Wonder how long it will take for it to sink in with voters that they've managed to screw themselves really good? If, of course, it ever does. Here in Georgia the sheeple behaved exactly as one would expect: voted in the guys who promised them a free lunch, voted down the measures that would have actually helped the state, and did their best to make the business climate less competitive.
There do appear to be a few positive things to be said about the picture nationally: the lunatic in Nevada lost her bid for the Senate, and the millionaires in California discovered they'd wasted their money trying to buy elective office. Other than that, things seem to have happened more or less the way the talking heads had been predicting: Democrats held on to a Senate majority, but lost the House. If people thought Congress wasn't getting anything done before, the next two years should set some sort of record for gridlock.
This election cycle really didn't hold any surprises in the end. I wasn't even surprised that Georgians would turn down a $10 annual increase to their vehicle tags to expand trauma care. Typical. Maybe they like having all those roadside crosses memorials after all.
ReplyDeleteWonder how long it will take for it to sink in with voters that they've managed to screw themselves really good?
ReplyDeleteI'd say until the twelvth of Never!!
Gridlock may be a good thing. This country could use a break from constant changes for a while.
ReplyDelete"Buyer's Remorse" requires some degree of introspection. For many people, interest in the election and the subsequent results are probably yesterday's sports scores - forgotten.
ReplyDeleteIgnorance Reigns!
Maybe they like having all those roadside crosses memorials after all.
ReplyDeleteLook at it as a way of trying to improve the gene pool in the bible belt.
Good point, BBC. A thinning of the herd.
ReplyDeleteLisa, how can you thin the herd when they breed like rabbits???
ReplyDeleteLisa, how can you thin the herd when they breed like rabbits???
ReplyDeleteHigher speed limits, and more barriers, barriers are targets to them with their little fucking crosses hanging on their rear view mirrors and their little fucking plastic Jesus on the dashboard.