Election Night #2: The Day After

Hmm. Rahm Emmanuel just became a legendary Democratic hero, and so did Chuck Schumer but to a lesser extent. The only one that looks like an ass here is meeeee, but I’m perfectly content with that under the circumstances.

A fellow polisci major with strong Democratic leanings: “I’ve followed four big elections in my life and this is the first one that turned out right!” Amen, brother.

Rumsfeld resigned this morning.

Not a moment too soon. This galactically arrogant bastard spent the past five years destabilizing the world with a brand new military strategy – just enough men and equipment to fail utterly. Here’s a lesson in the exercise of power, free of charge. You can EITHER (1) Tell the world (i.e., the countries you conquer, the terrorists that hate you, the international community that fears you, the opposition party that could very well one day take back control of Congress) to fuck off, OR (2) Skimp on the troops and body armor to invest heavily in technological crack dreams to try to make war more like a video game. You can’t do both.

Not a moment too late, either. The Republicans are going to have just enough time to nominate and confirm Rummy’s replacement. Rumor mill – George, Jr.’s gonna go with a Texas A&M professor. And my feeling is, if George Allen is out of work, why pass him up? A true good ol’ boy without the lib’ral ‘stablishment taint of university teachin’? Good Lord only knows what kinda papers them A&M boys come across from NYU or Harvard…look who they named their School of Government after, for Chrissakes…

Careful, oh party of Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Johnson. You may have taken control of the House and (probably!) the Senate, but you did it by electing some real conservatives. The 110^th Congress is not going to be the one to abolish the death penalty, institute universal health care, make our public schools into palaces, or codify gay rights. At best, this will be the Congress that sets us on the course to winning in Iraq, stabilizing the war on terror, cutting deficits, funding education, and ushering in an era of slightly greater national sanity.

But things are looking auspiciously up.

:-D

Today’s Musical Insight:

“Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over…”