It has been a busy day for me today and I have only just returned to spend a happy hour trawling through the American news sites whilst carefully stepping around the litter of Democrat body-parts scattered across the political battlefield. The desperation of some Left-wing commentators in seeking to find a shred of good news out of this massacre is enough to bring tears to your eyes, er, tears of laughter, that is! Perhaps the most even-handed summary come from the Right-wing columnist, Byron York, in The Washington Examiner where he cruelly rips into the nonsense thinking of the Democrats prior to the election.
Then, they claimed that the election was definitely not about Obama but, rascals that they are, just about every Republican candidate kept a non-stop chorus linking their Dem opponents to the President's record. Sticky stuff, shit, and it doesn't get any stickier, or shittier, than 'Obamacare', the 'trophy' of the Obama years. Again and again this measure was rammed down Democrat throats and today the result is there for all to see.
All the while the Dem leadership comforted themselves that "the economy, stoopid" was doing just fine and would help them in their campaign which goes to prove how "stoopid" they are! As York points out, the economy is not at all fine down at the bottom of the heap where it matters. Up 'on the Hill', of course, they were all doing very nicely, thank you very much! But, said the clever Dem strategists with all their computers and analytical charts, it'll all be alright on the night because we can depend on the ladies. Well, the Dems did poll 7% better with women - but the GOP polled 13% better with men!
The final piece of water-logged detritus they clung to in the stormy waters was the oft' proclaimed power of the Dem party to get the vote out and into the polling stations. Alas for them, the Republicans (at last!) had also cottoned on (no pun intended!) to the importance of this aspect of modern voting. York's article is well worth reading.
Now, of course, the problems begin for the Republican party but, heh!, what the hell, courtesy of my regular 'Arkie' reporter, 'JK', we have several cases of Barney Magroo's Vintage Shampain (his spelling) and it is classified as 'vintage' on the grounds that it was brewed two days ago! So let's all enjoy the good news - whilst we can!
