Salient question considering Tuesday nights results. Most people know about the House of Representatives and the Senate seats that went Republican. A fair amount probably know that a lot of Governors went to the GOP as well. But that may not be the biggest story. 680!!! That is the number of state legislators that switched Nov 2nd. How big is that? Well in 1994, 428 went to the Republicans. The biggest before last Tuesday was 624 in 1974 right after Watergate.
So what does it mean? It cannot be just a number or power swinging back and forth. I think it shows that once again the American people had a glimpse of what true liberal policy looks like and decided overwhelming that they don't want it. Most of us do not want to "fundamentally transform" this country. We love it and are proud of it. Is it perfect? Of course not. Are we a force for good in the world? You're damn right we are. And most of us don't like to be told we are too stupid to take care of ourselves. We know what to eat, to drink, to smoke or not to smoke, and what type of car we want to drive. Senator Kerry said we don't pay much attention to politics. Well Lurch, we are paying attention now. President Obama said they were moving so fast we couldn't keep up with all their victories. Well, time to hit the brakes and take a chill pill.
To have total control in 26 states is a little scary no matter who holds power. For absolute power corrupts absolutely it is said and has been proven time again. Even with that dynamic it is evident that tea party people may not be extreme. They maybe normal folks who have never" paid much attention or tried to keep up". You can't pick up 680 seats on one night and be a fringe group of hayseed racists. The numbers don't add up. We are talking a no longer silent majority that is fully engaged in the political process now.
So if the color yellow makes you sad just chug on over to mamby-pamby land and get some self confidence, you bunch of jackwagons. Tissue??????.........
Till next.........
Looking at life through the odd mix of optimism, sarcasm, love and humor and not always in that order.
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