Prayers Needed For Sen. Byrd

[Kramer]

Former KKK Gran Wizard, (D) Sen. Byrd is in hospital dying. Him and Ted Kennedy will soon be back together as a team.

[Kramer]

Pray for him to live. The longer he is in the hospital and unable to make it on to the Senate floor the better it is for all of America.

[R.R.]

My prayers are with his family. That said, it's time for a conservative Republican to take this seat.

[Xavier_Onassis]

West Virginia is not about to elect a "conservative" (ie ratbag reactionary) conservative. Said types are the ones who constantly protect mining conglomerates and stripminers that cause fatalities in the mines and the poisoning of the environment.

Dream on.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Rest In Peace Senator Bryd.

[Kramer]

Rest In Peace Senator Bryd.

Amen, him and Teddy are together now, maybe doing a circle jerk.

[Kramer]

West Virginia is not about to elect a "conservative" (ie ratbag reactionary) conservative. Said types are the ones who constantly protect mining conglomerates and stripminers that cause fatalities in the mines and the poisoning of the environment.

Dream on.

the dem gov will appoint a replacement to fill the spot until the election, after Nov.

[R.R.]

West Virginia is not about to elect a "conservative" (ie ratbag reactionary) conservative.

Bush/Cheney carried West Virginia twice. And McCain/Palin carried it in '08.

[sirs]

Sounds like the Democrat stand in will be short lived.  Sorry, Xo

[Xavier_Onassis]

You will be the sorry one. WV hasn't elected a Republican to the Senate for a really long time.
Watch them not elect one in 2008.

And if they do, they will be the sorry ones. Byrd was popular almost entirely because, thanks to his seniority, he brought millions to the state. No Republican could ever get the seniority, and anyone that runs about WV blathering about the menace of "big government" has not a prayer.

[sirs]

Yea, that really didn't work well in the Dem Bastion of Mass now did it.  GOP didn't have a prayer of electing a republican Senator in good'ol Kennedy's seat, all the years he'd been there.  What makes them think they could do so in Byrd's seat.  The nerve of such a thought process

[R.R.]

Dipshit XO wrote: West Virginia is not about to elect a "conservative" (ie ratbag reactionary) conservative. Said types are the ones who constantly protect mining conglomerates and stripminers that cause fatalities in the mines and the poisoning of the environment.

Dream on.

You will be the sorry one. WV hasn't elected a Republican to the Senate for a really long time.

Watch them not elect one in 2010.

Anyone that runs about WV blathering about the menace of "big government" has not a prayer.

The conservative is currently leading this race by 7 to 8 points. What does that currently make XO? 0 for 10000000?

[Kramer]

XO pops off alot about stuff he thinks he's an expert on. I guess he would take this as a compliment but him and Obama seem so similar they could be twins.

[Plane]

The GOP was dealt an embarrassment today with the revelation the National Republican Senatorial Committee solicited actors with a "'hicky' blue collar look" to appear in a West Virginia campaign spot. While the ad was pulled, confusion over the request lingered on Twitter.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Top-Tweets-Hicky-Look-Edition-5322/



“We are going for a ‘Hicky’ Blue Collar look. These characters are from West Virginia so think coal miner/trucker looks... Clothing Suggestions” included jeans, work boots, flannel shirt, denim shirt, “Dickie’s type jacket with t-shirt underneath,” down-filled vest, “John Deer [sic] hats (not brand new, preferably beat up),” “trucker hats (not brand new, preferably beat up),” - the casting call for the now infamous GOP ad that aired briefly in West Virginia.

Why not the more economical: someone who looks like he's clinging to his guns and religion?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/10/how-the-gop-sees-west-virginians.html

7.45am: More facts: when the National Republican Senatorial Committee wants to shoot an ad for West Virginia, it goes to subcontractors who put out a casting call for actors that says they are "going for a 'Hicky' Blue Collar look ... These characters are from West Virginia."Now I know, they do look a lot like actors. I don't know if I will ever trust a political ad again. Damn you, National Republican Senatorial Committee's subcontractors.

Update: the NRSC has yanked the ad as a result. Shame.

(This one includes a you-tube of the ad)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/oct/07/us-midterm-elections-2010-live-blog

Candidates rarely want to draw attention to the commercials made on behalf of their opponents. But this year’s West Virginia Senate race is an exception.

Joe Manchin, the state’s Democratic governor and candidate for Senate, has condemned an ad made to benefit his Republican opponent, businessman John Raese, in which the production company said it was looking for “hicky” actors to portray real West Virginia voters.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/manchin-releases-hicky-ad-of-his-own/?partner=rss&emc=rss

[BT]

What the NRSC vendor asked for:

The casting language did not come from the NRSC. An NRSC vendor told the talent agency, in an e-mail provided to POLITICO: "So here?s what we need for casting ... 2 featured characters that will be talking to each other at a diner, conversation back and forth. ... One male- Age about 55.- Looking for someone to represent the middle of the country? Ohio, Pittsburgh, West Virginia area- Middle class ... One male- Age about 45- Middle class- Again, should represent the Ohio, Pittsburgh, West Virginia area of the country."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43254.html#ixzz11xcP8UTL