Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts
[This week’s special election in Massachusetts is a significant event about which Howard J. Harrison regrettably finds little original to say. With the following remarks, the pseudonymous Dr.D fills the gap.]
Well, Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts seems to have struck a possibly mortal blow to the ambitions of the Democrats. The are recoiling as though they have been seriously wounded, although I really do not see why. They still have 59 votes in the Senate rather than 60, so if they believe what they have been telling us, why do they not plow ahead and pass all of their foolishness?
It appears that the answer lies in the instinct for self preservation. Even more than bringing about their communist utopia, they want to keep themselves in their sine cures. Brown’s win seems to have shaken them into realizing that they might have to get JOBS, jobs for goodness sakes. Now we all know that simply means that they would become lobbyists, but in the coming days, the way the mood is turning, lobbyists may not be viewed with the greatest favor either. That could mean having to get real jobs and work for Pete’s sake. Perish the thought! Thus the IPP (Incumbent Protection Plan) of both parties swings into high gear now, with a dive towards the center. Everybody becomes a moderate, even Uncle Harry Reid, that nice old gentlement who always smiles at everyone (you do remember him, don’t you?). And sweet old Aunt Pelosi, who would not stuff anything down the throat of a fly, why she is up for re-election too, I do believe! Wonder of wonders, what that one ballot in Massachusetts did!
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 am
I cannot really improve on your words. It seems to me that you are right.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 am
Why, thank you, Howard. Coming from you, that is quite a complement.