Here goes my first political blog entry. I decided I should probably stop whining about my life & write about what I’m popular on Twitter for- politics. Well that & my #pus finger. & stalking everyone on Red Eye. But I digress…
SO, anybody who cares about politics knows what a massive deal yesterday’s election in Massachusetts was. A *republican* won the senate seat, a seat that’s been occupied by staunch liberal Ted Kennedy for decades. Nobody in their right mind would’ve thought a state as blue as MA would ever go red, but it did, my friends. I think the key to Scott Brown’s victory is the fact that he didn’t run on his party- he went out there and connected w/ the people of his state, no matter their previous political leanings. Obviously if Ted Kennedy were still alive he would be retaining that seat for the number of years until he died, b/c MA loved Kennedy (for some reason…). But they also grew fond of Brown b/c he was personable & was running on things important to MA. & Coakley was the shittiest candidate the Dems could’ve *possibly* picked, but I’ll get to that later.
Usually during election cycles I like to watch Fox News, the only credible network remaining on television now, but after Brown’s victory was announced I felt curious & changed the channel to MSNBC. And man, what a laugh that was! At least try to *hide* your disappointment, guys! The first thing I see is Mr. Tingles himself, Chris Matthews, with a pained look on his face & his arms folded like an angry 5 year old who’s mom forgot to put a Snack Pack in his lunch. Rachel Maddow just seems…confused. Keith Olbermann looks depressed until a few minutes later in which he results to making teabagger jokes again, the only thing that can pull him out of the pathetic hole that is his life. Funny guy, that Olbermann.
Now honestly, I wish I could be a more helpful reporter as to what was said, but I can never stand Olbermann for more than 5 minutes, & that honestly has nothing to do w/ his political positions. Everything he says is just so hateful & immature. How that whole “Scott Brown is a racist, homophobic teabagger who supports violence against women” thing didn’t get him fired, I’ll never know, but yeah, the man is a sad waste of organs and tissue. Now Maddow I can at least listen to, and as I said, she just seemed confused. Somehow while trying to find a thread of sanity w/ Mr. Tingles she reasoned that this was a sign to Congress that the public wants them to be *more* liberal. *Seriously*? In her muddled, completely lost logic she stated that the voters are upset that Congress hasn’t moved far enough to the left and they’re taking out their frustrations by voting in Republicans. Sorry in advance for the language but…bitch has lost her mind. If I respect anyone on MSNBC I respect her (she’s the lesser of all the evils), and I do think she’s a reasonable person, but man that analysis makes no sense. All one needs to do is look at the polls. Look around our country. People are *not* happy with Congresss because there is NO bipartisanship. But of course, expect a change in 2010!
Why MSNBC can’t look at this election and understand why Brown won is a mystery. If they want to live whatever fantasy world tells them that this has nothing to do w/ the widespread discontent this country has for Congress, that’s totally fine. But *at least* recognize that Coakley was a horrible, horrible candidate! It was as simple as that- Brown was a good candidate, and Coakley was not. Will a Republican winning anything ever be acceptable to anyone on that network? Her record was flawed w/ mistakes, she was an obvious elitist, and oh, that whole keeping an innocent man in prison for years after he was proven innocent thing didn’t really help out much. But no…a Republican won! It must…it must be those fearmongering teabaggers fault! Or as it was reported, “The MA race became a personality contest.” Really guys, are you gonna play *that* one? Then tell me, what was the 2008 presidential election?
In the words of Andy Levy, I’m done.
