The Day After The B-I-G Dem-OOO

So, the day after the B-I-G Dem-OOO, the dust has settled in most local and national races and thankfully, the 2006 midterm general election is over. The Democrats control both the United States Congress, and the United States Senate.

Out go the scandals and the idiots who relied heavily on the commander-in-chief and all his nice wonderful friends to get their seats back.

But, Oh-my! Oh-my! George Bush couldn’t and failed miserably.

Sure, the undefined mission to Iraq and the war on terrorism probably did Bush and his pals in, but Bush didn’t think so and well, now…you, see, when the leader of the greatest nation in the world takes his own armed forces and places them in harm’s way without a back-up plan, well that just seems kind of ridiculous and dangerous, not only to me, but thousands of Americans throughout the USA.

Oh yeah, and by the way Mr. President; where are those WMDs anyway?

So, the Democrats are back in control, eh? Big deal!

Change is imminent of course, but tell me what will they do, since they have regained control? Raise taxes? Make promises they can’t keep? Get embroiled in scandals? Pay people off to keep quiet? Tell bad jokes and not apologize right away? Resign?

Hmm. Well, they might be like the idiots the American people just voted out! Both parties are the same; have the same amount of slick-talkers, bull-shitters, rising, contemporary and fading party stars that of course the press will continue to focus on.

But on the other hand, is there such a thing as a politician who isn’t a former/present banker, lawyer, real estate agent or son of a politician/millionaire that hasn’t had some kind of atrocity in their background?

Makes good profit and ratings for news organizations anyway.

And what about Joe Lieberman? He came back from the political morgue alive and kicking as a winning independent after losing the spring primary in the state of Connecticut as a Democrat! He’s a sorry sad sack of a person if there ever is one. He’s boring and orthodox; a token politician who should have retired long, long ago. So Joe reinvented himself as an independent? Gee Joe, think you’ll run as a socialist if you get your ass voted out of Congress in 2008?

Locally, we seemed to do well, as all the local Democrats won, although two of the candidates I voted for, both Republican by the way; yes I said Republican, didn’t seem to fare all that well. I am for change and not for personal views of a candidate where the personal views don’t apply.

One of those Republicans who I voted for was Cook County Board Commissioner Tony Peraica, who ran against Chicago alderman Todd Stroger, son & heir-apparent to his stroke-retired father, John (Stroger) for Cook County Board President. Hand-picking your own son to take over your corrupt kingdom? Shades of Daley-country USA, shudder to think!

But what Stroger threw at Peraica that angered me so were things like abortion and gay/lesbian issues. What does a Cook County’s Board presidental candidate's personal stance on abortion & gay/lesbian issues have to do with balancing a budget? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! And yet, the heir-apparent-elect pulled these zingers throughout his campaign. Diversion to the real issue at hand; whereas Peraica has true experience and Stroger none, Stroger gets elected.

Reminds me of the corporate working world; when someone is hand-picked by executives, not for their combined skill & talent, rather for their abilities to rubberstamp company policies, swallow company bullshit and above all, suck-up.

So, in reviewing the situation, those damned Democrats and those repugnant Republicans, are just going to have to get along, somehow. I don’t care how they do it, just as long as they smile for the camera on cue, shake hands before they come out swinging and get all pink, naked and dirty.

That is after all, how American politics works.

If there’s any constellation prize or fallout from this election, United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned; meaning my personally autographed photo and letter from him when he was CEO of Searle Labs in Skokie, Illinois is going to be worth a pretty penny.

Talk about luck!