The Republicans win in a landslide.

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I know, you're thinking my cheese slid off my cracker. I don't know what politics you studied, but the ones I grew up being told about always called the Republicans the party of state's rights. Democrats were always the ones that wanted a big government. And last night, voters decided that they were sick to death of big government and big brother telling them how to act and what to think, and they voted to return power to the states. THEREFORE, we must have voted Republican. Dizzying logic, I know.

South Dakota decided that they want to let their women make up their own mind on abortion. Arizona decided that although the rest of the nation is defining marriage as between a man and a woman, they want to leave their constitution alone. And Missouri, possibly moved by actor Michael J. Fox's ad, decided to approve a measure backing stem cell research.

Nine states approved measures involving eminant domain in response to a Supreme Court ruling that big businesses are allowed to buy your home if you are standing in the way of their progress. Six states voted to raise the minimum wage.

But wait. It's not all liberal. Nevada and Colorado voted to not allow marijuana up to an ounce by those 21 and older. Michigan took the conservative stance on affirmative action, although if there is any single issue that gets crossover, it's this one. And despite Arizona's decision regarding gay marriage, eight other states voted to ban it.

No gloating here. Just perhaps a hope that we can begin finding ways to fix this fractured nation.

November 8, 2006 - 9:12am

Flippe ... floppe ...

o ceallaigh Says:

the ones I grew up being told about always called the Republicans the party of state's rights. Democrats were always the ones that wanted a big government. And last night, voters decided that they were sick to death of big government and big brother telling them how to act and what to think, and they voted to return power to the states.

Yep. It's the old flip/flop. Old as politics. Imagine living in a Westminster democracy and having to oppose a long-held view because it's been adopted by the Government and you're in Opposition. The essence of the art of debating (as in the debate clubs that used to be in all the good high schools and colleges) is to argue persuasively for a point of view your heart opposes. See LAWYER.

In the days of Lincoln, the Republican Party was the party of big business and big government in favor of business. Yes, that says "Lincoln". It was also the party of abolition. While the Democrats were the party of segregation and racism, the coiners of the term "miscegenation".

So you wish to tell me how come our most powerful images of civil rights in America are tied to F. D. Roosevelt and J. F. Kennedy - both Democrats?

The cheese ain't slidin' off'n your cracker ...

November 8, 2006 - 9:51am

Ahhh. That explains it.

IntricateGirl Says:

I was never in debate club. I was in Mock Trial. A lot of people think it's similar, but it's not. If the "art of debating is to argue persuasively for a point of view your heart opposes," then Mock Trial taught us that it's easier to just believe it in the first place. ;)

Sure it flipped, and I'm sure it will flop in the future. No seriously. Just this morning I outlined for my husband exactly how this democracy will end. It will be a spectacular flop.

My own personal politics will flip too, I'm sure. I'm not a Democrat. I owe them nothing. Someday the Republicans may be more aligned with the issues I hold important. But not today.

Today, I am at ease.