My perfect records stands
I had to stop watching NY Giants football games years ago because every time I watched, the Giants would lose. I’m beginning to think I have the same effect on elections. If no one noticed, my perfect record of not being able to call elections remains intact with Hoffman’s loss in NY23. Sorry, Doug, I should have known better.
Our buddy, DanNY at GOE New York calls it “A Victory Delayed“.
But there are some lessons here for Conservatives – the tactics that worked so well in the march on the Capitol a few months back and the town hall meetings over the summer, probably won’t swing many voters to our side in local elections. I was reading about police being called to polling stations yesterday and cringing at the thought of out-of-staters bullying New Yorkers. That kind of stuff doesn’t win us any supporters.
Everything our side does is seen under a microscope of media scrutiny – and nothing done for Democrats is even noticed, so we’re not able to get away with stuff like them. Let’s take that lesson to our hearts before the next election begins at noon today.
It’s interesting that the article says that only one person was causing trouble, yet it gets blown out of proportion as some district wide problem.
I have yet to hear anyone splashing the big headlines about the massive voter fraud in NJ, where absentee ballots were 15 times higher in this election than last years Presidential election. Camden, where it was highest, remarkably went overwhelmingly for Corzine; color me shocked. Yet, some people that showed up to vote were told that they had already voted absentee. When the person said that they hadn’t requested an absentee ballot, they were told, yes you did, here it is. Nope, no voter fraud there.
I guess standing there with Hoffman stickers is equated the same as New Black Panther Party thugs armed with clubs??
Typical leftist move (Alinsky would be proud) to blow something out of proportion and play the victim card.
Jonn,
Interesting that you mention bullying and such. What *I* find that annoys and perlexes me is that *we* are not the ones who subvert laws to get votes and yet, we stand for what we believe without *any* violence (can YOU say Black Panthers, SEIU,ACORN?)for the most part.
Over and over, we face the left’s averseness to our beliefs,convictions and that thing called the U.S. Constitution which guides us, yet we are vilified.
You are right. I do not want to be be seen stooping to that level of insanity and blindness for what the Founding Fathers DID see. I will be on my best behavior in DC tomorrow.
It saddens me… the whole process.
(I told ya so)
Jonn said: the tactics that worked so well in the march on the Capitol a few months back and the town hall meetings over the summer
Odd you should mention those as somehow positive, I’d argue that they were minimized in fact. BTW, some of my pals are in DC today with the VFF, etc.
If an activity doesn’t translate to votes on ‘The Hill’ is it meaningful?
Won’t expand further other than to say I told ya so.
John-
I had a similar record last year. I supported Thompson-until he bowed out.
Then I supported Guliani.
Then Romney.
Then Huckabee.
At that point I toyed with the idea of publicly supporting Hillary, just to put the curse on her.
Then she dropped out.
Is it too early to come out in favor of Obama 2012?