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11/03/2004: "Woo Hoo"

It was longer than four years ago that I developed a sleep deprivation problem but I blame its continuance on the 2000 election. I fell asleep during the network coverage and woke up with the TV still on to hear that Al Gore had conceded and George W. Bush had won. Happy with those results, I returned to undisturbed slumber till later that morning. I flipped on the TV and found out Gore had withdrawn his concession and a battalion of lawyers had been deployed to contest the election. Post Traumatic Election Syndrome has continued since then, you always have the feeling that something important is happening but you’ll sleep through it.

I dozed on the couch last night while waiting for the results unwilling to fall victim to PTES again. Gun shy from the 2000 Election, the networks just couldn’t bring themselves to call the election for President Bush and risk being wrong. Finally a bleary eyed crew at Fox said Ohio was red. Thirty minutes later MSNBC followed. The look on the faces of Chris Matthews and crew was more than just exhaustion, they were disappointed. Good. Then they must be pretty sure this will hold.

Tried to stay awake and make sure Tom Daschle had gone down in defeat but had to wake back up again at 3:00 to see a smiling handsome John Thune being called Senator-Elect. Congratulations South Dakota!!! Hope is on the way. I wonder what the job outlook for obstructionists is? Oh well, that’s one unemployment number I will be happy to see go up.

Colorado did well with their defeat of Amendment 36 but I sure wish Pete Coors had won. Good job Colorado on the Amendment.

California, what are you thinking returning Boxer and passing Prop 71? Is there no cure for your fiscal foolishness.

I hope Mr. Kerry will make the wise decision to concede later today and not give the trial lawyers a banquet to feast on. If he doesn’t, he will piss off a lot more than just the red states. No one wants to see a repeat of 2000.

If the roles were reversed right now, the media would have declared Kerry the winner and put the pressure on the President to concede by citing the 3.5 million lead in the popular vote as making a statistical upset very unlikely. The debacle of 2000 gives them cover right now to appear fair and balanced. (Fox will be the first to declare the race for the President later today.)

The two left coasts really need to pay more attention to the fly-over space. The heart, soul, and brains of the country don’t live oceanfront.

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You are so right that the brains, heart and soul of the nation are not oceanfront. Would there be a corollary that the bowels and armpits are found in the metroareas of both coasts?

woohoo said @ 11/03/2004 08:05 AM MST