I don't usually like to be the one to start political discussions, and I don't plan on talking a lot of politics here at The Bun, however there are some things I'd just like to touch on for a moment.
It's too bad fellow BHS alum, Tay Stevenson won't be representing in St. Paul this year.
It's too bad my fellow Minnesotans re-elected Michele Bachman. I have serious difficulty understanding how anyone can defend a vote for this woman. Have you not listened to the insanity that comes out of her mouth?
It's too bad my home district failed to re-elect Oberstar. He was such an asset for Minnesota.
It's good that Emmer won't be our Governor.
It's too bad Dayton and Horner were the best alternatives.
It's too bad politicians will most likely continue to sing the same old hypocritical song and dance, accomplishing little, all the while playing a delicate and childish blame-game, stalling any sort of progress of the other party's ideas, even when they were in fact their own to begin with. We probably won't see a reduction in spending and certainly won't see a reduction of deficits any time soon, at any level of government. Republicans will continue to stall on their talking point pet issues they use to win votes from the religious majority (see: abortion). Both parties will continue to play to the extremes of the political spectrum and special interests in their endless battle to stay in office rather than serving the moderate majority's interests.
On the bright side, only 40% of Delaware voters were crazy enough to vote for Christine O'donnell.
I'll bake a dozen buns for anyone who participated.
i consider myself to be well informed about politics. so this is my take:
ReplyDeletea majority of america did not vote "for" a republican, but rather voted "against" a democrat. take for example the district 12 senate seat. just look at the numbers:
gazelka: 51%
stevenson: 36%
park: 2%
write-in: 9%
now, most of the write-ins were paul koering, everyone knows that. so if you do the math, that means that 62% of voters in crow wing and morrison counties voted for a conservative candidate. 62 percent???! in NO way does this reflect the true proportion of conservative/liberal voters in the region. i think that a lot of americans did not vote in favor of a republican...instead they just felt forced to vote "against" a democrat. unfortunately for those on the left, the results were devastating.
also, in response to your comments about bachmann, district 6 is BY FAR one of theeee most conservative districts in the nation. the fact that bachmann received well under 60% of the vote (52% to be precise) proves that there actually is quite a bit of anti-bachmann sentiment. i actually had this same conversation with my father earlier today: anyone in district 6 with a "republican" indication next to their name gets elected.
and finally: i cannot believe oberstar was voted out. i'm in shock. even I (capital "i") voted for oberstar. there comes a point where a politician has so much power and influence that you just have to respect that. the man did SO MUCH for the area that even i couldn't help but vote for him. i don't understand the basis of supporting cravaack. i also was unaware that there was any "anti-oberstar" sentiment from the district 8 population. i knew that some people were irked in regards to his support of the health care bill...but really, a man who in 18 terms never had less than 59% of the vote...i'm just speechless.