Heartening election
GOOD Morning, friends.....(Bensblurb #503)
Nice. Virginia again is nearly red. Blacks and the young stayed home, unlike a year ago, and we adults--despite constant harassment from the Washington Post --swept the state offices clean of Dems.
And now it feels good again to re-read a recent hopeful analysis by Pajama Media’s Jennifer Rubin: “If McDonnell and/or Christie succeed, many political obituaries for the GOP will need to be torn up. And a few assumptions about the new era of liberal dominance may go by the wayside as well.”
Let’s hope so. We’re off to a good start. Change will certainly be refreshing in Richmond, after surviving the mushy incompetence of Tim Kaine in the governor’s office. He’s been spending most of his unproductive time recently chairing the Democratic National Committee. They deserve each other.
But I wasn’t so much against Kaine (and his planned carbon-copy replacement, Creigh Deeds) as I was for McDonnell
One of the winner’s campaign quotes that attracted me:
“On energy, our opponents will say no to offshore drilling, no to clean coal, no to nuclear and no to new jobs and investment that comes with it. When it comes to promoting energy independence, they’ll just say no, we’ll just say yes.”
Sounds good. And now, more than ever, my own “Happiness is...being old, male and Republican.” That headline referred to a story about a recent Pew Research Center survey. It found that Americans generally grow happier as they age, and that tendency is holding up as the economy endures today’s difficult times.
There were a lot of us old geezers celebrating in Stafford County last night. Not only did we elect McDonnell and his crew, we also threw out the liberal majority on our county board of supervisors--with a resounding, welcome thud. Brooms were scarce in stores today.
A year ago, I had looked on in disappointed awe over the mobs in Grant Park celebrating the stunning victory of Chicago’s youngster. Obama’s was, in retrospect, a miraculous campaign featuring his speaking skills. Only one problem today. A year later he’s still campaigning. He plugged strongly for Deeds and for Corzine in New Jersey. He should have stayed home and talked with his military appointees about what to do about Afghanistan. The question remains: Can he get anything done?
But let’s put all that aside for the next week, bask in yesterday's glow, and honor our brave veterans again on Nov. 11. And include the youngsters fighting our battles today. Unlike so many of us old guys, they weren’t drafted, they volunteered to serve our great country. We owe them our devotion and support.
Nice. Virginia again is nearly red. Blacks and the young stayed home, unlike a year ago, and we adults--despite constant harassment from the Washington Post --swept the state offices clean of Dems.
And now it feels good again to re-read a recent hopeful analysis by Pajama Media’s Jennifer Rubin: “If McDonnell and/or Christie succeed, many political obituaries for the GOP will need to be torn up. And a few assumptions about the new era of liberal dominance may go by the wayside as well.”
Let’s hope so. We’re off to a good start. Change will certainly be refreshing in Richmond, after surviving the mushy incompetence of Tim Kaine in the governor’s office. He’s been spending most of his unproductive time recently chairing the Democratic National Committee. They deserve each other.
But I wasn’t so much against Kaine (and his planned carbon-copy replacement, Creigh Deeds) as I was for McDonnell
One of the winner’s campaign quotes that attracted me:
“On energy, our opponents will say no to offshore drilling, no to clean coal, no to nuclear and no to new jobs and investment that comes with it. When it comes to promoting energy independence, they’ll just say no, we’ll just say yes.”
Sounds good. And now, more than ever, my own “Happiness is...being old, male and Republican.” That headline referred to a story about a recent Pew Research Center survey. It found that Americans generally grow happier as they age, and that tendency is holding up as the economy endures today’s difficult times.
There were a lot of us old geezers celebrating in Stafford County last night. Not only did we elect McDonnell and his crew, we also threw out the liberal majority on our county board of supervisors--with a resounding, welcome thud. Brooms were scarce in stores today.
A year ago, I had looked on in disappointed awe over the mobs in Grant Park celebrating the stunning victory of Chicago’s youngster. Obama’s was, in retrospect, a miraculous campaign featuring his speaking skills. Only one problem today. A year later he’s still campaigning. He plugged strongly for Deeds and for Corzine in New Jersey. He should have stayed home and talked with his military appointees about what to do about Afghanistan. The question remains: Can he get anything done?
But let’s put all that aside for the next week, bask in yesterday's glow, and honor our brave veterans again on Nov. 11. And include the youngsters fighting our battles today. Unlike so many of us old guys, they weren’t drafted, they volunteered to serve our great country. We owe them our devotion and support.
posted by Ben Blankenship at
9:14 AM
