I went out in the rain yesterday afternoon to go to the church that is my designated poling place (no, amazingly, I didn't burst into flames upon entering the building) and cast my vote. Well, of course I voted Democrat but as we know, a lot of good that did. Not surprisingly, Republicans made giant gains all over. Our Senator-Elect (although the appointed incumbent is actually a Republican so no gain in the ratio overall for the Florida seat) is one of those Tea Party Republicans to beat. He opened his victory speech last night by thanking...yup, you guessed it...God. Oh brother, one of those freaks.
Cali though, gotta hand it to them, they don't step in tune with the rest of the weeble nation, they set the trends, not follow them. They put Jerry Brown back in the Governor's Mansion. Oh baby! You can hardly get more liberal than Jerry Brown! 'Course that was in the 70's, maybe he's bent a bit more to the right in the past few decades. But don't get me wrong, he's not the tax and spend liberal most Republicans revile, he's socially liberal but a down right minimalist when it comes to government spending. Good for California, it's what they need after the past few years of that cigar-puffin', Hummer-drivin', muscle-head Nazi-lovin' Kennedy-cunt lapper. Oh I'm too harsh. I guess 'Ah-nold' wasn't all that bad.
Here in the ol' Sunshine State though, we seem to have elected that Lex Luther wannabe, Rick Scott for Governor, the only one of the four self-made multimillionairs (Whitman for Governor and Fiorina for the Senate in California and McMahon for the Senate in Connecticut, are the losers) to have won yesterday. (There may have been more that could have been defined as "self-made multimillionairs but these 4 made the most news with their high-profile corporate positions, political inexperience and gobs of their own personal millions.)
The saddest loss yesterday though, IMHO, was Alan Grayson. Sadly, I don't live in his, or what was his, district so I couldn't cast my approval vote for this great man who is unabashedly anti-Republican, anti-bullshit. He holds nothing back when talking about the atrocious Bush administration, the Republican resistance to the Heathcare Reform and all other Right Wing Kooks out there. 'Course some would say this "maverick" approach makes him look a bit kooky too. But I love him, and will miss his brand of shoot from the hip statesmanship.
In homage, here's a couple of clips of him, just being himself, and telling it like it is. Alan, we're gonna miss ya!
Cali though, gotta hand it to them, they don't step in tune with the rest of the weeble nation, they set the trends, not follow them. They put Jerry Brown back in the Governor's Mansion. Oh baby! You can hardly get more liberal than Jerry Brown! 'Course that was in the 70's, maybe he's bent a bit more to the right in the past few decades. But don't get me wrong, he's not the tax and spend liberal most Republicans revile, he's socially liberal but a down right minimalist when it comes to government spending. Good for California, it's what they need after the past few years of that cigar-puffin', Hummer-drivin', muscle-head Nazi-lovin' Kennedy-cunt lapper. Oh I'm too harsh. I guess 'Ah-nold' wasn't all that bad.
Here in the ol' Sunshine State though, we seem to have elected that Lex Luther wannabe, Rick Scott for Governor, the only one of the four self-made multimillionairs (Whitman for Governor and Fiorina for the Senate in California and McMahon for the Senate in Connecticut, are the losers) to have won yesterday. (There may have been more that could have been defined as "self-made multimillionairs but these 4 made the most news with their high-profile corporate positions, political inexperience and gobs of their own personal millions.)
The saddest loss yesterday though, IMHO, was Alan Grayson. Sadly, I don't live in his, or what was his, district so I couldn't cast my approval vote for this great man who is unabashedly anti-Republican, anti-bullshit. He holds nothing back when talking about the atrocious Bush administration, the Republican resistance to the Heathcare Reform and all other Right Wing Kooks out there. 'Course some would say this "maverick" approach makes him look a bit kooky too. But I love him, and will miss his brand of shoot from the hip statesmanship.
In homage, here's a couple of clips of him, just being himself, and telling it like it is. Alan, we're gonna miss ya!