Tennessee Blogosphere is Eerily Silent
With the election results known, the Tennessee Blogosphere is sort of quiet. Except of course for LeanLeft and Shots Across the Bow. SKB made a cryptic comment about filibustering. William Burton is MIA. And my brief comments were of an ‘I told you so’ nature.
My impressions:
The Republicans didn’t really win as much as the Democrats lost. The Democrats (since 9/11) neutered themselves by not being vocal enough or in the case of the war on terror not ever actually developing a position on the issue.
Sadly, they had enough to work with. They could have made a big, giant stink about the 2000 election, but didn’t really. They could have made a big fuss about the economy, but they merely squeaked. They could have actually developed an identifiable stance on the war on terror, they whimpered.
This is the first time in 50 years that the GOP has controlled the legislative and executive branches. Paul Harvey tells us that 50 federal judgeships are also up for consideration. I do like the idea of an increase in conservative judges however.
Poor Hilleary, every Republican won but him. Which is good.
Bonus Slap on the Wrist for LeanLeft:
He says: Bush has essentially been handed a walk for the first two years of his presidency.
Handed a walk? I think the man worked hard to get his people elected, campaigning until the last minute. I also imagine that 9/11 was no walk in the park and he handled it appropriately. The war on terror was not handed to him. He fought his non-stance-taking Democratic opponents and still got his way. He also had to deal with corporate corruption and collapse and he attempted to do so. My pal over at LeanLeft seems to think that Dubya is some sort of idiot savant and that things just fall into his lap. I disagree. I think Dubya is socially awkward but is an intelligent man. He’s not the boy-prodigy nepotistic buffoon the lefties would have us believe he is.
I think the next two years will be a pivotal point for our country and that finally we’ve got the right people in office to deal with it. However, if Republican control proves to be an abysmal mistake, everyone can tell me ‘I told you so.’ And rest assured that if that is the case, I won’t support them in the future.
Adieu!
