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Today there's a really weird thing going down. Massachusetts is holding a special election for U.S. Senate (why now? I dunno). That's not the weird part. It's for the seat held by Ted Kennedy for 47 years. Kennedy spearheaded health care reform as an issue for many, many years. And now, it is not unlikely that the seat could go to a Republican. What's more, because it would remove the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority, it could kill the health care reform bill.
In case you missed it, that's the weird part. Well that, and the notion that Massachusetts would elect a Republican to the seat after all of these years. Now, I'm no huge fan of the reform bills as they've turned out. They're nowhere near liberal enough, which is ironic, since Republicans are acting like it's the end of America as we know it. They talk about taking their country back, and that President Obama and the Democrats are tyrannical, which is laughable. After all, the Democrats bent over backward (and forward? ahem), and damned near gutted the thing in a futile attempt at "bipartisanship."
But you wouldn't know that from this whopper of an ad for Scott Brown. The music! The imagery! The fear! Olbermann! Maddow! Eeeeeeek! It's one of the most over-the-top things I've ever seen. John Waters couldn't top it. And Scott Brown is a miracle? I'll grant he was pretty hot back in his nude modeling days (and not so bad these days either). But a miracle? One thing's for sure, whatever happens, it will be interesting, with a heaping helping of stupid. Just like anything else political these days.
In case you missed it, that's the weird part. Well that, and the notion that Massachusetts would elect a Republican to the seat after all of these years. Now, I'm no huge fan of the reform bills as they've turned out. They're nowhere near liberal enough, which is ironic, since Republicans are acting like it's the end of America as we know it. They talk about taking their country back, and that President Obama and the Democrats are tyrannical, which is laughable. After all, the Democrats bent over backward (and forward? ahem), and damned near gutted the thing in a futile attempt at "bipartisanship."
But you wouldn't know that from this whopper of an ad for Scott Brown. The music! The imagery! The fear! Olbermann! Maddow! Eeeeeeek! It's one of the most over-the-top things I've ever seen. John Waters couldn't top it. And Scott Brown is a miracle? I'll grant he was pretty hot back in his nude modeling days (and not so bad these days either). But a miracle? One thing's for sure, whatever happens, it will be interesting, with a heaping helping of stupid. Just like anything else political these days.
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