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Nov 8, 2012

Yeah - About That Squeaker

Obama's re-election wasn't the close call we kept hearing about during the last 3 or 4 weeks of the campaign.


And the spin being peddled by the GOP and RIght Radicals and Corp Media yesterday - about Romney winning the popular vote?  Bullshit, as usual, which raises the same old question about why these numbskulls have such difficulty getting a firm grasp on real things.  How is it they never learn not to spout off before they know what's goin' on?  It wasn't close, and once Florida gets its shit together, we'll see how 'not-close' it really was.

Seems like you'd have to get pretty tired of being wrong all the time.

I don't think I can call it a strong mandate in the traditional way the word 'mandate' is used, but when I consider the circumstances - low-growth economy, high unemployment, stagnating wages, ginormous deficit and debt; plus all the hyper-partisan obstruction in Congress and the true ugliness of the personal attacks, etc etc - re-electing Obama seems nothing short of miraculous.

So maybe it's just relative to the alternative,  but keeping Obama on the job seems like a very clear message.

We'll see if he can keep his staff and his cabinet together; and somebody has to be on the ball to avert the 2nd-term scandal that pops up with annoying regularity.  But here's hopin'.
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