Not Your Sweetie

On the electoral votes thingy


Mesg #346410 "I had a kind of different reaction"
Author samela    
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Watching the Democrats talk about the sacred right of voting and the Republicans bat around a few insults, what struck me was the strategic hopelessness not just of this but a lot of stuff. (I frankly, thought the Dems did not cite enough concrete examples--and they should have organized themselves so that different issues were covered in each 5 minute segment. They especially didn't stress enough the recount irregularities--which allowed the Republicans to do their old 'it was recounted and Bush still won' shtick).
It's a damned odd thing to watch the Republicans tolerate the children having a little tantrum because they know they have the votes to do any fucking thing they want. It was so sad to me. Like mocking democracy. I almost wish it hadn't happened at all, even though I know it was necessary.
Why did the Democrats let Boxer stray off the reservation and join the rebels this time? Because there is absolutely nothing at stake. Had we even been successful in getting the Republicans to agree that Ohio was corrupted and throw their votes out, the result would have been to throw the election to the Congress to decide: and then Bush would still win. It all brought the total minority status we have into sharp contrast--and it's not a pretty picture.
The Republicans sat there tapping their feet while we got our two hours of venting. And no one who wasn't watching C-Span saw any of it. And then it was all over. It's going to be the same with Gonzales. Sorry to those who are enthused about it ... I just feel like this was a particularly black day in which the reality of minority status was startlingly apparent.