OH SNAP!… It Looks Like Kloppenburg Lost Big, After All – Too Bad About That Victory Speech, Huh?
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:08 PM
And just think…. It was only a few short hours ago that far left Wisconsin candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory in the state’s Supreme Court race.
Now this.
Watch her victory speech from yesterday if you want a good laugh.
From the video:
Question: How do you feel comfortable declaring victory when the margin is so thin? Justice Prosser’s supporters seem to think that they may be able to pull out a victory in a recount process.
Kloppenburg: You know, we ran a campaign that was focused on being positive and respectful and winning and we did win and we’re confident that the margin will hold… Because we’ve enjoyed a broad and deep state-wide support and we’re gratified that the numbers showed that.
That’s not all.
Later in the day Kloppenburg released a victory statement to the media:
“We owe Justice Prosser our gratitude for his more than 30 years of public service. Wisconsin voters have spoken and I am grateful for, and humbled by, their confidence and trust. I will be independent and impartial and I will decide cases based on the facts and the law. As I have traveled the State, people tell me they believe partisan politics do not belong in our Courts. I look forward to bringing new blood to the Supreme Court and focusing my energy on the important work Wisconsin residents elect Supreme Court justices to do.”
It’s just too bad that less than 24 hours later her lead did not hold and she lost BIG.
Now will all the lefties out there please just admit that Prosser won and Get Over It!
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patman commented:
Bhaaaa.
What’s not as funny is the whimpers of all the dogs owned by union members getting kicked across the rooms.
Muffin commented:
Forget about Kloppenheister. Did you guys just get that viral birth certificate e-mail about Obama? And the passport thing-y? Yikes. It sure looks legit.
Guess this means Joe Biden is our new president. And you all thought it couldn’t get any worse.
mama winger commented:
Life in Kenosha is looking pretty sweet tonight.
Redwine commented:
The sweet sound of lib heads exploding is heard throughout the land.
jeremiah commented:
Wrote this just as the 7000+ Prosser news broke. Brilliant GOP to make them show their hand first. At least it will be more embarrassing for the libs to commit their normal fraud.
Look regardless of whether we are up 40 votes, (I can’t tell you how happy it makes me just to be a temporary winner in a contest I know will be lost through fraud) we won’t win because the union heads will stop at nothing. It’s not so much liberals, as the fact that the high union elite are as close to the stereotype, evil, greedy capitalist malignant powerbroker they espouse such hatred for. Once union heads find a source of income, regardless of how despicable or corrupt the process, they are without conscience. They resemble a parasite or the Mafia by binding to their victim in a death til us part spiral that is sociopathic and merciless towards anything that might impede that source of income. I’ve see them operate too many times up close and personal.
So I’m going to give congrats to liberals for winning the election right now because we didn’t win by the required 15,000 votes on election night to stop the post election fraud from happening. Different than the pre-election fraud where you wheel in senior citizens and homeless to vote, etc..
One thing liberals, was it a mistake to announce that you found 8000 ballots on election night or a shrewd move? Probably a shrewd move. It kept it close enough that you can commit your fraud now without it sticking out like a sore thumb- like it would if you kept finding 1000′s of ballots in the trunk of people’s cars weeks after the elections.
Remember this libs, either side has the right to appeal the state supreme court to the Feds. It’s just a longer process for us to win, but as long as Walker and the Republican senators remain committed to establishing a fair system for the people of Wisconsin there is no way we can loose. None of the challenges have a leg to stand on other than the rules not being applied uniformly with police and fire being excluded from losing their collective bargaining rights. Putting in cyclops is nothing more than a stopgap and temporary irritation.
And this: You should have won by a huge margin, anyone who loses 8% of their pay is going to be highly motivated to vote, plus it was a spring election and this was the jubilee for hippies and old guard communers in Wisconsin . Any controversial subject will motivate the people not in power much more than ones in. I’d guess that Wisconsin is red for quite awhile, especially the next presidential election where casual polling and overheard conversations indicate a disbelief that they ever voted for the clown in chief .
And when we get a little smarter we are going to start coming after you where you are extremely vulnerable, the narrative. Yes Lenin you still control the telegraph but the truth is that you are the racists, starting with that creep you elected president, that you are hate filled petulant, foot stamping, unhappy children of the Corn, you hate the middle class and are the single most destructive element that the poor and middle class have faced in a long while. We will change the narrative and the propaganda because to paraphrase Truman, Americans can always tell a phony. No matter how many times you repeat your lies, no matter how ubiquitous your propaganda we will counter it. Time to move to Europe where you can still bullshit everyone and you can live out your dream of being an oppressed class, as horrible as the Jews were treated by the Germans, when Islum becomes dominant and rounds up the Kaffir (English translation is N word).
What can anyone say about a group of people who have recently turned whole nations into being as vulnerable as the WWII Jews because they have some phony idea that it is noble to suffer and can’t sort it out intellectually like a normal person? Great, your master plan is to make all of us the “new” Jews.
NeoKong commented:
Hey Kloppenburg…go haunt a house somewhere.
american patriot commented:
Did everyone notice the grace with which the GOP, Walker and of course Prosser carried themselves in the face of apparent defeat. They accepted the voice of the people.
The left, vicious as ever, never knew the meaning of grace. And they are forever so arrogant that they would never even consider accepting His Eternal Grace. Yet it’s offered to them.
commonman commented:
She jump the gun big time.
TorchesToRome commented:
My opinion is that this clerical error actually may have saved Prosser by hiding the true vote total from the Democrats so they didn’t know the actual number of votes they had to fake to make sure Kloppy was the winner. They actually low-balled the number of fraudulent votes it would take to put her over the top and then BAM! 7000 Prosser votes out of nowhere! I’m not sure Dane County can manufacture that many votes at this late hour. This may be the most brilliant, diabolical strategy for defeating democrat cheating in Wisconsin of all time!
Dave-O commented:
Kloppenburg – her other car is a broom.
gastorgrab commented:
Next step: Finish off the Fleabagger recall!
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Neoavatara commented:
What complete and utter incompetence from the Left.
If there was any election they should have won, this was it. Do we really believe they could win a recall election, if Conservatives pay attention? I don’t think so.
http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=12838
The Watcher commented:
Reminds me a bit of this picture: http://tinyurl.com/yfx2vq7
RickS commented:
I suggest we hold our fire until this thing is completely settled. The Democrats will not be deterred by 7000 votes. I’m sure they are scheming at this moment trying to figure out how to come up with 7001 fake votes for Kloppy. Stealing elections is what Democrats do for a living.
tarpon commented:
ROFLMAO …
We need to get on the fleabagger recall.
Fenway_Nation commented:
Aww….turns out I somehow wound up an SEIU mailing list (seriously- I’m still trying to figure that one out. Does the SEIU strike you as the kind of people ANYBODY would want to hear from!?)……They have been sending me infrequent e-mails vis a vis Arizona’s SB1070, the mid-terms or Gov Walker……
But alas, no proclimation of victory from the SEIU. Damn…
Still, I can laugh anyway….BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
patman commented:
#10. You are so correct.
Use this wave to push hard for the fleabagger recall drives!!!
When an enemy is wounded don’t stop marching forward!!! Retreating troops are demoralized and disorganized.
jeremiah commented:
I agree American Patriot. Walker has not only been gracious through out the Prosser loss but has been extremely well thought, reasonable and well spoken since being elected. Generous with his patience. A true leader who is concerned about the people of Wisconsin.
I could hardly stand the dem operatives after the election. Not too dignified.
We got a real lightweight with Abele replacing Walker’s position.
StevefromMKE commented:
Hey, for anyone who thinks Conservatives are dusting their hands and walking away after last November’s election thinking job done…Waukesha county and the rest of red Wisconsin says “You’re welcome”.
DaMav commented:
Oh Happy Day! Thank you Wisconsin!
Jeff commented:
How big is the margin???
FU*K OBAMA commented:
Imam Obama is not going to be happy over this. The Imam will declare a fatwa on Wisconsin and cut off all TARP money.
Chisum commented:
Ace has a Flaming Skull in PUDDING!
Hahahaha!
http://minx.cc/?post=314467
Freddy commented:
And do not forget – Sarah Palin endorsed Prosser at the last minute! Score one more for her too!
(I just had to get that in!)
StrangernFiction commented:
Tell me what a Constitutional Republic looks like. This is what a Constitutional Republic looks like.
Ginger commented:
God works in strange and mysterious ways. Thank You Lord!
Now shove it you disbelievers who bashed us for praying for a win for Judge Prosser.
donh commented:
I agree with #9…I think this was an intentional strategy of republicans. Dems always slow count their most corrupted citidel urban strong holds waiting for all the numbers to come in from the smaller rural communities. Then they know the number of ballots they need to forge . Cheating is risky work so dems only forge the minimum number of votes needed to win plus a couple hundred more for good measure. They are also too cheap to rent a high speed copying machine that can print out a 10,000 vote paper ballot lead in less than 2 hours notice.
Stix commented:
Respectful. How about the ad where the Unions lied about Prosser and the person that the video was about denounced the ad
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2011/04/01/kloppenberg-refuses-remove-offensive-ad-wisconsin-state-supreme-court-race/
Dems have no shame
ahem commented:
Look, if the Left does lose this one, be alert for ever more violence. This tantrum isn’t over by a long shot.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Cue the violence.
Ginger commented:
I think a lot of votes in favor of the witch should be investigated.
Can the citizens of Madison County sue the union over the damage of the Capital? I really do hops so!
Dave-O commented:
Prosser should immediately declare victory and ask Kloppenburg to gracefully concede so the state can, you know, move on. Prosser should specifically state that he is grateful for the broad and deep base of support from around the state and remark on how “gratifying” it was.
Mark commented:
Haul the politburo out to the dumpster.
StrangernFiction commented:
Imam Obama is not going to be happy over this. The Imam
will declare a fatwa on Wisconsin and cut off all TARP money.is even more likely to suspend our troops pay now.Bill Mitchell commented:
Yep, even Nate Silver is saying this makes sense. Before these new votes were entered, that county’s turnout was about 1.5% below typical. The good news is that there is a clear paper trail on this and it’s all pretty obvious.
Now lets see the dems find 7500 vote all for Kloppy in a car trunk.
P.S., I think the Reps did this ON PURPOSE so the cheating dems would think they only needed one amount of votes when they really needed far more. If so, brilliant and well done.
Mark1957 commented:
There is still one more hurdle to go folks, the Secretary of State is a liberal and he has to certify the vote count before is a winner. This is the same SoS that delayed publishing the new bill making it a law until a court challenge could be mounted. I pray the Prosser is re-elected but i’m still keeping my fingers crossed until all the dust stettles.
“I believe my most important job is being there when you need help.” **
- Doug La Follette, Secretary of State
**Only if you wear a union label.
PS…. This was first set up by George Soros, he came up with the “SoS Project” after Bush won the 2000 election.
StrangernFiction commented:
Look on the bright side libtards, if anybody can find votes Cruella De….err Kloppenburg can.
Practical Jane commented:
Get used to this tactic. The left will continue to try a double challenge at every step. Vote, Re-Vote, Recount, Recall, Demonstrate, etc. It’s the new Democrat Way. They hope to wear us down. Be ready. Stand firm. Don’t tire. And don’t let them succeed.
As for WI – Good for The People!!
JDStone commented:
If the lefties can’t cheat or lie their way out of this election somehow there is going to be a hot old time in Madison tonight.They will reduce it to an ashtray BWAAAAHHHAAAA!!!
donh commented:
Prosser is the incumbent sitting judge. He should be able to continue his case work no matter what delays and stumbling blocks the partisian SOS puts in the way of declaring an official winner.
Mueller commented:
“#858 April 6, 2011 at 3:52 pm
VeteranDemocrat commented:
Congratulations Joanne Kloppenburg and the people of Wisconsin. Hard work and belief in what is right paid off! Let those that support the immoral way of the republicans say and believe what they will. In the end good will prevail over evil. The republicants will be spewing hate and lies after the 2012 elections too……let them do it.
Jesus was a liberal!
God Bless America!”
Schadenfreud
Tastes like VeteranDemocrats big salty tears of despair.
Sickofobama commented:
Best news of the year!
The Democrats and George Soros couldn’t even cheat their way out of this one like they always do.
Kiss it union thugs!
a former democrat commented:
Just turned on my computer and saw the news.
WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Fightinggranny commented:
Congratulations to the GOOD PEOPLE of WI. You WON, and WE WON! May Judge Prosser continue in his Constitutional manner.
Dalej commented:
Thank-God!!!
Joe College commented:
Reform:
1) Back to paper ballots
2) Very very stringent rules on absentee.
3) Repeal the Twenty-sixth Amendment, return the voting age to 21.
Joe College commented:
And don’t think the left is out of this race. They’ll have their lawyers find a way to Franken it yet.
Barbara commented:
I used to live in Madison, years ago. that woman reminds me how much i don’t miss Madison.
and why I like to avoid Evanston, IL.
decentAmerican commented:
Thrilled that the good and smart people of Wisc have spoken! Congrats Wisc on your sanity.
But this kinda makes me worry…..since Prosser won in this very partisan race, do you suppose he will suddenly be afraid to vote FOR Walker’s bill, so that he doesn’t appear partisan, and now will lean against it in order to appear objective? Somehow crazy things like this can backfire.
Just be cautious. The lefty wingnuts have other things up their sleeve, those corrupt POSs
Rachelle commented:
Thank God!
gman commented:
lolololololol. that’s all I can say
Hardrada commented:
Prepare for riots, the leftists will not go quietly into that goodnight.
BuddyG commented:
In Your Face
Chisum commented:
Ahahahahahahahaha!!
Video: The greatest press conference of all time
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/07/video-the-greatest-press-conference-of-all-time/
LibertyAtStake commented:
Simply delusional. “…we ran a campaign that was focused on being positive and respectful…”? “…I will be independent and impartial…”? AYFKM? The Leftist hack is so much more respectable when honest … “Winning!”
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
“Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
WannabeAnglican commented:
I will not gloat. I will not gloat. . . .
jainphx commented:
The Republicans, it seems, have finally figured out the play book of the left. I love this. Years and years we allowed the left precincts to count and report last. Well this was just great. I wonder who’s idea it was, should be proclaimed a hero.
squeaky commented:
http://welovebrockport.blogspot.com/2010/09/too-dumb-to-know-it-fatal-flaw-of.html
Ginger commented:
Unions please do tell us how many fraudlent votes that you put into the ballots so we can get the true totals!
While you are at it how much in union dues money did you waste?
Dave-O commented:
Ginger #62 – there is a published report out saying that in Dane County (home of radical left Madison) – there were approximately 10,000 ballots cast that ONLY contained one vote (namely, for the Supreme Court race) –
these ballots were left “blank” and unmarked as to the hotly-contested mayor’s race and the hotly-contested city council races –
frankly, this smells (Badly) of fraud.
jimboster commented:
What’s wrong with Evanston, Il?
tommy mc donnell commented:
i wouldn’t do any celebrating yet. democrats will just keep filling out ballots for all those phoney voters that they have registered over the years at the motor vechicle offices and over the phone, etc. why do you think they registered them.
jeremiah commented:
Give a link Dave. Don’t believe it and no one else does either.
gman commented:
To Kloppenburg I say…..good day sir!
FGT commented:
In a speech tonight Obama said “time for Prosser to go”, declares a no fly zone in Wisconsin and launches a cruse missile attack on Republican strongholds.
The president also said he expects to transfer leadership of the operation “in a matter of days,” not weeks, to other axis partners…..um….allies such as Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea.
He said democrats and its axis….er….allies are only launching strikes and enforcing a no-fly zone to protect the Wisconsin people from Prosser and “stop any potential atrocities like extreme budget cuts.”
Still, experts said tonight that Prosser could ultimately remain in power.
Jerome commented:
BWWAAAAAAAhahahahaha! You stupid, fro-headed, Big-Bird-looking, leftist-sucking, union tool of a partisan Democrat hack. I am LMAO.
Cubz_Fan commented:
All over Wisconson, Lefties are running warm baths and opening their veins…
g commented:
““We owe Justice Prosser our gratitude for his more than 30 years of public service. ”
Good news, Ms. Kloppenburg! You get to continue paying gratitude!
Dana commented:
It’s great to see the power of the people prevail. But this needs to happen on a national scale.
Think about this. Almost half of the population pays no federal taxes. We foot the bill for these folks, but they have an equal say in how our money is spent. There is simply NO WAY to spin that into something that makes sense, or is fair, or is line with the principles this country was founded upon. Imagine someone living in your house rent-free. Would that person have the same say as you in what the rules are for your home? Would that person have equal say in what renovations to make or what furniture you should buy? Of course not! We must restrict voting rights to taxpayers, land owners, and those serving in the military (and of course the obvious exceptions such as retired and disabled folks).
We must also end all forms of lobbying and any other practices that result in purchased votes. We have to eliminate unelected positions of power (czars), executive orders, and any other methods of circumventing the will of the people. We probably need to publicly fund campaigns too, since there seems to be no way to eliminate votes purchased through campaign donations.
My point is this: The only way to get this country back on track is to return the power to the people (those that have a vested interest in the country’s wellbeing!), as intended by our founding fathers. It has to become a priority to all taxpayers to reclaim their power in this county. Otherwise, we are screwed.
Doug Piranha commented:
And tonight, deep in the bowels of the Dane County Courthouse, union operatives are furiously forging thousands of ballots that will be found sometime this weekend.
School Boy commented:
This is a great strategy to keep in mind for 2012. In Nevada if all counties waited on Clark county to report, Reid probably would’ve lost.
Don’t worry folks, I bet this victory sticks.
Dave-O commented:
#66 Jeremiah -
here you go:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/apr/7/accusations-voter-fraud-abound-wisconsin/
ExExZonie commented:
I can’t believe people voted for this airhead! OMG what is wrong in Wisconsin!!
BH commented:
Thank you Wisconsin conservatives and freedom loving thinkers. This news is just TOO good!!!
ExExZonie commented:
She just kept repeating, I won because I have more votes right now! So I won, and that means I win the election, because those are the results we have! So I’m claiming victory, and I’m going to stay in the lead and win because I’m positive. Why don’t you understand???
JDStone commented:
#73 Doug
Correctomundo the unions are not going to lay down and die after this there will be challenges to this well into the summer i predict.I*f you live in Madison better batten down the hatches this weekend it is going to get ugly.We aint seen nothing yet
jimg commented:
Saunter on over to HuffPo if watching liberal heads explode is your thing.
They’re going apeshiite.
Militant Conservative commented:
#78 April 7, 2011 at 8:52 pm
ExExZonie commented:
Works for your boy in the WH. I won. Well guess what, America won today.
That does not include unions. They are a parasitic organism that is getting ready to take it in the shorts. dollar is going to crash and pensions and such from the gubment is going away.
Me, I/m buying gold and silver along with full metal jacketed lead in a brass case.
Mighty poor rat that has only one hole to run too.
powder is dry
Just Chillin commented:
TorchesToRome commented:
My opinion is that this clerical error actually may have saved Prosser by hiding the true vote total from the Democrats so they didn’t know the actual number of votes they had to fake to make sure Kloppy was the winner….
I think you are right Torches…I was thinking that all along when this announcement came out.
concreteblack commented:
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FREE (insert your fav desert here) to EVERYONE!!!!! I am (visually) paying!!! Enjoy slowly while reading that thread: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/06/964040/-Lets-get-our-messaging-straight:KLOPPENBURG-WINS
It was a good day…
Tom63010 commented:
If you wanted a living example of a liberal woman here she is! Why do liberals talk like they are speaking to a group of kindergartners? Can’t you just envision this woman looking over at her PBS co-anchor saying “good times” like in the SNL skit?
Dave-O commented:
Just Chillin #82 – I agree. The Dems will spin this as a diabolical plot – yes, indeed, positively “Rovian” in its sheer brilliance. The real coup was putting that “plant” in as the Democrat vice Chairman of that particular county and having her serve on the committee that oversaw the recount in that county. That particular operative took years of undercover work to have her in place at the right time and place – clearly Karl Rove was active years earlier in this case. Or maybe it was the Koch brothers who installed this operative in deep cover in the Democratic party apparatus. Whatever. It is clearly a Republican plot to have this election stolen from the hard-working goonion members who worked – well, sorta hard, anyway, to steal this election first. It’s just not fair. Watch the libtard heads explode over the next few weeks (months?) as they articulate these various libtard theories as to how Karl Rove and/or the Koch brothers orchestrated the heist of the Wisconsin electorate.
jeremiah commented:
My apologies David-O, thought you meant to infer that there is a rumor that 10,000 ballots were still out single marked for Klop “driving” around and about to be “discovered”.
Did you see the Dem’s reaction to the 8000 found ballots Tuesday night in Milwaukee? It was like they all, already knew they would be found. Having called voters for Prosser and Stone it was a sinking feeling after watching the third dem repeat similar talking points as two others that were interviewed shortly after the found ballots.
This probably explains the high ratio 10:1 some claim for Madison and Dane County. A poster pointed out that Prosser would have won by six points without their inclusion.
Way to do what’s necessary Wauk GOP and outsmart them!
Wbm commented:
SURVEY SEZ:……
NAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for playing the feud……………NOW SIT YOU *** DOWN AND SHUT UP!!!!!!!
David Kramer commented:
Being a Wisconsinite, I am carrying around a bag of salt with me EVERYWHERE I go.
To pour on the wound silly! LOL!
SNAP!
BobInFL commented:
Dana — a little off topic, but you said “We must also end all forms of lobbying…”
So, I’m no longer going to be allowed to call my Congressman (or his staff intern stuck with answering the phones)? You HAVE read the first amendment, right? that bit about “to petition the government for redress of grievances”?
That’s lobbying.
The problem isn’t the lobbying, its the character of the people BEING lobbied. Elect people with integrity — and don’t let them marinate in the cesspool of D.C. too long before replacing them with new blood. Rinse and Repeat.
Paul commented:
Geez, the light bulb in my garage is brighter than this women. I feel for Wisconsin if their judges are similar to her.
Mad Hatter commented:
The conspiratorial progressives in Wisconsin are going to start losing it. I’m sure we’ll hear everything from CIA involvement, to the Koch Brothers, to the hidden man in the grassy knoll.
Mad Hatter commented:
#70, too freakin’ funny!! As a life long Cardinals fan, if we ever meet, I’ll give you a cold six pack for that one.
Much earned!
Raptor Red commented:
A couple of things, I agree that the missing votes prevented acurrate election night cheating by Dems. The circumstantial evidence is how like a broken record Klop keeps saying the votes were there, and she won even when a reporter questions how she is so sure that the count is reliable when the margin is so small. Pre-scripted and totally assured that the Dems cheated the correct number to give her the win.
It’s like the jokes go:
Q: What do Dems call an election loss followed by a recount?
A: A victory lap!
and
Q: What do Dems call an abandoned car with a large trunk?
A: A missing precinct!
Jeremy Cannone commented:
I hope this was orchestrated by the republicans by holding back those final votes till the last moment, just in case the libtards tried to do any “more” voter and election fraud. Because, it worked out perfectly! Take a page right from the libtards playbook! I LOVE IT!!! Get ready for the vicious backlash from the “All about peace, peaceful” democrats… ::rolls eyes::
daveinboca commented:
Kleptoburg showed a remarkable lack of judicial temperament in the mindless response to the very reasonable query when she replied: “WE DID WIN…”
The stupid lying skank bitch was wrong and now has to eat her words. Still the crime-spree libtard left maintains that somehow fraud had to be involved. Yeah, I agree. The 10,000 ballots in Dane County that were only marked for the Supreme Court candidate and left all other primary election choices blank. And funny enough, they were all marked for Kleptoburg…!
[BTW, this was the same way Kerry won WI's electoral votes in 2004 and the GOP didn't contest it because the 5000-vote margin didn't matter in a national election that GWB won handily. If Ohio had turned into a huge deal with the 60K-plus margin, the GOP would have come right back and made WI's obvious theft by the Dems an issue.]
Andreas K. commented:
About two days ago I watched a replay of a Starcraft 2 game. One of the players was trying to cheese (aka play disruptive) by getting some production buildings up close to the other player. His cheese seemed to work in the beginning.
Somewhere in the first push, when the cheese player was actually on the winning track, he suddenly dropped a “gg” in chat. “GG”, for those who don’t know, means “good game” and is sign of courtesy at the end of a game. So the cheeser was thinking he had the game in his pocket.
His opponent, however, was pretty good. When the cheeser tried to go after his economy (working drones) he managed to bottleneck the guy. First push failed. Then the cheeser tried a second push, exactly the same way (bad move, when your cheese fails, you stop with it.) That, of course, failed as well and the cheeser… ragequit.
That’s essentially what happened here, too.
Kloppenburg got clobbered.
Dana commented:
Bob (#93), what I’m talking about is how the will of the people has been trumped by special interests that purchase the legislation they want. The litmus test for the types of practices that MUST end (in order to return the power to the people) is whether the practice results in purchased votes. You calling your congressman to voice your concerns doesn’t meet that criteria. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Your example is of our nation functioning as intended, with citizens being represented by their elected officials. The practices I’m referring to result in the hijacking of your vote for a price. See here: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50081.html
Just to be clear, eliminating purchased votes is only part of what needs to happen to return the power to the people as our Constitution intends. It’s an absolutely necessary part but that in itself won’t do it. We also need to take the other steps noted in post #73.
Dana commented:
Sorry, meant to link this article. http://www.cnbc.com/id/32035486/Bailed_Out_Banks_Spending_Big_on_Lobbyists
STL Hawkeye commented:
Wow, when I’m done here I’m going to Wikipedia to see this babe’s educational background. She can’t be that dumb can she?????????
apetra commented:
It’s Mars Attacks, and Tom Jones just picked up a microphone.
watcher commented:
#37. Doug La Follette has been SOS here like forever. He gets elected due to his ancester: “Fighting” Bob LaFollette.
RebeccaH commented:
Wow. That woman powerfully reminds me of Nancy Pelosi.
Dana commented:
Bob, here’s an example from today of purchased legislation (re: posts #72, 93, and 103).
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/08/doj-rushes-to-approve-googles-ita-purchase-before-shutdown/
J commented:
According to liberal statistician Nate Silver, Vote-Counting Error In Wisconsin Points to Incompetence, Not Conspiracy
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/vote-counting-error-in-wisconsin-points-to-incompetence-not-conspiracy/
So the drones who are parroting the Collective’s conspiracy theories appear to be wearing tin foil hats.
standwithisrael commented:
I checked out that Kos link listed above. The thing was, the entire article was about smashing their “win” into our faces. The writer insisted that this wasn’t just a win, that it was a humiliation, and not just for Prosser, but for all the Republican legislators AND for Walker! it showed that the people of Wisconsin DID back the unions, and that the whole conservative, Tea Party movement was a short-run fad and meant nothing, etc. etc.
He insisted upon rubbing the noses of all the “losers” (according to HIS facts) into the poop they had just dropped. It’s like he couldn’t be nice, he couldn’t be neutral, he couldn’t even preen lightly, “We won.” He had to crow loudly and destroy.
Go read it. If anyone ever deserved to eat crow, it’s that guy “Wilbr” (sic). You can’t help but be happy when somebody like that Gets His Comeuppance.
That’s why the whole Dem party is losing the sympathy of the pubic in general. They’re unable to keep from being jerks. All those people who supposedly spend their lives helping the “opressed” write posts full of slurs on a regular basis — everybody’s a “bagger,” “winger,” “redneck,” “fundie,” “hillbilly,” “ignorant,” “stupid,” “theocrat,” “warmonger,” “warcriminal,” “neocon,” “homophobe,” “racist,” “sexist,” “old,” “on their way out,” “about to become extinct,” “going the way of the whig, “haters,” …have I forgotten any?
Anyway, with people like that, you can’t help but be happy to see this happen.
Bill Johnson commented:
Better put some ice on that, Kloppie….
Raptor Red commented:
Compare Klop’s reaction with a 200 vote lead to Prosser’s with a 7500 vote lead. If Dems can’t steal this election somehow then Wisconsin just dodge a bullet, and I am speaking figuratively, I know it is confusing with the Dem thugs’ propensity for violence.
V.I. Ulyanov commented:
Strange. I watch left-leaning and left wing TV “news” channels, read left wing blogs and news articles. This should have been B I G but nary a word have I seen or heard about this Progresive/union loss. What gives? Is this some kind of late April Fool’s joke?
Terry Ott commented:
No surprise that Kloppy was so confident her margin would have held up in a recount. The Democrats never lose those things, do they?
Belichick uses his hidden cameras to cheat against opponents, and the Democrats always have a stash of ballots somewhere — “Oh look, over there, behind the soft drink machine … there must be HUNDREDS of uncounted ballots. How did THAT happen again? And to think we assumed all the votes were counted after that local voting official found she’d accidentally put those ballots in her car’s trunk in the bag with the Twinkies. Amazing … but keep looking, guys.”
Wbm commented:
This reminds me of a battle that was fought June 4-6 1942 – Midway. The Japanese (Union goons) had more ships, planes and troops to invade Midway, But, the US (taxpayers) sent their ships a few days prior of the 4th and waited for them………Score: (Unions – 0, taxpayers – 1) The Japanese lost FOUR carriers, a cruiser, and the best pilots. The US lost one carrier and a destroyer. Neighbors and taxpayers, time to Island hop these bastards out of here………
Mike Kaye commented:
Waukesha County – 1
Dane County – 0
Dani commented:
I keep this page open and play Kloppenburg’s press conference several times a day. It brings me great joy. No matter how bad things get, I’ll always have this moment to cheer me up.