We win. Finally, after years of Republican control in Congress and the White House, the Dems have taken back the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate as well. This will effectively put the brakes on an out of control foreign policy and a general flouting of the Constitution and a wholesale pillaging by conservative special interest groups. I have to admit, I was not optimistic. The American people have spoken several times over the past 8 years and each time they have put in power the biggest slimeballs imaginable. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the people they voted for really were slimeballs, they just had to prove it. They did, and now they have been removed. Oh if only it was a presidential election year. And oh, if only John Kerry wasn't such an ass-hat* two years ago. That aside, I'm an proud to be an American today. With the world watching and wondering if we really were as retarded as we seemed, we stood up and said, "Not Quite As Retarded".
There will be some gloating for a couple of days, which will really kick into high gear if Montana and Virginia get decided for the Dems. After the gloating though, we will be faced with an unfortunate problem. The Democrats are only slightly less retarded than the Republicans and it is possible that they will self destruct fairly soon. first item on the self destruct agenda: Iraq. The responsibility, for all intents and purposes, is theirs now. GW who actually is responsible is a lame duck and the Dems are in the driver's seat. As Steven Colbert said last night, "The Democrats have had control of the House for a few minutes, and they've already got us into this unending war!"
I'm just worried that we've taken control of the driver's seat, but since the Republicans stripped the car for parts already we are careening downhill without any brakes.
*Ass-hat courtesy of Brap aka Brando aka Tella
Posted by ian at November 8, 2006 10:15 AM