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bililoquy

Election Edition

Nov 08, 2006 00:52

Breakdown

National level - Relatively rosy. In all our Virginian gloom-n'-doom, it's worth noting that the Democrats have taken the House for the first time since 1994, and gained significant ground in the Senate. I'm not going to posit the Democratic party as a force of unmolested altruism, but this is pretty damned good news: a loosened ( Read more... )

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gram_negative November 8 2006, 06:29:58 UTC

You know what really pissed me off? The fact that the Republican sample ballot had, in addition to marks next to the appropriate candidates, a nice big check next to the "YES" option on the marriage amendment.

The Democratic sample ballot had nothing there at all.

If this isn't indicative of the whole problem with the Democratic party, at least in Virginia, I don't know what is.

On the other hand, you're right: things are not as bad as they seem. I am quite stunned by the South Dakota bill being rejected. Maybe they're not all losers in the Midwest, after all!

abulia November 8 2006, 07:45:17 UTC

i have a midwest loser! =)

gram_negative November 9 2006, 01:38:46 UTC

He seems okay. He might not be a loser.

coffebean04 November 8 2006, 12:53:09 UTC

As of 3:28 am, Webb was in the lead by around .3%
Fuck this is a close race.

And yes, my biggest problem with the Green party will forever be under a two-party system that any Green ballot takes away from the Democratic ballot. It's nice to vote for the person you feel will represent you the best, but unfortunately it must be accompanied by the realistic fact that one or the other of the TPS will win.

Apathy is a problem and will forever be a problem. I think people are too comfortable in the idea that votes don't count. Except in a state or local election and they count a whole helluva a lot. And can go on to affect federal decisions.

I think it all comes down to shortsightedness.

We are a shortsighted culture.

gram_negative November 9 2006, 01:41:32 UTC

We haven't evolved, mentally or spiritually, to be able to deal with the ever-widening perspective that our technology grants us. We are fundamentally locally-minded creatures trying to cope with a global environment. I think, for many people (often including myself), our instinct is to try to crawl in a hole and forget about it.