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	<title>Comments on: Watching the 37th - UPDATED</title>
	<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/</link>
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		<title>By: Kevin C.</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90489</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90489</guid>
		<description>Karla H said on 2 Dec 2009 at 10:00 pm: "Me? I’m fed up with both these parties."

It IS true, and it has been for a long time now, that the PROBLEM is not with Democrats or Republicans but with POLITICIANS!

They cut deals with each other while SCREWING us, the TAXPAYER, and WE keep ELECTING them?

What's the line about, "I have found the enemy and the enemy is US!"

Karla H said:"We have too many lawyers in too many positions of power."

Hospitals were FINE when DOCTORS ran them. 

When ACCOUNTANTS and LAWYERS took them over and started running them, the problems started!

What's the OTHER line about, "First thing we have to do is KILL all the lawyers!"</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Karla H said on 2 Dec 2009 at 10:00 pm: &#8220;Me? I’m fed up with both these parties.&#8221;</p>
<p>It IS true, and it has been for a long time now, that the PROBLEM is not with Democrats or Republicans but with POLITICIANS!</p>
<p>They cut deals with each other while SCREWING us, the TAXPAYER, and WE keep ELECTING them?</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the line about, &#8220;I have found the enemy and the enemy is US!&#8221;</p>
<p>Karla H said:&#8221;We have too many lawyers in too many positions of power.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hospitals were FINE when DOCTORS ran them. </p>
<p>When ACCOUNTANTS and LAWYERS took them over and started running them, the problems started!</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the OTHER line about, &#8220;First thing we have to do is KILL all the lawyers!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Karla H</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90485</link>
		<dc:creator>Karla H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90485</guid>
		<description>The Republicans... hmmmm... isn't that the group that tried to push amnesty for illegal aliens?  And wasn't it GWB who said, "You pass that bill and I will sign it!"  (I'm not sure if that was before or after his "Patriot Act.")   And wasn't it the Republican, John "Lame Brain" McCain, who authored that bill?  Along with Teddy "the Swimming Instructor" Kennedy?  And wasn't it the Republicans who doubled our national debt from $4.5 trillion to $9 trillion?  And who lowered interest rates, shafting savers, and creating a housing bubble?  And wasn't it the Republicans who started 2 unjustified wars?

I guess if you eat sh*t for 10 months then vomit starts to look real tasty.

Me?  I'm fed up with both these parties.  They are collectively shafting We the People.  They are taking turns taxing and spending.  We will soon have no nation left.  A REAL nation has:
1. a set of laws.  We don't.  We change them willy nilly, whenever it is convenient.  That is as good as no law.
2. A REAL nation defends its borders.  We don't.  We are too busy sending our army to foreign lands, where they are at best, on parity with the locals.
3. A REAL nation has a stable currency.  'Nuff said on that one.

If you think the Republicans can provide salvation because they are Christian then you are being tricked by false advertising.  Both parties suck.  Both parties are screwing us.  We need a change if this nation is to survive.  We need congressmen and senators who will represent their constituents, not their party (what a concept).  We need a president who has actually held a real job at some point in his life.  We need diversification.  We have too many lawyers in too many positions of power.  And lawyers are leeches on society... non-productive leeches.

Without serious change we will be in a far worse position in the future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republicans&#8230; hmmmm&#8230; isn&#8217;t that the group that tried to push amnesty for illegal aliens?  And wasn&#8217;t it GWB who said, &#8220;You pass that bill and I will sign it!&#8221;  (I&#8217;m not sure if that was before or after his &#8220;Patriot Act.&#8221;)   And wasn&#8217;t it the Republican, John &#8220;Lame Brain&#8221; McCain, who authored that bill?  Along with Teddy &#8220;the Swimming Instructor&#8221; Kennedy?  And wasn&#8217;t it the Republicans who doubled our national debt from $4.5 trillion to $9 trillion?  And who lowered interest rates, shafting savers, and creating a housing bubble?  And wasn&#8217;t it the Republicans who started 2 unjustified wars?</p>
<p>I guess if you eat sh*t for 10 months then vomit starts to look real tasty.</p>
<p>Me?  I&#8217;m fed up with both these parties.  They are collectively shafting We the People.  They are taking turns taxing and spending.  We will soon have no nation left.  A REAL nation has:<br />
1. a set of laws.  We don&#8217;t.  We change them willy nilly, whenever it is convenient.  That is as good as no law.<br />
2. A REAL nation defends its borders.  We don&#8217;t.  We are too busy sending our army to foreign lands, where they are at best, on parity with the locals.<br />
3. A REAL nation has a stable currency.  &#8216;Nuff said on that one.</p>
<p>If you think the Republicans can provide salvation because they are Christian then you are being tricked by false advertising.  Both parties suck.  Both parties are screwing us.  We need a change if this nation is to survive.  We need congressmen and senators who will represent their constituents, not their party (what a concept).  We need a president who has actually held a real job at some point in his life.  We need diversification.  We have too many lawyers in too many positions of power.  And lawyers are leeches on society&#8230; non-productive leeches.</p>
<p>Without serious change we will be in a far worse position in the future.</p>
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		<title>By: Gnarly</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90482</link>
		<dc:creator>Gnarly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90482</guid>
		<description>That's an amazing number for a State Senate Firehouse Primary.  I'm not sure we have a source to check, but I'm sure that's a record.  Compare this with a room of maybe 10? 15? people who decided on the Democrat's nominee, while creating such ill will that many in their party will sit this one out.

The GOP in Fairfax is BACK!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s an amazing number for a State Senate Firehouse Primary.  I&#8217;m not sure we have a source to check, but I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s a record.  Compare this with a room of maybe 10? 15? people who decided on the Democrat&#8217;s nominee, while creating such ill will that many in their party will sit this one out.</p>
<p>The GOP in Fairfax is BACK!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C.</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90479</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90479</guid>
		<description>Don't go to any trouble Greg, I was just, as I said, curious.

I guess the comment I was looking for "ammunition" to make is, it always PI$$E$ me off when so FEW people vote but so MANY people complain.

Especially the ones who always say, "I only vote in national elections."

Does anyone disagree with the FACT that the place where our votes affect our day to day lives the MOST are our LOCAL elections?

Which leads me to say: Attested to by the fact that we just threw out the DRUNKEN, FRAT BOY, LOW-LIFE THUG in the 51st!

Congratulations again and kudos for all your hard work Rich!

I wouldn't want anyone thinking that me wearing my "Paul Nichols is a LIAR and a THIEF" t-shirt EVERYWHERE, and I mean EVERYWHERE I went, or the (BILLBOARD) sign on the top of my 4-Runner saying, "Let's tell Paul Nichols that helping a SEXUAL PREDATOR commit a crime is not a qualification for political office" had any affect, at all, on the vote.

At least NOT MUCH!

Once again, WAY TO GO Rich!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t go to any trouble Greg, I was just, as I said, curious.</p>
<p>I guess the comment I was looking for &#8220;ammunition&#8221; to make is, it always PI$$E$ me off when so FEW people vote but so MANY people complain.</p>
<p>Especially the ones who always say, &#8220;I only vote in national elections.&#8221;</p>
<p>Does anyone disagree with the FACT that the place where our votes affect our day to day lives the MOST are our LOCAL elections?</p>
<p>Which leads me to say: Attested to by the fact that we just threw out the DRUNKEN, FRAT BOY, LOW-LIFE THUG in the 51st!</p>
<p>Congratulations again and kudos for all your hard work Rich!</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t want anyone thinking that me wearing my &#8220;Paul Nichols is a LIAR and a THIEF&#8221; t-shirt EVERYWHERE, and I mean EVERYWHERE I went, or the (BILLBOARD) sign on the top of my 4-Runner saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s tell Paul Nichols that helping a SEXUAL PREDATOR commit a crime is not a qualification for political office&#8221; had any affect, at all, on the vote.</p>
<p>At least NOT MUCH!</p>
<p>Once again, WAY TO GO Rich!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Greg L</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90475</link>
		<dc:creator>Greg L</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90475</guid>
		<description>A primary for a special election is always a low-turnout affair, and normally a turnout of 1,200 for this would be pretty decent.  Having nearly 1,900 votes cast is a tremendous turnout and starts approaching about 10% of the Republicans in the district.  Historically that is a really high rate of participation.

I'd dig around to see if I can find a comparable event -- a firehouse primary in a senate district that's held in early December -- but it's a fairly rare occurrence and I really don't have the time today to dig around and find one of these that's happened in the past ten years.  To top off the challenge, since a firehouse primary is managed by a party and not the Board of Elections, the data for comparable primaries isn't available on the SBE website.

Maybe someone else out there remembers when we had something comparable?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A primary for a special election is always a low-turnout affair, and normally a turnout of 1,200 for this would be pretty decent.  Having nearly 1,900 votes cast is a tremendous turnout and starts approaching about 10% of the Republicans in the district.  Historically that is a really high rate of participation.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d dig around to see if I can find a comparable event &#8212; a firehouse primary in a senate district that&#8217;s held in early December &#8212; but it&#8217;s a fairly rare occurrence and I really don&#8217;t have the time today to dig around and find one of these that&#8217;s happened in the past ten years.  To top off the challenge, since a firehouse primary is managed by a party and not the Board of Elections, the data for comparable primaries isn&#8217;t available on the SBE website.</p>
<p>Maybe someone else out there remembers when we had something comparable?</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin C.</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90474</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90474</guid>
		<description>BVBL: "A pretty respectable turnout tonight in the 37th District as between 1,700 and 1,900 voters showed up for the Republican primary."

I'm just curious, 1,700-1,900, out of how many voters IF that number is available?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BVBL: &#8220;A pretty respectable turnout tonight in the 37th District as between 1,700 and 1,900 voters showed up for the Republican primary.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just curious, 1,700-1,900, out of how many voters IF that number is available?</p>
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		<title>By: Bwana</title>
		<link>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90470</link>
		<dc:creator>Bwana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/12/01/watching-the-37th/#comment-90470</guid>
		<description>NLS is calling ut w/ Hunt getting 51 percent</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NLS is calling ut w/ Hunt getting 51 percent</p>
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