No Obfuscation

Well, even the GOP get out and suppress the vote tactics didn't work. The Dems have taken control of the House by a substantial majority and are on the verge of controlling the Senate.

People have just had enough of the Bushboys. He'll undoubtedly be some kind of an asshole and the rest of the GOP leadership will be setting snares to try to win back control in '08. They played to their base so strongly and disappointed their same base so badly that it is a wonder they have anybody left at all.

Part of the Dems victory can be attributed to the election of moderate candidates, especially in the House. They don't need to forget that.

I've been doing some thinking on another topic. If you were coaching a football team and were coming up with a strategy, you would likely try to pick an area where your opponent was weakest and exploit that weakness to your advantage. So, I'm wondering if 9-11 would have even happened if Gore had been President. Seems to me that Al Quaeda picked a time when this country was at its weakest to attack, a time when the controlling party had used divisive strategies to win power, a time when "red" v. "blue" was in vogue. They chose to attack US when we were weakest.

To be honest, I've been a little depressed ever since Bush was declared the winner in 2000. He just casts a pall over every thing he touches.

I early voted yesterday. Voted a straight Democratic ticket except for Arkansas Attorney General. Voted for the Green Party lady, Rebekah Kennedy. She appears to have more sense than either of the major party candidates, although the Democrat (McDaniel) will probably be ok.

Since I'm not part of the GOP base and am, by definition, not religious, this probably doesn't mean much. I am hoping and praying, though, that the Dems win enough seats to take control of both Houses of Congress.

Saddam has been sentenced to hang. I wonder if we couldn't review some of the tapes from '83 and '84 and just string Rumsfeld up with him.

I don't see anything Christian about this verdict nor do I see Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld as being significantly different than Saddam. If they thought they could have gotten away with it, they would have tortured and maimed their political opponents here at home.

Look at this info on Halliburton http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/ and look at the graphs on the right side of the page. All the info you need while you hear Cheney sneer that the American people don't have any say in what we do in Iraq.

I want a peaceful, kind world for my children and grandchildren to grow up in and it is not happening as long as the Bushboys are in charge.