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What was going on in 2006 that causes Dems to take back the House and Senate?
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:27 PM Author: Appetizing national water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467383) |
Date: July 20th, 2018 5:28 PM Author: racy buck-toothed crackhouse first thing he tried to do after re-election was rush through a surprise bill to privatize Social Security, out of nowhere. it was really sleazy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467395) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:32 PM Author: Appetizing national water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467445) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:14 PM Author: Canary double fault pit karl rove had bush do a series of "town halls" pushing his social security plan, but they got derailed because reporters kept asking about iraq. and then the GOP congress refused to vote on any specific proposals due to terror over the 2006 mid-terms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468336) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: Violent free-loading circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468338) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:32 PM Author: Fear-inspiring brethren I feel like there was some extremely unpopular war going on, but I may ne mistaken. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467444) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:34 PM Author: Appetizing national water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467452) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:35 PM Author: Canary double fault pit kerry and edwards both voted FOR the war, which is part of what led to kerry's infamous "for it before i was against it" gaffe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467469) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:35 PM Author: Fear-inspiring brethren Wrong.
Iraq invasion was 2003. It took about over year for most people to turn against it. Kids didnt start coming home in body bags from IED blasts in large numbers until 2005 and beyond. |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM Author: hyperventilating vermilion scourge upon the earth Bush was still looking for WMDs in 2004, the search didn't end until 2005. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467536) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:48 PM Author: Sapphire fiercely-loyal affirmative action nowag Believe it or not, wars can change in popularity over time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467546) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:49 PM Author: hyperventilating vermilion scourge upon the earth Bush only won 2004 due to post-9/11 paranoia, he played with the terror alert system, etc. to stoke up fears.
When people realized that 9/11 style terror attacks were no longer imminent they started focusing on the other issues. |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:55 PM Author: Canary double fault pit i remember the bin laden/al-qaeda "endorsing" kerry thing, and libs going berserk. also, the campaign by UK newspaper the guardian to have europeans write to voters in ohio about why bush was evil. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467586) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:37 PM Author: bistre degenerate by 2006, everyone knew the CIA brass lied about WMDs in Iraq at the direction of Cheney (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467482) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:39 PM Author: very tactful silver friendly grandma Iraq Torture Katrina SS Tax Cuts Medicare Part-D No Child Left Behind
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:40 PM Author: hyperventilating vermilion scourge upon the earth You forgot immigration, Bush also tried to push-through an immigration bill. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467497) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM Author: Canary double fault pit there were also individual races where a GOP fuckup tipped the balance, like george allen/macaca, or montana senator conrad burns being linked to the online poker ban and losing enough votes to the libertarian candidate to let tester slip through. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467541) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:42 PM Author: racy buck-toothed crackhouse you see this weird 'delayed reaction' effect in elections all the time.
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:46 PM Author: Costumed Ungodly National Security Agency Macaca Mark Foley scandal was pretty huge (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467529) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM Author: sexy contagious home gay wizard I mostly remember a combination of war and republicans kinda shitting the bed a lot (not unlike right now) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467538) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: Violent free-loading circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468340) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: Motley senate pozpig What other posters said - Iraq, Social Security privatization, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans just mindlessly repeating "War on Terror."
The national vibe for Republicans was MUCH worse back then. You could feel the Blue wave in the air. This doesn't feel the same yet |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: Violent free-loading circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468342) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: glittery milk juggernaut they had a war (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467572) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 6:07 PM Author: Fear-inspiring brethren OP is JJC concern trolling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467646) |