Voters show they're not all sheep November '06 elections stem the tide of morons and scumbags

Common sense and common decency made a comeback in these elections. Basic American principles were rediscovered, and the conservative fascists also found out that their relentless agenda of power-mad corruption is being rejected by citizens who are no longer fooled by the GOP version of "values," as well as by citizens who never fell for that crap in the first place.

SO ....... what happened in this election, and WHY? Let's summarize, shall we?

Quick note ..... Bush says he is reaching out to the Democrats now in charge of Congress, to work in bipartisan fashion. Well, this flaming stooge had SIX YEARS to do that. NOW he does it, with a gun to his head? Too late, ass-face.

It's all about CHANGE.

Democrats needed fifteen seats to capture the House. They got 26. They needed, and GOT, the six they needed to take the Senate. The GOP has nobody to blame but themselves.

Dems also took back a majority of the governors' offices across the country. They now own 28 of them.

The scumbag former secretary of state in Ohio, the guy who stole Ohio for Bush in 2004, lost his gubernatorial run there. Judges repeatedly slapped back his attempts to disenfranchise voters who might not swing right.

Dems won in places they never, ever win. 
 

UNFORTUNATELY, some very excellent GOP folks got tossed with the bad ones, including Jim Leach, Nancy Johnson, and the very eloquent Lincoln Chafee. So the crimes of the party killed off even the good guys.
 

Some exit poll numbers: One-third of evangelicals voted Democratic. Scandals, failure to deliver, endless pork, and completely misreading the base (eg. the Terri Schiavo mess) brought about the far right's disenchantment with GOP candidates. That, and the fact that they all suck.

Independents made up 26 percent of voters. They went for Dems over the GOP, 59 to 37 percent.  A solid majority of voters who said they made up their minds at the last minute went Democratic.

Fifty percent of voters polled think the economy is not good. In fact, a lot of the goodness is smoke and mirrors, benefiting mostly those who already have lots of cash.

61 percent disapprove of Congressional job performance. 71 percent of those went Democratic. 57 percent of all voters disapprove of the Iraq war, and 58 percent disapprove of Bush's job performance. The 42 percent who approve are 100 percent f____d in the head.
 

Arizona made English its official language, while rejecting a gay marriage ban that seven other states passed. Five states increased their minimum wage, something the GOP has refused to do unless it included additional tax breaks for the rich. The completely intrusive, nutjob abortion ban in South Dakota was repealed. Stem cell research was approved in Missouri. Good job, Michael J. Fox.

A very, very, very worthy Illinois candidate, Tammy Duckworth, an Iraqi veteran who lost both legs over there, was defeated. Hopefully we have not seen the last of her. Melissa Bean, on the other hand, overcame dirty ads and won.
 

Dennis Hastert, speaker of the house and Tom Delay's lapdog (this fat idiot took care of Delay by effectively firing the head of the ethics committee after an investigation of Delay was launched) won't bother running for minority leader. He always just a towel boy, anyway. This pig even changed legislation to insure that land he owned would soar in value, so he could cash in. If conservatives didn't want Nancy Pelosi as speaker, then maybe they should have reined in a greedy, fat scumbag who helped Mark Foley get away with ogling Congressional pages.
 

What happens NOW?

There will now be appropriate oversight. Halliburton, oil execs, Congressional spendthrifts, pork barrel nutjobs, and energy policy scumbags will be put on the hotseat. True progress might actually be made on issues that will benefit the poor and the middle class, not just the Super-Rich.

There will be an end to last-minute provisions snuck into bills just before voting. No more post-midnight votes designed to escape scrutiny and the press. No more completely one-sided laws being passed without valid discussion by both parties.

Hopefully we'll roll back tax breaks for the richest one percent of the population. This may very well include ME, but I'm willing to pitch in, for the greater good. 

How about revisiting that assault weapons ban that the dickless POTUS said he'd sign, but didn't bother asking Congress for?

How about a REAL energy policy, instead of the oil company giveaways arranged by oil-filthy Dick "Real Big Dick" Cheney?
 

As with everything else, Bush sucks at campaigning

With his approval ratings righteously in the dumper because of his idiotic policies and utter inability to communicate, Bush was the kiss of death on the campaign trail. He backed openly fourteen Senate candidates. Ten lost. He pushed thirteen governors, and eight lost. Bush backed forty in hte House, and seventeen lost, with the rest being shoo-in incumbents.

The guy who replaced Bush's brother as Florida gov avoided appearing with Bush at all. In fact, tons of GOP hopefuls avoids photo ops with Bush.

Omar ain't buyin' it

Zalmay Khalilzad, the American envoy to Iraq, "reassured" Iraqis after the election not to sweat it, that the Bush administration was still in control of Iraq policy, and wouldn't stray from the plan. Iraqis responded by saying that they hoped the Democratic gains WOULD in fact force Bush to change policies, which they consider to have failed.