The Good The Bad The Ugly And The Weird!

 Well its over. The red wave or as I called it the spread of fascism was avoided for the most part and it has made the country relatively safe for a couple of years. It was harrowing, still is in a lot of places, but it was the young folks who said ENOUGH of this shitty boomer generation and its fascination with racism and climate change denial. But not enough youngsters came out because none of this nail biting would be going on in Arizona or Nevada  or Georgia. The kids did just enough to stop a generation of nitwits (mine) from fucking the nation up forever. And I hope in 2024 that as more of mine are dead and more of them become eligible to vote, this tenseness will not be in force. Ok onward to the Good The Bad And the Ugly.

The GOOD

The Democrats took control of legislatures in Michigan and Pennsylvania despite the gerrymandering passed to keep that from happening.

Mark Kelly held off a genuine Nazi in Arizona and became Senator 49.

Gretchen Whitmer, Tony Evers, Kathy Hochul, Wes Moore, Jared Polis, Tina Kotek, Katie Hobbs, Gavin Newsom, Tim Walz, Laura Kelly , Michelle Lujan, Josh Shapiro, Janet Mills, J B Pritzker, Maura Healey, Josh Green all won Governorships in blue states.

The House may or may not be lost by the Democrats. The fact "may not" is even in there is remarkable.

The Nebraska Legislature will NOT be a filibuster proof Republican theocratic nightmare after all. John Fredrickson, a newcomer I admire greatly, will pull out his district (my district) after the absentee votes are counted. I know I'm being provincial here but that is HUGE for this state.

The BAD

The House may be lost. It appears that the idiot Congresswoman from Colorado, Lauren Boebert, will hang on to keep her seat. So look forward to even more idiocy from that body.

The Senate was way too close. Ron Johnson? Really Wisconsin? The Senator from Moscow pulls it out again. Now you can blame the Democrats for a candidate easy to make scary if you wish, but I blame the rural racists who would rather have a white Russian stooge in the Senate than a black man, period.

Greg Abbott took Beto O'Rourke to the loser room after claiming he would "fix Texas" after he's already been in office for 8 years. Really Texas? Being a Texas liberal must be a bitch.

Kristi Noem, Jim Pillen, Brian Stitt, Brian Kemp all won governorships by fooling its residents into resorting to reptile brain knee jerk reactions that the white people are in danger of being overrun.

The UGLY

Any country that elects the likes of a toxic twat like Marjorie Taylor Greene, an alleged pedophile like Matt Gaetz,  a prancing frustrated pole dancer like Lauren Boebert, a spineless wimp like Kevin McCarthy or a backstabbing phony sociopath like Elise Stefanik needs some therapy. Lots of therapy.

Kansas had the opportunity to drive a stake through the political heart of America's greatest race baiting scumbag, Kris Kobach, one and for all. It decided ahhhh nahhhh he has an R next to his name  so lets give him another chance. He's now your Attorney General, Kansas. Big butt dial error on that one Kansas.

Nebraska had a choice to make. It had the choice of a former Husker football player who once fell on a fumble in a big game or a competent state senator and of course it chose the football guy. Jim Pillen never debated, even in the GOP primary, he never went to big cities of Omaha or Lincoln, he hung out in Legion Halls and VFW halls in rural Nebraska, he refused to give interviews to what he deemed "unfriendly reporters", he ran commercials with his grandkids, he promised to lower property taxes yet his plan would skyrocket property taxes. Yet he won with 60 some percent of the vote. It's irresponsible that this worked. So nice job Nebraska rewarding sloth.

Kari Lake is just the ugliest excuse for a politician. A former news reader who supported Obama, hung out with drag queens, and expressed liberal views. But somewhere along the line she figured the route to political success in Arizona is to go full MAGA and deny her past, not only denying but blowing it up. But she's technically still around. Behind that fill blown filter making her look like a glowing firefly is one ugly person. Inside and out.

The WEIRD

Nebraska Attorney General candidate Larry Bollinger of the Legal Marijuana Party got 75,000 votes in Douglas County alone (thats Omaha). Now the reason is because Nebraska Democrats suck and didn't even bother to field a candidate for Attorney General thus leaving people like me who refuse to vote for a Republican lawyer once choice. The Legal Marijuana Party. 

Smoke em if you got em