2 posts tagged “misc politics”

I just bet Nature Boy $20 that Giuliani is too liberal for the Republicans to nominate.I can see it going one of two ways:

1. He'll go the way of McCain in the 2000 primaries (in other words, getting thrashed by the evangelicals for not being a  good enough misogynist and losing out to a proper woman-hater).

2. He'll get the nomination, but he won't be able to count on the fundoid block, which either won't come out to vote at all or will split for a third-party candidate (like Pat Buchanan or one of his lackeys).

Either way, he isn't a viable candidate. Nor is anyone else in the Republican pipeline. They're really up shit creek, so to speak. They've whored themselves out to the Religious Reich since the eighties, but have yet to deliver on such niceties as widespread abortion bans (all they've successfully passed are toothless, nitpicky bits of wishy-washiness that continue to be tied up in the courts), federal marriage amendments, faith-based initiatives, or mandatory school prayer.The fundoids know this, and they're starting to get antsy. On the other hand, though, the far right's politics are finally starting to alienate people in the middle, and if they want to win elections, they'll need to quit with the extremist candidates. I predicted the self-destruction of the Republican Party back in 2000, and I'm pretty excited to see that, once again, I'm being proven right.

Remember, all it takes is one Pat Robertson to split the vote. We'll see what happens.

The abortion ban in South Dakota? FAILED.

Parental notification in California? FAILED.

Parental Notification in Oregon? FAILED.

The Democrats have taken the House.

The Democrats now hold 48 Senate positions and are in the lead in three other races.

Best Birthday Ever.