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Wed Nov 6, 2013, 02:15 AM Nov 2013

Watch the flop sweat: Tea Party News Network spinning VA Gov. as a "victory" [View all]

I link to this wretched hive of scum and villainy only to have you join me in mocking it:

http://www.tpnn.com/virginia-governor-race-a-huge-victory-for-the-tea-party/

The Virginia gubernatorial race was a huge victory for the Tea Party movement. Wait a minute! Democrat McAuliffe “won,” you say. How could this be a victory for the Tea Party movement and a positive precursor for the 2014 mid-terms? Here’s how:

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The Virginia gubernatorial race should have been a landslide for democrats. They outspent by wide margins. They were so desperate that they had to cheat to win. They had to revert to sleazy tactics, unable to honorably win on the issues. Democrats recently had a gargantuan lead, and they lost it, largely because of Obamacare.

The GOP’s lack of support for this race sent a message that they would rather lose, than support a candidate who they deem as “too conservative,” i.e., someone who actually upholds their own party principles. Watch for the blame game to start. The RINO establishment will blame the Tea Party. The Democrat Communist Progressives will blame the Tea Party. The reality is that despite the Democrat’s cheating and the complete lack of RINO support, the Tea Party still made this an extremely close race, with Cuccinelli losing by only three percent.


Blah blah, the Libertarian was a plant, ACORN, McAulliffe should have won by a lot more, etc. Man, if all the post-mortems are like this, it's going to be a fun few days...
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