so, it's E day - guess Obama will win. Ah... ya think? Hell, he better - a loss would probably amount to the greatest electoral shock ever and send liberals into such a bitter despond that academia will needs shut down, Hollywood starlets will wander out of their compounds sans rouge, teased hair, Kabbalah quick reference guide, crack whores will stop swapping food stamps for easy hits, too sour on life to continue their remorseless destruction of it - end times will be at hand.
Simon in Politico today referred to McCain's run for President as probably the worst ever mounted. Can't argue with that. His refusal to reference Wright and the incoherence viz Palin will go into the blunderers' hall of fame. Still, have to give Obama and his staff their due - ran two smart and efficient campaigns - albeit aided and abetted by two dim and inefficient opposing campaigns.
guess I should feel vindicated - I have been talking about an Obama presidency [in entirely negative terms of course] for almost four years now.
it is fascinating though to hear how many are referring to this election as 'history in the making' and 'most important ever' - don't need to be a genius to read subtext there. Thank god media bias is just a phantom of GOP paranoia.
afterthought - seeing how soundly he's been defeated, I wonder if McCain's refusal to bring up Wright was because, knowing he had no chance, he didn't want to be seen or remembered in defeat as 'that kind of politician'? Possible. But the time to bring up Wright was at the beginning, when victory was imaginable, as part of a strategy to define Obama as too liberal - so that excuse really doesn't wash. But, hell, would it have mattered anyway? Didn't the republicans need to lose? They literally are the Grand old Party - a good rethink is definitely called for - because even if Obama fuck's up as badly as I imagine he will and the GOP finds itself back on top four years from now it still seems like the ground has shifted, the dynamics have changed - I don't see how this constant hectoring on god, guns and abortion gets you very far on the road that lies ahead, especially with the way immigration is disturbing the demographics. America will remain a fundamentally conservative country - conservatism is in the DNA of all empires, is probably a requirement of empire - but will it be a conservatism that todays Republican base recognizes or can feel comfortable with? I tend to think probably not.
Then again, if Obama governs as his past suggests he might, as an uber liberal, then who knows what twists await.
