Deja vu all over again...
I just hope John Kerry is a littl emore gracious in defeat than Al Gore was 4 years ago. Let's face it, W's margin of victory in Ohio is pretty convincing anyway. This one's just a matter of time.
So a left-leaning friend of mine asked me over IM last night 1) if Republicans are happy about this and 2) after another 4 years, how are we supposed to show our faces on the street.
Of course Republicans are happy about this. Our candidate, allegedly reviled by about 80% of the country if you listen to Michael Moore and Alec Baldwin is the first guy since the other George Bush to pull over 50% of the popular vote. Bush's coattails were long enough to knock out the prissy prince of the Senate Tom Daschle, and hell, they even got the slightly loony Jim Bunning another 6 tear term.
About showing our face on the street--I have a feeling that there's gonna be a little bit of trouble these next 4 years. The Left are sore losers, and even with a semi-mandate against them, there's still gonna be plenty of "Asses Of Evil" signs and crap like that in the streets. Bush will be followed by ragtag unwashed 18-24 year olds (who didn't turn out at all...maybe P. Diddy should try free iPods next time) chanting slogans, convinced he's gonna draft them all and overturn Roe V. Wade all with one stroke of a pen. But we can still show our face on the street. We're not the ones who blew this election. We're not the ones who failed to tap into the rage of a very mobilized base and deliver the vote. We're not the ones who nominated a candidate who didn't really seem to stand for anything other than that his name wasn't George Bush. We're not the ones who tapped a handsome, slick talkin' runnin' mate for that candidate who made his zillions as a trial lawyer. Much like the GOP in Illinois, the Democrats on the national stage really need to rehash what they need to do, and then retool and rebuild. Stop worrying about the Hollywood types and start reaching out to Gomer!
Meanwhile, I've got this to say to President Bush:
This time, you got your mandate. Now don't fuck it up. No more divisiveness, no more radical cabinet members, no more pre-emptive wars. No more faulty intelligence, and for god's sake, do something about the deficit.
Kerry's hitting the nail on the head with his concession: we need unity.
Meanwhile, Alan Keyes shows what a dipshit he is (from the Trib):
With 92 percent of precincts in the state reporting, Obama had 70 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Keyes. Obama proclaimed victory around 9:15 p.m. even though Keyes refused to concede the race, according to Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs. Aides from the two camps spoke five separate times. Keyes declined to acknowledge defeat and addressed his supporters gathered at the Chicago Hilton and Towers only after Obama addressed his.
I keep hearing that he wants to stick around and help rebuild the GOP here in Illinois. I want no part of it if that's the case.
I just hope John Kerry is a littl emore gracious in defeat than Al Gore was 4 years ago. Let's face it, W's margin of victory in Ohio is pretty convincing anyway. This one's just a matter of time.
So a left-leaning friend of mine asked me over IM last night 1) if Republicans are happy about this and 2) after another 4 years, how are we supposed to show our faces on the street.
Of course Republicans are happy about this. Our candidate, allegedly reviled by about 80% of the country if you listen to Michael Moore and Alec Baldwin is the first guy since the other George Bush to pull over 50% of the popular vote. Bush's coattails were long enough to knock out the prissy prince of the Senate Tom Daschle, and hell, they even got the slightly loony Jim Bunning another 6 tear term.
About showing our face on the street--I have a feeling that there's gonna be a little bit of trouble these next 4 years. The Left are sore losers, and even with a semi-mandate against them, there's still gonna be plenty of "Asses Of Evil" signs and crap like that in the streets. Bush will be followed by ragtag unwashed 18-24 year olds (who didn't turn out at all...maybe P. Diddy should try free iPods next time) chanting slogans, convinced he's gonna draft them all and overturn Roe V. Wade all with one stroke of a pen. But we can still show our face on the street. We're not the ones who blew this election. We're not the ones who failed to tap into the rage of a very mobilized base and deliver the vote. We're not the ones who nominated a candidate who didn't really seem to stand for anything other than that his name wasn't George Bush. We're not the ones who tapped a handsome, slick talkin' runnin' mate for that candidate who made his zillions as a trial lawyer. Much like the GOP in Illinois, the Democrats on the national stage really need to rehash what they need to do, and then retool and rebuild. Stop worrying about the Hollywood types and start reaching out to Gomer!
Meanwhile, I've got this to say to President Bush:
This time, you got your mandate. Now don't fuck it up. No more divisiveness, no more radical cabinet members, no more pre-emptive wars. No more faulty intelligence, and for god's sake, do something about the deficit.
Kerry's hitting the nail on the head with his concession: we need unity.
Meanwhile, Alan Keyes shows what a dipshit he is (from the Trib):
With 92 percent of precincts in the state reporting, Obama had 70 percent of the vote to 27 percent for Keyes. Obama proclaimed victory around 9:15 p.m. even though Keyes refused to concede the race, according to Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs. Aides from the two camps spoke five separate times. Keyes declined to acknowledge defeat and addressed his supporters gathered at the Chicago Hilton and Towers only after Obama addressed his.
I keep hearing that he wants to stick around and help rebuild the GOP here in Illinois. I want no part of it if that's the case.
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