Republicans Ingracious In Defeat
Dan Cazayoux will be the newest Democratic member of Congress. He just won a runoff election to succeed Republican Richard Baker in Louisiana’s sixth district. This is the second recent significant victory for Democrats, who picked up another Republican seat in March, that of former House speaker Denny Hastert in Illinois, in a contest unexpectedly won by Bill Foster. But, amazingly, the National Republican Campaign Committee is spinning this to look as though it’s a loss for Barack Obama, saying in a news release that because Cazaoux had a larger lead earlier in the race, before Republicans “nationalized” the race, it shows the “real life consequences of an Obama presidency”:
“This election speaks to the potential toxicity of an Obama candidacy and the possible drag he could have down-ballot this fall.”
Not quite gracious in defeat, those Republicans. And here is an ad the NRCC ran in the campaign trying to claim that a local election was all about Obama and Nancy Pelosi, and carefully inserting the word “radical”.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ImjX-0aq0]
spontaneous combustion imminent…
Regarding Mr. Cazayoux’s funny name- there’s quite a bit of French heritage down there in Louisiana.
I think the Repubs have really convinced themselves that Obama is a socialist capable of turning America into the USSR.
May 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
ontheissues.org is my favorite place for political facts. i was perusing thru the cite again today, and see that obama supports $4000 of college tuition for 100 hours of community service. that’s pretty cool. it simultaneously helps someone trying to help themselves, while encouraging people to be active in the community. however, my girl hillary has a more comprehensive plan for education, and a longer history of working for that issue.
May 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Shit and here I am doing all this community service for free!
May 5th, 2008 at 12:39 am
lol, noel. i feel you.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Oh,and the Dems just bow out graciously huh?
Er,except for that swinging chad thing.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
What’s the ’swinging chad thing’?
I’m so out of the loop.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I’m refering to the Gore/Bush recount in Florida and the punch ballots.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pm