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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Democrats Take Back Congress

The US Democrats finally have cause to celebrate.

They thumped Bush's Republicans in the House of Representatives and have now, it seems, won back the Senate - giving them control of Congress for the first time in twelve years.

www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1784684.htm
www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.main/index.html

These November elections - the outcome having been highly anticipated for many months - have produced some very good news.

Democrat Nancy Pelosi (pictured) will become America's first female Speaker of the House.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi

Hillary Clinton was easily re-elected as Senator for New York.

And the awful, awful, awful Donald Rumsfeld has resigned.

Let us hope that the Democrats can now make some real changes and steer that country well away from the direction in which it has been heading since that disgusting administration successfully rigged the voting process in 2000. Which makes me think - in Bush's America, exactly how did the Democrats win something? In all seriousness, did the Republicans decide not to tamper with this one?

Is the neo-con phase coming to an end?? What a delicious thought.

posted by Anthony Stoddart @ 5:26 PM  

6 Comments:

  • At Thu Nov 09, 05:42:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said…

    I'm happy that the Dems have taken control, but I don't think we should expect to see many changes.

    And look at Virginia. They came this close to electing George 'Macaca' Allen. A flaming racist. America hasn't changed, and I don't think it's about to change any time soon.

    Nonetheless, I still *hope* I'm wrong.

     

  • At Fri Nov 10, 04:24:00 AM, Blogger jenniferlouisewright said…

    I watched the news with great delight at that monstrous man resigning. If only Bush would follow his lead ... Hillary Clinton is the future for that country if you ask me. I just hope they give her a chance, because I think American politics is a bloody minefield and a bit backward in some sense.

    I think the vote was more a protest about Iraq than the entire administraion, but surely we have to embrace this change? Bush's lead is starting to crumble. That can only be a good thing.

     

  • At Sat Nov 11, 06:42:00 PM, Blogger Anthony Stoddart said…

    The 'nothing-will-change' response seems to be widespread. And I can understand it.

    However, the Democrats ARE NOT the Republicans. Yes, they have alterior motives and yes, they too are heavily influenced by the corporations. But they are, I repeat, not the Republicans.

    Bush is not a popular man in the Democratic Party. Let's just hope they use this new power to stop him from getting away with murder (figuratively and literally).

    The fact that the Democrats now control both the House of Reps and the Senate has got to be some sort of improvement, right?

     

  • At Sat Nov 11, 07:34:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said…

    I wait to be convinced, but then again even I was on the edge of my seat praying for a Bush loss in the 2004 elections, despite Kerry and the democrats not being a particularly credible alternative.

    Most Democrats did vote for the war in Iraq, though. As a whole they are just as spineless and unprincipled as our Labor party, as shown by their zealousness in making legal challenges to Ralph Nader in every state in the 2004 election while leaving the 'Dear Leader' untouched.

     

  • At Tue Nov 14, 01:43:00 PM, Blogger Anthony Stoddart said…

    Yes, most of them did vote in favour of the war being launched. But it's definately worth noting that most of them are now opposed to it. And though they deserve criticism for their original decisions to approve it, I still believe that it's okay for a person to change his/her mind.

    In some ways, it's highly encouraging that many of them have openly admitted their regret over voting in favour of it initially. More can be said for those particular Dems than can for the members of the minority that continues to insist that the Iraq invasion/occupation is a good thing for global harmony.

     

  • At Wed Nov 15, 04:57:00 PM, Blogger Sarah said…


    But it's definately worth noting that most of them are now opposed to it

    Yeah, but that's after sniffing the political winds, not because they've suddenly grown a conscience!

    Hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi men, women and children, a couple of thousand dead young american men and women, and all of a sudden they start having regrets. Bit too late to apologise to the families of the people who've been slaughtered. Bastards.

    But yeah, as you say, I suppose expressing some regret (however hollow) has got to be better than insisting making war on Iraq was a great idea, like the Republicans persist in doing.

     

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