So Election Day was pretty gruesome. A lot of really disturbing people were elected -- I may never admit I'm from Arizona again -- and the precedent it sets really scares me for the future. But even still, I can live with things for now knowing that Sharon Angle, Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Christine O'Donnell and Linda McMahon are
not in office, so in that sense I consider Tuesday a victory. (I'd like to give a special shout-out to the Tea Party for saving us the Senate!) The thing I'm having a much harder time stomaching is this whole notion of President Obama suddenly having to be "humbled" and be willing to "work with Republicans." Are you f**king kidding me? That's
all he's done for the last two years, and as anyone with a pulse knows, it has gotten him nowhere. The media's willingness to go along with this scenario is infuriating-- did you know that Obama had "full control" of Congress these past two years(!) -- but what's even more upsetting is that we're supposed to act like Tuesday was a referendum on Obama's policies, when in fact it was a referendum on his inability to undo eight years of damage in two. Here's praying for a Palin for President ticket in 2012.
So Election Day was pretty gruesome. A lot of really disturbing people were elected -- I may never admit I'm from Arizona again -- and the precedent it sets really scares me for the future. But even still, I can live with things for now knowing that Sharon Angle, Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Christine O'Donnell and Linda McMahon are not in office, so in that sense I consider Tuesday a victory. (I'd like to give a special shout-out to the Tea Party for saving us the Senate!) The thing I'm having a much harder time stomaching is this whole notion of President Obama suddenly having to be "humbled" and be willing to "work with Republicans." Are you f**king kidding me? That's all he's done for the last two years, and as anyone with a pulse knows, it has gotten him nowhere. The media's willingness to go along with this scenario is infuriating-- did you know that Obama had "full control" of Congress these past two years(!) -- but what's even more upsetting is that we're supposed to act like Tuesday was a referendum on Obama's policies, when in fact it was a referendum on his inability to undo eight years of damage in two. Here's praying for a Palin for President ticket in 2012.
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This is the standard GOP / major media talking point. When the GOP wins an election, they have a mandate. When a Dem wins, she needs to move to the right to govern effectively.
And from my perspective on the left, Obama has been the best Republican president in 50 years. Trillions to big business. Trillions on defense. Hundreds of billions in tax cuts for the rich.
What is a Republican not to love about this?
The news here in Aoteaora last night about the mid-terms elections was weird - shots of Obama being 'humble', reporter saying he was 'humbled', then shots of people saying how disappointed they were with Obama for not giving voice and action to their hope they had two years previously i.e. the subtext was that Obama was republican so might as well vote republican.
The disconnect between the media/Obama machine and the general populace is plainly obvious to all but them.
Tuesday's election night was pretty dismal, with the bright spots being New York (no Paladino) and California. While I support him, I have been very disappointed that Obama has not been able to accomplish in office what he accomplished during his campaign - namely, the ability to truly communicate and inspire people. At the same time, the Republicans, aka Party of NO, were truly concerted in their efforts to stop everything he tried to do - while he reached out to them. Screw them! They put politics first. Let's see if they can actually accomplish something - without turning the social clock back another 20 years.
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