I know everyone has heard it a million times this week. You can't ignore the overwhelming fact that the Democratic Party took control of the House and the Senate this week. Unless you are living in Kansas. They can ignore facts in Kansas.
I can't let this moment pass without chiming in with my own opinions. I went out and voted on Tuesday night, even though voting in this part of Texas for a Democrat has the same noticeable effect as pissing into the Trinity River. Actually, I think the Trinity River is predominately piss right now, but I digress. I spent the evening watching returns, and then the Internet the next day. And the next day. I was truly worried that it would be December before we found out what was happening, but yesterday George Allen conceded in Virginia, and it happened. Dems took over.
Now, I was raised a Democrat, and I have very liberal views, but my joy over this election isn't about agendas or political parties. Its about power and control. The Bush administration came into power in an election where they lost the popular vote, and won the electoral college after going before the Supreme Court to win Florida, a state where Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush worked tenaciously to ensure a favorable outcome for Bush. The entire thing hinged on around 537 votes.
So, with more than half of the country voting against him and a divided nation, Bush proceed to ignore the Democratic party (and incidentally all the constituents they represent) and move forward with an agenda regardless of what the people wanted. The Congress, who is a check to Executive power, was controlled by Republicans, and since the country was divided they also simply ignored their Democratic equals across the aisle, and rubber stamped every request and legislation that was passed down from the White House. See, it should be congress making laws, and the President either vetoing them or signing them, but instead Bush decided what should be law and just sent it to Congress as a technicality.
Then there was the whole 9/11 thing, which Bush used to remind Americans on a daily basis that they should be very afraid and ignore whatever he was doing that they might not like. War, blah blah blah. We've heard it all.
Just two weeks ago, the President stated that voting for Democrats was the same as supporting terrorists. Well, now its time for his comeuppance. I firmly believe that with a Congress that actually makes the President accountable, Bush will accomplish nothing because of his ineptitude in leadership. Clinton, who was reviled by Republicans and had to deal with a Republican Congress for 6 years still accomplished welfare reform, minimum wage increase, created a budget surplus and so much more. You may not like the increased minium wage, but he got it done for the benefit of alot of people. Leadership is the ability to unite differing people and opinions and still accomplish things. Anyone can accomplish something when they have no accountability and can act without controls.
Democrats are in power and angry, and no matter what else they accomplish, they will light a fire under the political process. Anyone think Bush is going to suddenly become an uniting leader who inspires? They say pollution creates beautiful sunsets. I'm getting my marshmallows ready to watch the MF'er burn up in a blaze of infamy, and the amount of shit that will be ignited should result in the aurora borealis shining down in Dallas.
Can you picture that?
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