Okay then...
Nov. 8th, 2006 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
realsorienThis is pretty close to why I don't worry like some do about the political situation in the United States. While it DOES take a while for things to happen, the balance does re-center itself. We now have a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, A Senate which might have a 1-seat Democratic majority or a tie, a majority of Governorships going to the Democrats, and Rumsfeld has stepped down.
On the bad side, a bunch of illigitimate amendments and referendums passed affecting the rights of people living in same-sex partnerships and/or civil unions. I expect the Wisconsin one to die quickly, as it does far more than I think was aimed for. Basically, it nukes people who were joined as partners by the state as well 'same sex' partners. It won't last a year.
Here in Minnesota we DID elect one fruitcake, Michelle Bachman (R) to the House of Representatives. She goes the extremist-Republican line of anti-gay, anti-abortion, and essentially is a shrill, bitter harridan. The governor race here is still undecided to my knowledge, tho the Republican Pawlenty has a 1% lead over Mike Hatch, the Democrat.
We'll see how things shake out. But one thing is pretty certain- with Bachman out of state politics, there'll be no more serious attempts to ban gay marriage or civil unions here. :)
Oh- the House and Senate of Minnesota BOTH went Democrat.
From all of what I've said above some might think I'm bashing the Republicans. I'm not. If a Republican is in office, does a good job and actually expresses the tenets of the Republican Party, AND supports the needs and desires of his or her constituency, I've no problem. I DID vote for Governor Arne Carlson here twice, after all.
But when they start supporting an ideological agenda out of step with the desires of the majority? THEN I object. The so-called 'New Republicans' and the 'New Right' have done great harm to the Nation, and the people just told them in no uncertain terms what they thought of the performance.
I don't think the changes are over. I think its just starting.
On the bad side, a bunch of illigitimate amendments and referendums passed affecting the rights of people living in same-sex partnerships and/or civil unions. I expect the Wisconsin one to die quickly, as it does far more than I think was aimed for. Basically, it nukes people who were joined as partners by the state as well 'same sex' partners. It won't last a year.
Here in Minnesota we DID elect one fruitcake, Michelle Bachman (R) to the House of Representatives. She goes the extremist-Republican line of anti-gay, anti-abortion, and essentially is a shrill, bitter harridan. The governor race here is still undecided to my knowledge, tho the Republican Pawlenty has a 1% lead over Mike Hatch, the Democrat.
We'll see how things shake out. But one thing is pretty certain- with Bachman out of state politics, there'll be no more serious attempts to ban gay marriage or civil unions here. :)
Oh- the House and Senate of Minnesota BOTH went Democrat.
From all of what I've said above some might think I'm bashing the Republicans. I'm not. If a Republican is in office, does a good job and actually expresses the tenets of the Republican Party, AND supports the needs and desires of his or her constituency, I've no problem. I DID vote for Governor Arne Carlson here twice, after all.
But when they start supporting an ideological agenda out of step with the desires of the majority? THEN I object. The so-called 'New Republicans' and the 'New Right' have done great harm to the Nation, and the people just told them in no uncertain terms what they thought of the performance.
I don't think the changes are over. I think its just starting.
