Election Couldn't Be Purchased

As of Tuesday, January 8, 2013

In Gene Jacob’s letter, “Election Numbers Can Deceive” (Dec. 16), he says the election resulted in Republicans winning the largest number of state legislatures since 1928. He also said there was a similar surge in Republican governors.

Neither of these claims is true.

What he claims happened in this election happened in the 2010 midterm elections. In the 2012 elections, Republicans lost control of eight legislative chambers. Before the elections, Republicans controlled 59 chambers and Democrats 41.

We had 11 gubernatorial races in which the Democrats won seven of the 11 races. The only governorship to change hands was North Carolina, which went to the Republicans.

On Nov. 6, voters rejected Mitt Romney, who dismissed as “freeloaders” millions of Americans who depend on Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance and college loans.

He was defeated by a coalition of women, African-Americans, Latinos, the young and unionized workers in Midwestern battleground states. Women asserted their growing political power when they came out to defeat a Republican candidate who expressed his belief that if a woman is raped she could not become pregnant.

Republican Richard Mourdock went from heavy favorite to loser after he asserted that a pregnancy resulting from rape was “something God intended.” Republicans saw their hopes of taking the Senate wrecked not only by women candidates, but because of the stupid things their candidates said about women.

The Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump and Karl Rove set out to buy the election, and despite their massive spending they failed. This election proved the Oval Office can’t be bought by the Kochs, Rove, Adelson or anyone regardless of what they spend.

Douglas J. Aldrich

Whispering Pines

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LBK 4 months, 1 week ago

You are spot on with your comments Doug...just wait for all wackos to jump all over you.

Middleman522 4 months, 1 week ago

Really. The Unions took out loans to run commercials for Obama. And all of the 47% misrepresenting ads had no effect, right.Heeping people onto the welfare, disability, and endless unemployment does not cost anything either. Voting block. Amnesty for kids carted across the border got him 72% of Latino vote, and hate the rich got him 98% African American. How many jobs will this new tax cost us. Both parties spent a ton. Which one was honest about the message?

DaveyNC 4 months, 1 week ago

Well, I suppose the Kochs', Adelsons and Roves of the world can't buy an election. But it seems that the likes of Soros, most of Hollywood and Silicon Valley can.

Or the unions: http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topcontribs.php#

ProudYankee 4 months, 1 week ago

You all can just keep on making excuses for why the repubs lost every demographic except crabby old white men, and you'll never win a national election again...

teufelhunden 4 months, 1 week ago

Middleman522-ain't it the truth and that's fine because they will get what they voted for!!! LOL

When they start scratching their heads wondering WTH they did it will be a nice vactation for their rear ends.

Don't want to be a part of that "winner's" circle. No thank you very much. (They seem really hung up on this sophomoric we won you lost thing-when actually they are losing every day-their freedoms, their wealth, and along with that their principles) No thank you indeed!!!

pgericson 4 months, 1 week ago

@teufelhunden- not sure the House of Representatives will allow people to get what they voted for. Thank your lucky spurs for gerrymandering efforts that ensured a Republican Congress even though,nationwide, more votes were cast for Democratic Candidates than their Republican rivals

teufelhunden 4 months, 1 week ago

Of course there were more-no surprise there.

Middleman522 4 months, 1 week ago

Americans used to be about "country". Reagan earned 70%+ of the vote. Progressives like Clinton and Barry have sectioned off this country into hate groups. Numbers don't lie when you pit not so rich against "rich",(anyone with work ethic and a job). This is what you get. What we have to do is put people back to work despite these progressives, and the thinking will reverse. EPA, Oblaimacare, Freank/Dodd, Unions, Corp. Taxes, and endless unemployment are our hurdles! Let's get to work.