Right-wingers nationwide hail this as a great victory, while leftist 20 percenters cried before the election (even if many now spin to the contrary) that this Senate shakeup means the world's coming to an end. But Bullshit to both of 'em, as usual...
I would like anyone to explain to me how anything on the national landscape is any different today than it was yesterday? Yes, gridlock still rules, which is good, but we already had gridlock and it accomplishes little apart from preventing either rotten party from causing too much damage. And yes, the gop-ers will probably now depress the "nuclear option" button pushed by Senate Majority Leech Harry Reid and the democrat party for judicial and executive nominations, which is also good, but most Americans have no idea what that even means and it has no impact upon existing Senate rules regarding the passage of legislation.
So how are things really any different today? How are they any different than yesterday for the average working American who isn't a partisan ideologue and simply wants a job with an ounce of job security and an opportunity for advancement and higher wages/salary through hard work? How is anything any different for the average working American whose main goal in life is to see his kids do a little better in life than he did?
Ans: It's not any different today, and nothing's changed. Even simple, rather modest dreams like having a fighting chance to better yourself and the future of your children are increasingly a thing of the past in the utterly depressed America of W Bush and the individual (Mr. 38%) we currently have as a president. Household incomes remain stagnant, people can't find decent jobs and continue to leave the labor force in droves, and the young people today of all races and ethnicities face a far bleaker future than any group of American young people in generations.
And things won't change as long as we continue to bitterly cling to this rotten two-party system and the radical democrat party and the gop-er party (a foul mix of extremists and political fat cat career politicians) that inhabit that same system. These people don't give a shit about you or your family, but rather care only about cementing and continuing their own political power (first and foremost) and forcing their radical horseshit world views down your throat (second and not far behind).
Until we tear up this corrupt, self-interested, extreme-controlled political system and start electing Independent men and women of good will who care about the best interests of the American people, this country will only continue its rapid decline down the shitter. And no change from "D" to "R" (or vice versa) in the presidency or the Congress is gonna make any freakin' difference...
Or, you can just keep voting for these two creep parties over and over and over again, never dreaming of or demanding anything better. That's ultimately your choice, not mine. But you can be something so much better, America.
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