I have time for only a quick post, but with the upcoming November 7 elections, the media seems out in full force to convince the public of an impending Democratic victory. Of course, it must be noted, they did the same thing in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004 to no avail. But will 2006 be different? A report from Time Magazine (of all unexpected places) suggests the answer is no.
Why not? National Review sums it up:
1) No Republican is being taken by surprise, unlike many Democrats in 1994.2) Absentee ballot requests and returns, closely tracked by the party, are meeting or exceeding past levels for Republicans in key states and districts.
3) When the national parties, national campaign committees, state "victory" committee accounts and competitive campaigns are added up, Republicans maintained a substantial financial advantage over Democrats at the last filing period.
4) Republicans say the district-by-district playing field favors them in several structural ways not reflected in national polls.
5) The get-out-the-vote machine designed by Rove and now-Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman in 2001 was dubbed the "72-hour" program, but officials say that's quite a misnomer and that it's really a 17-week or even two-year program.
Who knows what will really happen, but these are very interesting points that certainly contradict the mainstream media party line. Democrats could be in for some Congress and Senate gains...or for yet another notch in a long strong of disappointments since the Republican power sweep in 1994.
John Kerry certainly isn't helping the Democrat's efforts lately.
Posted by: Mini Me | November 01, 2006 at 07:48 AM
EURABIA: PERSECUTING ITS FRIENDS AND PROTECTING ITS ENEMIES.
All European life Died in Auschwitz
By Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez
I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth: Europe died in Auschwitz!
We killed six million Jews and replaced them with 20 million Muslims. In Auschwitz we burned a culture, thought, creativity and talent. We destroyed the chosen people, truly chosen, because they produced great and wonderful people who changed the world.
The contribution of this people is felt in all areas of life: science, art, international trade, and above all, as the conscience of the world. These are the people we burned.
And under the pretence of tolerance, and because we wanted to prove to ourselves that we were cured of the disease of racism, we opened our gates to 20 million Muslims, who brought us stupidity and ignorance, religious extremism and lack of tolerance, crime and poverty due to an unwillingness to work and support their families with pride.
They have turned our beautiful Spanish cities into the third world, drowning in filth and crime. Shut up in the apartments they receive free from the government, they plan the murder and destruction of their naïve hosts.
And thus, in our misery, we have exchanged culture for fanatical hatred, creative skill for destructive skill, intelligence for backwardness and superstition. We have exchanged the pursuit of peace of the Jews of Europe and their talent for hoping for a better future for their children, their determined clinging to life because life is holy, for those who pursue death, for people consumed by the desire for death for themselves and others, for our children and theirs.
What a terrible mistake was made by miserable Europe.
Posted by: Ernesto Ribeiro | November 01, 2006 at 09:08 PM
Mini Me - you certainly got that right! Check this out: http://powerlineblog.com/archives/015735.php
Posted by: Solid Surfer | November 03, 2006 at 04:05 PM
Ernesto,
Thanks for the article. I agree with it completely. For all the problems Europe has had with Islam, it is ultimately all self-inflicted.
Posted by: Solid Surfer | November 03, 2006 at 04:12 PM