# Should Sestak Squeal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 24, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604 "2010-05-24T18:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/281 "2010-06-04T17:30:19Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It hasn’t shown up in the polls yet. Obama is still at 50% in the Gallup today. Just wait until the nonstop images of oily birds and tarred wetlands start rolling in. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/282 "2010-06-04T17:38:20Z")
And the chants of “Drill, baby, drill!” at the teabag rallies keep coming too? Your assessment is driven by wishful thinking. You want Obama to take the blame for not cleaning the LA marshlands and fishing grounds, but don’t want “big government” to do anything either. May I suggest you make up your damn mind? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/283 "2010-06-04T17:38:32Z")
That’s when BP, oil companies in general and “drill baby drill” tards start taking a hit. There is no reasonable way to blame it on Obama. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/284 "2010-06-04T17:40:16Z")
When did “reasonable” come into it? ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/285 "2010-06-04T18:04:17Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And the chants of “Drill, baby, drill!” at the teabag rallies keep coming too? Your assessment is driven by wishful thinking. > > You want Obama to take the blame for not cleaning the LA marshlands and fishing grounds, but don’t want “big government” to do anything either. May I suggest you make up your damn mind? You should read the previous posts before typing this tripe. ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/286 "2010-06-04T18:06:04Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > That’s when BP, oil companies in general and “drill baby drill” tards start taking a hit. There is no reasonable way to blame it on Obama. Hahaha…you think reason matters? The hit will come from the left. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/287 "2010-06-04T18:09:30Z")
The left isn’t going anywhere when it comes to the elections, though. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/288 "2010-06-04T18:17:59Z")
> [@yorick73](#): > > Hahaha…you think reason matters? The hit will come from the left. You see any sign of that? Where? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/289 "2010-06-04T18:27:00Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > That’s when BP, oil companies in general and “drill baby drill” tards start taking a hit. There is no reasonable way to blame it on Obama. Considering there is a huge oil field in Alaska right next to a pipeline that was purposely built to deliver it I’d say drilling on land makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/290 "2010-06-04T18:30:11Z")
Not that shit again. No, alternative energy makes more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/291 "2010-06-04T18:38:36Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You see any sign of that? Where? Sestak’s number’s are [plummeting.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/pennsylvania/2010_senate_election/election_2010_pennsylvania_senate) [Blagojevich’s trial](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_blagojevich_trial) is going to drag the stink of Chicago politics into the spotlight. Selling a Senate seat in the shadow of Sestak and Romanoff’s White House offers will look bad. It won’t matter if all he does is praise the shine on Obama’s shoes. The guys a loose cannon who is bound to say something stupid if it helps his case. He owes nothing to the party at this point. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/292 "2010-06-04T18:40:11Z")
You’re quoting Rasmussen? Seriously? 😃 The Fox of the polling world? And if you think Obama is still best going to be characterized as a Chicago pol, after two years as President, you’re kidding yourself. That shit didn’t even work before the election. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/293 "2010-06-04T18:55:50Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You’re quoting Rasmussen? Seriously? 😃 The Fox of the polling world? > > And if you think Obama is still best going to be characterized as a Chicago pol, after two years as President, you’re kidding yourself. That shit didn’t even work before the election. It doesn’t take much to paint his administration is a bunch of Chicago cronies and Wall Street rejects who don’t pay their taxes. He lost his halo pretty quick. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/294 "2010-06-04T19:06:26Z")
It doesn’t take much to _try_ that, sure. But will it convince anybody but you and your fellow pre-convinced? How? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/295 "2010-06-04T19:22:41Z")
Why the hell would Sestak’s numbers fall if he said NO? What, ostensibly, is Sestak guilty of? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/296 "2010-06-04T19:25:47Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Sestak’s number’s are [plummeting.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/pennsylvania/2010_senate_election/election_2010_pennsylvania_senate) That doesn’t make any sense. Even if we assume that Obama and his team were a cabal of criminal plotters, what did Sestak do that was wrong? With all due respect, it appears you’re just grabbing at random bits of information that are tangentially related to the subject and posting htme here as though they form some coherent picture. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/297 "2010-06-04T19:40:00Z")
[Sestak’s numbers are strongly **rising**](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/poll-sestak-takes-three-point-lead-against-toomey.php), and that includes the heavily-overweighted Rasmussen numbers in the averaging. But, whatever gives you comfort. ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/298 "2010-06-04T19:42:54Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The left isn’t going anywhere when it comes to the elections, though. You are correct…they may not even go to the polls. ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/299 "2010-06-04T19:46:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You see any sign of that? Where? Did you notice the word “will” in the comment? It’s already happening with Carville, and Spike Lee is upset at Obama’s lack of passion. Even Maureen Dowd is starting to complain. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604/300 "2010-06-04T19:47:27Z")
If it were going to happen, it would have started already. Please. _Spike Lee?_😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-sestak-squeal/540604.md?page=16)