Alright, so the 2006 midterm elections sucked. Wyoming is still red (besides our silly Democrat of a governer, but he was incumbent so it doesn’t count) and that means that the world will ultimately be okay.
The main issue I was watching was South Dakota’s Proposition 6 to ban all abortions in the state. Even though it lost, I consider the movement a partial victory. It was the first official attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade through the true democratic process of voting instead of sitting idly by and letting the oliogarchic Supreme Court make moral decisions for us. Furthermore, the proposition only failed by only 12% - an incredibly small number when you consider that it was asking to ban all abortions (with a mother’s health exception). That blows the pro-abortion crowd’s claim that Americans love abortion out of the water. Essentially, I think that the door has been opened for the pro-life movement to slowly but surely end abortion in America. It is going to take time - a simple fact that I hate given that time equals more deaths, but I truly believe victory is within reach.
Speaking more generally about the election, I don’t think I will ever make official election predictions again. It is simply too easy to predict that the Dems will takeover the house and too hard to realize that my prediction came true. Emotionally, I can’t handle it! Haha, but on a more serious note, I think that the Dems 2006 victory can only lead to a Republican victory in 2008. (If we turn back to our conservative base!)
Why am I so confident about this? Because, after two years of Speaker Pelosi (ugh… I think I just threw up a little) no one, I repeat no one is going to want Democratic leadership to see the light of day ever again. She’s perfect for the Republicans. As long as Republicans refuse to be the same whiny babies that the Dems were in 2000 and 2004 (and every other election in history). As long as Republicans go back to the conservative base and take a strong stance on all issues of limited government and traditional values (read: fight spending, fight illegal immigration, fight abortion), then America will be ready and waiting in 2008.
Oh, and I almost forgot: if Bush could just stop talking, that would be good too. Let Tony Snow talk. Let Cheney talk. Let Michael Steele talk. But Bush is too much of a spineless sissy boy for me. He can’t defend the war. He can’t attack illegal immigration. Really, what is he good for anymore? He just needs to sit back and veto!
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Hope the ink hasn’t dried in the veto pen!
Insuring true democracy, I leave this law to the Americans among us who are still planning to have kids to decide. I avoid voting on the issue, or even expressing my position.
But I vote wholeheartedly for anyone who would overturn roe v wade. What a horrible abrogation of our right to decide democratically!
Not just our right, but the rights of the future American voters. A human is always a human whether inside the womb or outside the womb. If that human happens to be American, it has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as well. Unfortunately, far too many women put two of their rights (liberty and pursuit of happiness) above the rights of their unborn child.
And with the nomination of Mel ‘open the borders!’ Martinez, I now also forfeit my right to vote in Republican primaries. Once his position is official, I’m becoming an Independent.
The tipping point has been reached. Republicans no longer speak for me.