After the 2006 elections, after the Republicans got their butts handed to them, there was a lot of excuse making. In the case of that election I don't think many were surprised by the results. Saddened, but not surprised. Still, there was opportunity to reflect on what had happened. I would say the discourse was mostly insightful. It was admitted mistakes were made, candidates were weak, and certain issues rules the day. Over all, I recall it to be a very realistic view of the defeat with a resolve to do better next time.
Now, I don't visit hundreds of blogs so I don't want to over generalize. Still . . .
After yesterdays election results, you'd think the state had either fallen prey to some evil plot to mind warp the voters . . . or that we had simply become stupid. You'd think the state was made up of two people, retards, and those with class and intelligence.
Sour grapes much?
So the first instinct is to insult the voters. Nice. The next tact is to blame the special interest groups and their fraudulent ads. Perfect and predictable. The last effort is to lambaste the winner for lying and misrepresenting themselves to the obviously retarded voter.
Let's not forget about talk radio.
What they don't do, ever, is congratulate the winner. Admit their candidate was the poorer choice. Expose the weaknesses their own candidate has. Expose the lies their candidate used to try and win. Expose the money trail to SI groups that tried to buy the election. Or admit the will of the people ruled the day.
Then there are the predictions of things going down the toilet, other bizarre predictions, and the threat of moving (I wish they would!).
It's quite a contrast, really.
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