Open Thread: PA Blue State Edition
Readers, all three of you can use this space to post your comments, happy or sad, about tonight’s election results.
I’m very proud of my adopted home state tonight.
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November 4th, 2008 @ 23:49
I’m very proud of your state as well. The moment I heard, I knew it was over. Good work, PA!
Now in the very, very bad news department, it looks like prop 8 passed in CA, and prop 4 is too close to call. AND, I believe Michele Bachman retained her seat in MN.
Prop 8 troubles me deeply. The yes campaign ran a very dishonorable race, but they stayed on topic and hammered the airwaves with their crap. The no campaign ran an honest campaign, but did it scatter-shot. And hence a very sad result: a goddamned constitutional amendment! People are simply not thinking – they’re just not fucking thinking.
November 5th, 2008 @ 15:47
I didn’t vote this year, mostly because the acrimony of elections and the discord they can create wears me down. I live outside the US and did my best to avoid the show this year. I doubt we’ll see much change on anything that will immediately affect our lives with a change in the presidency. Thankfully our system of government places most of the power in local, state and the federal legislative branch; so the direct impact on a change in the presidency is somewhat overstated. The local ballot initiatives were indeed interesting.
Where elections are concerned I will say this. In the US they are free, and for the most part, fair. We get a shot at changing things in our government every few years and for that I’ll always be grateful, whether I participate or not.
Closing comments: Three readers?? That makes me part of the illuminati.
November 5th, 2008 @ 17:38
You should be proud of your state. Knowing how much time McCain wasted there in the last two-three weeks – only to get trounced – gives me tremendous glee!