i live for this
i love election night. i really, truly do.
the way some people feel about the super bowl is how i feel about election night. the hype, the hours and hours of tv coverage, the commentary and analysis, the statistics, the theme music - this is good shit.
really, though, it's the rivalry that gets me all worked up. the dems are my beloved home team, and for the past 6 years, they've been the underdogs. and the republicans are the villians in red neckties. and tonight, they battle it out, live on tv. and like with any great rivalry, it's not enough to just win. the ultimate goal is to win BIG and make the other team cry.
but seriously, i want the house and i want the senate, but mostly what i want is for the democrats to act like democrats - to get us out of iraq; to protect reproductive rights; to figure out universal healthcare; to protect the environment; to research cures for diseases however possible; to allow anyone who wants it the right to marry (or the right to own multiple cats).
also, i want to say that chris matthews sucks ass, and i truly miss peter jennings.
side note: because i am a masshole at heart, i put this sticker on my car 2 weeks ago:
atta boy, deval.
posted by danger at 9:01 PM
4 Comments:
did you know that Deval Patricks is only the second black governor elected in the whole US since reconstruction.
im a nerd
11/13/2006 11:54 AM
i actually did know that, eel, and i find it pretty embarrassing for us as a nation.
the first black governer was Lawrence Douglas Wilder, elected in virginia in 1990. (note: virginia, like massachusetts, is a "commonwealth." other commonwealths: kentucky and pennsylvania.)
ha, i out-nerded you.
11/13/2006 10:48 PM
Oh yea?
The commonwealth designation, which has no constitutional impact, emphasizes that they have a "government based on the common consent of the people" as opposed to one legitimized through their earlier Royal Colony status that was derived from the King of England. (The word commonwealth is of English derivation and refers to the common "weal" or welfare of the public.) In common parlance, people do not make the distinction between state or commonwealth.
beat THAT!
11/15/2006 12:57 PM
"One of the largest commonwealths is the Commonwealth of Nations, nations formerly part of the British Empire. This commonwealth is headed by Queen Elizabeth II and implies fellowship, but not rule over former British territories like New Zealand and Canada. The Commonwealth of Nations comprises 53 nations, each with their own self-governance."
-from a site called wisegeek.com.
so now we're geeks....
p.s. i had the "common consent" of your dad last night.
11/16/2006 11:30 PM
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