Art of the Possible

I’m obviously sad that the person I supported the most, Eric Massa didn’t win, its not quite over but the chances are almost nill that the absentee ballots will bring him the victory. Which brings me to the next point, should he conceed? well there are very good reasons why he should, basicly so he doesn’t seem like the sore loser, and because recounts cost the state quite a bit of money. But at the same time I’m a man of ideals, when you were a child it was driven into you that this is a democracy and every vote counts, so even if it seems silly because there are so many millions of voters and your one vote can’t make a difference it still does. Well what happens when that child grows up, do you want to be the one to tell them that well we don’t acctually count ALL the votes, but we get most of ‘em so your vote really might not matter at all. Is the idea that every vote counts no more concrete than the idea of the tooth fairy? If for no other reason this, we should count every vote everytime, even if just out of principle.

At the same time I’m giddy like a 5 year old on christmas that the people have spoken, and they’re pissed. We got The House, The Senate and we got rid of Rumsfeld, what a day what a day. Rummy that was just icing on an already sweet cake right there. There isn’t much to say that hasn’t been said.

But on that note, now is the time for action The dems need to stand up and take charge oh sure they’re going to get vetoed a lot but so what its going to show the people where the president and his party really stand. If they do this right it could be huge, if they screw it up then… well lets just hope they get it right.

Yesterday was such a relief, went home had a beer played a video game did some reading and didn’t once think about politics, and all the while there was a weight off me, I know that were on the right path again, things are finally going to get better, people are paying attention, people care. we have a long road ahead but things are going to get better, I’m not sad for the children anymore.