George Allen concedes live on CNN! Dem's control Senate!

[krispos42]

Senator John Warner (R-VA) introduced him at 3:08pm EST, spewed a few compliments and nostolgic memories while George Allen wiped a tear from this eye, promised a bright political future for Allen, then stepped aside.

Allen thanked God for his wife, what he called his great blessing, then his three children ('education matters'), then his mom who gave him live, then Senator Warner, then his office staff, then his campaign staff, and the Virginia Republican Party.

He respects the decision of the Virgina voters and called Jim Webb to congradulate him!

WE GOT IT!

[Taverner]

1. Wow. A Republican does the right thing.

There must have been some kind of monkey business with VA voting that he didn't want looked into.

[The Count]

5. Kicking and screaming - dirty tricks would come to light

[saigon68]

50. Macacca man folds hand leaves the table

[Polesitter]

86. Maybe he just wanted Lieberman to be the pivotal vote . If he

switches, so does Senate control. Damn Allen, conceded just to piss us off by making Lieberman the one guy who can write his own ticket!

[The Count]

2. Milks his last chance at air time for all it's worth...

Missed the chance to appear gracious anyway...

[KansDem]

3. "...called Jim Webb to congratulate him!"

You mean he didn't send a couple members of his "staff" over to give him a few "hugs?"

[Zambero]

45. JIm Webb can take care of himself quite well thank you

Any such "staff work" would result in a most severe ass-kicking.

[Cha]

54. Great! To have a Senator from

Virginia who Kicks Ass! :kick:

[PurpleChez]

76. Or stick a deer's head in his mailbox....

[KamaAina]

4. In the words of noted pundit Marv Albert,

YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

[Martin Eden]

88. I thought that was Hawk Harrelson

You can put it on the board -- YYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eurobabe]

6. Sweet to see this a-hole concede

He is such a dork.

Why are all the CONS being so conciliatory today? Did they put something in the water?

[yellowcanine]

7. The "man's man" is blubbering on national TV over losing an election? Get a grip, man!

Go out and buy a new cowboy outfit. Kick a few macaccas. Whatever. Don't blubber on national TV over a lost election. It ain't manly.

[judaspriestess]

70. because they feel dems winning back congress is just

temporary. Dems will somehow fuck this up and the repukes will get back in 08'

on edit: I'm sure you already knew that :)

[flaminbats]

105. so this helps Allen's Presidential campaign for 08?

Yeah, I knew that!! :rofl:

[eleny]

8. "The purpose driven life" - Oh, gag me

[Eurobabe]

9. He choked!!!

And he keeps passing that goddamn football!

[Dr Fate]

10. Good. And take that God-awful toupee with you. n/t

n/t

[BlueInPhilly]

16. Is that a toupee???!!!!!!

:think:

[KamaAina]

24. I kind of thought that it might be.

I am, after all, a third-generation rug spotter!

Developing...

edit: Previous Allen (pre-Macaca) rug thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2439047&mesg_id=2439047

It is evident that George Allen wears a rug....and most of all, that he is hiding that fact. He is scared of being bald, which makes him a GIRLEY MAN.

[Tight_rope]

32. LMBAO.

[19jet54]

94. Will Rogers comes home...

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." - An FDR democrat, Will Rogers

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi & Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid are currently saying "Nice Doggie"; but you better believe they are looking for and picking up rocks to throw too!

Your comment is offensive & nobody can last long when when your under the microscope - People are watching with a bag full of rocks - The election is over, you lost, get over it? Try again in 2008?

[19jet54]

99. Reply to #26

Error Will Robinson....

[LibDemAlways]

100. He uses grecian formula, but I think the hair is his

own. His dad had a thick head of hair, too.

[Sequoia]

110. I had no idea.

I was home yesterday to see all the speeches. Ha, loved it.

Noticed during Bush's speech in the am after the cabinet meeting:

1) Bush not wearing red tie

2) Cheney's snarl was gone and looked so beaten and sad. Wow!

[smb]

44. Great Ghu, I Hope So...

...I mean, wouldn't it be much worse if that's actually his hair?

[northofdenali]

62. Really? a toupee?

I thought it was roadkill. :P

[The Wizard]

71. Before putting it on his head

he should have removed the eyes.

[sidwill]

11. Tweety on the verge of tears

when talking of Maccawitz's concession.

Allen (per tweety) a great guy.

FUCK YOU TWEETY YOU CORPORATE FUCKING WHOREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

59. *Sniff* He's such a nice Imperial Wizard.

I'm sure the African American family whose mailbox received his deer head present are shedding tears today, too.

:eyes:

[struggle4progress]

12. So long! Farewell! Auf wiedersehn! Goodbye!

[Marnieworld]

13. Holding back tears of joy

I am still in shock. After everything I never thought that this was even possible. We don't just have a branch of gov't- we have proof that we still live in a democracy. An alive democracy.

:cry: :patriot:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I'm not holding them back...

I have not been this happy in years! :cry:

[Marnieworld]

29. Well at least until I'm on my way home

My freeper boss may suspect something.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

63. They should all get a sense of our relief

At what point in the last 10 years (beginning with the Clinton impeachment) did the thugs make an effort to understand us?
We've been accused of treason and immorality among other things. We were denied a proper recount of the 2000 election, and have been dealt serious violations of our right to free speech. They were never treated that way throughout the Clinton administration.

I don't want them to suffer the same oppression we've had to bear the last 10 years; but I DO want them to understand what we've been through so that NO administration treats Americans this way in the future.

[DixieBlue]

14. Thank god we got our country back ...

now here's to hoping the Dems get some shit done.

[19jet54]

35. Will Rogers

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."

[19jet54]

15. Thank John Warner....

for having the common sense to advise/force the loser to bow out! :applause:

Now my Senator, "Harry Reid", can lead us a new direction for the Senate :woohoo:

[klook]

17. I'm dancing the macacarena!!

Woo-Hoo!

[BlueInPhilly]

18. C'mon John McCain - be a man of your words!!!

Remember what you said? No?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2006/10/mccain_in_iowa_.html

[Tight_rope]

39. Yes...I hope to hear about McCain's suicide any second now...What's taking so long!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[TankLV]

80. Yep - he PROMISED! Follow thru mccain!

DO IT!

[mconvente]

23. hhahaha

:rofl: macacarena!!

[badgerpup]

106. I can't help wondering...

...how this would have all fallen out if instead of trying to spin, deny, waffle, then blame the lib'rul media, he'd just upped and said:

"I was behaving like a jerk and that remark was totally uncalled for. I apologize for my bad behavior."

...and then just STFU and left it at that. No blaming alcoholism, or child abuse...just standing up like an adult and admitting they were at fault.

Wanna bet the whole thing might have ended right then and there?
:rofl:

[MidwestTransplant]

55. HA HA HA

[Chorophyll]

56. Macacarena!

Good one! :toast:

[emlev]

19. Did Allen Concede to Hide Irregularities In His Favor?

This may be a case of an attempt at election theft that wasn't sufficient to steal victory. Still too early to tell, but there are strong early indications:

Press release:
November 9, 2006
Washington, DC
Ilene Proctor PR
[phone]

VOTE COUNTING IRREGULARTIES DISCOVERED IN VIRGINIA SENATE RACE
SENATOR ALLEN SHOULD NOT CONCEDE

On November 7th, investigators for the election integrity organization
VelvetRevolution.us were contacted by a poll watcher from Henrico County
Virginia, Maybeury Precinct #0408, who reported that the vote tallies were
wrong at the end of election-day - 808 for Allen and 51 for Webb for a total
of 876. The congressional race between Reublican Cantor and Democrat Nachman
also showed 808 to 51. The Virginia Board of Elections website also showed
that the down ballot marriage amendment in the same precinct was vastly
different -- 678 to 681 for a total of 1359. No other precincts in Henrico
County showed the type of skewing shown in precinct 0408. The poll watcher
said that she personally talked to over three hundred people who voted for
Webb.

This morning, VR investigators contacted the United States Attorney and FBI
in Richmond as well as the head of the Board of Elections to complain about
the results in this race. At approximately 12:30 pm today, the BOE website
suddenly changed the results in precinct 0408 to 808 for Allen and 551 for
Webb for a total of 1356. The congressional race was also changed to 904
for Cantor and 432 for Nachman. The county results and the state results
were also changed.

VR believes that this anomaly must be investigated because either the
machines reported the wrong results or outright fraud occurred. VR has
noticed other anomalies across Virginia that call into questions the results
of the vote. In light of this, VR believes that Senator Allen should not
concede until all the votes are properly counted and an investigation occurs
into the voting machines.

VR has a $500,000 reward for information about election fraud, and tip lines
for whistleblowers - 1-888-VOTETIP and [e-mail]. These are
part of VR's Election Protection Strike Force.

[emlev]

28. Read my post. Important evidence the answer may be yes!

[Frank Cannon]

51. No way that a Republican will look into "voter irregularities"

Pandora, meet box.

[louis-t]

30. Note to Election Protection Strike Force

Macaca knows where the bodies are buried. He MUST concede to avoid a long investigation of Repugs.
That is all.

[Bushh8er]

38. yes me thinks you are quite correct in your assessment

Could you just imagine the panic they would be in if VA law called for an automatic recount. :rofl:

[theplutsnw]

40. That's what I think.

[Magleetis]

20. After six years

of hell and lies. This feels really good! I like the sound of that " WE GOT IT"

[derby378]

21. Gimme a DEAN SCREAM!!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

http://www.moshpit.fr/Moshpit-We-Killed-Jah-Videoclip

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[Deep13]

25. That's worth a yeeeeaaaahhh.

We are now in the majority party.

[Tight_rope]

26. Yeah I just saw the bitch wining on NTV!

[LostinVA]

58. Many of us on DU find your header offensive, just an FYI

[efhmc]

85. Agreed.

[dave123williams]

27. I couldn't bring myself to accept it until now...lemme be the first to say..YEAAAAAARAAAHAAAAAAA!

[SydneyBristow]

31. celebrate

there should be celebrations in the streets!!!!!
we did it WE DID IT
YAAAAAAAAA

[struggle4progress]

33. Link

Allen Concedes; Senate Control to Dems
By JIM KUHNHENN and DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press

... "This season, the people of Virginia, who I always call the owners of the government, have spoken - and I respect their decision," said Allen, who had sought a second term ...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/31-11092006-739537.html


Virginia Republican concedes Senate loss
Thu Nov 9, 2006 8:26 PM GMT

... "Today I called and congratulated Jim Webb and his team for his victory." ...

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-11-09T202621Z_01_N08174741_RTRUKOC_0_UK-USA-ELECTIONS.xml&WTmodLoc=HP-C3-World-3

[TlalocW]

34. And right at the end, he sent some of his handlers into the crowd

To beat the crap out of some random guy for old time's sake.

TlalocW

[bkcc]

36. LOL

That's hilarious, but sadly not outside the realm of possibility.

[AIJ Alom]

37. Ah, maccaca attempts to take the route of Nixon. Don't worry,

Maccaca, we'll be watching.

[smb]

41. How Did He Keep A Straight Face?

Senator John Warner (R-VA) introduced him at 3:08pm EST, spewed a few compliments and nostolgic memories while George Allen wiped a tear from this eye, promised a bright political future for Allen....

Yeah right! Three months ago, Allen was going to cake-walk to an easy re-election, and he blew it with his big mouth. He has about as much of a political future as Mark Foley.

[TlalocW]

53. Oh, man... Allen/Foley for the republican ticket in '08

That would be sweeeeeeet.

TlalocW

[Canuckistanian]

69. They'd capture the gay racist demographic

Both of them.

[Zambero]

42. IF

If Allen had conducted himself during the past few months with the class that he exhibited in today's speech, he would have almost certainly been re-elected. However, during the course of a strenuous campaign, one's true colors invariable surface. Allen did himself in, and the final impact of his conduct on the campaign trail is truly remarkable.

[Tarc]

43. My only regret

Is that Ford couldn't pull out a win in Tennessee. If he had, Lieberman could've been stripped of seniority and kicked to the curb to be a Party of One.

[aquart]

65. Let's see what happens in Wyoming.

[Tarc]

81. What does Wyoming have to do with this?

[aquart]

87. Nuttin'.

But it has a Democratic Governor and a sick Republican Senator (who may do very well with modern treatments so there's no reason to expect him to leave office) which might devalue little Joe's hold over us just by the mere possibility.

[Tarc]

93. Ahh

So if the worst does happen, the governor may get to name a replacement? Well, if it happens it happens, but I'm certainly not going to count on it.

When the FReepers do a death watch for liberal Supreme Court justices, it makes me want to slug the lot of em right through the monitor.

[aquart]

104. Don't count on it at all.

My 87 year old uncle has leukemia and he's still kicking. He's had it over 30 years.

But just the fact of the POSSIBILITY lowers Lieberman's value. If he gets drunk on his supposed power over us, it looms over him that we could find him unnecessary within a month. Any month.

[kwassa]

46. Allen conceding NOW

BBC World Service live

[JunkYardAngel]

47. About freakin time!!! n/t

n/t

[AlCzervik]

48. "welcome to the real world and the real Virginia George Allen"

[Irreverend IX]

92. Now go home and jerk off into the Confederate flag. nt

[orleans]

49. WE WON! WE WON-WE WON-WE WON!!!

yippie!

(whew!)

[Black Adder]

61. The whole fricken WORLD won!!!!!!!!!!

http://sapporo-online.cool.ne.jp/00_diary_photo_box/Congratulations!_0907.jpg

[myrna minx]

64. Karl "I have a cunning plan" Rove's hijinks didn't work this time.

You're right, the whole world won today. Welcome to DU, Black Adder. :hi:

[Binka]

109. Ahhh Capt Black Adder So Good Of You To Join Us!

Welcome would you like some tea? :hi:

[Black Adder]

112. Aye matey, that I would ;)

[LeftishBrit]

111. We did!

Now Bush will get his opposition, and Allen will never be in a position of real power.

Thanks Virginia, from us all!

[Black Adder]

113. Don't be too sure about Allen.

That weasel would not have let the final vote count go unchallenged and given that flowery concession speech if he wasn't setting himself up for some future political office (e.g. Governorship or the Presidency).

[EnviroBat]

52. Is it just me, or was that guy the next "Tom Delay"?

I always thought Allen gave me the serious creeps, in the same Delayish vibe. Glad to hell he's a gonner!

[Chorophyll]

57. At long last.

The Repugs have been given the bum-rush!

[Old Smokey]

60. Hell Yeah !!!!

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[brentspeak]

66. It's a great relief knowing that Oil Can Cheney can't swing votes anymore

He's got to sit there in the Senate knowing that he's got no more power than the guy who sets up the microphones.

[Lindacooks]

67. YYEEESSSSS!!! YEEE-HAWWWWW!!

:toast:

[Jesterstear]

68. Nice, but still...

What's disturbing is that with all of Allen's antics, this was still such a close race. I can't believe so many people still supported that piece of trash, even in the south.

[Joe Chi Minh]

74. Didn't you see the posts about voting irregularities? Maybe not

all the "irregularities" were corrected. Highly likely imo and that of others here it seems.

He may have been forced to concede, to try to avoid inspections of the voting machines.

[Nay]

82. That still bothers me, too, J. I live in VA and know many people who

STILL voted for Allen in spite of (or because of) his nastiness in the leadup to the election. It's why I'd like to move out of this state. . .

[superconnected]

72. Allen came off well in the press and he did the right thing here.

I'm glad.

I don't know what he's done personally that's bad so I'll say so far he's made a good impression on me, even though he's a repub. The last time repubs made a good impression on me was when the two in South Dakota really stood up and fought the legislature there against banning abortions and the dem woman senator spoke for banning them. Some repubs aren't that bad. Not all dems are good. Over all I have to question anyones integrity that would be a repub and support that overall party agenda though.

[Krakowiak]

83. came off well in the press?????

have you been living in a cave for the past several months????

[superconnected]

91. Yeah, I only saw him on cnn on election night.

[LibDemAlways]

101. "I don't know what he's done personally that's bad"

Let me give you the short list:

1. Publically uttered a racial slur against a young man of Indian descent during a campaign appearance.

3. Allowed his goons to assault a person trying to ask a question at another campaign event.

2. Kept a noose in his office.

3. Used the "n" word about as often as a rock star utters the "f" word.

4. Cut off a deer's head and stuffed it in the mailbox of a family he believed to be black.

5. Named his son for the founder of the KKK.

6. According to his sister, routinely intimidated and committed violence upon his siblings.

7. Wore the Confederate flag on his person and displayed it on his car and in his home - though he has no Southern roots and grew up in a privileged environment in California.

8. Spraypainted racist graffiti on the walls of his school as a teenager trying to incite racial violence.

9. Repeatedly lied when asked about all of the above.

Allen is a scumbag among scumbags, and the Senate will be much improved without him.

[yellowcanine]

73. He can always run in 2008 if Warner retires.....Heh. Maybe Mark Warner will

run and it would be Allen vs. Warner.

[CGrantt57]

75. Be careful what you wish for...

The heat is really going to be on the Democratic party now.

Every little mis-step, every minor ethical problem, every time Pelosi or someone else stumbles on a question you'll hear the right wing screech machine start yowling about how fucked up we are.

We may have won, but, the battle's only beginning.

They will stop at nothing to destroy us.

[Dukkha]

77. Hey Allen, God thinks you're an asshole!

LOSER!

[L0oniX]

78. He would have won if he had not said "maccaca".

IMO that remark cost him the election. It may have pissed off enough voters for him to lose. Maybe now he will learn to STFU. He's just another stupid ass carrot.

[humbled_opinion]

95. Why sir are you so kind to carrots? ... n/t

[Nay]

79. GOOM-BYE, you racist moran!! Don't let the door. . .etc., etc.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

84. An extraordinary day.

An end to a one party free-for-all, where it seemed that being criminal was acceptable, indeed encouraged by the powers within and above. I have seen corrupt politicians more often than I care to admit, but this crew is unprecedented in scope and strength. A machine.

And we got' em. Not by the force of anyThing but TELLING IT LIKE IT IS.

:woohoo; :bounce:

[usaftmo]

89. Being a legal resident of Virginia (Arlington)...

I must say that I feel very proud Webb won giving us control of the Senate. I remember in the 90's when the rethuglicans took over Congress. They bothered The Big Dog constantly. Now I'm ready to see the reverse happen. Please save any photos you have of dubya taken within the past month. In 2 years from now he will look about 60 years older!

From a lone liberal stationed in Mississippi.

[Withywindle]

90. Sic semper tyrannis!

Buh-bye :hi:


I may live in IL now, but I grew up in VA and I was dancing the "Macacarena" alright!

:toast:

[organik]

96. and we would have won by an even larger margin if it weren't for

ELECTION FRAUD

Yes, it happened this time too.check out the http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203">Election Reform Forum
or my http://electionfraudblog.com/index.php/daily-election-fraud-news/">Election Fraud News page on http://www.electionfraudblog.com">Election Fraud Blog.com for more info.

Hand counted paper ballots with random audits for '08 - it's the only way to have REAL democracy!
(OK, campaign finance reform would help, and a few other things as well...)

Let's get to work!

[DuaneBidoux]

97. Allen, at least this time, has shown himself to be a gentleman and a little d democrat.

[pinto]

98. Congrats to us all! Democratic candidates, Dem activists, Dem voters, voters, voters!

Nice wins all around. And reassuring that we lost *not one* Democratic seat, and picked up enough seats to take both Houses of Congress. This is a good one.

[Maryland Liberal]

102. Impeachment - yea baby

Woo Hoo- we got the Senate! Go for it Mr. Conyers - Impeach the Bushie - Speaker Pelosi will change her mind.

[citizen snips]

103. Thank you Virgina!

:bounce:

[krispos42]

107. I made the home page!

I'm all a-twitter!

:-)

[Starry Messenger]

108. Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!

Ok, I'm feeling a little goofy...yeah!