There has been much discussion about what the primary votes this Tuesday actually meant. As if primary votes could ever be applied to a larger indication of the public mood. When Ned Lamont won the Democrat primary in Connecticut in 2006, that was reported to mean that the voters at large hated President Bush. Bear in mind that only the Democrat voters of Connecticut were voting in that particular election. What it meant was that the Democrat voters, and only the Democrat voters of Connecticut wished to send a more liberal Senator to Washington D.C. in order to represent their State’s business. During the general election of that year of course, Joe Lieberman destroyed Ned Lamont, and alas the good people of Connecticut sent their conservative Democrat Senator back to Washington to represent their wishes.
If I had a dollar for every time in my life, “conventional wisdom,” turned out to be jaw droppingly wrong, I would be paying Warren Buffett’s tax rate and promising not to pimp out my secretary in order to score political points for a liberal politician who seeks to argue through anecdotal stories. Yet, undaunted by the stench of failure at every conceivable turn, we see a plug and play narrative being substituted for actual thoughtful analysis during every election cycle. This decades narrative, they want liberals and conservatives to seek some middle ground in order to push forward an agenda that is made up entirely of the liberal talking points, no matter how many conservatives get elected by promising to put a complete stop to this lunacy. It does not even matter how many of those Democrats who do win elections do so by promising to be conservatives and govern as Republicans once elected. (The last sentence is somewhat of an early jape meant for the good people of Indiana. Representative Joe Donnelly is already running as a Democrat who will do whatever he can to sound like a Republican for the next 6 months. Please just take one moment to remember what happened the last time we elected a whole bunch of Democrats promising to be Blue Dogs. We got landed with Obamacare and Dodd Frank, and are now facing the prospect of ratifying the LOST Treaty.)
The Loss of Richard Lugar in Indiana means nothing more than the Republican voters in that State are tired of being represented by a law maker who more aptly represents the values held by the Democrats in his State. Its context and scope go no further than that. It means that the Tea Party, at least in terms of Indiana is no where near the demise so gleefully reported in the main stream media. There is one primary however that should send chills down the spine of every Democrat operative and kingmaker.
The Democrat voters in West Virginia, 41% of them anyhow, have sent a signal that even made the BBC news. What’s remarkable to me about this are two things. I have known a few people from Britain over the years, and I had a hell of a time trying to explain to them exactly where and what West Virginia was. There are even people in our own country who believe it to still be a part of Virginia. So, when my native state makes the national news of a country where probably most of its inhabitants will have difficulty believing that it really does exist, that is something. The other thing is that what happened in West Virginia’s primary hardly made our own news cycle. Richard Lugar’s unremarkable loss, that made the news. North Carolina being the 32nd State out of 32 so far to state unequivocally that they do not want people of the same sex getting married, that made the news. West Virginia’s Democrats opting to vote for prisoner 11593-051 rather than an incumbent President, well that’s page 25 story material for sure.
There’s more to this though. Prisoner 11593-051 is not even a West Virginia resident, definitely not a favorite son. He is from New Mexico, and is serving a lengthy prison sentence for extortion, and a more serious form of assault through intimidation. He has no campaign platform, and due to travel restrictions was not in fact able to do any campaigning.
When Lyndon Johnson ran for reelection in 1968, he dropped out of the race because he failed to win New Hampshire by a large enough margin. New Hampshire was not even the first state. It was simply felt by the apparatchiks at the time that it did not bode well for an incumbent to face that level of dissension from his own party. That the Democrats in West Virginia have stated very loudly, “we are not certain if we would rather have Barack Obama, the current President, or a convicted thug be our President,” points to some real trouble in paradise. It is just another one of those small signs which run counter to the Obama shoo in narrative. Maybe by itself it is small potatoes, but coupled with Hillary Clinton’s planned skipping of the convention in North Carolina, many of his former donors keeping their collective purses closed, Several former endorsers refusing to associate their names with his this time around, and dear leader may be facing a tougher time than conventional wisdom realizes.
There are some dynamics of note here. I am not certain of the actual demographics at play here, but just from having lived there, West Virginia may be the only State in the Union to have a majority of voters who belong to a union. It may be the only State in the country that is entirely dependent upon the coal industry for its economic basis. It may be the only State in the country that has had a President declare that he intended to bankrupt their entire economic viability, and then attempt to follow through on that promise. Other states produce coal, but West Virginia is tiny. Coal is pretty much all West Virginia has, and she is our nation’s top producer of bituminous coal, and the nation’s second leading producer of energy, with not one drop of oil or liter of gas to be found anywhere in the State.
West Virginia is that canary in the coal mine so to speak when discussing the ravages of the Green Fairy. The good citizens of that State are not bitter clingers to guns and Bibles, but really upset at a President who has told them that they must sacrifice having groceries on the table in order to promote his Marxist agenda. They have seen the devil in the details, and have declared that a convicted felon with zero moral fiber would be better suited to improve their lot in life than the Harvard educated supposed, “Constitutional Scholar,” who has accused them of being selfish for wanting to work to support themselves. Go figure.
Cross Posted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
mornin ya’ll
Heh.
Obama: “Sometimes I Forget” The Magnitude Of The Recession
Mitt Romney Press Secretary Andrea Saul released this statement in response to Obama’s remarks:
It’s not surprising that a president who forgot to create jobs, forgot to cut the debt, and forgot to change Washington has now admitted that he’s forgotten about the recession. In fact, it seems that the President has forgotten that he’s been in office for the last three-and-a-half years. In November, the American people won’t forget.
this needs it’s own thread
we here at 2.0 know this is coming but this article goes very deep
spread the word
The Left’s National Vote Fraud Strategy Exposed
This report reveals the Left’s vote fraud strategy for the 2012 elections. Like a KGB operation, it is thorough, multi-faceted and redundant. It has overt and covert, illegal and legal elements, the latter of which are designed, at least in part, to facilitate illegal activities later. It is a deliberate, premeditated, comprehensive plan to win the 2012 presidential election at all costs, and is in keeping with the organizational methods, associations and ethics of the Community-Organizer-in-Chief, Barack Obama.
i see that the umw and the rest of the people whose lives depend on coal finally woke up!
the wva vote has a lotr to do with these headlines on drudg:
HOLLANDE: WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT…
Dismal China, India data signal slowing growth…
EU: Europe ‘in recession’…
… Slashes growth forecasts; deficit balloon
Economies to contract in 2012…
Banks prepare for return of drachma…
Spanish banks need another $100B…
Obama: ‘Sometimes I Forget’ Magnitude of Recession…
it’s the economy, stupid! -- james carville 1992.
@ coldwarrior:
mornin CW
how are ya?
keeping all the ladies in your house happy
(never ending job)
off to the seed and feed….be good
rain of lead wrote:
yep…the wife is off today so we are all going to the shops for the weekly supply run. i graduated from the RN program yesterday, take my state boards in late may/early june…back to work with me! (now the wife can go back to 3x12′s a week and be off 4 days)
J.P. Morgan’s $2 Billion Blunder
Bank Admits Losses on Massive Trading Bet Gone Wrong; Dimon’s Mea Culpa
“oops, my bad, sorry bout that.”
…thats really gomma help my 401k….
coldwarrior wrote:
Congrats to you, Cold! I’d pop a top for you but it’s bit early for that.
Get this. I’m flying to Atlanta today for my sister’s wedding. She’s 62 and never been married before. She’s marrying the guy who lived across the street from us when we lived in Enon Valley. I haven’t seen that guy in 50 years… and his parents will be at the wedding. They’re both 94. Crazy story.
Here’s an interesting story. Bill blockbuster: O’s an ‘amateur’. Of course the rest of us knew that all the time.
“gee google, what are you going to do today?”
“the same thing I do every day pinky, try to take over the world”
Google Maps update offers local deals, indoor walking directions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has started to integrate Groupon-like offers into Google Maps, and it is not stopping there.
On Wednesday, Google started off its integration efforts with Google Maps 6.7. Now, US consumers who use maps on Android devices will start receiving offers for nearby deals and coupons when conducting a search for a local business.
Another addition is indoor walking directions, allowing users in the US and Japan to use Google Maps to navigate inside malls and airports.
“This will help you get directions not only to a building’s front door, but also through those doors to the places where you want to go inside,” online magazine Stark Insider cited Benjamin Grol, product manager at Google, as saying.
huckfunn wrote:
My favorite line:
He’s just mad because “making up facts” clearly falls under his job description…
@ lobo91:
Heh. The entire regime is an amateur outfit from top to bottom. They lurch from one crisis to the next. Watching Carney and the other spinmeisters is like watching a new sitcom every day.
I’ve gotta packe ‘em up and get the hound to the kennel.
Y’all have a great day.
@ huckfunn:
wow!
neat story.
@ coldwarrior:
This is the greatest economy since the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius!
@ huckfunn:
I suppose we should be thankful for that.
Just think how much damage they could do if they were professionals…
Astronauts to NASA: Cool it on Global Warming.
@ Mars:
They should also cool it on the Mohammedan Outreach!
@ rain of lead:
Too bad it wasn’t BofA.
Made the mistake of looking at my newspaper today. Press played their hand too early this time I think. Looks like the only reason O came out in support of gay marriage is so the press can run articles claiming Romney bullied gays in school 50 years ago. My local paper actually had the gall to state that this is the only important center issue of the election. This should tell you exactly what their plans are.
However, Romney has decided he isn’t playing the game by their rules this time. As we reported here on Blogmocracy.
@ Macker:
Yeah my paper also had an article on the military dropping their program on total war with Islam. According to the paper it was “insensitive” and “ridiculous”.
@ huckfunn:
The interesting part about that article is that Bill told Hillary to run in 2012 because if O won he would be vulnerable then.
Feeling kind of out of it. Going to lie down for a bit.
Here we go again.
“An Afghan Army soldier turned his weapon against US soldiers inside an Afghan-US military base in Kunar Province, killing one US soldier and injuring two others,” provincial police chief Ewaz Mohammad Naziri told AFP.
This is getting rather old doncha think?
Where is chairman O demainding an apology for kar-nazi?
@ coldwarrior:
congrats CW!!
mawskrat wrote:
Same here, Congratultoins!
I’m all packed up and ready to go. I have a couple of hours before I have to head to the airport.
Seems that Obama’s gay marriage thing is really helping him out… NOT. Dear Leader futures trading down at -19 on the Rasmussen Index. That’s an 11 point drop in 8 days. Also, Romney is now leading Teh Zer0 50 -- 43.
@ huckfunn:
But the MSM is saying that he is evolving and has tingles due to being around him when he stated his new position. People are so racist they don’t understand how great he really is.
@ MikeA:
The MFM is getting nuttier every day. Also, the Jay Carney Show is always a real knee-slapper. I get a kick out of watching Jay trying to clean up Biden’s gaffes.
@ huckfunn:
Heh™. Obama will get a money bump by coming out for gay marriage, but it will hurt him at the polls in swing states like North Carolina. I, myself, am pleased that he wants to draw this distinction. It lets Romney play the moderate (for civil unions but for keeping traditional marriage) and shows how radical fringe Obama really is. He is really playing to his base, but how well will that play to the swing voters? We’ll see. I am more and more convinced that this is the pivotal election of my lifetime. If Obama gets four more years, the United States as we know it will be gone by the end of it. I have to say that I am slowly becoming a Romney fan. He is saying all the right things, pretty much. I wish he were stronger on the Second Amendment. He really needs to look at that part of his platform.
@ Iron Fist:
Unless he’s planning to keep Holder on as AG, he certainly can’t be any worse that what we have now.
Iron Fist wrote:
Indeed it is. Obama’s views on everything from societal mores to economics is totally contrary to America’s history and traditions. His 4 years have given the electorate a clinical view of what the hard left is all about. I hope they won’t forget it for a long time.
lobo91 wrote:
**snicker** Issa to Holder: ‘Fast and Furious will be your legacy’
@ lobo91:
True that. Romney will be better than what we have on every issue, so it isn’t a question of how I will vote. I am looking forward to his VP pick. Anybody but Chris Christie that is on the short list looks good, even Rob Portman. I checked him out, and he has an A rating from the NRA I am excited abou tthis election now. I just hope Romney doesn’t fuck it up.
Mars wrote:
Interesting watch
Rodan wrote:
Are you sure you don’t mean the Roman Roman Emperor Marcus Arugula???
huckfunn wrote:
Issa is a pussy who sold us out for his and the GOP aristocrat’s political and personal gain.
@ huckfunn:
The ONLY poll which counts is on Election Day!
@ Macker:
True that. I will be on pins and needles until it is over with, which may or may not be on the 6th of novemeber. There are, BTW, 179 Days until the 2012 Presidential Election. I am finally excited about our candidate. I just hope Romney doesn’t fuck it up.
@ Iron Fist:
Nothing would please me more on my 52nd Birthday than to see that SOB out on his skanky ass on the street!
Iron Fist wrote:
Amen, me too, however in all fairness, so far he has played a very careful game. During the primaries many people held this against him, but his strategy of being slow, deliberate, careful and winning one victory at a time instead of trying to go for the knockout punch win does seem to be paying off.
Macker wrote:
I call BS, I can think of three things right off the top of my head that would please you more. In descending order.
3) Bank of America’s senior officers in handcuff’s and Bank of America in Bankruptcy court…
2) Erick Holder in handcuffs being turned over to Mexican authorities
1) Barack Obama, tried and convicted of Treason in handcuffs and being locked in a cell at Fort Leavenworth.
@ doriangrey:
ROFLMAIAO!
A good article in, of all things, the Atlantic on thew evangelical vote and Romney. I pretty much agree with everything the author says. Romney will get the evangelical vote even though he is a mormon. The question is, can he pump up our enthusiasm? Obama just made a pretty big gesture to his base. I know I’d like to see something similar in scope from Romney.
@ Guggi:
Does this mean the Muslim Arabs have to give back all the countries they stole from the indigenous people?
lobo91 wrote:
Of course not, since everyone on earth is born a Muslim, it means all lands must be turned over to the indigenous Muslim populations and everyone else must revert to being Muslim again.
@ Iron Fist:
Yup, let Obama appear as the extremists. Most Americans don’t hate gays, but they don’t want marriage redefined. They are OK with some benefits for Gay partners, but not matrimony. Romney is playing it smart!
lobo91 wrote:
As someone who is biologically 1/2 Lebanese Maronite who are descended from the Phoenician indigenous people, I demand compensation from Arab Muslims.
Where can I sign up?
Rodan wrote:
You sure you’re not descended from the Hittites, or maybe the Uptighties?
I was at the health club this morning & a bunch of
reired guys were having a smack down in the locker
room.
The arguement was over Obama. The Obama guys were
really irrational & insulting.
I guess some times, you don’t grow out of it.
@ doriangrey:
@ Rodan:
Do I have to seperate you to? Don’t make come back there and smack you both. I don’t care who started it…
MikeA wrote:
Nope… Just bring beer…
@ doriangrey:
My Great grandparents moved from Lebanon in the early 1900′s to Dominican Republic. My Dominican Family have Lebanese last names. My Grandma’s maiden name was Lebanese.
I demand re compensation from the Arabs Muslims!
@ MikeA:
I blame Charles Johnson!
Rodan wrote:
So, you could be descended from the Hittites, right? BWAHAHAH….. (just messing with you)
@ doriangrey:
The Phoenicians were subjects of the Hittites!
The Hittite Imperialistic came and enslaved my people!
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We are all russians now.
Among New York’s Soviet Immigrants, Affinity for G.O.P.
“The Republican Party was the party that brought them out of despair,” Mr. Yeger said.
Your welcome tovarich.
Weekend. I’m out of here.
@ Buckeye Abroad:
Ronald Reagan!
Have a good weekend!
Mars wrote:
In related news, James ‘Fonzie’ Hanson has successfully cleared the shark and is resting comfortably awaiting the apocalypse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=2
Rodan wrote:
I want to drag Charles in front of the World Court to
pay for his AGW crimes.
If bovine flatulence contribtes to Global Warming,
then Johnson is melting glaciers & drowning Polar
Bears!
@ RIX:
Charles is now allied with a 9/11 Truther.
Poteen wrote:
If by cleared the shark you mean resting firmly in it’s mouth impaled by it’s teeth, yes he has.
Rodan wrote:
Yeah, I saw that on the DoD.
I don’t think that Johnson has bottomed
out yet. He is still sinking lower.
Great report on the next POTUS Mr. Judd! As a current West Virginian by way of Florida, I have to adress the one slight error in your statement, “WV does not contain one liter of oil or gas”. In reality WV has always been in the Oil and Gas industry. Sisterville (yeah I know a podunk out of the way place)was a leader in the oil and gas industry in the 1950′s (and the same area was big into hemp for rope during WWII) and right now there are a lot of permits for drilling Marcellus and Utica wells. Coal is big in the southern part of the State but Oil and Gas are big in the north! I own a small piece of land right across the river in Ohio and recently leased the mineral rights for Marcellus wells a lot of money is coming into the area from oil and Gas! So much so that Natural gas prices dropped from 8 dollars per mmcf to 2.35 per mmcf! Our Marxist in command has actually tried to stop this through the EPA but being private land, WV and Ohio has basicially told them to go pound sand! Oh and by the way there are more millionares in WV, per capita, than any other state! Also in WV it is mostly feast or famine we also have the 4th highest below poverty level in the US.