It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Kerry has called Bush and conceded. I'm sure that was a comfortable conversation. I shudder to think what the current administration has in store for us in the next four years. I'm sure some of it will be good, but I'm even more sure that a ton of it will be bad.

Q: What's worse than Bush winning?
A: Republicans gaining even more of a strangle-hold on our government through the House, the Senate, state governorships, etc.

It's bad enough that they managed to "reach across party lines" in most states by playing on people's hatred and fear of homosexuals, but now they will have no one to balance out their evil scheming and fear mongering in the near future. I also don't see anyway that the near future isn't going to turn into the indefinite future. The Democratic Party is in shambles. Sure, they proved that the country is almost evenly divided when it comes to overall numbers, but how are they going to turn things around in their favor? I'd like to think they have a plan, but it seems to me that they would have used that plan already if they did indeed have one.

Sometime in the late 90's I started loosing faith in the Democratic Party. I think it says a lot about them that they can't even win back someone like me, a guy who wouldn't vote for a Republican if his hair were on fire and Senator Bible Boy was giving out free buckets of water with every vote. I think all it would take to start the complete obliteration of the democrats would be for another crazy-ass, rich guy to come along (ala Perot) who could speak in a manner that would reach all those red states, yet be socially liberal and fiscally conservative at the same time. (Colorful southern colloquialisms are optional. Charts and graphs are discouraged. Void where prohibited.)

Anyway, we have gotten ourselves into a very thick and conservative soup that only appears to be getting thicker and more conservative by the day. Also, it's getting that disgusting layer of soup skin on top. I'm not sure what that is. Maybe it's the neo-cons rising to the top. Regardless, you've got to dance with them what brung you. I just wish we would stop bringing the Dick Cheney's, the John Ashcroft's, and the Tom Ridge's because they aren't dancing with us; they are sitting back quietly judging us and making us feel bad for trying to have a good time.