Our Nebraska Experience

Dispatches from politically cynical Nebraskans.

[reallynebraska]

BREAKING NEWS: Sasse Campaign Manager Doesn't Know Meaning of the Word ‘Positive’

Time for somebody to go back to elementary school

OMAHA, Ne - In an interview with Nebraska Watchdog, Tyler Grassmeyer, told the news site that "Ben [Sasse] has crisscrossed Nebraska, running his campaign the Nebraska way, with a positive conservative message."

So what is a positive conservative message you ask?

Grassmeyer continued: "Everywhere Ben goes, his anti-Obamacare, anti-establishment message is resonating with Nebraska voters."

Got that? A positive conservative message these days is an anti message.

Let's check with the dictionary real quick on the definition of 'anti' just to make sure it hasn't changed:

preposition

opposed to; against.

adjective

opposed.

noun

a person opposed to a particular policy, activity, or idea.

Hmmm. Well maybe the definition of 'positive' has changed.  Let's check:

adjective

constructive in intention or attitude.

showing optimism and confidence.

noun

a good, affirmative, or constructive quality or attribute.

Well, looks like 'anti' is still the opposite of 'positive' no matter how it gets used in a sentence. 

Of course it could just be that what defines the Republican Party is what they stand in opposition to and not what they stand in support of.  Oh right, they're no longer the party of ideas (of course we wouldn't give the Democrats that much credit either).

[reallynebraska]

With regard to our previous post, we now know what the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party is thinking.  Guess we could have been a little less lazy and checked his Facebook page, but honestly, we didn't expect to find this little nugget publicly posted. #Leadership??

[reallynebraska]

Sensing Victory, Nebraska Democrats Retreat

OMAHA, NE - Republicans across Nebraska, and especially in Omaha, are breathing a bit easier today.  A mere two weeks after State Senator Annette Dubas exited the race for Governor, Democrats best hope of ousting Lee Terry, Omaha City Council President Pete Festersen, also decided he needed more time with "family" and less time on the campaign trail.

Festersen's exit from the 2014 race leaves the Nebraska Democratic Party with no viable statewide or federal candidates in 2014.  Our tolerance for bullshit being rather low, we decided not to reach out the the Nebraska Democratic Party for comment.