I want to start by saying, wouldn't you have liked to hear Rove explain to Bush that the Whitehouse was sinking? Or maybe hear Bush congratulate Nancy Pelosi?
I didn't want to repeat 2004 and get all excited prematurely, then get depressed when I realized that most of America was either a) sleepwalking through any sort of political life or b) just didn't care. So last night was low key for me. I ordered a pizza and just hunkered down alone to watch the election returns (and Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars).
By 9:30 CNN was projecting the Democrats would eek out House control, but the numbers coming in looked nothing like the tidal wave I hoped for. It was a bit depressing, but I was happy that that the tide was turning--if just gradually. Then as the night wore on, more and more races started tilting Democratic. James Carville (who is crazy, I know, I know) mentioned that a lot of the earlier returns were from the South which is the only place Democrats didn't expect to do well.
I went to bed at midnight thinking, "well, at least we won the House and gained a few Senate seats." You can imagine how surprised I was to wake up and realize that the Senate was still in play. And I'm sure hoping we take it too.
I'm glad that America is finally starting to wake up to the real Bush. And I'm jubilant that Bush's finger pointing, mean spiritedness, and tyranny are finally going to be put in check. So thanks, America. I just hope in the future we can work on putting the kabosh on the anti-gay ballot initiatives.
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Hey, Kiddo. I was also pleasantly surprised this morning. Of course, I think both Republicans AND Dems are doing a crappy job, so I voted Libertarian, but you know, change is good.
And I like James Carville. Funny guy.
Gilmore girls? NOT so funny anymore. Did you see the piece in the NYTimes, today?
p.s. What are you thinking, RE: Shopping for girl clothes.
The Dems should not become over-confident. Conservatives can claim some substantial victories from this election. For example:
* The GOP won or held onto Governorships in very liberal states, including Connecticut, Hawaii, Vermont and Rhode Island; and held on to important governorships in Texas, Florida, and California.
* Joe Liberman whipped the moonbats boy in Connecticut.
* Several of the seats won by Democrats last night were held by scandal plagued Republicans (DeLay, Foley). Those seats will be almost impossible for Dems to hold onto in 2008.
* Affirmative Action has been killed in Michigan.
* The oil tax referendum lost in California.
* English is now the official language of Arizona.
* Eminent Domain has been severly limited in Georgia and other states.
* The GOP has made so little progress on pressing matters like stopping the invasion of illegal immigrants across the southern border, cutting government spending, and failing to aggressively prosecute the War that losing control doesn't really change anything. We still have a Congress that wants open borders, and is a mob of spend-thrifts who don't want to protect America - only now it's the Democrats. Oh, and Allah forbid that a Muslim even FARTS on a New York subway in the next two years, or no Democrat will be able to get elected as dog-catcher - much less President.
The more I read and the more I think about it, the more I realize that the electorate has done the right thing by sending a jarring and scary wakeup call to the GOP. The Democrats are simply the tool they used to send the message.
In fact, with Rumsfeld now gone, it means the GOP is already taking that message to heart. A very exciting prospect. Republicans will change and grow from this experience with new leadership and new strategies. Democrats are only going to exercise their supoena signing skills, while dealing with shrill moonbats harping over their shoulders screeching "we elected you!"
All in all, it'll be an entertaining two years.
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