My last word on the election

Let’s look forward to 2006 when we have another opportunity to reshape our legislatures. Let’s look forward to 2007 when the 2008 Presidential campaigns will begin in earnest. The republicans won through fear. They scared people into thinking that Kerry couldn’t be trusted on the terror war. They scared people into believing that our country would be destroyed by gay people marrying each other. They scared people into believing that a catastrophic terrorist attack was inevitable if Kerry was elected. They scared people into believing that Kerry would take their guns away. Guns, gays and God. Rove’s trinity to electoral success. It’s despicable, but I think it’ll come back to haunt Repubs in the long run. It’s no secret that I’m a centrist – a moderate. I’m socially liberal but fiscally conservative. The Democratic Party is the only home for people like me. The Repubs have been completely transformed into a radical right-wing Christian party of hatred, division, abject incompetence, and cataclysmic fiscal irresponsibility. It’s a cliquey little club of people who long for a one-party state, yet trot out “moderates” like troop-basher Giuliani, and serial harasser and mediocre actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. With the Bush crowd, ideology trumps facts. Remember 10 years ago how the conservative movement found its voice and gained momentum? They organized, they made noise, they gained control of the House and Senate. Tuesday was their greatest victory. Let it be the last. Let’s figure out how to take back the language of values. Let’s figure out how to most effectively expose the right-wing ideologues. My America isn’t one where the religious fundamentalists run the show. Let’s work to take it back. Let the Repubs reap what they’ve sown. Let’s also work to make WNY a better place. We need to bring people back to this area. Did you know that we blue states subsidize the red states?