Special Election Reax, by Party

Did anyone tell Stalin? (4.00 / 4)

I think the Speaker is confused as to what decade and country he lives in.

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by: Legal Beagle @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 19:50:15 PM CDT

He is certainly confused as to what state he now lives in. (4.00 / 4)

Have you told a stranger today about Bill O'Brien and his Tea Party agenda? The people of NH deserve to hear about O'Brien  and his majority committed to destroying New Hampshire and remaking it into a armed survivalist preserve.  

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by: Ray Buckley @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 20:07:31 PM CDT

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Thanks for posting this, Dean. (4.00 / 7)

You beat me to it.

Once again, O'Brien accuses the opposition of doing the very things the GOoPers were doing, bringing in volunteers from the Perry and Romney camps, never letting their candidate out of the sight of the handlers (saw this myself), pouring in money from the top levels to carpet-bomb the district with bright red signs (in contrast, we could only afford 50 signs, plus a few Peter had left over from previous campaigns), spreading lies, innuendo, and negativity through mailings and phone calls instead of running the positive campaign promised by both candidates.

Only one candidate kept the message clear and positive throughout, despite being taunted and disparaged at every turn, and that was the candidate who won, and won big.

If "his highness" wishes to claim that it was all turnout and not merits, then he's welcome to do so. But if he thinks that a majority of the citizens in this district believe this crap (apparatchiks, indeed), he is sorely mistaken. The only people who will believe it are the ones still taking their orders from on high and have no choice.

Finally, I personally resent the accusation that this was a campaign controlled by a bunch of organized special interests. Anyone who was actually involved knows full well what a ridiculous idea this is. In point of fact, it was a campaign led by the candidate himself with the help of a small group of very local yokels, myself among them. All of them are friends and neighbors, all of them were volunteers who gave freely and generously of their time, and what we lacked in financial resources (and formal organization) we made up for in genuine enthusiasm for our candidate and what (or more precisely, whom) he represents.

Translation for Bill's quote: "despite all the resources, organized smears, out-of-town (and state) money, and everything else we tried, voters saw through all of it and voted for someone who will represent them and not me. I'll get you and your little dogs too."

You keep talking, Bill, that's what you're good at, and before long you may even believe your own drivel.

They. Don't. Care.
We do.
Rinse, repeat.

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by: GreyMike @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 19:57:01 PM CDT

Apparatchiks (0.00 / 0)

So the state GOP has no organization? It's all DC money?

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by: JimC @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 20:21:23 PM CDT

option # 2 (0.00 / 0)

drumroll please...

He's incapable!  

note to close readers: this might be sarcastic so think twice before reading to candidates for use in their attacks on each other

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by: JonnyBBad @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 21:17:11 PM CDT

The definition of a sociopath (4.00 / 2)

is Bill O'Brien.

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by: unhhockey @ Thu Sep 22, 2011 at 22:34:22 PM CDT

Back in the USSR (4.00 / 4)

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Fri Sep 23, 2011 at 05:34:36 AM CDT

Diagnosis (4.00 / 2)

Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings.[1]
Projection reduces anxiety by allowing the expression of the unwanted unconscious impulses or desires without letting the conscious mind recognize them.

From Wikipedia



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Fri Sep 23, 2011 at 05:51:22 AM CDT

Leishman was a Republican (4.00 / 1)

He switched parties about 8 years ago.

He truly knows what bipartisanship is about.

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by: Putney Swope @ Fri Sep 23, 2011 at 05:55:10 AM CDT

Liberals are people who take pleasure in other people's success (4.00 / 1)

and, even, sometimes to their own detriment, help others attain it.
Conservatives take pleasure in other people's failure and resent their success as evidence of being deprived themselves.

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by: hannah @ Fri Sep 23, 2011 at 08:51:40 AM CDT