Not true.

Pappy Bush got thrown out after 1 term because the objective media refused to report that the economic recovery had actually started in March of 1991, or 18 months before the election. Had they reported that, Clinton would never have been able to win on “it’s the economy, stupid”.

The NY Times finally got around to admitting that the recovery in fact did begin in March of 1991. Took them until December of 1999 to do so, however.

Del Dolemonte on November 4, 2009 at 12:38 PM

I dunno about that having much effect. Yes, they allowed Slick to make it about the economy, but plenty didn’t buy it to make the difference. Plenty of conservatives and/or Reagan Democrats either sat on their hands or went for Perot out of disgust for Pappy Voodoo-economics. If Bush was even marginally conservative from the heart, he could have won his 2nd term. That’s where the delta lies, methinks, in betraying the conservative base.

I really think your comment there was truly offensive. If you lean liberal, don’t they espouse tolerance? Seems so many are lacking in that.

capejasmine on November 4, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Liberal tolerance is kind of like the urban legends about people putting razor blades in candy – every year you hear about it, but no one seems to have ever actually encountered it.

Gibbs chalked the losses up to “anti-incumbent” fervor, and most of the media failed to remember that Democrats are the incumbent power, as Jonah Goldberg reminds them at The Corner:

Well, in 2008 the Obamedia repeatedly insinuated that the Republicans still controlled congress and fooled enough people to give the Democrats total control of the body – so you can’t fault them from reusing the same arguments.

BTW, with all the media naval gazing we see on a regular basis, it is interesting they could care less about such a fundamental mistake they induced in the electorate.

You want to take the country back…but you want to give it to a fat person? What if he eats it?

Proud Rino on November 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM

I’m going to add a bit to Martin Luther King. Dont’ judge a man by the color of his skin, or his physical appearance…judge him by his character.

I really think your comment there was truly offensive. If you lean liberal, don’t they espouse tolerance? Seems so many are lacking in that.

You’ve got to be extraordinarily bad, plus go up against an extremely effective opponent, to get thrown out after 1 term.

ernesto on November 4, 2009 at 11:29 AM

Not true.

Pappy Bush got thrown out after 1 term because the objective media refused to report that the economic recovery had actually started in March of 1991, or 18 months before the election. Had they reported that, Clinton would never have been able to win on “it’s the economy, stupid”.

The NY Times finally got around to admitting that the recovery in fact did begin in March of 1991. Took them until December of 1999 to do so, however.

“We’ve only just begun…

[to drain the swamp]“

I am so glad this jerk and his outsized ego are gone. Both of his campaigns set new lows for lies, distortions, and personal attacks. People I know in New Jersey were thoroughly disgusted. The only people who voted for him were knee-jerk Democrats and unionists.

rockmom on November 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM

File this away for reuse in November 2012!!!

Christian Conservative on November 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM

NY-23 shows that all this early voting crap and filling out absentee ballots before Election Day should not be done. How many loyal Republicans who wanted a Republican to win ended up screwed by Scozzy’s antics?

Speedwagon82 on November 4, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Sadly, enough for Hoffman to lose by 2,500 votes due to the Scuzzy-navel mishap.

The moral: Conservatives WON EVERYTHING last night, including Hoffman, if you combined those votes miscast for Scuzzy-navel.

2010 will be a resurgance for conservatives.

those of us who wish to take back our country from the communist/socialists.

Sweet_Thang on November 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
You want to take the country back…but you want to give it to a fat person? What if he eats it?

Proud Rino on November 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM

That’s a huge swing and a miss on your part, proud wino! Where do I mention we want to “..give [our country] to a fat person”?

Although I would endorse giving ANY fat person the entire 2,000 page Nazi Pelosi $1.2 trillion health scare bill to eat, use as an a$$wipe, whatever.

those of us who wish to take back our country from the communist/socialists.

Sweet_Thang on November 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM
You want to take the country back…but you want to give it to a fat person? What if he eats it?

Proud Rino on November 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM

No worries, liberal rino, Obama will regulate EVERYTHING
YOU CAN EAT OR DRINK, HE KNOWS EVERYTHING.

Better than a clown like Corzine attempting to BUY THE
VICTORY with 120 million and loses!!!.

It can’t taste as bad as the crap Obama has been spewing.

These governor losses are bitter pills for Obama to
swallow.

Wow, fat jokes? You have a career as a writer for
Letterman. Remember. keep it simple, you sure have that
down.

Gibbs chalked the losses up to “anti-incumbent” fervor, and most of the media failed to remember that Democrats are the incumbent power, as Jonah Goldberg reminds them at The Corner:
There were no incumbents running in Virginia. Governors can only serve one term here. So how can McDonnell’s win be due to “anti-incumbent” fervor?

Gabe on November 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM

I wholeheartedly agree with Gibbs’ “anti-incumbent fervor” analysis, but he left out one minor detail:

The real target of this anti-incumbent fervor is the incumbent currently occupying the White House, Chairman MaoBarry.

0 for 2 on gubernatorial elections….

0 for healthcare

0 for cap and trade

0 for gitmo…

yep, all 0, all day, all night, in stere0

The Post really sold itself out for Deeds …………. they’re not the only media outlet that needs Remedial Objectivity on their curriculum.

(Media) Whores of a Feather Flock Together….

Men overboard!

Corzine astern, Deeds abaft!

Full speed ahead!

those of us who wish to take back our country from the communist/socialists.

Sweet_Thang on November 4, 2009 at 12:15 PM

You want to take the country back…but you want to give it to a fat person? What if he eats it?

Corzine is such a tool. He runs vicious, nasty, personal campaigns with his personal fortunes, breaks his promises and then, when it’s all over, he’s Mr. Manners. What good is grace when you only show it after the race?

Proud Rino on November 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM

Political cover. All the nastiness and the personal attacks on Christie during the campaign can and will now be flushed down the memory hole, while the state and national Dems huddle with their media partners to hash out plans to utterly destroy Christie and his term in office.

Wouldn’t it be cool, in the face of -0-’s ambitions for enslaving us with socialized medicine, to launch an ambitious campaign to privatize Social Security and Medicare?

Let’s turn back the dangerously rising tide of gubmint hackdom, or maybe it’s hackdumb.

I agree that social issues need to be put on the back burner. But I will not vote for anyone who will back partial birth abortion or use taxpayer money for abortions (which I realize already occurs with Planned Parenthood Abortionsinthehood).