52 to 48 update

Sunday, March 22nd at 11:17PM EDT

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Saw a bumper sticker yesterday. White lettering on a blue background. It said, “RED SUCKS”. Made me feel so Hopey Changey. Pay attention 48. 52 really has absolutely no use for your friendship, good will, charity, compassion, kindness, patriotism, civic spirit, pride in America, any good, old-fashioned Red quality you want to name. “RED SUCKS” is what they truly think. God help us.

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You sure it wasnt just a Yankees fan n/t

Swamp_Yankee Sunday, March 22nd at 11:35PM EDT (link)

n/t

Not Dead Yet!

Could have been

Lammo Sunday, March 22nd at 11:57PM EDT (link)

Here in WSU Cougar Country if I saw a sticker that said “Purple Sucks” I would know they were talking about the Washington Huskies. Also, most of us Mariners fans dislike the Yankees more than the BoSox.

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Tonight I am Diary patrol...Violation

$peciallist Monday, March 23rd at 1:23AM EDT (link)

This is NOT a diary…if you need to ask what constitutes a diary?

then you shouldn’t be writing one yet….do your homework

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JLenardDetroit Monday, March 23rd at 2:05AM EDT (link)

While I’m not gonna jump on anyone - I’m trying to be “nice” this week lol - I’ll just add for the sake of anyone who is looking….

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Thought about that

Lammo Monday, March 23rd at 11:51AM EDT (link)

looked for an open thread didn’t see one. I guess I’ll just keep my tiny observations to myself.

ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties. (jupitersuite)

Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)

Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)

Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)

Don't give up.....try harder

$peciallist Monday, March 23rd at 12:16PM EDT (link)

Sorry, but that number was never right

Reaper0Bot0 (formerly Han_Pritcher) Monday, March 23rd at 8:11AM EDT (link)

That video should have been titled “53 to 46.”

Regardless, there’s nasty people all over.

I’m a lying troll.

It's another of those media moments that became fossilized

civil_truth Monday, March 23rd at 10:47AM EDT (link)

Sort of like the red states versus blue states divide (leading to the title of this site), which was just a random choice by the networks that suddenly became fixed for all time. The weirdness, of course, is that Red, which had been the color associated with Communists for generations, suddenly became the color affixed to the Republican Party. Major irony here, but I digress.

Of course you’re correct that the final vote count most closely approximated to 53% vs. 46%. However, earlier on in the cycle, the media had spread the 52 to 48 ratio, and that was fixed into the popular memory, including a video (”52 to 48 with Love” - can’t find a link)) that got wide distribution after the election. Like what happened with red and blue states, the Obama and McCain supporters became labeled as 52 and 48.

It’s just one of those historical inaccuracies that’s taken on a life of its own with its attendent associations.

And Rightly So!

And that 53 (52) has

paulincolo Monday, March 23rd at 5:43PM EDT (link)

approximately 33% indies of which 5 to 8% fall for the hopey changey stuff and then changey every other election. I think the bumper sticker guy was probably more of a 33% true blue variety.

I put this up

Lammo Monday, March 23rd at 6:32PM EDT (link)

because of my recollection of the “From 52 to 48 With Love” stuff running around shortly after the election with pictures of all of the 52 supposedly reaching out to the 48. I don’t care about the actual numbers in this context - - it was an observation of the true attitude at the core of the “52″.

P.S. - - don’t recal a video but rather a series of stills. One version found here:
http://www.zefrank.com/from52to48withlove/
Got the above link from Mark Hemingway at NRO. Don’t know if there are other versions.

ACORN: Association of Criminals Obama Represented in the Nineties. (jupitersuite)

Don’t be so open minded that your brains fall out. (Fr. John Corapi, SOLT)

Crime never takes a holiday. (Dennis J. O’Shea, R.I.P.)

Unlawful is against the law. Illegal is a sick bird. (Ooold joke)

Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. (Groucho Marx)

52 to 48 update

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You sure it wasnt just a Yankees fan n/t

Could have been

Tonight I am Diary patrol...Violation

RS Help

Thought about that

Don't give up.....try harder

Sorry, but that number was never right

It's another of those media moments that became fossilized

And that 53 (52) has

I put this up

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