tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post7856151045799984092..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Tuesday Notes and Special ElectionsAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-18753653045518450422011-09-14T19:30:44.181-04:002011-09-14T19:30:44.181-04:00Figless forgot about the 2010 election. Everyone ...Figless forgot about the 2010 election. Everyone dislikes Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-64790084529374537482011-09-14T15:44:28.136-04:002011-09-14T15:44:28.136-04:00^^ Well, sorry man...but let's be clear here. ...^^ Well, sorry man...but let's be clear here. What I wrote is: <br /><br />"Could add some value to the tickets in a race in which the 2nd and 3rd morning line choices drop in for a tag first time off lengthy layoffs."<br /><br />Those two horses went off as the co-favorites and both finished out of the money, and the Matz horse finished third. And I wrote that the winner "looks dangerous off the drop." (Sure, I wrote he'd be worth betting against as the favorite, but he was a distant third choice.) So I wasn't completely wrong in this particular case! :-xAlan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-68602719285690616072011-09-14T15:15:48.771-04:002011-09-14T15:15:48.771-04:00Another day another dollar down the drain.Another day another dollar down the drain.Johnnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-85672261313703983312011-09-14T10:29:01.608-04:002011-09-14T10:29:01.608-04:00Clearly I am as bad a picking candidates as I am a...Clearly I am as bad a picking candidates as I am at horses. <br /><br />Realized my faux pas about the curtains the minute I posted, actually I blame my miscalculation on the lack of privacy, yeah thats a good excuse :)<br /><br />As for reading the tea leaves I still believe this upset has more to do with Obama's luke warm support of Israel in a unique district which does not translate to the rest of the country.<br /><br />Its the economy stupid, if it shows signs of improvement in the next six months Obama has a shot at another term, if not he is a one term president.Figlessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-87598662929323325672011-09-14T08:00:41.182-04:002011-09-14T08:00:41.182-04:00Hi Alan - I guess SS will now stop in your distric...Hi Alan - I guess SS will now stop in your district. Medicare will no longer be available. Granny will be put out to pasture. This is what you Dems are running on. Americans know entitlements have to be fixed - not ended. What is laughable is the following from Wasserman-Shultz:“In this district, there is a large number of people who went to the polls tonight who didn’t support the president to begin with and don’t support Democrats — and it’s nothing more than that,” she said in a telephone interview. I never realized your district was so conservative Alan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-15048271822098513882011-09-14T01:27:57.613-04:002011-09-14T01:27:57.613-04:00Oh Alan , do you left wing Libs really believe you...Oh Alan , do you left wing Libs really believe your own BS.The 9th district result was all about Obama ...he'll be the equivalent of a $ 4,000 claimer ,this time next year ,running at Charles Town. Say goodby to your Dem Senate majority as well in 2012BATTLINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174090463866296149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-91596573322689164552011-09-14T00:34:35.380-04:002011-09-14T00:34:35.380-04:00Common sense prevails in New York.
14 months from...Common sense prevails in New York.<br /><br />14 months from now will be a bloodbath!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-77748200234162112652011-09-13T14:25:54.202-04:002011-09-13T14:25:54.202-04:00My experience with most of these trainer angles is...My experience with most of these trainer angles is, by the time the informed public catches them, either the prices or the success rate (or both) dry up. I hope it holds out for you another week, although I'd expect lower odds.<br /><br />As for politics...<br /><br />So Rabbi Wallerstein is thinking of leaving the country because gays are allowed to marry?<br /><br />The good rabbi should instead come on down to NC where the newly Republican legislature is working to add an amendment to the state constitution outlawing gay marriage.<br /><br />Leaving the orthodox enclave and moving to the Bible Belt might provide a valuable spiritual and political lesson: a chance to experience intolerance at the hands of one's erstwhile political allies, who only support Israel out of desire for the Rapture. These are the same folks who want to open the school day and government meetings with prayers to Jesus.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-56673079515609044262011-09-13T11:23:52.602-04:002011-09-13T11:23:52.602-04:00Nice job there Figless, maybe you should start a T...Nice job there Figless, maybe you should start a Talkin' Horses' Asses show about politics!<br /><br />One correction though. No more curtains at NY polling places, just the scanning machines. They've added a "Privacy Folder" so that election workers don't see who you voted for. I did however find myself waiting for some kind of ticket after I inserted my vote. Guess I though I was at a SAM machine (do they still call them that?)Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-83576918436132985512011-09-13T11:07:06.550-04:002011-09-13T11:07:06.550-04:00Since my horse handicapping has been in a tailspin...Since my horse handicapping has been in a tailspin lately, figure I will try my luck handicapping politics.<br /><br />Despite the polls believe Weprin will win comfortably since the ground game means everything in special elections and the Orthodox community will inevitably support sending one of their own to Congress, unpopular gay marraige vote notwithstanding.<br /><br />I suspect the vast majority of voters that crossed party lines in the Presidential race were in fact Orthodox Jews, and did so because of Sen. McCain's impeccable pro-Israel record and his long term freindship with Sen. Leiberman. Those voters are very likely to side with Weprin once the curtain closes behind them, his presumed strong support of Israel will far outweigh his percieved negatives.Figlessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-5285392029664748672011-09-13T10:37:44.884-04:002011-09-13T10:37:44.884-04:00I didn't " laugh it off. " I just do...I didn't " laugh it off. " I just don't think grandiose hyperbole in the chart comments does anyone any good. It was also a gross exageration in the case of Sunday's runner, but that wasn't really my point.<br /><br />The chart calling in Saratoga was excellent overall. However, personally I prefer specifics to generals, and the dramatic hyperbole ( I have seen three recent examples including the two you mentioned ) is something I think would be best avoided.<br /><br />Having said all that....I like the one Wednesday...but also agree with you that it has more to do with the needed drop in class.Andy Serlingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-69301463674879879482011-09-13T09:59:24.122-04:002011-09-13T09:59:24.122-04:00I love that anyone could think an Orthodox Jew is ...I love that anyone could think an Orthodox Jew is the "clone" of the son of a Kenyan.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-47455663761152240662011-09-13T08:36:53.095-04:002011-09-13T08:36:53.095-04:00Anyone with a brain would realize that Welprin is ...Anyone with a brain would realize that Welprin is an Obama clone. His ads about Turner are lies. No one person could change SS or Medicare. Turner will protect those programs for anyone over 50. The systems need to be changed so your children will be able to participate. Obama supported the "Arab Spring" which will produce more Iran's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-68596391465046460572011-09-13T08:31:22.687-04:002011-09-13T08:31:22.687-04:00Alan
Saturday at Delaware Matz's Space Race, a...Alan<br />Saturday at Delaware Matz's Space Race, a 2yo first starter ran away from a msw field at Delaware and paid $28.80. <br />Friday in the 9th Matz has a workmate of Somali(Assateague) making his 2nd start on the turf. Has great looking turf pedigree.<br />I think it might be something in the water at Fairhill.<br />RGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com