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Let’s celebrate the elections with free Slurpees for everyone

It’s not every day your team wins a landslide victory. So let’s celebrate. To commemorate President Obama’s 25th reference to “Republicans are sippin’ Slurpees,” IHateTheMedia.com is giving away Slurpees to 25 lucky winners.

Obama slurpee contest — Hey, these things cost $1.89 down at our local 7-Eleven, so 25 of them damn near depletes our annual promotional budget

It’s not every day your team wins a landslide victory. So let’s celebrate.

To commemorate the Republican’s Tuesday Tsunami and President Obama’s 25th reference to “Republicans are sippin’ Slurpees,” IHateTheMedia.com is giving away Slurpees to 25 lucky winners.

A reporter even asked the President about Slurpees in today’s post-election press conference. So let’s strike while the subject is hot and the slushy, icy drinks are cold.

It’s easy to win one of IHateTheMedia.com 25 Slurpees. Just submit your entry in a comment on this post. Tell us in 25 words or less what you liked most about Tuesday’s elections. Contest ends midnight (PST) November 12, 2010.

This ain’t no liberal contest, so creativity and cleverness will get you extra points.

Please, only contest entries allowed in comments; sorry, but we’ll have to delete anything else.

Source: CBS News

Legendary: Alan Grayson’s concession speech

In this concession speech, Alan Grayson modestly describes his victory in 2008 as “legendary.” And his wacko supporters don’t help matters when they take up the “Yes We Can” chant two years too late.

Alan Grayson is a lunatic to the bitter end. And we don’t use the word “bitter” lightly.

In this concession speech, Grayson modestly describes his victory in 2008 as “legendary.” And his wacko supporters don’t help matters when they take up the “Yes We Can” chant two years too late.

Grayson also explains that the only reason he lost was that his district was gerrymandered by the evil Republicans.

Ahhh, we’ll miss you Alan. You were good for at least one hysterically funny story every week.

Big news from Media Matters: America rejected the Republican Party in Tuesday’s elections

Media Matters Karl Frisch attempts to spin the Tuesday’s tsunami as a defeat for Republicans.

If you watched TV on Tuesday night or checked the internet on Wednesday morning, you may have come to the incorrect conclusion that the Republican Party was victorious in the elections. You know, 60 or so seats in the House, half a dozen in the Senate, an additional twenty or more state legislatures.

Nevertheless, when your livelihood depends of finding fault with “the other guys,” that’s what you must do no matter what. Even when the claim is ridiculous.

Like this little gem, where Media Matters Karl Frisch attempts to spin the Tuesday’s tsunami as a defeat for Republicans.

H/T: Breitbart.tv

Is this the worst opening to a newscast ever?

Nothing goes right during this 11 a.m. newscast at Channel 10 in San Diego. Absolutely nothing.

(Sorry for the stupid music in this version, but YouTube killed the original version we put up.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7LMFM4UNU

Coincidentally, the field reporter seen down at the San Ysidro border crossing is Adrienne Moore, who used to work here in IHateTheMedia.com’s town. You can’t really tell in this short clip, but she’s hot. Really hot. Unbelievably freakin’ hot.

One day back when Adrienne worked at our local TV station, the Editor’s cell phone rang. The caller, a trainer down at the local gym, said, “Hey, if you get down to the gym in the next five minutes, you can see Adrienne Moore doing bent over rows.”

It was a sad day when she left our little town to go to a big market like San Diego, but we’re happy to celebrate the glory that is Adrienne with this short snippet of what has been called the worst newscast opening ever.

(That being said, another station in our market is so bad that people organize pools and bet on how long it will take for the first mistake to occur in each newscast. Ahhh, life in a small market.)

Hey, Adrienne, if you read this, drop us an email here at IHTM. We’d love to have you as the celebrity judge for an upcoming IHTM contest.

No stalking, we promise.

Sissy-in-Chief

The President of the United States, supposedly the most powerful man in the world, flinching like a little girl during a martial arts exhibition.

You’ve seen video that shows him rolling gutter balls. You’ve seen video of him wearing mom pants and making a sissy girl first pitch at the all star game. You’ve seen him riding a girl’s bike and looking like Urkel. You’ve seen him hanging draperies. You’ve seen him sipping beer with his little finger sticking out like he’s having tea with the Queen.

And now this. The President of the United States, supposedly the most powerful man in the world, flinching like a little girl during a martial arts exhibition.

Putin up, Mr. President, Putin up.

H/T: Moonbattery.com

President Obama reacts to last night’s election

“Republicans are extremists. The Tea Party will doom the Republican Party. We’ll hold the majority. People will love ObamaCare once they understand it.

“Republicans are extremists. The Tea Party will doom the Republican Party. We’ll hold the majority. People will love ObamaCare once they understand it. Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!”

Let’s see if lib radio host Stephanie Miller is all talk

Back in August, conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt said Republicans were going to kick ass in November. Lib radio talker Stephanie Miller scoffed, said Hewitt was wrong and announced that she’d play this clip on her radio show to prove it.

Miller: Hugh, I’m going to play this tape of you on my radio show after you’re wrong in November.
Hewitt: Good, nobody will hear it.
Loesch: Ohhhhhhhh!

Let us know what time you’re going to play it so we can tune in, Stephie.

Bond guru says Fed actions will cause the dollar to drop 20%. Is it time to buy gold?

Bill Gross, the brains behind the incredible growth of Pimco and manager of the world’s largest mutual fund, and he thinks the Fed is going to cause the dollar to collapse by another 20%.

You’ve probably seen financial guru Bill Gross on CNBC. He’s been called the Warren Buffett of bonds, he’s the brains behind the incredible growth of Pimco and manager of the world’s largest mutual fund, and he thinks the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing is going to cause the dollar to collapse by another 20%.

The dollar is in danger of losing 20 percent of its value over the next few years if the Federal Reserve continues unconventional monetary easing, Bill Gross, the manager of the world’s largest mutual fund, said on Monday.

“I think a 20 percent decline in the dollar is possible,” Gross said, adding the pace of the currency’s decline was also an important consideration for investors.

“When a central bank prints trillions of dollars of checks, which is not necessarily what (a second round of quantitative easing) will do in terms of the amount, but if it gets into that territory—that is a debasement of the dollar in terms of the supply of dollars on a global basis,” Gross told Reuters in an interview at his PIMCO headquarters.

So how do you take Gross’ theory and make money from it? Is it time to buy gold? Is it time to move your money to a country with a commodities-based economy? Or is it time to mortgage the house and let Gross manage your money?

These are questions, not recommendations. What are you doing to protect your financial future? Let’s get a little discussion going here.

Disclosure: Mrs. Editor is a former employee of Pimco. Had she stayed with the company we would now be gazillionaires. Instead, she decided to teach autistic children and make minimum wage.

Damn her and her big heart. Damn her to hell.

Source: CNBC

Uh-oh. Look who those crazy, racist tea baggers went and elected

Hmmmmm. Maybe, just maybe, the mainstream media’s narrative about racist Republicans isn’t quite true.

Marco Rubio, Florida’s new Republican United States Senator

David Rivera, Florida’s new Republican Congressman

Susana Martinez, New Mexico’s new Republican Governor

Tim Scott, South Carolina’s new Republican Congressman

Nikki Haley, South Carolina’s new Republican Governor

Bill Flores, Texas’ new Republican Congressman

Francisco Canseco, Texas’ new Republican Congressman

Allen West, Florida’s new Republican Congressman

Jaime Herrera, Washington’s new Republican Congressman

Brian Sandoval, Nevada’s new Republican Republican Governor

Now he can walk through hell with a can of gasoline for all the American people

Retired Colonel Allen West has a new title – Congressman Allen West. He kicked butt in Florida-22 just like you’d expect a Marine to do. We love this guy and can’t wait until he tells Harry Reid to drop and give him twenty.

Retired Colonel Allen West has a new title –- Congressman Allen West. He kicked butt in Florida-22 just like you’d expect a ~~Marine~~ soldier to do. We love this guy and can’t wait until he tells Harry Reid to drop and give him twenty.

Continue reading “Now he can walk through hell with a can of gasoline for all the American people”

Yesterday’s elections are old news. What about 2012?

Democrats will have to defend 23 Senate seats compared to only ten for the Republicans. And to make matters even worse, the Republican seats all seem relatively safe while nearly half of the Democrat seats could be in jeopardy.

They say a month is an eternity in politics, so two years is … uhhh … even longer. Nevertheless, it looks like the Democrats face some big, big problems in 2012.

united-states-senate — The United States Senate in 2012: Red, redder, reddest

They’ll have to defend 23 Senate seats compared to only ten for the Republicans. And to make matters even worse, the Republican seats all seem relatively safe while nearly half of the Democrat seats could be in jeopardy.

Bottom line: Democrats will lose even more ground in 2012 and Republicans will take firm control of the Senate.

Here’s a quick review of what the future may hold.

Safe Democrats seats (also includes two Independents who caucus with the Democrats):

1. Dianne Feinstein of California (Feinstein will be 79 years old and has more money than God. Even if she doesn’t run, California should be a safe state for the Democrats)
2. Tom Carper of Delaware (Got 70% of the vote in 2006. Even if rumored health problems knock him out of the race, Delaware will probably elect another Democrat)

3. Ben Cardin of Maryland (This seems like a pretty safe seat, but Cardin only managed 54% of the vote in 2006 against moronic Michael Steele. If the Republicans can find a strong candidate, this seat could be vulnerable.)
4. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota (Seems popular and no strong Republicans seem to be waiting in the wings.)
5. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico (Got 71% of the vote in 2006. Probably one of those safe Democrat seats.)
6. Ken Conrad of North Dakota (Got 69% of the vote in 2006. Likely another safe Democrat seat.)
7. Bob Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania (Destroyed Rick Santorum in 2006. No reason to think he won’t repeat in 2012.)
8. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island (Got nearly 54% of the vote against a well-known Republican incumbent in 2006. No reason to think wacky Rhode Island voters will send him packing now.)
9. Maria Cantwell of Washington (Seems to be a safe seat in left wing Washington.)
10. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut (Quirky Lieberman will be 70 in 2012, but remains popular in the state. Will probably win reelection if he runs. Republicans will be working on him to officially switch the the Republican party the day the 2010 elections beginning on November 3.)
11. Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Lunatic socialist who probably hasn’t voted with the Republicans once since he joined the Senate. Safe Independent (read: Democrat) seat.)
12. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (Democrats will probably hold onto the seat. Stranger things have happened than a Republican winning in New York, but we can’t think of any off the top of our heads.)
13. Joe Manchin of West Virginia (Manchin is probably the most popular politician in America. There’s no reason to think the guy who won this seat in 2010 won’t repeat in 2012.)

Questionable Democrat seats

Continue reading “Yesterday’s elections are old news. What about 2012?”

Coming soon to a House of Representatives near you

All elephants plus a few RINOs, all stampeding into Washington, DC come January 2011.

A brief message to the Democrat Party

Here’s Nelson Muntz from the Simpsons with an insightful message for the Democrats who tried to change America instead of merely changing Washington, DC.

A theme song for yesterday’s victories

My, oh, my. Time flies when you’re being socialized. Hard to believe it was only 24 months ago that we were banished to the wilderness for 40 years by James Carville.

The Editor’s old disc jockey days are coming back to haunt him. Here are the Chambers Brothers expressing exactly how we all feel today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxpcZrQQM-4

Election Night Open Thread:
Share the craziest, dumbest, most preposterous things you hear liberals say on TV tonight

Welcome to IHateTheMedia.com’s election night open thread. Share the craziest, dumbest, most preposterous things you hear liberals say on TV tonight. Gloating is encouraged.

Michelle Obama tells Democrats to vote early and vote often. Or something like that.

Michelle Obama: “You need to tell them that they can’t just vote once and hope for change to happen.” Spoken like a true Chicago Democrat.

Michelle Obama was on the stump … ugh. Don’t know about you, but that gives us a disturbing mental image.

Let’s just go straight to Politico:

“We don’t have much time,” Michelle Obama declared to voters on Monday, urging them to get out the vote as her husband stayed at the White House and worked the phones the day before the midterms.
Rallying Democrats for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Obama told the crowd to round up people who voted in 2008 but “who are planning to sit this one out.”

“You need to tell them that they can’t just vote once and hope for change to happen,” she said. “They’ve got to vote every single time.”

“Tell them that they can’t just vote once.” Spoken like a true Chicago Democrat.

Source: Politico

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons: If you don’t vote you’ll get an Alice In Wonderland Congress where lies are truth

Another day, another liberal warning about the evil conservatives. The Huffington Post highlights hip hop mogul Russell Simmons’ hallucinations:

If we don’t wake up on Tuesday and rush to the polls, by the end of the day, we will find ourselves with an Alice In Wonderland Congress, where up is down and wrong is right, and lies are truth and hating diversity is seen as patriotism. In the new Alice In Wonderland that is today’s Republican Party, Sarah Palin is the Queen of Hearts screaming “Off With Their Heads”; Glenn Beck is the Mad Hatter with all his tears; Rush Limbaugh is the Cheshire Cat, laughing at the madness and loving it.

Unless moderates and progressives quickly put aside their disenchantments and VOTE on Tuesday, we will wake up on Wednesday to newly elected politicians whose meanness, duplicity and downright madness is unique even by the standards of past American moments of extreme right.

Tooooooo late, Russell. Let the madness begin. Feel the madness. Embrace the madness. Luxuriate in the madness. Roll around naked in the madness.

Source: Huffington Post

“A few hundred” show up to see “rock star” Michelle Obama

Remember when Michelle Obama was supposed to be the Democrats’ secret weapon? Oh, yeah, they were going to send her out on the campaign trail and unleash her remarkable powers of persuasion on the American people.

michelle-obama-rock-star — Yeah, Michelle Obama's a rock star like Neil Sedaka's a rock star

Looks like it’s not working out that way.

The Independent UK has the “L-shaped fingers to the forehead” details:

The crowd went wild when Michelle Obama swept into a high-school gymnasium in Las Vegas yesterday morning, with little Harry Reid trailing in her wake and a local Mariachi band, in full dress uniform, entertaining the crowd. But behind the flag waving and anthem-singing, and the sunny optimism of a typical American election rally, there was a palpable sense of unease.

Two years ago, at the height of Obamania, the First Lady was a sort of rock-star; with a following wind, she could fill an outdoor stadium. Today, her stock has fallen. A few hundred people did turn out to hear her speech, but there were swathes of seats left empty at the back, and plenty of standing room around the stage.

Michelle speaks to empty seats. Biden speaks to 200. And even the Chicago Savior himself speaks to an arena with 5000 empty seats.

Would someone get us a box of Kleenex? We’re wiping away tears of joy.

H/T: WeaselZippers.us

Black Republicans – the oxymoron that keeps Democrats awake at night

in 2010, highly-qualified black candidates all across the country have abandoned the Democrat Plantation and are running as – gasp – conservative Republicans.

The phrase “black Republican” used to be an oxymoron. But here in 2010, highly-qualified black candidates all across the country have abandoned the Democrat Plantation and are running as – gasp – conservative Republicans.

Check out this video. It’s a clarion call to other black voters: “Vote Republican. For the very first time.”

After losing seniors, independents and women, President Obama decides to lose the wacko vote, too

So there’s poor ol’ President Obama addressing a tepid crowd of Blumenthal supporters in Connecticut when some AIDS activists began heckling him. Again.

We say “again” because their heckling has become a regular feature of his endless campaigns. The AIDS activists show up every time he does. The only difference is that they don’t bring along Teleprompters.

It’s actually kind of fun to watch the President lose his cool. You know, that famous cool that caused so many morons to vote for this empty suit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OSC3BgmUA

Too good to be true: Final Gallop Generic Congressional Ballot shows GOP up by 15

The results are from Gallup’s Oct. 28-31 survey of 1,539 likely voters. It finds 52% to 55% of likely voters preferring the Republican candidate and 40% to 42% for the Democratic candidate on the national generic ballot

We’re not religious, but we’re praying that Gallup is right.

nancy-pelosi — The latest Gallup Poll is a real eye opener for Nancy Pelosi. Or maybe it's just her latest nip and tuck.

The results are from Gallup’s Oct. 28-31 survey of 1,539 likely voters. It finds 52% to 55% of likely voters preferring the Republican candidate and 40% to 42% for the Democratic candidate on the national generic ballot — depending on turnout assumptions. Gallup’s analysis of several indicators of voter turnout from the weekend poll suggests turnout will be slightly higher than in recent years, at 45%. This would give the Republicans a 55% to 40% lead on the generic ballot, with 5% undecided…

Fact is, Gallup has a long track record of calling congressional races closer than any other polling group. So let’s assume they’re correct this year, too.

If that’s the case, what’s your prediction? How many seats will Republicans pick up?

Source: Gallup

86% at “nonpartisan” Stewart/Colbert rally identify themselves as Democrats

Funny thing about that “nonpartisan” rally Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held on Saturday. It was oddly partisan. 86% identified themselves as Democrats, but only 1% of those in attendance identify themselves as Republican.

hitler-signs-at-nonpartisan-rally — Some of the nonpartisan "Republicans are Hitler" signs at the Stewart/Colbert rally

Funny thing about that “nonpartisan” rally Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held on Saturday. It was oddly partisan.

86% identified themselves as Democrats, but only 1% of those in attendance identify themselves as Republican.

That is, of course, the kind of nonpartisanship found typically at nonpartisan places like MSNBC.

TheHill.com has the nonpartisan numbers:

A straw poll conducted on attendees at the rally hosted by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the National Mall Saturday found an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters, but sapped enthusiasm as compared to 2008.

According to the poll conducted by Lake Research Partners & Revolution Messaging at the “Rally to Restore Sanity,” 86 percent of participants surveyed said they planned to vote Democratic this week, with eight percent undecided and just one percent voting Republican.

Only one in four surveyed said they more excited about this election than 2008. Thirty-nine percent said their enthusiasm had diminished.

A full 90 percent of rally attendees approved of President Obama, with 56 percent approving of him strongly. Only 10 percent disapproved of the president, just 2 percent strongly.

They must be exhausted from all that reaching across the aisle.

Source: TheHill.com

Voter fraud? What voter fraud? We don’t have a voter-fraud problem.

This is classic. Minnesota Democrat Betty McCollum was debating Teresa Collett, her Republican challenger, when she made the remarkable claim that there’s no such thing as voter fraud. None. It’s all in her constituents’ heads.

The response? Laughter and catcalls from the audience and a pointed rebuttal from Collett.

H/T: HotAir.com

Democrats “surging” in Delaware. Biden draws crowd of 200.

Two hundred? Two friggin’ hundred? They should have been able to round up 200 union pipe fitters or government workers on an hour’s notice. Two hundred?

The Associated Press has the bad news for Delaware Democrats:

joe-biden-2 — Joe Biden counts the number of Democrat supporters at his Delaware rally

Biden headlined a Democratic rally in downtown Wilmington on Monday evening that drew about 200 people. He was confident Democrats would hold on to the Senate seat that had been his for more than 30 years.

Joining Biden were New Castle County executive Chris Coons, who is considered the favorite in his U.S. Senate race against Republican tea party favorite Christine O’Donnell.

Former lieutenant governor and Democrat John Carney also appeared at the rally. He faces Republican Glen Urquhart for the seat held by Rep. Mike Castle, the Republican who gave up his spot to run for Senate and lost the primary to O’Donnell.

Two hundred? They had the vice president of the United States, the state’s candidate for the United States Senate, and a House candidate and they only drew 200 people?

Christine O’Donnell’s coven is larger than that.

Source: Associated Press

The President’s glass may be half full, but his arena is half empty

The man who once drew 200,000 people in Berlin is now lucky to fill half an arena in Cleveland. For god’s sake, man, this was billed as the Democrats’ final big election rally.

The man who once drew 200,000 people in Berlin is now lucky to fill half an arena in Cleveland.

For god’s sake, man, this was billed as the Democrats’ final big election rally. The one that was going to close the enthusiasm gap. The one that was going to recapture the magic.

Nevertheless, you could have fired a cannon in this arena on Sunday despite the fact that this get-out-the-vote event featured both President Obama and Vice President Biden.

Total capacity 13,000. Total attendance 8,000.

Empty promises = empty seats.

Source: TheHill.com

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