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It should be noted, for the benefit of those who don't know anything about me, that I'm a pretty conservative person. I've voted Republican all my life - I don't think I've ever voted for a Democrat. I don't trust Democrats to do the fiscally responsible, reasonable thing. I only trust them to experiment in huge ways with my money and, in the process, probably ruin some sector of American society. However, I am looking forward to Republican defeat today. Whether they lose a few seats or a lot, it will be good. A big loss will be better than a small one - if the Republicans lose both House and Senate, that will be the best outcome possible. I do not say this because I am suffering from "war fatigue". I'm not. I think Iraq was the right move, and I don't think we should pull out any time soon, because I don't think things there are as bad as they are portrayed by a biased liberal media. They're fairly bad, yes, but not bad enough to drive us out of the country. No, I want a Republican defeat because the Republicans sold us out, and I want them to pay for it. I don't want Democrats to win, at all. A Democratic congress will be no improvement over the Republican one. But (and here's the stickler), it won't be much worse. I won't drone on and on about policy, but I'll give you two specific examples of ways the Republicans sold us out: Immigration Reform and Voter ID's. Both of these policies have solid backing from the Americam people, in the range of 70-80%. This is a huge majority in American politics. So we have two policy issues that the Republicans should have been able to tackle easily. They control the presidency, the house and the senate. They should be able to railroad anything this popular through without much trouble. But they didn't. Are they incompetent? Do they think that we're not paying attention? Do they think that since the Democrats have lost the last few elections that this is a mandate for a Republican government, no matter what, and they don't have to do anything? I don't know. It could be any of those reasons or something else. But they should have been able to pass reasonable immigration reform and a voter ID bill, but somehow, they just couldn't do it. So let them swing. I don't care. If they can't defeat a Democratic minority in hugely popular issues, then we need to get rid of them anyway because they're incompetent. If they think they don't have to work for us any more, they need to go. I think this election will also show what happens when you have a president that cannot speak. I like Bush's policies, but every time I hear him speak I get this feeling of anxiety, like I'm just waiting for him to screw it up. A president should be able to use his bully pulpit to get things done. Bush is not capable of doing this, and Republicans are paying the price for it now. I think I'll just vote independent this year, across the board. I'll be "taking votes away from Republicans", it's true. And that's exactly what I want.
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