Disclosure: I worked for the Lamont campaign doing web design and production and some writing for the official blog (from 9/5/06 to 11/07/06).

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

 

Building

I'm not being at all disingenuous in writing that I was happy when I woke up this morning. Sincerely content. Proud.

The results of the election were not what any of us had hoped for. But the results of this campaign far exceeded the hopes almost everyone had going in. And it changed the country.

We defeated a three-term incumbent in a primary with a grassroots-fueled online and offline effort. We emboldened Democrats across the country to speak clearly about Iraq, and provided the summer spark that lit last night's autumn wildfire.

And most importantly, we inspired thousands of people who would have normally stayed on the sidelines to get involved in politics. This is already being reflected in the makeup of town committees. And does anyone doubt that in the coming years it will be reflected in the state legislature, and even higher offices?

There is also a lot of disillusionment. Especially with the way - after voters issued such clear verdict in August - the national and local party alike decided personal friendships, gargantuan egos, and placating the most powerful of interests trumped our apparently quaint and outdated notion of "democracy" within the party system.

The establishment - of both parties - was forced to fight tooth and nail to defend power for power's sake. It wasn't pretty. What we saw last night was how immovable real entrenched power centers are in this country. And, also, how a Democratic majority alone - in one or both houses - won't solve these problems.

So yes, we lost the election. But even before first vote was counted, we had already won a whole lot more than that.

And all because one guy stood up when no one else would, and so many stood up to join him.
Comments:
From the starting line of Janurary, it was 0 to 59.99 in 10 months.

In Janurary there was nothing on the horizon. By April Ned found us, we found Ned.

Bottom line, this morning, Joe Lieberman is damaged goods. His "bi-partisan" schtik cover is blown, his redness is exposed and that small percentage of voters who weren't paying close enough attention are going to start noticing...

I'm jazzed.

Amann, Dodd, the DSCC,

They're on our radar

and we're tracking...


And we know how much work it's going to take.
 
Bush won his last election, too. Sorry we're going to be stuck with Liarman for another six (barring that ambassadorship), but I don't regret the money I threw at Ned (a little embarrassed it was so little). I don't know why we're stuck with Schwarzenegger here in California. I mean, talk about a landslide! My partner says anybody who votes for Schwarzie should have his franchise revoked. So, amidst the joys, there are sorrows. Still, I managed not to keep myself awake worrying about the bad. Good for me! (Good for you!)
 
Or maybe it's the My Pet Goat voters...

They think if they just keep reading the made up story, they won't have to deal with reality. It will all go away. Someone else will clean up the mess. Just keep reading, keep reading,

keep reading...
 
Serves you right for putting up Lamont in the first place.

Thanks to Lamont and his friends at MoveOn.org (known for serving as a platform for hate speech against Jews, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Blacks), and his racist and anti-Semitic friend Al "white interlopers" Sharpton, your formerly Democratic Senate seat is now Independent.

Furthermore, Jim Gerlach in Pennsylvania used the MoveOn scandal against Lois Murphy in the 6th Congressional District. This may have cost Murphy, who lost by only a couple of thousand votes, the election. I recall providing Gerlach with the information about MoveOn and I'm glad he got some use out of it.
 
dude, are you coming to my class monday?
 
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