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The Mid-Terms Results Thread [W:517]

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I'll be taking Mum to two events--one at my sister's school and the other back at her assisted home.
Then we'll go up to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery--very impressive .

Taking it one day at a time is the only way to go. I have a grand daughter who was born on Veteran's Day. The only birthday of the grand kids I remember.
 
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I'll be taking Mum to two events--one at my sister's school and the other back at her assisted home.
Then we'll go up to Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery--very impressive .

I have nothing planned for veteran's day except the wife and me have an eye doctors appointment. The grand kids go to school, nothing closes except government offices and the banks. It is just like a normal work day, non-holiday. I have seen nothing advertised in the papers or anything as to special events.

Same for Memorial Day these days. I suppose most people take their freedom for granted.
 
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Thanks TD--it's weird how I shift into such a great frame of mind online when I'm hurting.
The 1st one is gone, the 2nd one is paralyzed and the third one is in an induced coma.
Our community is grieving and you could hear a pin drop at school today.
Seeing teenage boys cry all over school has a deep effect on anyone--all four were boys.
November rain on the roads is so dangerous at higher speeds.

My most sincere condolences NIMBY

TD, I don't want to argue with you anymore anytime--we've had too many good conversations for that.
I apologize to you for starting it back up and won't be doing that again.

Selfishly, you have too much talent and knowledge I can use with our kids to let it go to waste.
I hope we can get back to great conversations again .
 
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I have nothing planned for veteran's day except the wife and me have an eye doctors appointment. The grand kids go to school, nothing closes except government offices and the banks. It is just like a normal work day, non-holiday. I have seen nothing advertised in the papers or anything as to special events.

Same for Memorial Day these days. I suppose most people take their freedom for granted.

Illinois schools are required to have Veteran's day events at the schools if they are in session.
I prefer that versus a day off--teach kids a real life experience and introduce them to real life heroes.

When it rains it pours--when I went to Mum's assisted home anniversary with my wife tonight,
my brother showed me e-mails of Mum's favorite brother in England had passed away.

Massive organ failure due to Parkinson's shutting down the brain on her side also.
One could see she was struggling with her own level of Parkinson's and how to conceptualize the whole idea of death.

As you helped me in 2012 with Dad, Parkinson's/Alzheimer's is so insidious.

In closing here, I don't ever want to be an asshole in another post to anyone on DP.
I'm so very sorry for going there to you the last few months.
This is my commitment as the Linc you used to like .
 
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Illinois schools are required to have Veteran's day events at the schools if they are in session.
I prefer that versus a day off--teach kids a real life experience and introduce them to real life heroes.

When it rains it pours--when I went to Mum's assisted home anniversary with my wife tonight,
my brother showed me e-mails of Mum's favorite brother in England had passed away.

Massive organ failure due to Parkinson's shutting down the brain on her side also.
One could see she was struggling with her own level of Parkinson's and how to conceptualize the whole idea of death.

As you helped me in 2012 with Dad, Parkinson's/Alzheimer's is so insidious.

In closing here, I don't ever want to be an asshole in another post to anyone on DP.
I'm so very sorry for going there to you the last few months.
This is my commitment as the Linc you used to like .

Don't worry about it and my condolences once more. I don't take anything personal as I know politics can be very heated. I am on here for the fun and enjoyment of talking politics and anything that comes up.
 
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On the most very sad note, our young man who died had wonderful older sisters who I taught.
Another one will live but is paralyzed.
A third is in deep trouble with fluid on the brain and is in an induced coma.

Last night in IL, we had very cold November rain--black ice sort of--rain on dry, gas-slicked roads that caused the accident.
There's no comprehending a reason for this sort of thing happening time after time in my life with our kids for the last 38 years.
We must now just move slowly forward one day at a time, rebuilding their confidence and preparing the kids for life after high school .

I am truly sorry to hear that man... You have my deepest condolences and all my best wishes for you, your family, the kids and their families too... I hope they recover soon and the same goes for you also.
 
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On the most very sad note, our young man who died had wonderful older sisters who I taught.
Another one will live but is paralyzed.
A third is in deep trouble with fluid on the brain and is in an induced coma.

Last night in IL, we had very cold November rain--black ice sort of--rain on dry, gas-slicked roads that caused the accident.
There's no comprehending a reason for this sort of thing happening time after time in my life with our kids for the last 38 years.
We must now just move slowly forward one day at a time, rebuilding their confidence and preparing the kids for life after high school .

It is a kick to the gut hearing that. It seems almost every year our local high school loses a student either to motor vehicle accident or drowning.
Often it is just poor decision on one's part.

A parent is suppose to die before their child. I just can't imagine their anguish.
 
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I am truly sorry to hear that man... You have my deepest condolences and all my best wishes for you, your family, the kids and their families too... I hope they recover soon and the same goes for you also.

Thank you so much Grim--I'm certainly humbled tonight with the realizations of the limitations of my personality when I get upset.
I'm probably one of the few posters who isn't much different in real life as compared to on DP.

I saw this election rout coming since last November for more reasons than I want to remember.
My focus must now be on issues so I can prove to DP who I know I am and the way I've lived my 60 years.

I do believe that Majority Leader McConnell can do a great job.
In time, I may be able to see why he did what he did as Minority Leader.

I happen to believe in a strong two-party system and have many GOP heroes from history--many from Illinois.
We had a great Governor Ogilvie when I went to college in 1971 who signed into law a tuition scholarship for Chem/Physics/Math teachers who were a shortage.
Without this law, I may not have been able to make it through.

But when I get back on the road again, my love for IKE and his Interstates is second to none .
 
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But what messaging did we hear today--Rand Paul bashing Hillary and silence from Hillary--more of the Dukakis behavior.
McConnell looking great and Obama mediocre.

Same as last November with the multi-million ads against ACA while the Dems were silent but could have hammered on government shutdown.
Priebus is trashing DWS in the messaging--GOPs never stop working--we do .




Yes, I know exactly what you mean. The Democrats do not know how to blow their own horn or how to shoot down the opposition with actual facts. I hope they learned a lesson or two from their defeat in this election!
 
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It is a kick to the gut hearing that. It seems almost every year our local high school loses a student either to motor vehicle accident or drowning.
Often it is just poor decision on one's part.

A parent is suppose to die before their child. I just can't imagine their anguish.

I'm very fortunate to have this DP outlet since I am retired but my wife still teaches.
Tutoring and coaching is great and I'm still wonderfully received whenever I visit the high school.
Wrestling season begins next Monday so I'll be around much more.

Our first funeral is at the school Saturday.
From there, we'll begin dedication mode and one day at a time recovery.

I might as well say it--another great problem in our part of the state is Heroin.
I am now an official carrier of NARCON and have lost three former students in the last five years.

I will say that my posting towards politics has certainly tempered to a point of praying for our Nation to work together.
I wish God's speed to Sen. McConnell .
 
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I'm very fortunate to have this DP outlet since I am retired but my wife still teaches.
Tutoring and coaching is great and I'm still wonderfully received whenever I visit the high school.
Wrestling season begins next Monday so I'll be around much more.

Our first funeral is at the school Saturday.
From there, we'll begin dedication mode and one day at a time recovery.

I might as well say it--another great problem in our part of the state is Heroin.
I am now an official carrier of NARCON and have lost three former students in the last five years.

I will say that my posting towards politics has certainly tempered to a point of praying for our Nation to work together.
I wish God's speed to Sen. McConnell .

What is NARCON?
 
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I appreciate your undying support for President Obama but you have to remember that a lot of the vulnerable Democrat Senators this election cycle were in/from states that voted for Romney in the 2010 Presidential election. They got elected in the Obama 2008 sweep and were seriously vulnerable as Obama's luster dulled. States like North Carolina, Louisiana, Montana, etc. would not have returned Democrat Senators if their campaign was based on undying support of President Obama and his administration. Their only hope for reelection was to marginalize Obama and try to convince voters that Obama would be gone soon and they could still serve their constituents despite Obama. They failed, but they would have been completely blown out of the water had they paraded Obama and his Presidency around their states.



They did not necessarily need to parade Obama and his Presidency around the country, but they did not have to turn their backs on his policies and issues either. The President does have a record, to his credit, and these candidates voted for these policies and should not have pretended they were someone they were not! Politics is a crummy business!
 
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Yes, I know exactly what you mean. The Democrats do not know how to blow their own horn or how to shoot down the opposition with actual facts. I hope they learned a lesson or two from their defeat in this election!

Electioneering versus legislation---Dems lost on both counts the last two years as per public perception.

GOP pundits are now admitting they're amazed Dems didn't brag about the economy.
Though you must have noticed how many conservatives still debated the economy in a negative way--that's politics and they won.

GOPs started running anti-ACA ads last November and Dems allowed themselves to be defined for several months with no answer.
Just like Hillary right now--the GOP is already off to a running start for 2016.

IMHO, Dems are now reduced to trivial pursuit.
Disorganized, Despondent and completely Defeated with no idea what to do.

Just two short years after reelecting their own President with very short coattails.
Even winning Dems ran selfish campaigns with an every man for himself attitude .
 
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What is NARCON?

The chemical name is Naloxone.
It's a miracle drug that is booted into the muscle of the thigh for heroin overdose victims.
If you get them within 30 minutes of the overdose, it completely reverses the effect of heroin.

We also have a new law in Illinois called the "good Samaritan" law,
where you don't get in trouble with the law for delivering overdosed victims to an emergency room.

We now have a HERO program in Illinois begun by a 40-year Chicago policeman.
He lost his last son to Heroin and has now dedicated his life to this most dangerous epidemic.

The problem of course is the higher potency of today's H,
the different drugs such as speed that H is now cut with creating the speed-ball effect,
and the original culprit opiate oxycodone pharmaceutical .
 
A pretty good job? Over 7 trillion added to the debt, 20 million unemployed/under employed/discouraged workers, the same number of people working today as were working when the recession began, stagnant GDP, Debt exceeding our yearly GDP, Foreign policy disasters? Guess you were referring to his golf handicap? Must be lonely for a progressive in Oklahoma!



His record and accomplishments are a helluva lot better than that! I cannot list them all, but we all know what they are even if you don't agree with them! As far as that red line in the sand, I was not pleased about that, but will give him credit for keeping us out of another full scale war.
 
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The Slate story reflects the exit polls. According to the exit polls 45% of voters said the President was not a factor, but 52% said that they voted either to express opposition to the President (33% of voters) or to express support for the President (19% of voters). Those who voted to express opposition supported Republicans by a 92%-6%. Those who voted to express support for the President supported Democrats by a 93%-6% margin. For Democrats, it was devastating that the cohort voting to express opposition to the President was about 70% larger than the cohort voting to express support for the President. To illustrate just how damaging that disparity was, the 45% of voters who said that the President was not a factor voted for the Democrats by a 55%-42% margin.



They also said that the economy and gridlock in Congress were their two pet peeves. Those who said economy were also focused on income disparity!
 
I do through my 401k and the phoney money digitized to prop this President up scares me to death.



I don't think that comment was directed to you, but just let me say that your 401k is doing pretty dam good, isn't it?
 
The President acknowledges his policies were essentially on the ballot. In a number of states where the President took action (Like North Carolina and Maryland) you saw a candidate who polls were suggesting should win (in some cases win easily) end up losing. Every poll you look at has the President wildly unpopular. Every single exit poll and other type of poll shows voter disatisfaction with Obamacare, and every Republican that won in a battle ground race did so by at least partially, if not primarily, campaigning AGAINST Obamacare. Various aspects of the administrations mishandling of different issues or policies were routinely shown on exit polls as some of the top things that weighed on voters minds.

Yet somehow, beyond all reason (which is a stalwart trait of hyper partisans), we have people banging the delusional propoganda drum that the Democrats lost becuase they weren't liberal enough and didn't embrace Obama enough.

Based on what? There's PLENTY of evidence to point to as a means of supporting an assertion that Obama was a negative on the Democrats this time out. I accept the notion that said assertion may be wrong, but I've yet to see ANYONE put forward any kind of compelling argument to the contrary other than what amounts to "umm...umm.....PEOPLE LIKE OBAMA!" Please, provide some kind of hard evidence that would lend a reasonable and logical person whose not a rabid hyper partisan liberal to believe that the reason the Democrats lost this election was because they didn't embrace Obama ENOUGH?




You are missing my point. They did not have to embrace Obama, but they should have embraced the policies that THEY voted for, and it seems that the only people who like and embrace Obama care are those that have it!
 
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The chemical name is Naloxone.
It's a miracle drug that is booted into the muscle of the thigh for heroin overdose victims.
If you get them within 30 minutes of the overdose, it completely reverses the effect of heroin.

We also have a new law in Illinois called the "good Samaritan" law,
where you don't get in trouble with the law for delivering overdosed victims to an emergency room.

We now have a HERO program in Illinois begun by a 40-year Chicago policeman.
He lost his last son to Heroin and has now dedicated his life to this most dangerous epidemic.

The problem of course is the higher potency of today's H,
the different drugs such as speed that H is now cut with creating the speed-ball effect,
and the original culprit opiate oxycodone pharmaceutical .

Im a Paramedic and PA, I know what Narcan is, Ive never heard of Narcon. Most kids aren't overdosing from heroin but rather home opiates. And how did you get a vial without a prescription? Its not something a layperson should have, for numerous reasons.
 
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My quick takeaway on elections is that 2014 was 2010 on steroids--minorities, young people and women didn't vote.
The very people who demand the Dems do their bidding but refuse to turn out.

Why should Obama give away the rest of the party for people who won't vote?
Again, I believe this is legacy time for Majority Leader McConnell.

I finish with tears in my eyes as we just lost a student last night driving and two more are in critical condition according to my wife who just called me.




So sorry to hear that Nimby
 
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The very people who demand the Dems do their bidding but refuse to turn out.

I thought it was about Dems supporting equal rights and not about Dems being in the pocket of minority interests. Are you claiming that equal rights is not the issue and Dems merely fake interest in such because groups demand their bidding be done?


I finish with tears in my eyes as we just lost a student last night driving and two more are in critical condition according to my wife who just called me.

Why bother with politics in such a state? I say hit the NFL threads.
 
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As you well know, mid-term % for voting for Dems is between 3 to 5 % lower than in Presidential years.
I don't see any numbers that the GOP had any more votes this time than in 2010 but you may have.

Dem constituencies simply didn't vote.
However, I'm past this election cycle am now praying for the success of Sen. McConnell as I know you are.

On the most very sad note, our young man who died had wonderful older sisters who I taught.
Another one will live but is paralyzed.
A third is in deep trouble with fluid on the brain and is in an induced coma.

Last night in IL, we had very cold November rain--black ice sort of--rain on dry, gas-slicked roads that caused the accident.
There's no comprehending a reason for this sort of thing happening time after time in my life with our kids for the last 38 years.
We must now just move slowly forward one day at a time, rebuilding their confidence and preparing the kids for life after high school .



So sorry to hear the sad news NIMBY!
 
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The chemical name is Naloxone.
It's a miracle drug that is booted into the muscle of the thigh for heroin overdose victims.
If you get them within 30 minutes of the overdose, it completely reverses the effect of heroin.

We also have a new law in Illinois called the "good Samaritan" law,
where you don't get in trouble with the law for delivering overdosed victims to an emergency room.

We now have a HERO program in Illinois begun by a 40-year Chicago policeman.
He lost his last son to Heroin and has now dedicated his life to this most dangerous epidemic.

The problem of course is the higher potency of today's H,
the different drugs such as speed that H is now cut with creating the speed-ball effect,
and the original culprit opiate oxycodone pharmaceutical .

Couldn't find where you put the OP, but wanted to wish you the best of luck.
 
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