Election Wins Show Democratic Weakness, White House Says

[sabra]

http://www.wftv.com/news/5278550/detail.html

Election Wins Show Democratic Weakness, White House Says

Democrats will be sitting in the governor's office in Virginia and New Jersey next year, but as the White House sees it, Tuesday's elections exposed Democratic flaws, not Republican ones.

President George W. Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said they showed the Democrats are "out of touch" with voters because Virginia's new governor ran as a conservative.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine soundly defeated Republican Jerry Kilgore in a GOP-leaning state, despite a last-minute campaign appearance for Kilgore by Bush.

....

But McClellan said overall, the races were decided on local and state issues and were not a referendum on Bush. He noted both states elected Democratic governors in 2001, and that the next year, Republicans won big in congressional voting.

:rofl:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Ya, and NYC Mayor ran as a LIBERAL

So there :P

[quiet.american]

2. Sigh... there goes "Baghdad" Scottie again. n/t

[ignatius 2]

77. I saw a blogger today call it Baghdead which seemed, quite sadly, very

appropriate.

I see the Bushbots continue their Orwellian language of up is down,black is white and war is peace. Now losing is really winning..fucking dimwits.

[Cha]

113. Very, Sadly, Appropriate!

I say we shove right back in their face ala the Dems in California!

"FEEL THE BURN, GIRLYMAN"


"In the aftermath of the California special election the headlines read, “SCHWARZENEGGER ROUTED”, a most welcome bulletin that for inspirational value ranks a close second to “COULTER DROWNS IN SEWAGE TREATMENT MISHAP”. Yet the most relevant factor is not that He Who Gropes has just been groped. It is the way in which he has been groped that serves as a template for liberal success.

Soon after taking office, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared war on the “special interests”, which from his perspective are the employees who serve the taxpayers. Arnold sued to block changes in the state's nurse-patient staffing ratios that would have improved medical care, and then taunted the nurses that he was “kicking their butts”. The governor also targeted educators and public safety personnel for abuse while promoting ballot initiatives designed to skew political power even further towards his corporate benefactors."


More David Podvin..
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/podvin/more/051109_FeelTheBurn.htm

[QC]

3. ROFLMAO!!!!!

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

4. I'm really surprised they had the cojones to actually

use that title. And up is down, black is white... :rofl: :spray:

[sabra]

6. yep, they really won, because they lost.

makes perfect sense to me :-)

[calico1]

24. Wow, if we can take both houses next year imagine

what a landslide that will be for Republicans! :rofl:

[JudyM]

62. It's the "Bizarro-World" white house, straight out of Superman comics

Who ever knew we'd see our "leadership" living it! No reality-based community for them, please. New nickname for *: Bizarro President.

[katty]

78. the usual War is Peace, Black is White, Iraq is secure....

[SharonRB]

5. Out of touch?

Spinning like a top, he is. :rofl:

[yellowcanine]

7. Up is down. War is peace. Defeat is victory. Strength is weakness. How

Orwellian of little Scotty.

[afdip]

15. you can tell he's lying 'cause his lips are moving, yellowdog

[yellowcanine]

34. Yep.

[electropop]

112. It's hilarious!

Snotty thinks people can't see how silly the "bizarro-world" thing is. I suppose because he can't see it himself.

[Up2Late]

8. Weeeeeeellll, seeing how everything they say is a Lie...

I'd say they are very worried about what happened yesterday.

[Broken_Hero]

54. Yes...

I believe they are very worried about what happened yesterday, worried indeed.

[blm]

9. Kaine ran as a moderate, not a conservative.

And Kilgore ran as a right wingnut rubber stamp, not a conservative.

[LostinVA]

50. I knwo... Kaine did NOT run as a Conservative, although that

fool Creigh Deeds did -- and he si NOT conservative. It almost made me not vote for him.

[ernstbass]

110. Me too

I got sick of Deed's ads touting his conservative values.

[radfringe]

92. does that mean Kilgore lost

because he ran as a "liberal"?

:rofl:

[Cha]

116. And Tim Kaine is

against The Death Penalty..very progressive in my book.

[brentspeak]

10. "We have the Democrats right where we want them."

:crazy:

[sasquatch]

11. OH SCOTTIE!! Denial isn't just a river in Egypt

:D

[Arkana]

12. McClellan went on to say that up is down, black is white, and we

are most certainly NOT on Planet Earth.

[bliss_eternal]

13. Did someone paint the White House brown last night?

Because all these reports coming out of it, sound so full of shit...

[aden_nak]

14. So Virginia is more conservative than NYC? Thanks for the tip, Scott.

I can definitely say that in New Jersey, Corzine ran as a liberal. And if he didn't, half of Forrester's ads were plastered with the "L word" as if it were some sort of federal crime. And Corzine won on being a liberal. Won rather handily, in fact.

[Cha]

117. And the typical repuke

smear, politics of personal destruction DID NOT WORK in New Jersey, either, sco-tttttttttttttty!

[calico1]

16. OMG, this is hilarous!

I suppose that's why Bush went to stump for Kilgore, huh? Because Kaine is really Conservative so Kilgore losing really exposes Democratic weakness? Is that why bush went down to VA? To expose Democratic weakness by stumping for the GOP candidate? :crazy:

[goforit]

17. I'm glad they made this statement public!!!....It will even show more that

The GOP has fallen off their horse permanently!!!
or should I say elephant since they are allowing horses to be
slaughtered.

[janx]

37. I have never seen an administration so openly hostile

to an opposing party. This is incredible.

It'll come back to bite them.

[liberalhistorian]

64. It already IS coming back

to bite them in the ass, and I love every minute of it! I especially love listening to how the repub "strategerists" are desperately trying to spin it.

[tabasco]

102. The Vice President goes on hatemonger shows like Limbaugh.

Corrupt and disgusting.

I am praying for Democratic majorities, impeachment, convictions.

[shanti]

106. exactly, it starts from the top on down

the hate...

[ClintonTyree]

18. Yes, they were decided on local and state issues.......

but since ALL politics are local it was an ass drubbing for Republicans. Areas where Republicans have dominated for decades went Democratic. So Scottie, you can spin all you want but the Republican experiment in total government control is a failure. The American public is going to change it, locally, statewide and on up the ladder all the way to the White House.
Bite me, Scottie!

[Digit]

19. I thought this was a joke at first

Oh YEAH, it IS a joke!
:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

53. Oh yeah. Like "if you don't stop that I'm going to put my nose

between your teeth and I won't let go".

[AlCzervik]

20. OMG!!! That is hilarious!!!!!! you can't make this stuff up.

[Fridays Child]

21. SammyBlue started a "guess the spin" thread, last night...

I wonder if anyone nailed it.

[gratuitous]

22. Here's what I wrote yesterday

"And when Kilgore loses (he's trailing in the last SUSA poll from the weekend by five points), Bush and his minions will blithely ignore the results, and deny that they had anything to do with Kilgore's loss. The media, of course, will give him yet another pass.

"But it is a sign of how desperate things are for Bush right now that the best chance he's got for looking better is a Hail Mary victory by Kilgore in Virginia. If it doesn't work, well, nobody really expected Kilgore to win, anyway, but he got so close thanks to the magic of the President's unerring political touch.

"You can practically write your own Republican blast fax by now."

I missed the talking point on what a "conservative" Kaine is supposed to be, but with time I think I might have sussed that one out, too. Otherwise, it looks like I was spot on.

[Barrett808]

35. Congrats, very perceptive! n/t

[Carolab]

68. Who could have guessed that, since he ISN'T a conservative.

Oh, yeah, that's right, you have to think about how to LIE all of the time. We libruls aren't very good at that.

[gratuitous]

71. Unfortunately . . .

The method I use to think like a Republican media whore involves bashing my head against a hard object like a wall repeatedly until this stuff makes some kind of sense. Getting all the way to "Kaine's really a conservative" would probably necessitate something that would get me hospitalized.

[Cha]

118. Kaine is against the

Death Penalty..pretty damn conservative, no?

[deadparrot]

23. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

That is all.

[Samurai_Writer]

45. I got those bumper stickers from stampandshout.com

Check them out...

[yorkiemommie1]

98. thanks for the link !

n/t

[Cha]

119. Should have one with condi..

LYING is actually telling the truth :silly:

[Samurai_Writer]

124. They do! I have those too...

[Lilith Velkor]

109. Occupation is liberation.

Addendum, 2003.

[SomewhereOutThere424]

25. LMAO

"We lost because people LOVE us. Yeah, that's it, they WANT us to be in office, but they're playing that, ya know, hard to get game!"

In as idiots, out as idiots. I can't wait until 2006.

[Buford Pusser]

26. The Dem ran as such a conservative that Bush stumped against him?

Bush swooped in at the 11th hour to help the GOP candidate.

If the Dem was so conservative, why'd Bush feel the need to do this?

Bush, the WH, the GOP, none of them make any sense anymore.

Buford Pusser

[Brooklyn Michael]

27. Out of touch?

So, President Useless makes an 11th hour stump for the Republican candidate, the voters elect his Democratic opponent instead, and it's the DEMS who are out of touch....

:rofl::bounce::smoke::spray:

There aren't enough laughing smilies to adequately express how funny I think that is...

[TerdlowSmedley]

28. "Do anything, skin me alive, boil me in oil, but PLEASE don't

throw me in that briar patch Brer Scotty."

[Hand]

29. "Democrats in last throes," sez Cheney...

War is Peace
Slavery is Freedom
Ignorance is Strength

Oh, and Chimpy's the most brilliant man you ever met...

:rofl:

[Robeson]

30. Are you sure they didn't get this story from "The Onion"?.....

...:spray: :rofl:

[obxhead]

31. VA has voted Dem Governors in, but

I doubt you'll see a Dem Presidential vote come out of that state.

[0rganism]

60. What if Gov. Warner were the nominee?

Even though he's quite conservative for a Dem, I wouldn't mind seeing Warner on the top of the ticket in 2008 if he had a shot at bringing in VA and a few other swing states.

[obxhead]

73. Warner won in VA because he promised to eliminate a

VERY expensive car tax. They cut out 30% of the tax then realized that's what paved their roads. The rest of the tax elimination was
"postponed" (will never happen). Warner has many flaws and lies just like the rest IMO.

[onenote]

107. Wrong.

Republican Jim Gilmore won election as VA's governor in 1997 by campaigning on a "repeal the car tax" plan. It turned out to be more difficult to do than Gilmore had suggested and so a phase out plan was adopted, with the tax supposed to be eliminated by 2002. During the 2001 campaign, the republican, Mark Early, stood by that pledge, despite the fact it was clearly fiscally irresponsible. Warner, by contrast, said that he wanted to continue the phase out of the tax, but that it would not be possible to keep to the original schedule. One of the reasons Warner won the election, and one of the reasons that he is so popular, is that he has helped the state get its fiscal house in order by helping to broker a bi-partisan budget package that included both tax increases and tax cuts.

Also, 70 percent of the car tax has been phased out. What remains is 30 percent (not the other way around).

onenote

[dflprincess]

32. Did anyone ask Scottie about the mayoral race in St. Paul

Randy Kelly, nominal Democrat, was the first incumbant mayor in that town defeated since 1974 (he only got 30% of the vote). And why? Because he jumped ship and endorsed Bush last year. He was defeated by Chris Coleman (no relation to Norm), who is also a DFLer - the St. Paul mayor's race is technically nonpartisan.

[Cha]

120. sco-tttttty is blithely ignoring

all the facts. And that one is EXTRA UGLY FOR THE "BROWN" HOUSE.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

33. Black is white, and up is down.

I'll bet Orwell never thought his novels would turn out to be so freakin' accurate.

Excuse me, I have a two minute hate to attend...

[WI_DEM]

36. so in effect, the WH is saying that voters prefer a conservative Dem

to a conservative republican? Is that right, Scotty?

also, he didn't run as a conservative, but a moderate--and umm, why didn't the chimps last minute campaign stop help?

[The_Casual_Observer]

38. "out of touch"

They are sinking faster than I could have ever imagined.

[NanceGreggs]

39. I'm waiting for Scottie to pull out the Spinal Tap defence ...

... "It's not that the Republicans are losing their supporters; they're just appealing to a smaller, more select audience."

[Gregorian]

40. Paging Mr. Orwell.

Winning is losing.
These people are so totally, hopelessly, unable to handle the truth.


edit- May we be the weakest, in 2006.

[Crunchy Frog]

41. They're desperate and on their last legs.

When the Dems win big next year, it will prove conclusively that they're just a bunch of dead-enders whose utter defeat is imminent.:rofl:

[Garbo 2004]

42. Reminds me of the knight in Monty Pythons Holy Grail, after he's

left as no more than a torso he's yelling "I'll bite your knees off" and accuses his opponents of cowardly running away.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

44. Merely a flesh wound...

:rofl:

[Mz Pip]

43. Best. Spin. Ever.

:rofl:

These guys need a class in critical thinking.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Dead_Parrot]

47. What she said

Pure class...
:rofl:

[AX10]

46. Kaine is anti-death penalty and a fiscal conservative.

That's quite the opposite of what conservatives believe.

poor spinning by Scotty.

[ixion]

48. uh, so the dems won because they're out of touch...

wow... the logic flips on that one required to reach resolution pushes to infinity.

It's what we call an infinite loop, in programming lingo, and it's a bad thing that indicates a serious flaw in the logic.


But that's just a comment from the reality based community. ;-)

[UrbScotty]

49. Ah, Scotty... the Democrats received more votes than the Repubs.

That's not a sign of weakness.

[xxqqqzme]

51. this must B the RW talking point

cuz some nitwit on LA channel 4 last night was saying how the defeat of all of steroid boy's propositions was good for him and he can use it in his governor's election campaign next year. She went on 2 say he has already changed his demeanor - more likable and approachable....the defeat will B a boon for him!

[Bob3]

52. Scotty, Scotty, put the tube of glue down, you'll do permanent damage

god what the hell will they say next? Going by this a perfect Republican moment will be when the Democratic party takes back the house and the Senate, then they'll have them were they want them by gum.

Jesus - how do reporters stop themselves from throwing things at him when he spouts this bull shit.

As for New York, suffice to say the NYC Democratic party went into the tank (for several reasons, some of them ugly). Mike (after spending MILLIONS) will continue to mayor - which means nothing will get done at the world trade center and he'll start trying to build that damned stadium again (which won't happen either). The rest is as it was this is a democratic town and will continue to be a democratic town. And Mike with his soft positions on Gay Marriage and Abortion isn't much of Republican anyway.

[anotherdrew]

55. ALSO: Up is down, black is white and scotty is a worthless lying sack

how can he even say such bullshit?

[ProSense]

56. Cómo Se Dice 'Spin'?

I had to take a second look at the url to make sure it wasn't
www. WTFtv.com

:rofl:

[mitchum]

57. The chimp is RADIOACTIVE, Scottyboy!

remember that the next time his pathetic member is in your mouth

[Zynx]

58. Now that's good spin.

I didn't know how they would do it, but they did it. That's creative, but stupid at the same time.

[Yavin4]

59. Scottie, It's A Dead Parrot

It's not resting its eyes. It's dead.

[0rganism]

61. Every day is Opposite Day at the bush whitehouse.

I just wish they'd be a little more consistent and paint the walls black.

[Catch22Dem]

63. So by Scottie's logic, running as a conservative means you're out of touch

Am I reading that correctly?

"Democrats are "out of touch" with voters because Virginia's new governor ran as a conservative"

So, to be IN TOUCH, you should run as what, Scott?

[union_maid]

65. He's got it backwards, as usual

Winning everything helped to expose the neo-con flaws for everyone to see. Winning the govenorship exposed Ahnold as an incompetent blowhard. Winning a second term exposed Bush as clueless and his administration as criminal. I guess you can understand why they figure winning is toxic.

[lanlady]

66. and Kilgore ran as what?

Timothy Leary in his psychodelic days?

[Teaser]

67. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. * is Smart.

nt

[rodeodance]

69. get it strait Scot--Jr's shirt-tails are tattered--his fly in was a flop.

But McClellan said overall, the races were decided on local and state issues and were not a referendum on Bush. He noted both states elected Democratic governors in 2001, and that the next year, Republicans won big in congressional voting.

[WinkyDink]

70. Yeah, a "conservative" Dem victory

is BETTER for the GOP than an ACTUAL REPUBLICAN's winning!
HAHAHAHA!!

[Earth_First]

72. A sitting President with a 39% approval rating stumping for you...

no wonder their pissed...

[strategery blunder]

74. Republicans hate Virginia for its freedom nt

[rzemanfl]

75. Yep, the Democrats are in their "last throes" and * and Cheney

have returned honesty and integrity to the White House. These assholes will still be lying when they are in Nursing Homes. "I did not wet my Depends undergarment, it is just too hot in here and I am sweaty."

[truthisfreedom]

76. and when they lose both the House and Senate next year, they'll crow that

it's a great loss for Democrats because it shows they have no idea what they're doing.


scottie, scottie, scottie. go shut up already. really. it's time. you're a friggin' loser now, and everyone knows it. even your own people won't tell you the truth... rove lied to you... why do you even keep this job?

[katty]

79. Scottie, the loyal lap-puppy...I'll say anything...

[lyonn]

81. I've learned to like Scottie

The reporters and the viewing audience are making fun of him, ridiculing while he stammers worse than ever, even getting angry instead of arrogant. I hate to miss his daily scramble for words but the media isn't giving us the full show like they did not too many weeks ago.

[Mountainman]

80. The polls show otherwise.

According to the poll, Bush's approval rating stands at an all-time low of 38 percent, a one-point decline since October; in fact, this is the third consecutive NBC/Journal survey showing Bush at an all-time low on his job approval. And it doesn't stop there: Approval for his handling of the economy (34 percent), foreign policy (35 percent), terrorism (39 percent), and Iraq (32 percent) have all hit rock bottom.


Stuff that in your pipe and smoke it!

[VegasWolf]

82. We are officially in Bizzaro World! nt

[Thom Little]

83. Thanks for the laugh!

[superconnected]

84. Well, they are consisitent liars.

everything they say is exactly opposite the truth, everytime.

Btw, I think they do this crap for fox news - their republican base. I bet it's all so the really dumb people in the country can shake their heads up and down agreeing and thinking the GOP is doing good.

[BattyDem]

85. War is peace ... oppression is freedom ... lies are truth... and now ...

Victory is weakness and loss is strength!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love the smell of desperation in the morning! :evilgrin:

[struggle4progress]

86. Getting SCOTUS to appoint W showed Rs weakness. eom

[SammyWinstonJack]

87. .

delete

[regnaD kciN]

88. And Snotty concluded with...

..."Now, why don't you all go out to the White House lawn, look east, and enjoy the sunset."

;-)

[TankLV]

89. Ummm - sure it is!

Whistling past the graveyard, methinks.

Definitely delusional.

[Rainscents]

90. Scottie, Scottie, Scottie... When are you going to stop spinning?

You are so out of touch with American people and can't seems to get it.

[Moloch]

91. Yeah......... Right.......

Keep telling yourselves that.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

93. I...

I just can't...

Jesus CHRIST these guys suck.

[Andrushka]

94. From WFTV? Should be WTFTV!!

Hilarious!

[cassiepriam]

95. WINS=WEAKNESS??? Only repugs would think that.

[Guaranteed]

96. Bush should have stumped for Kaine, eh? nt

[brainshrub]

97. Baghdad Bob redux. (eom)

[drm604]

99. So, I guess Kilgore ran as a liberal?

:eyes:

[cosmicone]

100. I wonder how many ignoramii are left

who will still believe

war is peace

poverty is fulfillment

ignorance is eruditeness

and

torture is tender loving care

[fshrink]

101. Looks like the WH and Downing St. now have a common

spokesman... "Out of touch".

[Marnieworld]

103. Let's be this weak again next year!

I want to be so damn weak in 2006 that we take back both houses of congress. So weak we win the White House in a clear victory for the repub agenda. They can't believe this shit can they?

[savemefromdumbya]

104. That is about the funniest thing I heard from the White House

Scotty have you been eating those magic mushroom?

[allisonthegreat]

125. pretty much..shows

Just how far the denial has set in..do i hear impeachment bugles??

[antonialee839]

105. So, if we lost it would be a strength?

:rofl:

[Norquist Nemesis]

108. I swear, they just check the thesaurus for antonyms

and spew them out Orwellian style.

[lumberjack_jeff]

111. Rationalize much?

They'd better get the news to Santorum so he'll agree to be seen with Bush.

[VolcanoJen]

114. Gellin' like McClellan!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That's the funniest shit I've read all week. :-)

[methinks2]

115. ha ha aha ha ha

Of course this would get play on a Orlando Florida station, they are so conservative. Florida is aka Bushland.

[IronLionZion]

121. Read Tim Kaine's platform

He didn't run as a liberal or a conservative. He ran as a Catholic Democrat.


http://www.kaine2005.org/

He wants to reduce abortions without criminalizing it and is against the death penalty. Looks like a fiscally responsible, socially responsible moderate to me.

[wordpix]

122. more WH spin from Snotty McLyin--it will never end til Bush is impeached

[bahrbearian]

123. Is this the spokesman for Mr Uniter not a Divider?

[Gabi Hayes]

126. "I've cut both your arms off!"

No, you haven't!
http://us.st8.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/wickedcoolstuff_1868_82630937
only one, I guess