11/06/2002
Fah! Bleh! I'm in sore loser mode today. Channel surfed the results last night listening to victorious Republicans pronounce God's blessings on everyone. It's as bad as the Grammy™ Awards where everyone thanks their producer and The Lord, in that order.
Locally, Carl Persis, whose principled stand against negative ads was mentioned yesterday, lost big. Lesson: go negative or go home. Barb Shepard the only environmentalist on the ballot in my county lost, too.
And that's just in my little neck of the woods. That's not even considering four more years of benedictions from the sanctimonious Jeb. (God bless you, too, and all who wrote checks in His name!)
But there is an up side -- Charlie Crist and Katherine Harris are among the easiest politicians on the planet for cheap ridicule. Lots of easy jokes ahead. The Legislature will be more outrageous than at any time since segregation ended. And it will be fun to watch the governor and Legislature weasel out of the Class Size Amendment. Yes, lots of material for a working columnist who is halfway awake.
I'm feeling better already.
Locally, Carl Persis, whose principled stand against negative ads was mentioned yesterday, lost big. Lesson: go negative or go home. Barb Shepard the only environmentalist on the ballot in my county lost, too.
And that's just in my little neck of the woods. That's not even considering four more years of benedictions from the sanctimonious Jeb. (God bless you, too, and all who wrote checks in His name!)
But there is an up side -- Charlie Crist and Katherine Harris are among the easiest politicians on the planet for cheap ridicule. Lots of easy jokes ahead. The Legislature will be more outrageous than at any time since segregation ended. And it will be fun to watch the governor and Legislature weasel out of the Class Size Amendment. Yes, lots of material for a working columnist who is halfway awake.
I'm feeling better already.
