Merry Christmas!

Between the House, the Senate, and Rumsfeld’s resignation, it’s like Christmas came early this year, isn’t it? Merry Christmas!
The neo-con fuckwittage? No thanks.
Absolute power for Bush and Cheney? We’re gonna take a pass.
Living in New York, our election was completely insignificant—I follow politics, and still didn’t know who Hillary was running against until I walked into the voting booth. One of the national commentators referred to the New York Senate race results as “about as surprising as the end of a Doris Day movie.”
But I’ve never been prouder to be from Rhode Island. The incumbent Republican is pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and anti-marriage. He’s as moderate as they come. And exit polls showed that the vast majority of Rhode Island voters supported him and thought he was doing a good job. But they voted him out anyway, because when it came to party leadership, his vote was going to the wrong party. I called my parents the next day (one had voted for him, one against) and told them how exciting it was—how tiny little Rhode Island had made a difference in the national balance of power, and had totally helped shift the political landscape. They, of course, had no clue, but were duly impressed.
They're jackhammering out on 6th Ave, and I'm blasting the New Editions Greatest Hits CD so I can concentrate, but my neighbor is still in his office. How much do you think he hates me right now?