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Referendum On Obama: Republican Takes Weiner’s Congressional District

Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:08am by Becket Adams
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The results of the NY-9 special election have come in: Republican Bob Turner is the winner. The Associated Press reports:

Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that became a referendum on President Barack Obama’s economic policies.

Retired media executive and political novice Bob Turner defeated Democratic state Assemblyman David Weprin in a special election Tuesday to succeed Rep. Anthony Weiner, a seven-term Democrat who resigned in June after a sexting scandal.

With about 70 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday, Turner had 53 percent of the vote to Weprin’s 47 percent.

The heavily Democratic district, which spans parts of Queens and Brooklyn, had never sent a Republican to the House. But frustration with the continued weak national economy gave Republicans the edge.

As reported earlier on The Blaze, one of the key issues impacting the race was the question of Israel. A plurality of voters said in early polls that Israel was “very important” in determining their votes. Turner has in fact won the Jewish vote which–especially in New York–is a rarity for a Republican candidate.

“This seems to be rooted in deep unhappiness with Obama on this issue–only 30 percent of voters overall approve of how he’s handling Israel to 54 percent who disapprove and with Jewish voters his approval on Israel is 22 percent with 68 of voters disapproving. That has a lot to do with why Turner’s in such a strong position,” said early results of a Public Policy Polling report.

The AP report continues:

The race was supposed to be an easy win for Democrats, who have a 3-1 ratio registration advantage in the district.

Weprin, a 56-year-old Orthodox Jew and member of a prominent Queens political family, seemed a good fit for the largely white, working-class district, which is nearly 40 percent Jewish.

But voter frustration with Obama put Weprin in the unlikely spot of playing defense. A Siena Poll released Friday found just 43 percent of likely voters approved of the president’s job performance, while 54 percent said they disapproved. Among independents, just 29 percent said they approved of Obama’s job performance.

Turner, a 70-year-old Catholic, vowed to push back on Obama’s policies if elected. He received help from prominent Republicans including former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, whose much-praised stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was recalled during the 10th anniversary of the attacks last weekend.

The AP story goes on to reinforce the claims made in the Public Policy Polling report:

Weprin became embroiled in New York-centric disputes over Israel and gay marriage, which cost him some support among Jewish voters.

Orthodox Jews, who tend to be conservative on social issues, expressed anger over Weprin’s vote in the Assembly to legalize gay marriage. In July, New York became one of six states to recognize same-sex nuptials.

Former Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, endorsed Turner in July as a way to “send a message” to Obama on his policies toward Israel. And Weprin was challenged on his support of a proposed Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site, in lower Manhattan.

The general consensus at this point is this: If a Roman Catholic Republican can take a congressional seat in New York that has been held by Democrats since 1923, anything is possible in 2012.

(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)

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Comments (249)

Samurai
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:12am
Stick a fork in it, Obama is well done…

Democrats and talking heads will try to downplay this election, but when a party loses a seat when they have a 3 to 1 party-member advantage and seat that has been Democrat for almost 100 years straight, you know you the Democrat party is in some seriously deep doo doo… It’s IMPOSSIBLE to put a positive spin on this.

Yes, this seat will be eliminated, due to NY’s falling population, which begs the question, “Why are people leaving NY?” This brings you back to the root cause of why the dems lost Weiner’s seat, which is that people are running away from: big government spending, big debts, high taxes, excessive: rules, regulations, mandates, political correctness, the creepy Nanny state, high inflation, high unemployment, loss of freedoms, etc., which are all destroying this country.

People are getting fed up with the consequences of HUGE unconstitutional governments and are looking for some REAL hope and some REAL change and the Democrats are not the party that can deliver this. All big-government liberals can bring is more: debt, inflation, unemployment, loss of liberty, more spending, huge budget deficits, more regulations, rules, mandates….

We The People have had enough of this crap!

Let the Tea Party revolution rock and roll!

Ron Paul 2012!!
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tifosa
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:10am
There were other issues which separated the two (cue same-sex marriage) and support for Turner from VERY popular (D) Koch. Also recall that NY23 (a VERY red district) going to Bob Owens (D) was supposed to be some HUGE national sign in ‘09….until the 2010 R-takeover occurred. It’s all local. :^)
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- SHOWMESTATEGUY
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:47am
  Spin, Spin, Spin, Spin. It’s already started.
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- Applehead
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:48am
  The voting for someone bc they are Jewish, Italian, Irish has to stop and thankfully here it did! We need to vote on moral issues to save our country! I being Catholic would gladly vote for a conservative Jew over a Catholic such as Bob Casey, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy and others Catholic in name only!!! Marxism will enslave and impoverish us all! God Bless the conservative Orthodox Jews for voting on moral issues!
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- chazman
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:59am
  @TIFOSA THE DIP
  
  Yeah, it’s all local, and it’s all in yer face, creep.
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- INOGAWD
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:31am
  This is BIG !!!!! Nuf” said ……
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- On The Bayou
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:23am
  TIFOSA, it`s not local. It`s very Nation Wide, we`ve seen and had enough. Obama, can blame no one but himself.
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- Jamestownrd
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:24am
  Who in their right mind would want to recruit new york voters?..new york voters can’t find their ass with both hands and a flashlight
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- Enciloon
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:25am
  I can’t even defend my fellow Libs on this one. Even though Ed Shultz told us it was a referendum, looking back we should have known it was a forebearer of 2010 results being that the tea party ran a candidate as well as the GOP splitting the vote and we still barely won. I am actually getting tired of listening to msnbc spin as it leads to making a fool of myself when I regurgitate their views to friends
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:29am
  Congradulations Republican Bob Turner..
  
  Thanks, New York !! KUDOS….
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- NOTAMUSHROOM
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:12am
  @Enciloon (what’s in a name?)
  Welcome to reality. Glad to have you.
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- obama-mecca-me-sick
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:13am
  As soon as I heard the results , I made a point of tuning in to State TV (MSNBC) this morning. Morning RINO with Mika appeared to be attending a funeral. A big PROGRESSIVE funeral !!!
  They honestly cannot understand what went wrong, but they are still convinced they are the smartest people in the room. I cant wait for 2012!!
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- kenboo1
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:21am
  It really doesn’t matter that a Republic in name only (RINO) has Weiner’s seat (no reference to his sexual orientation implied or pun intended). The people in that district will elect a Democrat next time because they are New Yorkers and feel the rest of the world has to take care of them. Furthermore, I’d be willing to bet that this RINO votes more Dem than Rep…. Just can’t trust Northerners
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- MHP
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:21am
  What about Nevada, Reid lost there in this case. Course your union thugs cheating didn’t work in this case.
  
  The Jewish vote is paramount, along with the economy, in NY 9 the rest is secondary.
  
  You hate Israel like Obama and the demos do, you lose.
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- MHP
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:26am
  Enciloon
  
  Best join our side then and quit watching PMSNBC
  Sgt. Schultz is nothing but Mr. Ed the talking horse.
  
  FNC has the highest rated sudience of any news station, including non-cable
  
  The Blaze even tops Oprah in viewers/readers.
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:49am
  You’re spinning like a top hahaha your freaks are going down all across the country.
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:57am
  Whine, Whine Whine!
  
  No……….WEINER
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- ScreaminEagle
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:09am
  Everyone trying to analyze this victory, Republicans claim it as victory. Not so those who quit voting allowed the left to claim victory for so long, and finally with all that”s going on they felt there was no choice but to vote. They didn”t vote Repub they voted anti_obambam. This is where the true TEAparty hides. Now they see there vote really does matter well done, Patriots. This was not Repub victory this was TEAparty victory.
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:15am
  Whatever you need to tell yourself to so you won’t go crazy. I’ll tell you what this really means….the Democrats are DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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- Steve
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:54am
  @tifosa
  LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL, LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL
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- ishka4me
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:56am
  tea leave reading time; Obama is in deep dog doo!
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- Steve
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:56am
  Enciloon
  
  I just found a new genuine respect for you based on your last post. I know that was difficult.
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- Stuck_in_CA
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:16am
  @Applehead “The voting for someone bc they are Jewish, Italian, Irish has to stop”
  One of the flaws of multiculturalism/diversity. A homogeneous population doesn’t have this problem.
  What’s meant to bring us together, actually pulls us apart. Sad
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- flfshrmn
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:25am
  Turner stated that Obamas anti-American policies and anti-semitic policies was a factor in his decision to run for a seat that had been under Socialist control for 90 yrs. He stated openly his support for the TEA PARTY policies. He isn’t hiding behind anything. The Libs will be scrambling like RATS to the center of their sinking ship to try and save their own skins. But, they are all exposed as Anti-American, anti-business, Lib, Socialists and we will be certain NO ONE forgets who they are and what they stood for.
  The Libs just got issued ANOTHER Tea Party smack down……….a death by a thousand cuts so to speek. A popular trend for sure.
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- MONICEN
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:47am
  @ENCILOON – stay away from the light!
  
  TEA!
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- BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:08am
  I can hardly wait until Nov. 2012.
  
  What will their excuses be then?
  
  We just need to keep our eyes on the goal- get every politician that is against the constitution out of office.
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- chipmunk
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:21am
  I’d have to check, but just off the cuff, I think there was a spoiler in that other election & it was also very close. If you added the conservative spoiler’s votes in with the R, the R would have handily beat the D in that race. (If I’m recalling the right one.)
  
  This is a race where the D was well known as a sitting state assemblyman. The R is a businessman new to politics. The D did support gay marriage.
  
  D’s have held this seat since 1923. It’s VERY blue. I think this was a more telling race than the other NY one you’re referencing.
  
  I’m not about the R vs. D, but about the progressive vs. fiscal conservative.
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- chipmunk
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:38am
  @TIFOSA
  okay, fact check done. I was RIGHT.
  
  That other NY race where the D Bob Owens won had the RINO spoiler (that ugly pig) DScozzafava. She was the establishment candidate (& I think the local R committee cleaned house since then as picking that horrible RINO was their last mistake). She finally stepped out of the race at the last minute, & the RINO pig that she is she endorsed Owens the D. And it was too late to take her stupid name off the ballot; so she spilt the vote between the Owens & the BEST CANDIDATE, Doug Hoffman. When you combine Doug‘s I votes with Scozzafava’s R votes, the total swept Owens away.
  
  So yes every race is local. But THAT race is another example that the electorate – even in a BLUE state like NY – does NOT want your liberal progressive government.
  
  Nice try though.
  
  I was polite before because I didn’t recognize you as the far left troll, & I am tired of being polite to the rude (& fact-less) lying liberals.
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- Ookspay
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:52am
  Where is Tiny Wiener? His pregnant wife is globe trotting with Hillary searching for a late term abortion doctor, but where is the weeney wagger? Suicide? Never narcisists never do the right thing.
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- rangerp
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:19am
  What did the five conservative fingers say to Obama’s face?
  
  SMACK!!!!
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- JohnGalt
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 11:31am
  Well said AppleHead! We either hang together or hang separately as the saying goes.
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 12:48pm
  Well, well. I see a WHOLE SLEW of progressive liberals commenting on this board, in which I will IGNORE THEM COMPLETELY since I KNOW they are only on this board to try and destroy the conservatives here.
  
  YES, libs, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE and if ANYONE RESPONDS to your comments, then whatever happens to them is on them. As for me, I KNOW that the progressive liberals are a FUNGUS that will DIE off sooner or later (sooner I hope). I ALMOST feel sorry for them. They do not KNOW or want to KNOW God or morality. BUT, I AM VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY AND SAD TO SAY that their day of reckoning will come – maybe not here on earth, but, when THEY MUST (and they WILL) FACE GOD, THEIR MAKER and then be sent to their Leader, the devil FOR ETERNITY. Such a shame for you as I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy (I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU). I am very sorry your mind is narrow and immoral and that you are a very selfish person who only does charity for self and what you can gain. IT WON’T WORK WITH GOD. HE KNOWS YOUR SOUL, YOUR MIND, AND YOU HEART and if you do NOT repent, he will most certainly LOVE YOU UP UNTIL THE TIME HE SENDS YOU TO YOUR LEADER, THE DEVIL.
  
  HEY DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, PROGRESSIVES:
  You lose! Repent now or the spirit of SHAME will be upon your head wherever you go and people you meet and/or know will see that in you and will never fully believe your lies.
  
  YOU LOSE!
  
  May God bless the USA and those who LOVE HIM.
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- AvengerK
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 12:51pm
  According to Debbie “does DC” Wasserman Klutz….this district is supposedly a “very difficult district for democrats”….a district that hasn’t voted Republican since 1923 and voted for the disgraced Weiner (D) during the Tea Party take over of the House by over 20 points. Debbie Wasserman Klutz is a Florida rep…Florida has a large jewish community..she may be looking for another job in 2013.
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:01pm
  Stop RESPONDING TO THE COMMENTATORS ON THIS BOARD WHO ARE ***TROLLS*** (libs, progressives) that try and provoke you or support other liberal commentators of their own like-mindedness, such as TIFOSA, CHAZMAN, ENCILOON, among a few others and maybe more – POOR POOR PROGRESSIVES.
  
  Someone (since I am an EX-DEMOCRAT) from another lib board told me that they were going to infiltrate the conservative blogs and comment boards.
  
  DO NOT RESPOND TO THEM IN ANY WAY.
  DO NOT REPLY USING THEIR LOGIN NAME.
  
  IF YOU DO RESPOND, YOU ARE PLAYING INTO THEIR EVIL HANDS.
  
  I implore you all: THIS BOARD WAS PURPOSELY INFILTRATED BY THOSE FROM MEDIA MATTERS AND OTHER BOARDS WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN CONSERVATIVE SITES.
  
  IGNORE THEM!!!!! DO NOT RESPOND. DO NOT REPLY.
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- drphil69
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:13pm
  Yeah, the change of that one seat, that has been (D) literally FOREVER (since it was created 90 some years ago) is local. And the 63 (net) SEATS WON BY REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE IN 2010 was all local, and said nothing about Obama.
  
  Don’t stop believing!!
  
  I guess when R’s trounce in the next election, control 60+ seats in the Senate and 350+ in the House, and the Presidency, THAT will all be local too. (And have NOTHING to do with OBUMMER!)
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:46pm
  Turner no Hooch
  Republican Bob Turner handily won Anthony Weiner’s old Queens/Brooklyn seat in New York’s Ninth Congressional District last night, defeating Democrat Bob Weprin. Weprin didn’t live in the district, but, hey, he’s Jewish. That was supposed to impress the district’s Jewish voters, but somehow it wasn’t enough. The JTA reports on the race here; Steve Hayward comments on the race here. William Jacobson stayed up late to deliver the news and captured the comment of the night: “I wonder if the Dems want to go back to the pre-1967 borders of NY 9.” As that comment suggests, the anomalous outcome of the race can be accounted for by the voters’ attitude to Barack Obama.
  In the other special election last night, Republican Mark Amodei crushed Democrat Kate Marshall in Nevada’s Second Congressional District. According to the Hill, a Democrat had never represented the district, but the margin of the race can only be explained by the same factor that accounts for the outcome in NY-9: Obama. I believe that Nevada’s Second is only about as Republican as New York’s Ninth is Democratic.
  
  Does the Obama administration really believe that it has found the key to political recovery in a fight over son of Stimulus? Or is it peddling a line to a compliant press? I don’t think that the administration’s self-delusion has reached this level, though there is ground to debate the point. When it comes down to it, team Obama will not be counting on winning
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:58pm
  You’re losing Tifosa. At some point you will be unable to evade reality. Ask yourself sometime why you would voluntarily choose to follow an ideology or political philosophy if it requires you to twist reality and lie as a requirement. You can be a better person Tifosa, and I’m not saying you have to become conservative or libertarian, all I‘m doing is asking you to consider what you’ve been turned into by your ideology. Honestly examine yourself and how you act around others, realize that you do better, ask youself why you should lie and evade reality for anybody or anything. Try stepping outside of your beliefs and looking at yourself from the eyes of a child for once. Please, you can do better, be better.
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- OneNationIndivisable
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:24pm
  Referendum on Obama, absolutely. It all began with Senator Scott Brown (R) taking Ted Kenedy’s heralded democratic seat in Massachusetts. At that time, all the Democrats scoffed and said it was just a fluke. Then the 2010 elections were a GOP landslide. We fully expect another GOP triumph in 2012, including sending Obama packing.
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- copakeman
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:01pm
  tifosa, u r almost correct, it had nothing to do with the disgraced wiener, o’s socialism, o’s being a muslim. o’s very failed economic plans, o’s trying to take over every aspect of American citizens lives, o’s ignoring our southern boarder security, o’s very friendly union thugs, o‘s giving away many millions to failed business’, o’s takeover of general motors and chrysler, ignoring the failed and bankrupt fannie mae and mac, fannie and freddie taking over every mortgage issued in our country, and lots more. if u can ignor all that, i guess it was a local election.
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kenr1963
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:08am
What I’m so worried about is there going to be anything left by the time he leaves.
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- decendentof56
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:28am
  We don’t know the answer to that.
  However, we know that if an electorate is stupid enough, ignorant enough about our history and how average people (blacks included) have uplifted themselves to be very sucessful, that if we continue to ignore the obvious racism from this administration and its allies (CBC), that we do not deserve to have freedom.
  Call them out at every opportunity!
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- tifosa
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:38am
  “anything left?” What has he taken?
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- decendentof56
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:06am
  TIFOSA…….
  That’s what I meant in the above statement. You don’t know enough to have an intelligent discussion with.
  You have no ‘base line’ of knowledge about freedom. You have no idea of what ‘equal results’ means to people’s freedom.
  Have you any knowledge of all the socialist states (country’s) that have failed and why?
  Let me explain it to you.
  Hippies ‘dropped out’ of society to form ‘communes’ back in the late 60′s.
  They would all ‘share’ in the fruits of their labor, everyone would be equal, and no one would be hungry.
  Everything would be shared by all. Everything!
  Some started to realize they could share in the fruits, even if they did not do their share of work.
  Others resented this, as the burden to provide for the lazy became an unfair one for the hardworking members.
  Also, these lazy members would not care for the children of the members who were out in the fields doing the work. Some were even abused.
  The communes eventually failed.
  They were called ‘communes’ because those hippies thought ‘Communism’ (equal results) was the way to go.
  Love Obama and the Dems if you will, but this will be the result.
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- tifosa
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:12am
  hahahaha“communism” where? and soooooooooooo, what has he taken?
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- Oil_Robb
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:31am
  @TIFOSA….what has he taken? where have you been?…his thousands of regulations and almost 5 TTTTTRRRIIILLLLLIIIOOONN>>>$$$$$$$$$ dollars to Socialize us so that we are further into debt and force companies to relocate and not hire, Obama Care also causes companies not to hire because of the HIGH cost. He hates the Costtuion which limits BIG Government, He will protect an Owl and fish at cost of letting farmers irrigate thier land, He takes OUR tax dollars and gives them to Brazil instead of letting our oill companies drill fo our own Oil, In short he hates America and wants us all to be SOCIALIST.
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:09am
  Instead of passing the “petulant child’s” latest stimulas package, they need to force him to remove the regulations that are causing jobs to go away. Call out Obama’s policies concerning the EPA and drilling for gas and oil, his tax policies, etc. Shout it from the roof tops, explain it in college newpapers, find the outlets that reach the people who aren’t informed or who are misinformed. For every penny they give Obama, there needs to be a regulation lifted (maybe a slight exaggeration), and they should call him out as ‘not wanting to help minorities, single mothers, starving children’, if he won’t do it.
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- rangerp
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:35am
  @tifosa
  
  what has he taken?
  
  He took the CEO of GM, and replaced with his own man.
  
  He took freedom to decide if you want healthcare, and took a whole lot of our hard earned tax money.
  
  He took many soldiers and sent to Afghanistan for his so called “surge”. It has got us no where.
  
  He took away strength from our military, when he allowed the sodomites to openly serve
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- tifosa
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:21am
  so, Ken (What I’m so worried about is there going to be anything left by the time he leaves) is worried that there’ll be no money, military might, freedom to…something…left? Zero evidence of communism/socialism/marxism so far. Capitalism has flourished, in fact. Jobs overseas pay when there are tax incentives (pre-Obama) for such.
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- MHP
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:30am
  tifosa
  
  What has Obama taken? My rights. and my health.
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- NOTAMUSHROOM
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:38am
  @Tifosa
  
  Willful ignorance is such an unattractive quality.
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- qpwillie
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:57am
  tifosa,
  He took the power of the federal courts by thumbing his nose at several of their rulings. He took our system of checks and balances by bypassing congress at every turn. He took the voice of the people away when he passed several historically gigantic, freedom robbing, unconstitutional bills and called the American people racists and liars because they didn’t want those bills.
  
  I have a lot more but I also have things that need to be done. Maybe I’ll come back and finish offer you more later.
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- frodis
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:58am
  Nothing on Yahoo News about it.
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:18am
  Tiofsa, apparently he’s taken your brains.
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- biohazard23
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:00am
  @IAMMADDOG, she would have to have a working cerebrum to begin with in order for it to be taken away……
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- chipmunk
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:48am
  Aren’t ENCILOON & MONICEN one in the same person – as in split personality disorder???
  
  Isn’t that a psychological disorder??? More than one personality?
  
  Also, liberals obsessing over conservatives (what are they saying? what are they doing? OMG how much money do they have? It’s mine! it should be mine!!) Is that also a psychological disorder – a mental illness or just an emotional disorder??? I haven’t figured it out yet. (But I will!) I do know jealousy & insecurity are involved.
  
  Anyway, don’t forget – MONICEN, MONICINE, MONICNE, ENCILOON, ENCINOM, JOE1234SGAYLOVER, SLEAZY HIPPO – - all one in the same !!!!!!!!!!
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- qpwillie
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 12:15pm
  chipmunk,
  That‘s what I’ve been thinking. It’s an old YouTube trick to make it look like there are more of them than there actually are.
  
  People around here call me the “leftologist” because I spend so much time studying their nature. I keep categorized text files on their actions, comments, etc. It‘s a dirty job but somebody’s gotta do it. LOL
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- AvengerK
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:42pm
  What has Obama taken TIFOSA? He’s taken one sixth of the economy with Obamacare. For all intents and purposes he‘s taken over GM to keep union contracts intact where they’d have had to have been renegotiated if the company took a structured bankruptcy. And how that Chevy Volt working out for you? Oh and GM paid back it’s bailout..with TARP money.
  He’s taken 535 million dollars of tax payer money and thrown it at a “green” pipe dream called Solyndra..which has collapsed. The Bush Administration found that Solyndra did no warrant the loan.
  He’s taken inspector generals from cases that involve his friends when the heat was getting too hot.
  He took his time during the gulf spill to make sure the damage was significant enough to “warrant” putting a moritorium on all offshore drilling. When a court overturned that decision…he ignored it. He took away drillion company jobs and rights.
  Want more TIFOSA..we‘ve got a whole litany of what Obama’s been taking away.
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:51pm
  kenr1963:
  As the Democrats always say, ‘DON’T WORRY. BE HAPPY.”
  
  START WORRYING IF REPUBLICANS DO NOT TAKE THE SENATE NEXT TIME AROUND. That is when you need to worry – NO MATTER WHO GETS ELECTED IN 2012.
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:56pm
  @ biohazard23
  
  I stand corrected.
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Scarab Sport
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:02am
A preview of things to come in 2012. Even a billion dollar campaign fund won’t save Obama. People have had enough of the BS.
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- INOGAWD
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:44am
  BO an MO will be Billionaires when they leave the WH…..thanks
  to GE, GM and his union Buds.. but I‘m sure the’ll both miss
  AF-One…..won’t be Sad to see the leaches go………..
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- legendarytwo
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:08am
  yep, looks like Obama has a chance to win only 1 state, California. Reagan landslide in progress. Powers that be may have to bench Obama and run someone else. I don’t know who though. They don’t have a single patriot among them.
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:57pm
  Here’s a newsflash: since Obama and his team are so anti-capitalists, how about we pass a bill telling them to pass their millions that they made off of Americans (when they leave office) to CHARITY?
  
  I believe that if ANY person touts that they are socialist, marxist, or pro-Obama – THEY SHOULD GIVE ALL THEIR MONEY AWAY – ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS to prove to us that they mean what they say and say what they mean.
  
  BACK UP YOUR BIG FAT MOUTHS, PROGRESSIVES.
  FUND YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY, or better yet, GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO WHERE YOU TOOK IT FROM.
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hogtrashhd
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:59am
take air force one keys from both obamas:

“Mr. Obama plans to visit Australia on Nov. 16 and 17 to help commemorate the 60th anniversary of the alliance between the United States and Australia, the White House said on Monday. Mr. Obama’s trip to Australia will immediately follow the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting, which the president is hosting in Hawaii. Mr. Obama is also expected to travel to Bali, the Indonesian island, as part of that trip for a meeting with regional leaders, although those plans have not been announced yet.”

yet another multimillion dollar vacation.. it’s not work .. he doesn’t work here why in the world would he work in Hawaii, Indonesia, Australia and Bali.. Come on.. they’ve run it to the ground.. take the keys away from him and moochelle.. can‘t wait to see what his vacations look like after he’s out of the white house.. he’ll be in a orange jumpsuit in which ever pokey he ends up in.
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- Want our country back
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:44am
  QUESTION: Since Moochelles mom lives with them at the White House, who exactly pays for her room and board. Do you and I pay for inlaws living with the outlaws?
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- INOGAWD
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:58am
  Well if Fast and Furious doesn’t get him, looks like Solyndra
  might do the job…he’s got to have something going with GE too…
  This CS has to be lining his pockets big time…..
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- GeorgieJo
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:09am
  Another vacation for Obummer GREAT
  More he is away the better the country is
  
  NO BO in 2012!!!!!
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abbygirl1994
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:59am
This is only the beginning of what is to come!! Thank You God!
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tbudde
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:54am
First Wisconsin. And now this. Against all the liberal money and all their efforts. Plus they had 3:1 voters on us! Wow! I am so proud of The Tea Party!
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- tifosa
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:34am
  Less than 10% of those who could vote, did. Plus shhhhhhhhhhh (don’t tell anyone) NY9 will likely fall victim to redistricting next year ;^)
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- NOTAMUSHROOM
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 10:14am
  @Tifosa
  
  Gerrymandering by any other name is still gerrymandering. A favorite tool of the Commies.
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- IAMMADDOG
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 1:59pm
  Tiofsa the redistricting happened here in Wisconsin. All we heard from the dems was how evil this move was. I will be expecting the same argument from you libs in New york also.
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Aude sapere
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:53am
We owe our thanks to Ed Koch first, who endorsed Turner from the beginning.
Ed Koch, ex mayor of NYC and a Democrat, is a great American.
I am elated this morning and can’t wait till 2012
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- tifosa
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:29am
  Also Assmblmn Dov Hikind, a VERY popular dem in the district supported Turner.
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- INOGAWD
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:08am
  This is a nice bright sunny Day, Thank You Weenie !!
  
  Give anything to see the look on the Botox Queen’s face, today.
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- Enciloon
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:31am
  I’m not sure you are doing us any favors tiffosa. Am I supposed to be happy that fellow dems are endorsing repubs now. That is scary as heck and alarms me that people are running for higher ground now, knowing it’s political suicide in contested elections to be seen as attached to Obama. We are in serious trouble
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- NOTAMUSHROOM
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:41am
  @EnciLOON
  
  Darn. And here I thought there might be some hope for you. You’re still playing the D versus R game. That’s so 2008.
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- NuffSaid
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 8:06am
  @Enciloon
  You’re that closet troll, right?
  
  If be “we” you mean you and “butt buddy-bama,” you are correct. The rest of us feel toler bly well right now.
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Booker11
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:48am
Start spreading the news………. I’m leaving today………..
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- SavingtheRepublic.com
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:55am
  I want to be a part of it – New York, New York…..
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- biohazard23
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 5:11am
  I’ll make a brand new start of it – in old New York
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Woodenteeth
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:43am
What wonderful news!!!!!! What‘s the old saying ’give them enough help and they’ll hang themselves!’
A great night cap of hope for us Californian‘s and more importantly American’s. And Van Jone‘s say’s he personally is going to burst this Tea Party bubble. Wake up all you progressive radical’s your pompous days are numbered- just ask Anthony.
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Diane TX
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:43am
The “Two State Solution” and returning Israel to pre-1967 boundaries to make everything “peaceful” is clearly ridiculous because Israel is greatly harmed by this.

The crazed Muslims have stated over and over again that they won‘t be happy until there isn’t an Israel anymore. How does one deal with crazies? You don’t, you just stop them.

Obama doesn’t stand with Israel. He stands with the crazies.
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SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:40am
The present lib dems in power will be clueless as to why they lost. They will run out a lot of talking points as to why they lost but none of those talking points will be the truth.

The truth is people are really getting scared by the lib dem agenda.

BO’s dems have went far beyound the usual dem tax and spend agenda to something much more dangerous to America.
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Daddymac10
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:35am
It will be interesting to hear what is Debbie Wasserman Shultz gonna say now?? Regardless of how the liberals gonna spin this ..Republicans +1 Democrats -1 = SCOREBOARD!!!!!!
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- abbygirl1994
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:00am
  Actually minus 2.. AZ Republican has won too!!
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- decendentof56
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:35am
  Thanks for reminding me about Debbie. She is one of the despicable, left wing Jews that infuriate me. Joy Behar and B Streisand are a couple of others.
  Now I’am thinking about Holder, Wright, the entire CBC (West included), Soros, and the fat ass Moore, who I’d like to kick the crap out of.
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- Fed up in Bama
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:01am
  She has already been reported in the NYT today as saying, “Didn’t (Dem) win because of Obama’s economic policies, but because that part of the state is made up of Jews and they wouldn’t of voted for Obama anyhow” Turning into race. The new Dem plan!!
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cookcountypatriot
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:34am
they voted like the tea party,,,thats what progressives dont get…the tea party is people of both parties excersisng thier powers as we the people,,,,,thank god
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DrJen
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:32am
Drudge’s headline is perfect. “Revenge of the Jews: Dem Seat Turns in NYC”. Doggone right this was a referendum on Obama – specifically, Obama’s anti-Israel policies.
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watchdog1
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:31am
By the way Blaze, you misspelled “Congressional”, come on, it makes your excellent site look bad…..
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:48am
  @Watchdog1 A typo can make the Blaze look bad? Not a snowballs chance in hell.
  @Booker11@SavingtheRepublic@BioHazard23 Me to Me to..I want to be a part of it
  in old New York.
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brandongentile.wordpress.com
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:30am
Beautiful! This is the turning point for the country. Just the beginning!
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- INOGAWD
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 6:15am
  Thank’s to the Fine People of New York..THANK YOU !!!!!
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- mrfunn
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:41am
  .
  ‘The sun seems a little brighter today’
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Californiasodbuster
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:30am
When are ALL of the Jewish democrats going to wake up, you think the democrat party is still your party?, please, your smarter than that.
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- tbudde
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:45am
  Yes! Please help me understand why it is that Jews vote for Dems. I just don’t get that!
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- NOTAMUSHROOM
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 7:33am
  @Tbudde
  Because they let the mob think for them, just like blacks. Why would a black person be associated with the party of Racists? Why would a Jew be associated with the party of anti-Semitic policies? For Blacks: they fell for the insincere rhetoric and social program freebies in exchange for their vote to keep the racists in power. For Jews: they just wanted to prove that they weren’t the Zionist evil that, ironically the Democrats, constantly accuse them of being.
  
  Now the cat is out of the bag. Blacks, for the most part are Marxist and justify that with their past victimhood, which they will never let go of because it’s worked so well for them. Jews, on the other hand, just had a big wake up call from the anti-messiah Obamao. Interesting that Blacks still want to live on a plantation, albeit a government plantation, but Jews do not wish to be mass murdered again.
  
  What is the definition of insanity?
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- nappy
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:31pm
  Because many Jews let others speak for them and follow mothers , Rabbis and other leads rather than thinking for themselves. It is much easier to control a group of you aren’t dealing with each one of them individually.
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watchdog1
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:29am
…… 70% reporting, 53%, to 47%, I HOPE it doesn’t CHANGE…. I would truly love to see Turner win this post, it would be poetic justice for the way Obamao treats Isreal, a Republican taking “Weenies” post would be so sweet, 75% Dems in the district, and they haven’t sent a Repub. to Washington in over 90 years…..here’s your HOPE and CHANGE Barry….how do you like it?
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- ExTex
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:02am
  You saw what I saw. 70% of the vote in, with a 6% differential isn‘t what I’d call a victory. I hope we’re not jumping the gun on this one. But if Turner does win, it will be the second sign that this country (dems included) is fed up with liberal politics and ready for the Republicans (adults) to take over and make the necessary adjustments (albeit a daunting task) to get us headed in the right direction. They don’t call us the “right” for nothing. We’re the “right” because we are just that.
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mml35
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:25am
Hey dems….heres an idea in the spirit of compromise….let’s impeach this guy for 1 breaking his constitutional authority several hundred times 2 his involvement in fast and furious 3 his destruction of the us economy….or the other option is all you non wacko commie lib dems who are really blue dogs lets lame duck him pass real reform to help get our economic engine rollin and get rid of that fiasco obamacare we do this together you save your necks and you take your party back from the commies….what do ya say?
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- decendentof56
  Posted on September 14, 2011 at 4:46am
  I‘m afraid they don’t know of what you speak.
  Decades of not teaching American History and America’s contributions to the world. f.
  Decades of tolerating the UN and it’s NWO agenda.
  Decades of deamonizing anything and anyone who dares to suggest, for example, that Johnson‘s ’great society’ would not work and, in fact, has been a complete failure.
  These people have no basis for rational thought. They will not know of the failed ‘communes’ in the late 60‘s and 70’s. They will not know why they failed.
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scout n ambush
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:25am
Well they figured out what we already knew, better late than never.
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Kevin The Elder
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:22am
Hallelujah! Hopefully, with the results of the Special Elections in NY and NV, this is the beginning of the end.
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welovetheUSA
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:22am
Take America back from the liberals who will destroy this country……….2012, no matter what!
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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:20am
OMG!

Obama must go 2012!
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Free2speakRN
Posted on September 14, 2011 at 2:18am
Good!
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