Saturday, November 11, 2006
A Post About How Tuesday's Election Was Not That Bad
I have known about and liked James Webb since 1979. He was a good Republican and a good man at the time. I don't think he has seriously changed for the worse just because he sought to run for Senator from Virginia on the Democrat ticket. (We righties never criticize or call traitors the guys who switch Democrat to Republican). This story on the NRO Corner website restores my soul about the ultimate effect of this Republican debacle last Tuesday. There are indeed good guys on the left, they just don't see things as we do, more fools they.
See if you don't agree about how good a guy Senator elect Webb is from this account of a victory rally.
He started off by mentioning that "tomorrow is an extremely important day for America," and the crowd went wild, thinking he was talking about taking power. But of course, he launched into his praise of the Marine Corps, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly. Then he thanked all the brave veterans and brave men still fighting, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly again.
Then he mentioned that he received a call from Sen. Allen, and the crowd went nuts again. Then he mentioned how pleasant and dignified Allen was, and the crowd grew quiet. Then he said he was having lunch next week with Allen--and the crowd was dead silent. Finally he told the audience that they should all thank Sen./Gov. Allen for his many years of dedicated service to the people of Virginia--and you could almost hear the people gathered looking at each other asking, "What the $#@! did we just do?"
It was priceless.
See if you don't agree about how good a guy Senator elect Webb is from this account of a victory rally.
He started off by mentioning that "tomorrow is an extremely important day for America," and the crowd went wild, thinking he was talking about taking power. But of course, he launched into his praise of the Marine Corps, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly. Then he thanked all the brave veterans and brave men still fighting, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly again.
Then he mentioned that he received a call from Sen. Allen, and the crowd went nuts again. Then he mentioned how pleasant and dignified Allen was, and the crowd grew quiet. Then he said he was having lunch next week with Allen--and the crowd was dead silent. Finally he told the audience that they should all thank Sen./Gov. Allen for his many years of dedicated service to the people of Virginia--and you could almost hear the people gathered looking at each other asking, "What the $#@! did we just do?"
It was priceless.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:37 AM 
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Good comment, ciz. AZ voted for English only but against marriage protection and against some anti-illegal immigrant referenda. What the heck? The voters also voted out JD Hayworth (almost certainly) and Randy Graf both big border hawks. I cannnot analyze that and stay coherent. I agree it was a big loss for Republicans but not so bad for Conservatism. However, I think that hoping for Pelosi to screw up is a weak strategy. I'm not so sure she will (or if she does, that the media will not give her cover, by ignoring her faux pas).
We Republicans alienated too many of the voters and we need to get back to popular principals (like less federal spending and a smaller yet still effective in a crisis government). I hope we can do it, because I love America and wish for good things for her. Again, thanks for the comment.
We Republicans alienated too many of the voters and we need to get back to popular principals (like less federal spending and a smaller yet still effective in a crisis government). I hope we can do it, because I love America and wish for good things for her. Again, thanks for the comment.
So I hear about the battle of two border hawks in Hayworth's former district, so the crystal ball is cloudy. We also lost a lot of hispanic voters (along with everyone else including some of us good Republicans). The real disaster won't start until Democrats have all three branches again--like they will soon have in Colorado (and which I hope never really happens on the federal level).
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