Election Thoughts
Why are voters so stupid? Really...
Aside from VA and NJ, where the centrist Democrat defeated an extreme right-wing Republican (thank you very much), as well as Maine, where voters shot down a conservative attempt to repeal a gay rights law, voters just displayed their idiocy in massive quantities.
Shall we start in Texas, where they amended the constitution with a "traditional marriage" amendment? Gays couldn't get married in Texas anyways... what this amendment did was use intentionally vague wording to further strip the rights from gays (such as potentially the ability to visit one another in case of grave illness) as well as override court attempts to regain ground that gays had lost. What can you expect from Bush's "home" state (it's as real as that drawl he's been trained to dribble from the side of his smirk). But, of course, it was touted as a "protect the sanctity of marriage" vote and not "stomp the queers out of Texas" vote... I hate Texas and 90% of politicians involved with it.
Or how about Ohio, where the controversy for both parties during the election struck? Proposals to clean up, expedite, and protect the electoral process were soundly defeated due to Republican opposition. Great idea... listen to the people who screwed you over last year...
Now California... Schwarzenegger put 3 important proposals on the ballot that anyone with sense would have agreed with... nevermind the other, less meritable ones... and they were voted down because the people were convinced that the election was "unnecessary." I mean, Christ, people... a Republican offers you a chance to put redistricting in the hands of a non-partisan group, guaranteeing fair and equal elections in EVERY COUNTY, and you vote him down because you don't like him spending the money? Or how about the increased requirements for teachers to become tenured? 2 years to determine if a teacher is a fluke before you HAVE to give them tenure? Who doesn't think that's ridiculous?!? And, of course, the proposal to give the power to LIMIT STATE SPENDING... the problem that they have been having for decades now... and it's probably the Hollywood bias against anything conservative in nature BUT NOT ALL CONSERVATIVE PROPOSALS ARE BAD! Anyone who cannot find merits in both sides is too partisan. Honestly...
And last, but not least, Kansas. The bass-ackwards state. The school board voted to put evolution in the same group as Intelligent Design (aka Creationism part two) as well as order teachers to voice serious doubt as to the validity of this "unproven" theory. Thanks a lot... now can we get the church board to vote to put evolution in church? After all, the fundies and neocons claim that "it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in creationism." Why shouldn't we put it in the house of faith.
So Kaine won, Corzine won, and gay rights won in Maine. At least Virginia is starting a tradition of rationality, and New Jersey demonstrated that a "gay scandal" is not nearly as bad as close-minded assholes make it out to be.
Thank god all the commercials demonizing liberals will stop. Tim Kaine is "too liberal to be governor"? That's like saying water is too wet to be refreshing...
Aside from VA and NJ, where the centrist Democrat defeated an extreme right-wing Republican (thank you very much), as well as Maine, where voters shot down a conservative attempt to repeal a gay rights law, voters just displayed their idiocy in massive quantities.
Shall we start in Texas, where they amended the constitution with a "traditional marriage" amendment? Gays couldn't get married in Texas anyways... what this amendment did was use intentionally vague wording to further strip the rights from gays (such as potentially the ability to visit one another in case of grave illness) as well as override court attempts to regain ground that gays had lost. What can you expect from Bush's "home" state (it's as real as that drawl he's been trained to dribble from the side of his smirk). But, of course, it was touted as a "protect the sanctity of marriage" vote and not "stomp the queers out of Texas" vote... I hate Texas and 90% of politicians involved with it.
Or how about Ohio, where the controversy for both parties during the election struck? Proposals to clean up, expedite, and protect the electoral process were soundly defeated due to Republican opposition. Great idea... listen to the people who screwed you over last year...
Now California... Schwarzenegger put 3 important proposals on the ballot that anyone with sense would have agreed with... nevermind the other, less meritable ones... and they were voted down because the people were convinced that the election was "unnecessary." I mean, Christ, people... a Republican offers you a chance to put redistricting in the hands of a non-partisan group, guaranteeing fair and equal elections in EVERY COUNTY, and you vote him down because you don't like him spending the money? Or how about the increased requirements for teachers to become tenured? 2 years to determine if a teacher is a fluke before you HAVE to give them tenure? Who doesn't think that's ridiculous?!? And, of course, the proposal to give the power to LIMIT STATE SPENDING... the problem that they have been having for decades now... and it's probably the Hollywood bias against anything conservative in nature BUT NOT ALL CONSERVATIVE PROPOSALS ARE BAD! Anyone who cannot find merits in both sides is too partisan. Honestly...
And last, but not least, Kansas. The bass-ackwards state. The school board voted to put evolution in the same group as Intelligent Design (aka Creationism part two) as well as order teachers to voice serious doubt as to the validity of this "unproven" theory. Thanks a lot... now can we get the church board to vote to put evolution in church? After all, the fundies and neocons claim that "it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in creationism." Why shouldn't we put it in the house of faith.
So Kaine won, Corzine won, and gay rights won in Maine. At least Virginia is starting a tradition of rationality, and New Jersey demonstrated that a "gay scandal" is not nearly as bad as close-minded assholes make it out to be.
Thank god all the commercials demonizing liberals will stop. Tim Kaine is "too liberal to be governor"? That's like saying water is too wet to be refreshing...
posted by Josh at 7:58 AM
2 Comments:
I'm not sure I'd call Tim Kaine "centrist," what with his absolute opposition to the death penalty and apparent desire to make getting an abortion as easy as getting gas in your car. I personally feel that both parties' candidates are idiots and therefore didn't bother voting, since Potts hadn't a snowball's chance in hell of getting elected.
The problem with labels is you can take any political stance and use it to characterize someone as an extremist, no matter what else they believe. Clinton is characterized as a centrist, and most neo-conservatives want to paint her the liberal anti-Christ. Kaine is similar to Warner, who was definitely considered centrist. However, the campaign of Kilgore burned the image of "too liberal" into the minds of voters, skewing the view of what Kaine really was. Kaine can definitely be called centrist. He said repeatedly that he would obey the letter of the law, which included carrying out death sentences. I'm not sure where you get the "desire" to make getting an abortion simple, either. As far as I've read, he supports a more or less mainstream Democrat view on the subject. I somewhat share your sentiments, though I couldn't consider someone in the same vein as Mark Warner an "idiot." Kilgore, though... watching him debate was painfully depressing.
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