Do they really believe their own bullshit?

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Republicans predict victory despite polls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker brushed off bad poll numbers on Wednesday and said his party would surprise analysts and Democrats by strengthening its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives in November elections.

"We have a good story to tell," House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois told reporters as he emerged from a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, many of whom are worried about their own chances for political survival.

Hastert's prediction of election victory heartened many Republicans, caught others off guard and drew some ridicule.

"Either he is out of touch or has contempt for his audience," said Stu Rothenberg of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report that tracks congressional races.

"We are winning in Iraq," said Hastert, who also declared that the economy is strong and that House Republicans will "increase our majority in November."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060712/pl_nm/congress_dc;_ylt=A9G_RwLbYbVE7XkA1QUa.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

[Oreo]

1. ...or he knows they own the voting machines

scumbag

[butterfly77]

6. Let them keep on messing with the voting machines and ..

they will get more than they bargained for in the time because the american people are already at the boiling point and some feel that they don't have any hope and will do what the unexpected and they won't have to worry about outside terrorists. As we can see on the news every day crime is out of hand and they can't control everything.

[DesertRat]

2. Well you know that reality has a well-known liberal bias

courtesy of Stephen Colbert. :rofl:

[Avalux]

3. They have to catapult the propoganda

otherwise they lose their grip on power. Doesn't matter if they believe it or not; it's the result they care about.

[spanone]

4. I actually saw that rat bastard Hastert say that. God Almighty.

'We are winning in Iraq'

[Double T]

5. Same old salesman's BS just like every other election......

time for the Dems to get smart with a counter offensive of the same ilk, substituting lies with the truth.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. "increase our majority in November." same thing as "I am innocent"

uttered by every man on death row.

[Skittles]

8. no

but they know a lot of their ignorant base falls for their bullshit - just read any freeper thread

[rumpel]

9. ..and

off the record: the eletronic voting machines are in place, voter data base software is hard at work in the purging of voters...yup no worries for the GOP

unless the citizens fight back.

keep up to date with our daily ERD on our voting integrity fight - :)