Shot in the Dark

Everything Must Be Perfect

Remember when Democrats whinged and yapped about the threat to democracy posed by Diebold? That the polling system was irredeemably broken?

Atomizer does, if only vaguely:

I realized that I had AM radio on all day and had not heard one frantic report of rampant voter fraud. I hadn’t heard a single person crying about how they had been disenfranchised. Nobody had yet come forward with tales of having been intimidated at the polls. The always reliable members of the MSM had yet to trot out even one pathetic loser who was too incompetent to figure out how to cast a ballot. No candidate was threatening court action to overturn a close result and nobody was shrieking about an election being stolen.

No, we were all spared these indignities this time around and I, frankly, found it quite refreshing. I guess that’s just what happens when adults lose elections.

I heard not a single Republican…:

  • impugning the intelligence of the opposition
  • declaring widespread fraud
  • declaring the system broken
  • saying that Americans (or “those other Americans”) need to “Wake Up”
  • call for investigating secession.

The more I see the differences between the parties, the more I look forward to 2008. These Democrat hamsters are going to immolate themselves trying to actually run a government.

This next two years could be a huge opportunity.

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10 responses to “Everything Must Be Perfect”

  1. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Mitch said,

    “This next two years could be a huge opportunity.”

    Again, I realize you don’t like exit polls but need I remind you that the primary reason you guys lost the House and the Senate was widespread corruption within the Republican party.

    You had six years of opportunity and you pissed it away.

    Now that we have subpoena power, we have the ability to critically examine every move you guys made for the last 6 years and believe me, we’re going to do it.

  2. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    Get your hand out of your pants, Doug.

  3. Terry Avatar
    Terry

    Funny, Doug, but I’ve never thought of my relationship to the republicans as being strong enough to use the word “we”. Your desire to retreat from Iraq and start a war with Bush confirms that you’re more loyal to your party than you are to your country.

  4. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Terry said,

    “Your desire to retreat from Iraq…”

    The full range of Democratic ideas for Iraq extends from pulling out now to staying the course but I doubt that you would know that because all you ever hear from the absurdly labled “liberal media” is that Democrats want to cut and run.

    That so many of you guys on the right so rigidly believe the mythology you yourselves have created about democrats illustrates pretty clearly that you are incapable of looking objectively at your own messes.

    Yours is an idelogical movement dependent on strawmen, bullying and blame.

    In ’94, Democrats rightfully got their asses kicked and Republicans were supposed to actually take the opportuinity to do something good. Instead, we got the K-street project, Abramoff, gerrymandering, PNAC – I could go on buy why bother. I don’t know any idealogues who actually take responsibility for their messes so why would I expect anything different now.

    “and start a war with Bush confirms that you’re more loyal to your party than you are to your country.”

    The fact that I expect the new Congress to hold the President, his administration and the last Congress accountable proves you’re 100% mistaken.

  5. Mitch Avatar
    Mitch

    The full range of Democratic ideas for Iraq extends from pulling out now to staying the course

    But the Dems’ policy has nothing to do with the full range of ideas, and either you know it or you’re so sotted with the kool-aid that you don’t know better.

    The Dems’ greatest achievement in this cycle was putting a bunch of “moderate” Dems up for election – people who were not really all *that* bad – to buff up the numbers in support of a leadership (in Congress and the party itself) that is too liberal to gain any traction by being honest about its policies.

    Tim Waltz might be relatively moderate – but Nancy Pelosi is going to be the one calling the shots.

    Which is going to be political gold in 2008.

  6. mike Avatar
    mike

    “The full range of Democratic ideas for Iraq extends from pulling out now to staying the course”

    Bwahahahahaha!

    “Yours is an idelogical movement dependent on strawmen, bullying and blame.”

    Seriously, stop it Doug, you’re killing me here! Somebody give me a “Bush Lied People Died”.

    “we got the K-street project, Abramoff, gerrymandering, PNAC”

    And the legions of voters who were ready to take to the streets over PNAC and the K-street project certainly showed us who’s boss.

    Yes Doug, this election certainly

  7. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Mitch said,

    “The Dems’ greatest achievement in this cycle was putting a bunch of “moderate” Dems up for election – people who were not really all *that* bad…”

    But of course 3 weeks ago, Republicans were screaming that the Democrats running were all part of the extreem left wing of the party who were going to pull all of the troops out from Iraq the morning of November 8th.

    Which is it? Are they moderates or extreemists or maybe they are moderately extreem? Of course they could be extreemely moderate but I doubt that’s what you meant…

    And seriously Mitch, for you to say, “Tim Waltz might be relatively moderate – but Nancy Pelosi is going to be the one calling the shots” after you had Tom Delay is just hysterical. Really, you’re killing me here…

    Just because that’s the way you guys did it doesn’t mean that’s the only way it can be done.

  8. Mitch Avatar
    Mitch

    But of course 3 weeks ago, Republicans were screaming that the Democrats running were all part of the extreem left wing of the party who were going to pull all of the troops out from Iraq the morning of November 8th.

    There’s only on “e” in Extreme, Doug.

    And it’s even simpler than that; the Dems ran moderates where they figured they needed to. But there’s no moderation in their leadership.

    Which is it? Are they moderates or extreemists or maybe they are moderately extreem? Of course they could be extreemely moderate but I doubt that’s what you meant…

    If the concept is still opaque to you, Doug, perhaps you should be a Democrat.

    And seriously Mitch, for you to say, “Tim Waltz might be relatively moderate – but Nancy Pelosi is going to be the one calling the shots” after you had Tom Delay is just hysterical. Really, you’re killing me here…

    Again, the concept is not that difficult. I am a conservative and a Republican; Tom Delay was a conservative and a Republican. I agreed with Delay on most policy issues, whereas I disagree with Pelosi on most things.

    You see how this works yet?

  9. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Uh oh… The spellcheck Police strike again!

    Mitch said,

    I am a conservative and a Republican; Tom Delay was a conservative and a Republican. I agreed with Delay on most policy issues, whereas I disagree with Pelosi on most things

    And there’s the rub Mitch. He may have been a Republican and he may have claimed to be a Conservative but if I were a traditional conservative, I would distance myself from Delay as far away as possible. Delay didn’t have to resign his seat because he was a Conservative now did he…

  10. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    Oh and Mitch?

    “There’s only on “e” in Extreme, Doug.”

    I’ll lend you one of my extra e’s so you can properly spell “one”. You can thank me later.

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