Dissed by West
Man, old Cornel West is on Obama’s case.
He says he’s a traitor to his race.
He alleges Barack
Isn’t even black —
He’s just a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface.”
Day: November 12, 2012
If It Were the Other Way Around, the Whining Would be Deafening
4
Number of times, (until last week) over the past 100 years, when one major party won more popular votes for U.S. House, yet the other major party won more seats. The years were 1914, 1942, 1952, and 1996. Of course, 2012 makes it five times.
Though Re-Elected, Paul Ryan Soundly Defeated in His Hometown
55% to 44%
Spread by which Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) lost in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., by challenger Rob Zerban (D), despite winning re-election, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel notes. Ryan had never lost Janesville in a re-election campaign before. In addition, the Obama-Biden ticket defeated the Romney-Ryan ticket in Janesville by 25 points, 62% to 37%.
Go West, West
Rep. Allen West will not go softly into that good night.
He’s still scrapping long after he’s lost the fight.
But though he remains frantic,
We’re bored with his antics,
And we’re ready for him to fade swiftly out of sight.
Billy Crystal, er, that Other Comedian, Bill Kristol, Suggests GOP Raise Taxes on Rich
It won’t kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires. It really won’t, I don’t think. I don’t really understand why Republicans don’t take Obama’s offer. … Really? The Republican Party is going to fall on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaires, half of whom voted Democratic and half of whom live in Hollywood and are hostile?
— Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, urging the Republican Party to accept new ideas, “including the much-criticized suggestion by Democrats that taxes be allowed to go up on the wealthy,” the Huffington Post reports.
Hughes Vows to Hew Tongue of Next Republican Male Who Misspeaks About Rape
If another Republican man says anything about rape other than it is a horrific, violent crime, I want to personally cut out his tongue. The college-age daughters of many of my friends voted for Obama because they were completely turned off by Neanderthal comments like the suggestion of ‘legitimate rape.’
— Former Bush adviser Karen Hughes, quoted by Politico.
Independent Voters Are Overrated
50% to 45%
Spread by which Mitt Romney won the independent vote. So now twice in the last three elections — in 2004 and 2012 — the winner has lost the indie vote, according to NBC’s First Read.
Mega-Church Pastor Says Obama Paving Way for Antichrist
I want you to hear me tonight, I am not saying that President Obama is the Antichrist, I am not saying that at all. One reason I know he’s not the Antichrist is the Antichrist is going to have much higher poll numbers when he comes. … But what I am saying is this: the course he is choosing to lead our nation is paving the way for the future reign of the Antichrist.
— Robert Jeffress, a Texas mega-church pastor, saying that President Obama’s re-election victory would lead to the rise of the Antichrist, the Christian Post reports.
Florida Finally Calls Presidential Race
Florida election officials now able to confirm that Obama defeated McCain
— William Easterly (@bill_easterly) November 8, 2012
