Goddamn right, it's a beautiful day

We won, we won, we won...

Forget the spin--Trump can claim victory because of the Senate and the media can claim it was a split decision, but all the evidence points to Tuesday being a humongous night for Democrats.  The House alone means that cuts to Social Security and Medicare, as well as a repeal of Obamacare, are dead.  We turned it around in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and my home here in Michigan, and if we hold the states Hillary Clinton won in 2016, plus add those three, Donald Trump can move to Moscow or take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut (either way I don't care).  The Democratic margin of victory of  +.9.2 is the largest in recent times (even beating Dems in 2006 and 2008 and republicans in 2010).  Even though we lost the Senate, our candidates garnered more votes than theirs.  And all of this despite electoral maps that were absolutely brutal for us this year.

Yes, we lost some races we would have liked to have won, and we may need to rethink strategies in Ohio and Florida (write them off and pour money into more likely winners?), but this election was a complete and total repudiation  (seriously, read the link, it'll make your day) of Donald Trump.

So celebrate (for about five minutes and get started on 2020):

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Just fucking vote

Fuckin' A, 110 percent...

There's a lot to be nervous about going into tomorrow's midterm elections...like basically the future of this experiment that we've been conducting surprisingly well for the last 242 years.

Like...will there be a blue wave?

Can we win the Senate?

What if the blue wave doesn't materialize?

What happens to the Mueller investigation?

What will the election's outcome mean for 2020?

In the end, try to remember that even if we don't win as many as we'd like, if we win just one more seat in the House than they do we can effectively end much of the Trump agenda (cuts to Medicare and Social Security will be dead, dead, dead).  Or that every governorship we win means that there's one more state where republicans will not be able to gerrymander its districts to their own advantage.  And that even if we just break even in the Senate, it still means republicans are going to have to tailor their agenda to make sure they can get 51 votes.

It's a cliche, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.

So don't get caught up in the future--fight the battle that we can fight tomorrow.

And just fucking vote.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Thanks, Mitch!

Mitch McConnell, traitor and rape advocate

Seems that Mitch McConnell has written off the House and is trying to save the Senate by motivating white American males to turn out in Democratic held seats in red states by going all in to confirm sexual offender and perjurer Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Perhaps McConnell should ask Todd "Legitimate Rape Doesn't Result In Pregnancy" Akin (crushed by Claire McCaskill in 2012 in red state Missouri) and Richard "Rape Pregnancies Were Intended by God" Mourdock (beaten easily by Joe Donnelly in red state Indiana in 2012) how defending sexual assault works as a strategy in Senate elections.

Or better yet, we can win the Senate this November and McConnell can crawl back into whatever shithole it was his pathetic ass came out of in Kentucky.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Baba O'Rourke

Who knew there were cool kids in Texas?

If you haven't been following the race between Democrat Beto O'Rourke and republican turd Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate seat from Texas, you are missing one of the most inept campaigns ever run by a republican candidate.  So far, the Cruz team has sent forth critiques of O'Rourke because he a) eats at Whataburger (Texas fast food restaurant for those not familiar) b) drinks beer, c) played in a rock band when he was in college, and d) occasionally drops an f bomb.

The horror!

But the good news for the Cruz campaign is that they now have footage of O'Rourke going to Whataburger after his debate with Cruz last week, and while in the car he says the Who's "Baba O'Riley" is the best song ever (no arguments from me) and actually plays...air drums:

Mr. O'Rourke is running a hell of a campaign and some folks are already talking about him running for President eventually.  That talk might be a bit premature, but if he does, he's got my vote--hell, I'll even play air guitar in his air band...

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Kid Crock

Kid Rock must be in the house...

Note that at Wednesday's Detroit Pistons home opener in their new downtown Detroit stadium, a surprise appearance by Eminem was met with wild cheers, while a Jumbotron shot of Kid Rock was met with boos.

Though I've always suspected Kid Rock's considering a run against Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2018 to be more of a way to sucker republicans out of their money than an actual bid to be in the U.S. Senate, he might just want to reconsider if he's actually planning on challenging Sen. Stabenow.

Seems that the folks in Michigan aren't all that fond of folks who support racist assholes.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Put a (red) sock in it

Former major league pitcher and political moron Curt Schilling has decided that before he runs for President in 2024 (following, the delusional Mr. Schilling believes, Donald Trump's two terms), that he wants to run against Elizabeth Warren for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts in 2018.

Can't wait--seems we Democrats do very well against failed businessmen who aren't particularly bright and have a history of putting their feet in their mouths when it comes to all things racial, religious, and gender oriented.

Peace,
emaycee