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Post by Rich Fisher on Nov 8, 2006 12:41:55 GMT -4
Since it's (finally) over, what's your opinion on the results?
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Post by BlueMule on Nov 8, 2006 14:07:09 GMT -4
Still have the absentee ballots to tally but they say those go the same as the regular ballots so I guess we're stuck with the impact the DC suburbs and Balto City have on the rest of the state. It's time to get all the trashy signs cleaned up and start puckering up because here comes O'Malley.
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Post by ljp on Nov 8, 2006 14:25:19 GMT -4
<---already re-evaluating investments and counting what's in my piggy bank to bunker down for a long and cold couple of years....
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Post by Mike on Nov 8, 2006 14:27:31 GMT -4
Hey ljp, since you need a job and O'Malley will be gov, why not just apply for temporary cash assistance for a year and apply for food stamps. Everyone will be on food stamps when O'Malley takes office anyway
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Post by ljp on Nov 8, 2006 14:29:20 GMT -4
lol.... just doing what I can to stay off of government assistance, I am Republican you know....
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Post by Mike on Nov 8, 2006 14:31:45 GMT -4
ljp you are the coolest
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Post by BlueMule on Nov 8, 2006 16:53:03 GMT -4
The fat lady has sung...
WASHINGTON POST...
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., who refused to admit defeat last night, said he called Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley at mid-morning to concede the election. O'Malley will become the state's 61st governor. "Obviously, we disagree with some of the philosophical positions of the incoming administration, but the state of Maryland will live," Ehrlich told reporters shortly after calling O'Malley. "The republic will live another day." "One thing for sure," Ehrlich added. "The next administration will inherit a state in very, very good shape." With 97 percent of the precincts reporting, O'Malley has attracted 52.78 percent of the vote to Ehrlich's 46.1 percent.
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Post by Mike on Nov 8, 2006 16:55:32 GMT -4
Bob speaks no lies, good job Bob, good job
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Post by bchevy on Nov 8, 2006 18:47:07 GMT -4
Yep, get ready for slots, and all the corruption that they can bring.
Look for Minimum wage to go way up, I still haven't had someoen tell me WHERE the Minimum wage jobs are around here. My son just started at a local grocery store with ZERO work experience, starting pay=$7.50/hour
You can bet your backside the Dems in DC will do nothing for the next 2 or 4 years but investigate a bunch of crap that will end up meaning nothing...
it's gonna get ugly
I need a pill....
BBL
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Post by Dave on Nov 9, 2006 12:15:48 GMT -4
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Post by confuse on Nov 9, 2006 12:28:30 GMT -4
Ummm, the dems fought against Erlich's fight to bring slots to the state. Yep, get ready for slots, and all the corruption that they can bring. Look for Minimum wage to go way up, I still haven't had someoen tell me WHERE the Minimum wage jobs are around here. My son just started at a local grocery store with ZERO work experience, starting pay=$7.50/hour You can bet your backside the Dems in DC will do nothing for the next 2 or 4 years but investigate a bunch of crap that will end up meaning nothing... it's gonna get ugly I need a pill.... BBL
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2006 12:44:33 GMT -4
The people voted O'Malley in because Erlich supported the president. Now, there's a good reason to pick your candidate! The governor has no influence over the war in Iraq! He only governs the state of Maryland! That's it! We're in for a long couple of years.
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Post by ljp on Nov 9, 2006 13:55:29 GMT -4
Well, I am as unhappy as the next person, but after some deliberation, I realize that there is nothing that we can do about it now. So... should we just respect the democracy that we live by? The majority voted, shouldn't we at this point respect the authority figures placed over us and do what we can to support him? I wonder how much more effective ' W' could have been if he weren't spending so much time defending himself against naysayers.
Just my thoughts.
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Post by baycitydan on Nov 9, 2006 15:02:47 GMT -4
My problem is that Baltimore city, Montgomery County and PG County decided this race. They have entirely different issues than we have and their chosen candidates will cater to them because that is their support base. The E. Shore is basically an entirely different entity than the rest of the state and because of its smaller population, gets completely ignored by everyone, and our picks for gov mean nada. It's too bad that we can't succeed from MD and become what we are, a completely different state!
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2006 15:08:09 GMT -4
You are right, ljp. The people have spoken and it is time we move on. When the election is over, you support the ones we have elected and hope they don't screw up your piece of the world. In fact, Bill Clinton always made me smile when I think of him. (cigars, blue dresses, Monica, Paula, Jennifer, lying to the country and having no remorse, etc)
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Post by BlueMule on Nov 9, 2006 15:15:35 GMT -4
Ah yes... cigars and blue dresses. Brings back fond memories of a simpler time. Let the games begin.
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2006 16:32:18 GMT -4
We have been discussing Republican and Democratic views at work. A lot of the guys I work with are still undecided which side their on. I've used this analogy: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do? Democrat Answer: Well, that's not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids? Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation? Does the Glock have an appropriate safety built into it? Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children? Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me? Should I call 9-1-1? Why is this street so deserted? We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior. This is all so confusing! I need to debate this with some friends for a few days and try to come to a consensus. Republcan Answer: BANG!
Any Questions?
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Post by Mike on Nov 9, 2006 16:40:14 GMT -4
awesome, I just sent this to some slimy democrat here at work
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Post by Steve on Nov 9, 2006 16:49:33 GMT -4
I think everyone who's crying the blues about O'Malley winning needs to remember s few facts about your man Ehrlich. One, he raised tuition at Maryland public universities by 40% in one year. I'm assuming that all of us middle class folks can't afford tuition at private universities, so he basically said to the middle class: you're out of luck. Two, he closed down the State office of Smart Growth. As a reader of this forum I know that all KI residents seem to feel that growth is a problem. Three, he violated State law by purging career non-appointee State employees on the basis of their politics.
This was a Statewide election and the majority of Maryland citizens voted Democratic. According to the final results in the Sun, Ehrlich lost by 111, 056 votes, a 7% difference. This was not a close call. In QA county 5,275 people voted for O'Malley, of course that's compared to the 10,567 who voted for Ehrlich, so I see why this forum is having a hard time with the reality that Maryland is not a Republican State.
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Post by Mike on Nov 9, 2006 16:53:29 GMT -4
Stevey, How about you list the things O'Malley did for Baltimore..
1) Made it NOT the Murder Capital (Now it's only a murder a day) 2) That's It
Oh yeah and O'Malley only won in Baltimore City, Montgomery and PG County.. All densely populated... uh minority areas. In all of those counties voter fraud is high. Dead people voting, people voting for their disabled relative etc...
MD will be fine for a year, Bob did a good job at it, so it'll take O'Malley a year to ruin it.
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2006 17:03:03 GMT -4
Steve, You don't have to agree with all the decisions made by the party you support. That is why we have the freedom of voting. I couldn't vote for Cassell (although a lot of people did, ?) even though he was representing the Republican party. I don't agree with everything Bush has done either, but his views were closer aligned with my way of thinking than Kerry. And Gore, C'mon get real! That is what bothers me about people that just check Rep. or Dem. across the board. I left a number of slots on my ballot blank because I did not do enough research to pick a qualified candidate for our county (Orphans Court, those poor kids, first lost their parents, and now face jail time?)
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Post by Steve on Nov 9, 2006 17:14:52 GMT -4
Good one, but my three points on Ehrlich stand. Especially the hike in tuition. I'm in the center and don't like the fringe in either side, but the middle class is the loser with the GOP.
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Post by Mike on Nov 9, 2006 17:28:22 GMT -4
Haha, Frank.. I sent your analogy and here was the response from him:
Republican answer revised:
Tell your wife and kids that it's nessicary to kill the man with the knife because he posses mortal danger to you and your family. Even though your wife offers conflicting evidence that in fact it isn't a knife, you question her loyalty to your family, and scare your kids into believe that their future wellbeing depends you killing the man. You shoot him and run over to his body to no evidence of a knife. Despite this set back you change your story to your kids and tell them that the guy wanted to be 'liberated' from his body and is now doing much better as a ghost. You tout the successes of the imagainary ghost (Iraqi democracy) while the body (the country you should be in if you believe this stuff you send out) sits there disintegrating covered with flies, maggot, ands dog crap.
Moral of the story, sometimes you have to think things through tough guy
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Post by BlueMule on Nov 9, 2006 18:27:02 GMT -4
Good one, but my three points on Ehrlich stand. Especially the hike in tuition. I'm in the center and don't like the fringe in either side, but the middle class is the loser with the GOP. Would that be because of artificial caps in tuition by the previous administrations? The hike was inevitable else a complete collaps of the institutuions. It smells like the artificial caps on electricty rates that the middle class enjoyed for 5-6 years. It's time to pay up. At least under the Erlich Administration there was a choice to pay up now or pay later with interest. Now there's no choice. Everybody has to pay the interest.
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Post by Frank on Nov 9, 2006 19:45:13 GMT -4
It's not always an easy choice. Sometimes it feels as if you are picking the lesser of two evils.
GBMike; Good analogy! Although if there is no knife, you really need to dispose of the body. Or if people are around, you need to say in a loud voice "Uncle Bill, are your hiccups gone now?, C'mon, lets get in the car and go home!" You would then need to dump the body off the bridge, and if the MTA cops show up, simply tell them you are returning those pink squares to their proper location.
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