7:30: Rob Portman wins Ohio (which was previously a Republican seat). Worth noting that any Republican gain in the Senate doesn’t mean a thing unless their numbers reach 60.
7:28 Florida Broward ballot counting joke. Does that mean the Supreme Court will get to pick a Senator this year?
7:00: CNN projects Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, senator for Kentucky. He is a Tea Party candidate. Two Tea Party candidates in the Senate with Jim Demint in there too. Their politics are ridiculous, and they bastardize one of the greatest political statements of all time. Our Founders are rolling over in their grave.
Patrick Leahy, D, Vermont, incumbent chairman of the judiciary committee is projected as a winner in Vermont with 0% reporting. Vermont is a whacky liberal state, but it may be one of our last best hopes. Perhaps a
Jim Demint (Tea Party candidate) beats Alvin Greene. No shocker here—but, South Carolina, as your state sinks deeper into economic bile, you have no one but yourselves to blame.
6:56: The first polls close in four minutes. If your polls close at seven on the East Coast, that probably means you live in a Republican controlled state that won’t let the poor in your state, (who are mostly like democrats working two jobs to pay for their families since Republicans continue to refuse to raise the minimum wage) vote. Yes, employers are legally required to give their workers time to vote, but who believes that actually happens? So three cheers for the newest form of Gerrymandering, manipulating election laws making impossible for droves of the opposite party to vote!
6:49: Dear God. Turned on CNN again. I must hate myself. A commercial for the live election coverage (by the “best political news team on television” of course) had theme music. Not just theme music, dramatic theme music reminiscent of the sound track to the movie Pearl Harbor.
6:03: Turn CNN back on – Wolf Blitzer said “the best political news team on television” three times in five minutes. I am watching Family Guy to extend my break, and getting alcohol. I may start my own CNN drinking game: drink every time a CNN anchor says “the best political news team on television.” On second thought, I’d die of alcohol poisoning in the first ten minutes. Family Guy.
5:20: A quick break. My head will explode if all I do is watch CNN. Planning dinner, and letting my brain breath.
5:04: Democrats “privately” admit that the loss of the House is almost for certain, and that they have “made peace with it.” I may turn to Aaron Sorkin’s writing to help ease my pain. Why is my party spineless?
West Wing Season 3 episode “Gone Quiet” “We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?”
Somewhere, “privately,” I hope a Democrat is growing a spine. Who will be the first to finally inspire us?
5:01: Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. CNN has a two inch bar ad at the bottom of the screen – yes, even during the commercials, stating “best political news team on television.” This is insufferable. Why don’t I get C-Span in HD?
4:37: Interesting online discussion. This country had turned disengaged into an art form long before 2008, but has Sarah Palin made being drool on your shirt, head tilting sideways, mumbling incoherently stupid sexy somehow?
4:25: I absolutely refuse to turn to Fox News to see how the other side is covering this. Knowing Fox, they will be calling every election for a Tea Party Candidate two hours ago. This will show “real change” for the country. No one will mention the fact that these idiots, if elected, will suddenly find out how lonely and powerless the three freshman Congressman our of 435 are, especially when they railed against the majority party (whichever party it may be tomorrow).
4:07: CNN, you cannot continually call your news team “the best political news team on television” without some proof of the award from an independent award grantor. If not, we will just assume you made it up yourself in an attempt to return to relevancy from the fifth ranked cable tv 24 hour news network status you now – oh, wait . . .
3:49: Due to increasing complaints, CNN has fired the anchorwoman again. The right MUST be correct. With this much spineless waffling and kowtowing to conservative complaints, CNN has to be run by the left.
3:39: CNN rehires anchorwoman. A press release says “We were too quick to bow to middle America. Anchorwoman was just doing her best to reach out to the three 18-24 year old viewers CNN has.
3:35: AP wire reports that CNN anchorwoman has been fired due to controversial and inappropriate remarks not fitting the seriousness of this election cycle. Not clear where the pressure came from.
3:33: CNN anchorwoman advocates an election drinking game. “Drink every time you hear the word wave,” she says “and you will DEFINITELY be drunk by nine.”
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