the winner

Over the 40-something years I've been hauling around my body, I've hated parts of it now and then. Sometimes it's a matter of vanity; usually the hatred arises because of some kind of discomfort. For sheer loathing, nothing beats the stomach. We are rarely friends.

Bet you thought a post labeled winner was about the Democrats' return to power in Congress.
okay. . .
Boo yah! Dems won!

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  1. Anonymous1:17 AM

    Delighted as I am that Rummy is on his way out, I can't see what difference it makes. Bush rubber-stamped every dumb-ass idea Rummy ever had. Who's to say Gates is any less of a dumb-ass than his predecessor and his boss? They're all buds, right?

    But I was happy as hell last night, nonetheless. This story particularly amused me--even DEAD Democrats beat Republicans in this election: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717

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  2. Suisan1:06 PM

    When I ran for school board in 2003, there was a story after the election of a school board race in Virginia. The guy ran unopposed and lost. All he needed was one vote to secure the post. No one voted for him. AND...

    He forgot to vote. For himself.

    idjit.

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  3. Anonymous3:55 PM

    Speaking of the Ousting of the Rummy (or as I like to call it, Rummyfreude): What is with Bush's fetish for appointing people involved with Iran-Contra? Elliott Abrams, John Negroponte, John Poindexter, John Bolton--and now, Robert Gates. Dude needs to find a new pool of crooks he can recruit from, is all I'm saying.

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  4. Carrie Lofty5:11 PM

    Sigh... what a quality week. I talked to my mom today -- farm gal, former Marine -- and she's been the only person diappointed with the result. Haven't talked to my dad -- farm guy, former Marine -- but they are political binary stars. Everyone else has been so psyched. I'm cynical about the potential for real change, but the humiliation factor for that side of the aisle has just been damn entertaining.

    And sorry about your stomach, Kate :(

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  5. Anonymous6:30 PM

    And the only crappy lining to this silver cloud: Holy Joe. Damn it. Otherwise, I'm walking on air.

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  6. Kate6:52 PM

    the news is better and better! Tester and Webb too.

    I only wish the crappy lining wasn't in my state. Way back in the day, I rather liked Lieberman. I'm not sure why--maybe because he sounded like Kermit the Frog? And he really did seem sort of...moderate?

    But now I dislike him more than W. Joe actually has a brain that he doesn't use for anyone's advancement but his own. He's thoroughly greedy for power.

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  7. Carrie Lofty10:34 AM

    Joe L. is actually the Emperor from the Star Wars flims. Look closely -- pudgy face, sunken yet oddly bulging eyes. Wearing the hooded robe in public would be a dead giveaway, tho.

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