The shoulda, woulda, coulda has started with a vengence.  Let’s see, who’s fault is it that the majority of house and senate seats are filled with dimocrats?  

Could it be…… Satan?  No, seriously.  How about Mark Foley?  Duke Cunningham?  Dennis Hastert?  Tom Delay?  Jack Abramhoff?  Catch the drift, yet?

Oh, we know….it’s all W’s fault.  That’s right.  It’s all W’s fault.  Not the members who covered up, lawyered up, denied, lied, and bribed their way to the unemployment line.  Instead of facing up to their actions - or lack of them - they are playing “Pile on the Prez”.  Let by serial adulterer presidential wannabe Newt Gingrich no less.

If only W had thrown Rumsfeld under the bus earlier, we would still control congress. 

What a crock.  You guys really know how to make a republican proud.

Thought we would share some of the post-mortems written about the election reults.  Here are some from the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News,  the Chicago Tribune, and CQ.com.  We found this little gem at a site called Mens News Daily.

Can y’all keep a secret?  Don’t tell the dimocrats.  All those stories are opinions.  Not facts.  Certainly not votes. 

Like Samuel Clemens said, “This report of my death was an exaggeration”.  We might be down, but we’re not out. 

Speaker Pelosi.  Bah.  Enjoy it while it lasts.

For a variety of reasons, we thank our lucky stars that we don’t have the misfortune of living one state to the east anymore.  For those of you that are directionally challenged, we’re talking about Louisiana.

Them there cajun voters absolutely have no shame.  No shame at all.  It seems that 30% of them voted to send William Jefferson back to congress.  Yep, we’re referring to that William Jefferson (see All in the Family & Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels).  Thanks to Louisiana voters, he’s in a run off with State Rep. Karen Carter. 

If they reelect him, they deserve him.

You are free to read this post as we are free to write it because some very brave men and women gave their lives to protect our freedom to do so.

Remember all those brave men and women who serve our country.  Remember all those brave men and women who sacrifice for our country. 

We thank you.

Let’s take a gander at last night’s (and this morning’s) local returns.  For all you data geeks, here’s the link to the Wilco and the Secretary of State’s unofficial results.  For the rest of us, here’s a wrap up. 

It was a good day for one local libertarian - the one running for Krusee’s seat broke the 5% barrier.  The rest gathered round in their traditional 2% turnout.

Straight ticket:

republican  23,148  (66.52%)      dimocrat  11,167  (32.09%)     libertarian  484  (1.39%)

SD 5       A 64% r district:

Ogden  109,747-61.33%   Wyman 62,246-34.78%   Grear  6,955-3.89%

HD 20    A 68% r district: 

Dan Gattis   33,844-63.30%     Jim Stauber  19,622-36.70%

HD 52     A 60% r district:

Krusee  19,947-50.19%   Felthauser 17,703-44.54%   Simmons  2,092-5.26%

CD 31     A 65% r district:

Carter  94,242-58.40%   Harrell  62,761-38.89%  McAdoo  4,370-2.71

Commissioner’s Court - Pct 2:

Cynthia Long  14, 814  (60.85)   Michael Hofman   9,531  (39.15%)

Commissioner’s Court - Pct 3:

Valerie Covey   18,465  (65.73%)   Randall Craig  9,628  (34.27%)

Commissioner’s Court - Pct 4:

Ron Morrison    9,870  (56.10%)     Brig Mireles   7,723  (43.90)

It’s election day across the land.  You’ve only got until 7PM tonight to make up your mind who you’re going to vote for.  Some of the candidates and races are dull as dishwater and most of them are just as dirty.

We have a couple of words of advice for those of you who haven’t made up your minds yet:  A vote is a terrible thing to waste. 

We elect people to represent our interests - not special interests.  If an elected official no longer represents us, our values, our beliefs, our morals, it’s time to bring them back home (or let them go live in Austin or Virginia full-time).  Unelect them and good riddance.  Let them work for a living like the rest of us.  Let someone else have the opportunity and priviledge of serving as our elected official.  Because serving as our elected official is a priviledge - not a right.  It’s too important to settle for a benchwarmer. 

Think about the character of the person asking for your vote.  We’ve been misled by slick politicians enough.  Enough is enough.  If they are going to misrepresent their values, their beliefs, their education, their qualifications, their family, their background - just to get elected, what are the odds they are going to misrepresent us, too?  Hmmmm??

Chew on that while you’re waiting in line to vote.

We’ll post our predictions after the polls close.  We wouldn’t want to be accused of influencing any voters now, would we????

We kinda think these are going to be some interesting races to watch tomorrow as the results trickle in.  In no particular order:

Florida:  Katherine Harris, of hanging chad fame, will most likely see her attempt to step up to the senate go down in flames.  She changed campaign staff and advisors more often than most of her constituents change their Depends.  As a result, she morphed into something between Ann Coulter and Tammy Faye Baker.  Even W’s answer to Billy Carter, brother Jethro Jeb tried to take her down in a misguided attempt to save the seat for the party.  It’s a shame, because she is a smart woman, just not particularly bright at times.  Hope her soon-to-be-published book dishes some real 411 on her fellow Floridian pachyderms, Mark Foley and the first idiot brother. 

Tennessee:  The senator Doctor Bill Frist stepped down from the Senate to gear up for his run for that little White House on the beltway.  Sucker.  That left his seat open for a real corker of a race.  Dimocrat congressman Harold Ford, Jr took on republican Bob Corker.  This is Tennessee folks - where cousins marry and Al Gore invented the internet in his garage.  Lots of mud slung and damage done.  They’re both on the ropes, but it’s too close to tell who’s going to be the last man standing.

California:  We tossed this one in simply because of his celebrity factor.  Frankly, we don’t give a boot’s worth of p*ss about any governor’s race other than our own.  Ahhhhhnold is going to romp and stomp all over whoever the heck was dumb enough to run against the Governator.  He’s doing a good job out there in the land of the la la and the truly weird.  Leave him the heck alone.

Louisiana:  Check out our Iminent Indictment Watch over on the right hand side of your screen.  It’s been 460 days since the Federales discovered William Jefferson’s hot stash of cold cash and he’s still walking around an unindicted man.  Talk about congressional oversight.  He’s got eight fellow dimocrats, 3 r’s, and a lone libertarian all running against him.  This is Louisiana - they reelected Ray Nagin of all people.  Those cajun voters don’t just expect their politicians to be corrupt - they demand it.  Hopefully, one of those guys can knock him off - just don’t hold your breath.

Virginia:  Ah, Virginia.  The home of all those current, former, and disgraced recently-paroled former office holders.  It really is the land for lovers and lobbyists - cause we all know what really goes on behind closed doors up there.  Incumbent senator George Allen - once a contender for the ’08 presidential run - pulled a white sheet out of his hat and hung it out on the line with the rest of his dirty laundry.  Score a big one for the donks on this one.  The dimocrat, Jim Webb, went from total unknown to a real contender, making this very, very, very expensive race a little too close to call. 

Ohio:  The heart of the rust belt just might wind up pumping some blue blood for a change.  Abramoff flunky and soon-to-be-cell-mate Bob Ney finally resigned his seat.  It might be a case of too little, too late for the once proud and mighty red state Ohioans sick of the state’s red ink and the stench of corruption and convictions clinging to congress.  Incumbent Mike DeWine might have to up and move to Virginia, where former politicians begging for alms from the lobby corps is an art form.

It’s gonna be a very interesting evening tomorrow night.

More posts in a bit.  Check out our newest survey over on the right.  In case you forgot -tomorrow is election day. 

Finally. To borrow a phrase - it’s been a circus of ugly.  And deservedly so for some. 

In about 48 hours, it’ll all be over - ceptin’ for the fightin’, cussin’, & discussin’.  Probably to be followed by some litigation. 

Boo Rah!!