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Democrats control the house.

An interesting turn for the country, but I wont have to hunt for a blog topic for two years.

A few quick notes:

I've been sentenced to two years of looking at Henry Waxman.

Alcee Hastings will be in charge of Intelligence for the House. That alone should make a blog post a day.

Charles "I cant think of a single tax cut I'd keep" Rangel. What I like about this is how I have just been classified as "rich". Wheee! I should call my mom and let her know I'm now a target for a higher tax bracket!

And Nancy Pelosi will be the third most powerful person in the free world. It sort of solves the Hastert problem in a unique way, doesnt it? That reminds me, Time to buy stock in Photoshop.

I take some comfort in the fact that Republicans are good at being the minority and Democrats look funny in power, sort like a 7 year old sitting behind the wheel of a Corvette trying to look over the dash.

I'm exceptionally happy that the "Chafee wart" is now removed from the 'Buttocks of America', and almost consider this all worth it to see him gone. The man was a Democrat. Yes, I enjoy saying "was".

In general, I see a real 'house cleaning' in place. Probably not the worst thing in the world, probably what those wig wearin' white guys had in mind back in the day.

Lieberman wins. Sweet. Who says religious supporters of President Bush and the "War in Iraq" can't win in the east? Oh yeah, Bush is still President, right? Gotta remember to get the old man a Veto pen for Christmas. I think he's going to need it.

Ah-nould wins. Get ready to call him "Senator Ahnold" in 4 years.

And remember kids, don't be bad sports. You get beat, say so. Shake it off. It's not the last election, its just this election. We get another shot at it in 24 months. You plays the game, you takes your chances. I lived through Jimmy Carter and a Democrat Controlled congress under the gaze of 20,000 Soviet Missiles. If we can survive that, we will still be here in 2 years.

Posted @ November 07, 2006 08:20 PM | Current Affairs

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And all those "disgruntled conservatives" who said the Republicans deserved to lose will have plenty of time to eat those words.


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Posted by: wf at November 7, 2006 09:55 PM

"And remember kids, don't be bad sports. You get beat, say so. Shake it off. It's not the last election, its just this election. We get another shot at it in 24 months. You plays the game, you takes your chances. I lived through Jimmy Carter and a Democrat Controlled congress under the gaze of 20,000 Soviet Missiles. If we can survive that, we will still be here in 2 years."


Thanks for the shot in the arm, it's just what I needed to get through work today. I was just a sheltered little kid in the 70's and I kind of forget sometimes...

Posted by: Athena at November 8, 2006 06:24 AM

The republicans were elected NOT to increase the size of government, NOT to botch social security reform, and NOT to look and act like democrats! Yes they were replaced with the real things because the people couldn't tell them apart and the people wanted new faces.

Posted by: Dale Buckmaster at November 8, 2006 07:03 AM

I remember 1994. George Will being slighted by having about 15 seconds to comment on the conservative landslide underway that election night. True to G. Will, he gave a succinct, powerful assessment, "A complete repudiation..." of the Dem-controlled congress. That's what we got last night. A firm repudiation of the business-as-usual, keep-my-seat-for-ME politics.

There are a tough couple of years ahead, but the repudiation seems NOT to be for principles, but instead for the way we've allowed power to be sought for its own ends, not for the ends beneficial to "we, the people..."

'ought 8 begins today folks...

Posted by: Bennie at November 8, 2006 08:38 AM

I'm not worried about us (well, maybe a little in the pocketbook). It's the Iraqis that are screwed now. The dems liked to (inaccurately) compare Iraq to Viet Nam, kind of ironic that they will likely make it so now with a withdrawal.

Posted by: GyorgLyquor at November 8, 2006 12:21 PM