For quite some time, this blogs been predicting the political demise of incumbents in general, but particularly for the current administration. And in Brooklyn/Queens yesterday not only did some bolts came loose, a huge wheel fell off the bus. They lost a House seat they've held for almost a hundred years in a heavily Democrat district.
There are all kinds of reasons being expressed for why the huge upset took place, many of which address local issues. But, the consensus is that the vote was a specific rebuke of O'bama. In summary, it's felt that this administration's far less supportive of Israel then those of the past, that it's economic policies make no sense, unemployment's not decreasing any time soon and that now's certainly not the time to raise taxes on anyone -including the so-called "rich."
The winner, retired media executive and political novice Bob Turner, told his supporters: "We've been asked by the people of this district to send a message to Washington. I hope they hear it loud and clear. We've been told this is a referendum. Mr. President, we are on the wrong track. We have had it with an irresponsible fiscal policy which endangers the entire economy."
So, if this can happen in New York City, a Democrat stronghold regardless of a couple of Republican mayors, I don't think this bodes very well for the president across the rest of the nation. And what I find the most ridiculous about his electioneering is that he thinks words and words and more words will win the votes of people who no longer live in his antiquated, street thug politics, world. They're all connected to the Internet now, and using Blackberry,s and I-phones to stay current with accurate information. And that's why his total failure in office is going to cost him the next election -because he can no longer BS his way in.
That's it for today folks.
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