Omnes Omnibus
@Amanda in the South Bay: TPM is showing 51-48 for Sestak right now.
MikeJ
@Omnes Omnibus: Wall St Journal’s hed right now is “Too Close for Comfort.”
Restrung
said it before, saying it again:
Thank you, Anne Laurie.
I’ve got a kitty in my lap and a yearning for some sketty with evoo and maybe cheese.
Anya
From now on, dems should have their majority leaders from blue states, only. Every six years, we shouldn’t be worrying about the humiliation of losing our majority leader.
burnspbesq
@Southern Beale:
Which means he’s no longer in the Senate. I will take that.
freelancer
God the only conservative I would prefer other than Palin against Obama would be Haley Barbour. Let that happen.