Nov 8th, 2006, 06:07 PM
I honestly don't know why Santorum's always creeped me out. I've never found any hints of corruption on him, but I'm really kinda glad he didn't make the cut. Max, you're a terrible person. You should never take pleasure at the sight of a.... aw, fuck it. Santorum had her on the stage for a reason. Maybe that's the perfect image for the Republicans of today: a sniffling child that has no idea what's going on.
Yeah, I had full confidence the Republicans would emerge unscathed from this one, but that's not because I had faith in them. I really couldn't see the Democrats suddenly figuring out how to do anything right after they've shown no capacity for doing so in 5 years, and I had even less faith in the American public to think about their votes... I'm still not convinced that's what happened in either case, though. The numbers are not out yet, and I think when we can see the full picture of what happened there will be some interesting motivations to observe.
Chojin, you should be able to get county by county info on your Secretary of State's website. Geggy, how in the HELL can you sit there and ignore the obvious fact that when the Dems win, all that "voting fraud" and all those legal challenges and recounts we've come to accept since 2000 suddenly disappear? Do you think the Republicans just forgot to fix this one? "Stolen elections" is now officially a myth, though I truly hope we can find the time within the next two years to add printers to every voting machine in the country and tighten up security to the point we can dispense with the endless BS we've had to sit through in this regard for 6 years now and move on.
Max, VA is all digital, with no paper, so there's really no point in a recount. It will, however, be three weeks before the vote totals are certified, so stop holding your breath. Unless the GOP breaks out the lawyers on this one and contests the vote in court, ala Florida 00 or Ohio 04, the Dems got both houses.
That's the reality, and I'm good with it. As Blanco said, it's up to the Democrats to prove they can actually do more in the way of governance than mere obstructionism now. If they can, we will have a better country to show for it. The best wars ever fought in modern times were prosecuted by unity governments. Hopefully, the finger-pointing can stop and the left will take up the reins on a fight that should have been theirs from the beginning.
I'm really quite anxious to see this plan of theirs they've been touting. They've been working on it in secret for so long now, I'm sure it must be impressive as hell.
Bush's speech today was revealing. He acted as if his guest worker baby had just slipped his mind. He somehow forgot that the only thing standing in the way of a program he campaigned on in 99 and 03, his masterwork, was a Congress and Senate dominated by members of his own party. With Rummy gone, the new leaders of the Legislative Branch kind of have to get to work, don't they?
It's time for a new direction. I'm ready.
I made a point to listen to as much of Boortz, Limbaugh and Hannity as I could today... I wouldn't have missed their shows on this day for the world. I can't wait for Savage! Rush really surprised me. Bush's speech aired during his show, but he'd already become audibly unhinged before the announcement of Rumsfeld's departure. He actually admitted relief at not being in the position of having to "stick his neck out" for Republicans that simply haven't been doing their jobs. He confessed to being a GOP shill.
Nothing the Democrats have done in the last 5 years has impressed me, politically, strategically or morally. I think some new blood has the potential for positive steps in a better direction, but I have little or no confidence that the Party of Pelosi has it in it to know good from bad, right from wrong. If they can adjust their framework away from win vs loss and actually govern instead of just bitch about everything that happens, this might just be a great time in History.
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mburbank~ Yes, okay, fine, I do know what you meant, but why is it not possible for you to get through a paragraph without making all the words cry?
How can someone who obviously thinks so much of their ideas have so little respect for expressing them? How can someone who so yearns to be taken seriously make so little effort?!
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