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1. #529961
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:43 pm, DenizenZERO said:

   This entire night would almost be worth it if Murtha goes down.

2. #529973
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:46 pm, the_moll said:

   You said it, DenizenZERO.

3. #529974
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:46 pm, hawkeye54 said:

   This entire night would almost be worth it if Murtha goes down.

   Murtha will win. PA Dems vote twice and BRAG about it!

4. #529992
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:48 pm, formerwm said:

   How can the call NM when the polls were still open?

5. #529995
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:49 pm, d1carter said:

   I have been watching this race, it doesn’t look good for the home team.

6. #530004
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm, formerwm said:

   FOX News talks as if it is all over.

7. #530006
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm, William Amos said:

   34% rporting

   MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
   24,830 52.8%
   RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
   22,201 47.2%

8. #530010
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, MtsEdge said:

   It would be a great travesty if that traitor Murtha stays in office. Brought to you by the same people who are voting for Obama to take their jobs away.

9. #530012
   On November 4th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, William Amos said:

   KANJORSKI, PAUL E. (DEM)
   51,831 51.1%
   BARLETTA, LOU (REP)
   49,657 48.9%

10. #530025
    On November 4th, 2008 at 9:53 pm, William Amos said:

    34.3%

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    25,555 52.7%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    22,979 47.3%

11. #530032
    On November 4th, 2008 at 9:55 pm, William Amos said:

    Wa hoo !

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    26,676 52.3%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    24,308 47.7%

12. #530035
    On November 4th, 2008 at 9:56 pm, galileo said:

    I guess when given the offer of “free” money, most people will take the money.

13. #530041
    On November 4th, 2008 at 9:57 pm, dan708 said:

    So the heroic Lou Barletta is trailing and John Moutha is ahead? God help us if things stay that way. I would be terribly ashamed of my fellow Keystone-Staters! If the Phillies hadn’t won the WS, I might be looking for a bridge to leap from!

14. #530056
    On November 4th, 2008 at 9:59 pm, William Amos said:

    Its closer than you think most of the votes that have come in are from strong democratic areas like Johnston and Washington PA

    The outer districts are coming in slower

15. #530060
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm, William Amos said:

    ROGGIO, BOB (DEM)
    13,011 49.5%
    GERLACH, JIM (REP)
    13,249 50.5%

16. #530066
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:01 pm, William Amos said:

    sigh

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    33,834 53.6%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    29,241 46.4

17. #530077
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, Misscheryl said:

    absolutely unfreakin believable.

18. #530083
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:06 pm, William Amos said:

    The GOP has absolutely no clue on how to win elections. They stink right now.

    I wish Peggy had taken me up on my offer to help Russell win. I know how to beat the democratic machine

19. #530087
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, see-dubya said:

    Hey, look, when John Murtha makes a f’in deal, he wants to make sure he knows exactly what he’s doing and he can either do something for you or not do something for you. (Language warning!)

20. #530098
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:08 pm, William Amos said:

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    44,238 54.6%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    36,713 45.4%

21. #530112
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:11 pm, William Amos said:

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    58,596 54.5%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    48,872 45.5%

22. #530118
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, Send_Me said:

    Of course the exit polls early in the day point towards Obama: those of us who work for a living hadn’t gotten off work yet.

23. #530119
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, William Amos said:

    Please please someone in the RNC hire me ! 15 years I warned you this day would come and I got ignored

24. #530125
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:14 pm, William Amos said:

    sigh

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    61,156 54.8%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    50,431 45.2%

25. #530129
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:14 pm, DerKrieger said:

    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:06 pm, William Amos said:

    I’m more concerned that facts simply don’t seem to matter.

26. #530138
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:16 pm, William Amos said:

    Ugh

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    87,059 58.4%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    61,933 41.6%

27. #530139
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:17 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, William Amos said:

    Please please someone in the RNC hire me ! 15 years I warned you this day would come and I got ignored

    You and me both…they need some fresh new faces, don’t you think?

28. #530147
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pm, William Amos said:

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    91,249 58.3%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    65,233 41.7%

29. #530184
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:26 pm, William Amos said:

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    93,417 58.1%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    67,433 41.9

30. #530189
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:27 pm, thirteen28 said:

    If these guys return Murtha to congress, then they are every bit the stupid mouthbreathers he said they were.

    My God, where else could a candidate to brazenly insult his own constituents and still count on them to vote for him so readily?

31. #530192
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:28 pm, William Amos said:

    Its the pork stupid (meaning Murtha)

32. #530206
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:30 pm, formerwm said:

    Murtha just declared victory

33. #530210
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:31 pm, DenizenZERO said:

    Thirteen28,

    My God, where else could a candidate to brazenly insult his own constituents and still count on them to vote for him so readily?

    The Twilight Zone, man. The freaking Twilight Zone.

34. #530212
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:32 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    I lived in Pittsburgh for a lot of my life. The people, for the most part, are warm-hearted and devoted to a fault. Unfortunately, they also have an affinity for worthless politicians who openly express disdain and rebuke them.

35. #530222
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:34 pm, William Amos said:

    The GOP has NO CLUE on how to doGOTV or or party building.

    Russell wasted too many dollars on BMV which only exists to drain funds from GOP candidates and cost them elections.

    I tried to convince Peggy that mass mailing was a failure and it shows.

    The GOP must completely rebuild itself.

36. #530234
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:37 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Well we go back in two years and have at him again. Plannng for the next battle starts in the morning.

37. #530239
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:37 pm, William Amos said:

    THIS is the kind of stupidity that the GOP does

    When a Massachusetts Republican raises nearly $2 million in a bid to unseat a Democratic US senator, it should be a good sign that the campaign wars are in full throttle in this notoriously one-sided state.

    But Jeff Beatty, the GOP’s hope for unseating John F. Kerry, is struggling to register even a blip on the state’s electoral landscape. In fact, Kerry, a four-term senator with $5 million in his political account, is hardly breaking a sweat in the final days leading up to next Tuesday’s election.

    The reason for the deafening political silence: Beatty has been able to use only a fraction of his donations directly on his race.

    The rest, well over $1.7 million, has gone to Response America, a direct mail firm out of Arlington, Va., and its vendors.

    BMV that russell used is just as bad

38. #530244
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:38 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    I guess the people of his district don’t mind being called rednecks or racists.

39. #530247
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, William Amos said:

    BMW part of story

    The Globe reported in June that Charles A. Morse, a Brookline Republican, used a Washington, D.C.-based fund-raising operation, BMW Direct, to raise more than $700,000 in 2006 to run against US Representative Barney Frank. After he waged an unsuccessful write-in campaign to win the primary, Morse never appeared on the general election ballot.

40. #530249
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, thirteen28 said:

    Murtha just declared victory

    Sorry Western PA, but you people truly are idiots. You deserve all the shinola you will get with Obama as president and with Murtha (who is laughing at you) as your representative. Enjoy the pain, dumbasses.

41. #530254
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:40 pm, William Amos said:

    Some good news

    18th Congressional District

    Candidate Votes Percent
    O’DONNELL, STEVE (DEM)
    92,302 36.8%
    MURPHY, TIM (REP)
    158,541 63.2%

42. #530262
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:42 pm, Send_Me said:

    Oh well look, Dick Durbin won a 3rd term in Illinois. Gotta love it- there’s Chicago and East Saint Louis, then there’s the rest of the state. How I love fighting a war for this country, only to be compared to Nazi soldiers by my very own Senator. Thank you, my fellow Illinoisans. Sleep well this night. We, the ones on whom you appreciate not, my true American brothers and I, are covering down for you.

43. #530269
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:43 pm, William Amos said:

    MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
    118,358 57.7%
    RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
    86,933 42.3%

44. #530284
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, Patrick Britton said:

    Dear God my fellow Pennsylvanians need their heads examined. Looks like I need to move south.

45. #530315
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:49 pm, katieanne said:

    This doesn’t say much for the intelligence of the people of PA. They have chosen corruption over integrity.

46. #530318
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:50 pm, Mark La Roi said:

    Y’all have to remember that this is Pennsylvania, where we complain about how bad the government is and yet every chance we get we vote the same ideology back into power no matter what.

    No matter what.

    It won’t be a surprise if Mr.Obama wins Pennsylvania because all the way from bankrupt Pittsburgh to “heavy” governor Rendell and the casino plans we just keep beating our heads against the wall and hoping that the pain will go away when the bricks get softer.

47. #530324
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm, Patrick Britton said:

    People don’t change around here. The Democrats can come out and do whatever he wants because people are too stupid to vote otherwise. “I’m in a union so I guess I have to vote Democrat.” That’s the way people think and it’s quite despairing.

48. #530327
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:51 pm, CleanGuy said:

    Pathetic. Murtha stays, Franken get in… The world has truly gone mad…

49. #530331
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:52 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    The Evil party and the
    Stupid party…

    We either re-build the stupid party from the ground up or start a new one with excellent business-marketing minds….and –a good grasp of the true history of the founding of this country…..!!!!!!
    C-CS

50. #530336
    On November 4th, 2008 at 10:53 pm, thirteen28 said:

    This doesn’t say much for the intelligence of the people of PA. They have chosen corruption over integrity.

    Worse than that, they’ve chosen someone who has demonstrated true contempt for them.

    Hell, why shouldn’t the rest of us have contempt for them now.

    I hope these people suffer greatly when Obama puts the brakes on new coal plants.

51. #530393
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:06 pm, richardbo said:

    I don’t feel so good. All the wrong neighbors are partying.

52. #530413
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:11 pm, richardbo said:

    And I live in Guatemala.

53. #530442
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:15 pm, Send_Me said:

    Seeing how so many utterly incompetent fools are getting elected/reelected, I’m reminded of this conversation from “The Matrix” (Red Dawn comes to mind as well, but anyway):
    Tank: So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
    Neo: Guns. Lots of guns.

54. #530454
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, William Amos said:

    The fault lies not in our stars but in ourselves

55. #530455
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:17 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    Murtha is back in because the people wanted their pork. He calling them names means nothing when compared to money in their pockets. And he has the track record to prove it. As right a Russell is, the voters voted with their wallets.

56. #530479
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:20 pm, Send_Me said:

    Speaking of guns: does anyone else hear celebratory gunfire where they live? (No, I’m not kidding.)

57. #530531
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, greenfairie said:

    Well, can’t cure stupidity. They’ll need all the pork they can get now that Obama will bankrupt that region.

58. #530546
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:33 pm, palani said:

    Of course Murtha was right about his constituents’ bigotry; after all, that’s why they’re democrats.

59. #530601
    On November 4th, 2008 at 11:45 pm, William Amos said:

    Russell 2010 when things will be going the GOPs way

60. #530689
    On November 5th, 2008 at 12:06 am, love2rumba said:

    No Send_me I do not hear gunfire where I live (Marysville, Wa. 35 miles north of Seattle,WA), but then Marysville isn’t as rabidly liberal like Seattle yet…for now it is a little oasis that is slowly disappearing.

61. #530936
    On November 5th, 2008 at 1:20 am, ThunderHawkk said:

    I can’t believe it. What are the voters thinking??

62. #530975
    On November 5th, 2008 at 1:35 am, AlohaGuy said:

    Uh-huh, and when coal goes belly up, you Penns asked for it…

63. #531201
    On November 5th, 2008 at 6:21 am, hogster said:

    You can understand why a nation would elect a man with so little experience and questionable associations when they also elect a man like John Murtha who has total contempt for them and our military.
    Did they want change so bad that they were willing to sell their souls for it?
    Then they deserve what ever they get.
    M

64. #531223
    On November 5th, 2008 at 7:01 am, flaming_o said:

    It seems more and more we’ve seen candidates exhibiting total self-interest while their constituents exhibit a total lack of self-interest. If that’s not a recipe for disaster (remember the story about the scorpion and the frog? “What did you expect? After all, I am a scorpion.”), I don’t know what does.

    “Laissez-faire” used to mean “keep government out of my way”. Now it seems to mean “I’ll keep out of government’s way”. I don’t get it.

    For us, the battle begins today.

65. #531407
    On November 5th, 2008 at 8:42 am, tre said:

    On November 5th, 2008 at 1:35 am, AlohaGuy said:
    Uh-huh, and when coal goes belly up, you Penns asked for it…

    I agree AlohaGuy. They made their bed, now go lie in it.

66. #531451
    On November 5th, 2008 at 8:58 am, AmericanPatriot said:

    My district borders Murtha’s and I go in to his district to go to work.

    It just occurred to me that I can’t remember seeing any Russell signs.
    Murtha has brought a lot of pork but nothing to show for it in terms of jobs.
    My county (Armstrong) is split but Murtha has the lion’s share.

    We have no growth and the last real manufacturer, Eljer Plumbingware, just shut down.
    Nothing to keep young people here.The 2 towns in the center, Kittanning and Ford City, are old folks, public housing, and welfare and drugs.

    Although we’re at the bottom of the barrel, the rest of Murtha’s district is the same. For all the $ millions he has brought to Johnstown, there’s nothing there either.

    At least here, there was no Russell campaign. His handlers did nothing.

    The Republican party has earned it’s name “the Stupid Party”

    There are no results to show for

67. #531585
    On November 5th, 2008 at 9:56 am, corona said:

    I have no doubt that Russell, like McCain, served his country with courage, honor, and conviction. Those are three qualities which don’t mean squat in a political campaign.

    The people of District 12 have spoken loudly and clearly.
    Stupid is as stupid does.

68. #531662
    On November 5th, 2008 at 10:19 am, AmericanPatriot said:

    Just looked at the final results.
    Cambria County, which is home to Johnstown, gave Murtha 20,000 of his 40,000 margin

69. #532310
    On November 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, Solo said:

    Doesn’t surprise me a bit. My in-laws live in Cambria County, they love Murtha and can’t stand Republicans. Too bad because they’re fairly conservative folks.

70. #551760
    On November 20th, 2008 at 10:53 am, wv2sc said:

    The results here imply, that not only are there at least 107K people in PA that are racists and/or rednecks, but idiots too.