More considered reaction to the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts, reflecting something some Democratic operative said yesterday: Better Scott Brown for two years than Martha Coakley for a lifetime.
More considered reaction to the Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts, reflecting something some Democratic operative said yesterday: Better Scott Brown for two years than Martha Coakley for a lifetime.
This is exactly the logic that my family and friends and I used to console ourselves last night.
I used red wine and a movie
I used venom and facebook.
I exfoliated and bought a bunch of stuff on eBay
Clay masque and mystery novel.
insufflated?
I am trying to look more American.
I used graphs! http://bit.ly/6swvns Brown's turnout almost exactly matched McCain's from the presidential election, vs Coakley's massive dropoff.
In fairness, not actually very consoling. But fascinating enough to keep me away from the whisky for another hour or so!
Now I'm using whisky.
I started organizing a roundtable at which democrats will discuss what lessons we're all going to take away from this loss and what we can do to prevent it from happening again, on a much grander scale, in November.
Did I say roundtable? I meant circular firing squad.
So what did you guys decide to do?
Classic rock and Taco Bell.
Jerk! Taco Bell guy just died! Too soon!
(in tributum)
I watched "To Kill a Mockingbird." I needed to escape to a simpler albeit equally frustrating time.
Law & Order: CI reruns and a buzzy cat.
I hid a bunch of people on Facebook and watched an episode of Glee.
"Rage Against the Machine" thru the skein of a semi-permeable Republican. Considering where this went down, leads one to think it's more of a signal re: status-quo i/o an extra dollar in the RNC's accounts receivable. (X-post from awl http://bit.ly/5QtoUy)
Someone said that who isn't me?
I retreated into the latenight wars and thanked the massholes for taking the heat off Connecticut for a day or two...
Yeah, you're gonna need to send your Furies after Brown, too. They can be like the B-team touring company.
I just can't care anymore.
I want to, I really do.
Hey, I'm just glad I'm no longer getting 9-10 phone calls a day telling me to vote for _____ or the Commonwealth will go down the toilet.
Also I hate to point this out, but senators actually serve for 6 years, not 2.
This is a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of Ted Kennedy's term -- 2 years.
This was a special election to cover the remaining 2 years left on Kennedy's seat.
He is finishing the remainder of Our Kennedy's especial term as electedly referendumed on behalf of the majority of Americans, who don't support Healthcare, as mandated in an election which was not even close.
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So this means that universal health care is no longer a guaranteed cakewalk? (I'm coping through sarcasm and bitterness.)