Post election misery

Correspondence on a listserv I'm on 'tween me and a coupla friends:


Derek wrote:
> So what's happened there then?

Well, our otherwise progressive and anti-discriminatory Constitution is
to be amended to define "marriage" as "between one man and one woman,"
which it really already did, and goes even further to basically outlaw
civil unions, REGARDLESS of gender or orientation, by denying civil
unions "any status substantially similar to marriage."

WI was one of the first states to add "sexual orientation" to its
anti-discrimination clause.

Ohio has already been through this, and has shown that such clauses
essentially remove even basic protections and rights from un-married
couples, even \'common-law marriages,\' hetero or homo.

Oh, and we want to let our obviously fair and efficient government start
executing people based on DNA evidence.

gregory // two GIANT STEPS back // dj lo

",0] ); //-->
Well, our otherwise progressive and anti-discriminatory Constitution is
to be amended to define "marriage" as "between one man and one woman,"
which it really already did, and goes even further to basically outlaw
civil unions, REGARDLESS of gender or orientation, by denying civil
unions "any status substantially similar to marriage."

WI was one of the first states to add "sexual orientation" to its
anti-discrimination clause.

Ohio has already been through this, and has shown that such clauses
essentially remove even basic protections and rights from un-married
couples, even 'common-law marriages,' hetero or homo.

Oh, and we want to let our obviously fair and efficient government start
executing people based on DNA evidence.

gman // two GIANT STEPS back // dj hifio

To which I responded:

Yeah, some major bitter disappointments across the board last night.

My local guys, including a friend who ran as an out gay person, two
Republicans I voted for, and a Democrat who the DNC left out to hang
dry when he coulda easily won, lost.

Gay marriage/gay rights amendments, lost.
Decrim marijuana in Colo and NV, lost
Schwarzwenegger, re-elected, (what the fuck is *wrong* with you
peoples in CA?!?!)
Kinky Friedman, lost.
Harold Ford, lost.
Lamont, lost.

And it goes on and on and on.

Major suckitude on all fronts.

But you know what?

I just don't care anymore.

Why?

Because the first called seat last night came straight outta Vermont
and you motherfuckers elected a SOCIALIST to the US Senate!!!

What's in the water up there, T-Snake?

Mind mixing up us all a batch of Kool-Aid from it?

Let's go to the tape, shall we?

Santorum, GONE!
Harris, GONE!
Weldon, GONE!
Ney, GONE!
Sherwood, GONE!
Foley, LOST!

Delay's old seat in DEMOCRAT Nick Lampson's hands!

28 Democratic Statehouses including a major upset in MD where a
popular Republican *incumbent* lost to O'Malley, a Democrat!

Not 12, not 15, 20,or 25, seats, but, count 'em, **27** House Seats!!!!

And that's not counting the 13 that haven't been decided yet.

There were only 33 US Senate Seats in play yesterday.

Out of the 67 not up for election a solid 40 were already in
Republican hands v. The Dems 27.

Out of the 33 seats that were in play, the Republicans only needed to
win 5 last night to get to the majority of 60 that they needed to
absolutely control the US Senate.

That didn't happen either, did it?

What happened yesterday with the US Senate Races yesterday was an
absolute miracle.

Yeah, a lot of shit didn't go right yesterday, but being that on the
whole, we ran the fucking table and mopped the floor up with these
assholes, and while it may be a small victory, (God, I've kinda
forgotten what that feels like), I'll friggin' take it.

Seriously, we did good, real good, and while there's gonna be a lot of
work ahead of us from this point on, let's enjoy and savor this for a
little bit, m'kay?

Don't look now, but we just earned us some major political capital,
and hopefully we won't squander it, like Bush did.

Mmmm, subpeona power.

Speaker Of The House Pelosi.

Don't know about ya'll, but me likey.

:-)

~nyc