Counting Unhatched Chickens

George Stepsinitalot, in his new role as a morning host, blathered this morning about how the Dems had the late Senator Kennedy's seat sewn up, especially after the President made the confirmation trip Sunday to Mass. A salacious photo of the male candidate posing for a revealing magazine spread sans clothing showed just what kind of person this man is ... back when he was in his early 20s, attending college, and posed for the sexy spread. Pitching dirt from one's past has become the answer to the failure to address the issues of the present, but this time, it didn't work, perhaps because the Dems became complacent about the "always a Demo seat" and dug the dirt too late to do this election any good.

Counting chickens that are not yet hatched can lead to eating a lot of crow, George. Wonder how you are going to spin the win? Oh, that's right: Tea Party Fanatics. I'm not sure it was just the health care debaucle that made the voters elect the new guy on the block. I think it was his comment, aired repeatedly on the news programs, that "it's NOT a Democratic seat, it's the PEOPLE'S seat" that sold his candidacy. Partisan politics for the sake of partisanship is tearing this country down the middle, and there is bound to be a backlash.

If I am conservative in my views and lifestyle, that does NOT mean that I am against progress or some kind of health care reform. What it does mean is that I'm not easily sold on a government-run health care plan that begins with the assumption that this economy needs a one-size-fits-all health care system. I was in favor of the transparency the public was promised, but have been upset by the machinations and manuevering of the Democratic Party, including the huge piles of pork added here and there to make the bill into a travesty of reform. If it's the US health reform, then let all of us in on it!

I may tune in tomorrow to see how George spins this "Republican" win. It'll have something to do with the failure to have health care reform NOW blamed on the Republicans, rather than on a bill that should not be passed in its current iteration.