Are we racist, sexist or just dumb
Amid all the hoopla about how well the Democrats did in Tuesday's election, no one seemed to come to grips with the giant step backwards Michigan took in approving Proposal 2, which strips away affirmative action mandates in things like admission to college and some hiring.
I'm going to be charitable and suggest that voters just didn't read the proposal correctly and actually voted yes when they meant to vote no. It was confusing.
What happens next? You'll start hearing people all over the place crying about this -- everyone from corporate bosses to university presidents mainly because a tortuous course through the courts got us to where we were before our fat white manly fingers started filling out the wrong ovals on the ballot.
Not to worry, though, the activist judges will take over and leave us saddled with something that really is unjust rather than just progressive.
And just think of the impact it will have on local government. The city and county now can get rid of all those women managers and minorities that they've hired over the years -- all five of them.
The defeat of proposal 2, BTW, was one of the spots on my pre-election prediction record. Of 17 outcomes predicted, it lowered my success rate to 82 percent. The other unforseen outcomes included John Manor's botched effort to win the 56th House seat (apparently constituents got to know him too well and Randy Richardville's coattails were barely long enough to keep his own ass out of the fire) and John Fowler's victory over incumbent county commissioner Randy Ansel (maybe Fowler's firefighting friends have seen one too many of Ansel's slum apartments).
I spent much of election night watching Fox News. It was comical. All the talking heads (even the American Nazi Party members they've made into anchors) were falling all over themselves trying to make excuses for the Republican failure at the polls.
It almost seemed that they figure a hellhole of a ill-advised war, a deficit that would make a shopaholic ill, and select Congressmen/pedophiles are as American as a President without brains.
Now it's up to the Dems to prove they really aren't the jackasses their party symbol suggests and find someone viable to run for President in 08. That's DOESN'T mean you, Hilary! After all, we're trying to gut that affirmative action crap from our system.
I'm going to be charitable and suggest that voters just didn't read the proposal correctly and actually voted yes when they meant to vote no. It was confusing.
What happens next? You'll start hearing people all over the place crying about this -- everyone from corporate bosses to university presidents mainly because a tortuous course through the courts got us to where we were before our fat white manly fingers started filling out the wrong ovals on the ballot.
Not to worry, though, the activist judges will take over and leave us saddled with something that really is unjust rather than just progressive.
And just think of the impact it will have on local government. The city and county now can get rid of all those women managers and minorities that they've hired over the years -- all five of them.
The defeat of proposal 2, BTW, was one of the spots on my pre-election prediction record. Of 17 outcomes predicted, it lowered my success rate to 82 percent. The other unforseen outcomes included John Manor's botched effort to win the 56th House seat (apparently constituents got to know him too well and Randy Richardville's coattails were barely long enough to keep his own ass out of the fire) and John Fowler's victory over incumbent county commissioner Randy Ansel (maybe Fowler's firefighting friends have seen one too many of Ansel's slum apartments).
I spent much of election night watching Fox News. It was comical. All the talking heads (even the American Nazi Party members they've made into anchors) were falling all over themselves trying to make excuses for the Republican failure at the polls.
It almost seemed that they figure a hellhole of a ill-advised war, a deficit that would make a shopaholic ill, and select Congressmen/pedophiles are as American as a President without brains.
Now it's up to the Dems to prove they really aren't the jackasses their party symbol suggests and find someone viable to run for President in 08. That's DOESN'T mean you, Hilary! After all, we're trying to gut that affirmative action crap from our system.
posted by The Observer at 11/08/2006 08:10:00 AM
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