From: "Robert G Lewis" 

If I recall correctly less than 3 % change to the Democrats. Not a major change.

Bob Lewis

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Also, the district has been changed demographic wise from what it was
> before, so the repub/dem ratios are different.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>> Yes in normal circumstances, but this election wasn't normal
>> circumstances.
>> The democrap spent more money than the republican.  Money poured in from
>> the
>> national party and all over the country to desperately try to create some
>> false momentum.  Further, your comment does NOT address the fact that
>> this
>> democrap ran a *STEALTH* candidacy.  He ran as a PRO BUSH, PRO IRAQ
>> republican, when he is in fact a liberal democrap against the war and
>> against conservative policies.  You just couldn't tell that from his
>> commercials.
>>
>> So if your point is, if a democrap pretends to be a pro Bush conservative
>> and never mentions the fact they are a democrap and a liberal, and if
>> that
>> same democrap out spends the republican candidate to a considerable
>> degree,
>> then in such circumstances that democrap can still LOSE by a smaller
>> margin,
>> then ok I agree with you.   But none of that spells bad news for Bush,
>> the
>> Republicans, or conservatives.  Just the opposite actually.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>
>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
>> news:42f03c6c{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>> news:42f039d1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> > Democraps declared the election for a federal congressional
>> representative
>>> > seat in southern Ohio to be a bell weather election and
referendum on
>>> > Bush,
>>> > republicans, and the war in Iraq.  Huge amounts of democrap money
>>> > poured
>>> > into the district from all over the country.  The MSM did
its part by
>>> > portraying the election as a huge referendum on Bush, the
war, and the
>>> > republican chances in 2006.  They hoped to get false momentum built
>>> > off
>> of
>>> > a
>>> > win in this race, which is why they tried so hard to buy
the election.
>>> >
>>> > The funny part was the now loser democrap Hackett, ran ad campaigns
>>> > that
>>> > *featured* president Bush in a favorable light, showed
Hackett in his
>>> > military uniform, actually ran statements from the candidate
>>> > *AGREEING*
>>> > with
>>> > various general strawman statements put into Bush's mouth.  These
>>> > commercials NEVER mentioned the fact that he was a democrap, a
>>> > liberal,
>>> > against the war in Iraq, etc etc.
>>> >
>>> > For a bell weather election and referendum on Bush and
the republicans
>> it
>>> > seems the democraps think the only way to win is to
*HIDE* from their
>> own
>>> > record, *HIDE* from their own positions, and *HIDE* from their own
>> policy
>>> > preferences.  In short to try and win this bell weather election to
>>> > show
>>> > the
>>> > country hates BUSH they tried *LIE* to the electorate and
*PRETEND* to
>> be
>>> > *REPUBLICANS*.
>>> >
>>> > Now if all this lying had worked you bet the articles in
the MSM would
>>> > talk
>>> > about how Bush and the republicans were rebuked at the poles, never
>> would
>>> > they mention the minor point that in order to win the
democrap had to
>> "run
>>> > like a bastard goat trying to get the last biscuit from
Dan Rather's
>>> > country
>>> > Texas cabin" AWAY FROM THEIR REAL RECORDS AND AGENDA
AND POLICIES.
>>> >
>>> > Alas, the MSM won't have to put themselves through these
LIES, because
>>> > even
>>> > though Hackett ran as a pro-Bush republican, THE
ELECTORATE WENT FOR
>>> > THE
>>> > REAL REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!
>>> >
>>> > So much for bell weather elections:
>>> >
>>> > Schmidt Wins
>>> >
>>> > The local affiliate Fox 19 has just called the race for
Jean Schmidt
>> over
>>> > Paul Hackett 52 to 48 percent.
>>> >
>>> > Many thanks to all The Buzz readers who helped keep all of us on
>> breaking
>>> > news side of this.
>>> >
>>> > And thanks to everyone who kept reading late tonight as well.
>>> >
>>> > The Channel 9 affiliate has called also called the race
for Schmidt.
>>> >
>>> > [ 08/02/2005 11:05 PM]
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> That's a very good showing in that district for the Democrats. It wasn't
>>> expected to be anywhere near that close.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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