the morning after the confetti

“It’s been a long time since our party really had something to celebrate,” Ms. McCaskill told the crowd. “So have a good time. You deserve it.”

I'll be honest here, I find myself fighting back tears when dealing with some of these races and issues. The price of caring too much is that you find yourself looking ridiculous at some point. When I got up this morning and checked the NY Times to see Mary McCaskill's victory, I cried because thank heavens she won that race. It was by far one of the ugliest things ever.

Dear Rush Limbaugh: So you think Micheal J Fox was making his symptoms look worse than they really are? I invite you to come visit my family, and see if you think my grandfather is overplaying his symptoms.

South Dakota rejected the abortion ban put by state lawmakers apparently against the wishes of the majority of people in the state. All seven of the bond packages passed in Austin, to give money to affordable housing, building new roads and sidewalks, preserving environmentally sensitive land in the Barton Springs zone, funding cultural institutions, a new library, and funding new EMS stations as well a police academy. Rick Santorum went down in flames.

So there are some good things, despite being stuck with four more years of Governor Good Hair. How can a man whose approval ratings are so low still win? Voter apathy is a big problem in Texas. Sandra was saying last night that she used to never vote because she didn't think it would ever make a difference. But she realized we have to, because if we don't fight at all there's never going to be any way for us to change things.

election reactions

Here I must quote warhol

THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GOD'S CHOSEN PARTY, AFTER ALL.

Here is grapicnovelist

I've been rolling in schadenfruede today like an OCD chinchilla. The various right-wing blogs have been all kinds of funny; the ones that aren't screaming about how they're about to be hauled off to a mandatory Al-Quaeda rally and re-education camp are trying to spin this as a conservative victory after all. As though the 28+ seats the Dems took are actually filled with sleeper agents who're just waiting for the word from the Glorious Leader to throw off their disguises and reveal their true identities. ALL HAIL HYDRA! CUT OFF ONE HEAD AND TWO MORE WILL TAKE IT'S PLACE!

From my aunt Tricia, resident of Arizona and the first state to vote down a gay marriage ban:

Arizona voting results were indicating a possible 70% turnout yesterday!! INCREDIBLE! Not even a presidential year! We had an amazing # of legislative issues though… English is the official state language, pregnant pigs get to live in quarters where they can turn around, the state cannot take away your land for private development, no smoking in public places, 80 cent tax on cigs to pay for public programs (that one really ticks me off and I don’t even smoke!!) Illegal aliens can’t get bail nor can they receive instate tuition at public colleges…. And more!