Barry Takes A Beating

W has some book coming out here soon. I won't read it, obviously. But he's out doing interviews to promote the thing, and in one of these interviews told a story about his drinking days. And this story shows why I am a huge fan of the guy. W was at his parents' house in Maine. This is way back in the day. His folks are there. His siblings are there. His wife is there. And other guests as well. W happened to be sitting next to an attractive older lady guest at this dinner. Dead drunk, W turns to her and asks, "What's sex like after 50?" My main man. The only other person I know of who would dare do such a thing is me. I'm sitting in Generic Bread at the moment and when I read the story, I laughed out loud for 20 seconds. The fact this country had a president for 8 years who would act that inappropriately in that setting is the reason this is the greatest country in the history of the known world. I never thought too much of W's policies - he spent taxpayer money like a drunken sailor - but I could hang out with the guy. We'd have a time.

It's been several days since the big silly elections. And, not to brag, but, as usual, my prediction was dead on. Back in August I predicted a 60 seat gain by the GOP in the House. There's gonna be at least 60 pick-ups, as several races are too close to call right now. It could go up a few more when it's over. I would have been right about Harry Reid losing (a prediction I made close to a year ago) except the GOP ran a moron against him. In fact, if the GOP had run better candidates in a couple of these senate races, they would have won that body as well. The best news of election night was Rand Paul, hyped on this blog, winning his race in Kentucky. The worst news was that Geilfuss did not win the race for governor in Maryland. I don't think he campaigned very hard. I went on the State of Maryland election website to see if they have made public the write-in results, and they haven't yet. So I don't know if Geilfuss got one single vote. As I said last month, Geilfuss would be a catastrophe as governor, but no worse a catastrophe than that fool Marty O'Malley. Why anyone with a brain would vote for that proven failure is beyond me. O'Malley has clearly demonstrated he's terrible and yet folks are begging for 4 more years of it. Of course I can't blame Marylanders too much, the Republican running was also terrible. It's certainly lamentable.

I've read a number of articles by various pundits trying to explain what the results of Tuesday mean and why it happened like it happened. And most of them are all wrong, as always. If you've been reading this blog with any regularity the past 2 years, you know why it happened like it happened. People didn't want what Barry was peddling. They voted for Barry because they had W fatigue. The Republicans spent like crazy. They got us into 2 unpopular wars. All that smoke and mirrors with change, hope, chope, I'm the one you've been waiting for, being a bridge, a healer, a miracle worker, a saviour, and our messiah - did not mean that folks wanted an aggressive left-wing agenda. The vast majority of citizens want the same things in this country and those things cut across all racial and socio-economic lines and political parties. They want an opportunity to lead a happy life and they want the government to be as little involved in it as reasonably possible. That's it. Government should simply try and foster an atmosphere where folks can sink or swim (hopefully swim) on their own merits. The number of folks who really believe in and want a super progressive, liberal agenda in this country is small. These true believers, and I don't begrudge them their opinions, are simply not in tune with the people. They never have been. And I don't think they ever will be. These professional lefties over read the election results 2 years ago and crammed that awful health care deal at us. Something most people don't want. At all. They want sensible reform - not some bureaucrat telling them they can't see a specialist for 16 months. They also don't think government knows how to spend our money best. A fact that leftists refuse to grasp or comprehend. Now, the moving forward part of the election is much trickier than explaining why it happened. We'll see how it goes. Never underestimate the ability of the Republican Party to screw things up though. Both parties are, by their very nature and existence, flawed. The only thing the GOP has going for it in the end is they happen to represent the views of more Americans - even if many of those Americans don't know it or refuse to admit it. This is a right leaning country. How John Boner and his boys proceed might be bad or worse than bad. They might do fine. Either way, the overarching force of history in this country is on their side - whether they deserve it or not.

As far as our friend Barry is concerned - he's not relevant. Whether he can understand this painful fact or not, we'll see. I'm not saying Barry won't win another term. He very well could. Again, don't underestimate the GOP's ability to nominate a horrible candidate in 2012 -something that looks likely based on what I'm seeing. I actually feel kinda bad for Barry. He seems to have a complete misunderstanding of the very people he purports to lead. Mocking him for this quit being quite as much fun some time ago. There isn't anything he can do except veto legislation. Legislation that might be good or bad - but that's not the point. He's a lame duck - be it for 2 or 6 more years. A lame duck. That's the beauty of our system. He's little more than a figurehead now. The American people have inevitably pushed Barry to the sidelines of history. Bye Barry.

On a similar note, chope is dead. And not fast enough, I might add.

On a dissimilar note, someone told me that Due Date might be worth checking out. I might have to, considering that it reunites Robert Downey Jr and his co-star in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (I know I've said this before, but if you haven't seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, I urge you too).

Death to tyrants. Long live the revolution.

I am out.