thunder wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:19 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

"We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York,
it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War"

Um...no?

It was last held by three different Democrats from January 3, 1979
through January 3, 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York's_23rd_congressional_district

How does she keep getting elected?

Oh wait - San Francisco - that explains everything.

Yeah, but... the *area* hasn't elected a Democrat since sometime in the
1800s. The 23 District moves around. At one time it was part of
Manhattan.

She hasn't gotten to where she is by being stupid.

There is an argument that can be made that Bush Jr. did get to be
president by being stupid. He did nothing before except failing
businesses, any success coming from family influence, and then there's
the baseball team that received public funding for the new stadium.

If he had a known past he never would have been considered. Nancy
Pelosi's is easily looked up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi

She has been a public figure for a long time.

In a book everyone should read, "Crazy for God," by Frank Schaeffer, it
is noted that the Bush parents considered Jr to be incapable of anything.

And his presidency proved it.

Republicans spend way too much energy deamonizing their opponents. Some
people believe it.

Go ahead and prove me right with your comments.