The Tattlesnake – Sifting Through the Post-Election Ashes Edition

First off, in my previous 'Toast and Coast' pieces, I accurately predicted that Republican Teabaggers Linda McMahon, Carl Paladino, and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Palins, Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell, were all toast, along with the Billionaire Girls Club of Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina. G.I. Joe Miller in Alaska and Ken Buck in Colorado are still undecided at this hour. That leaves two where the Tattler's crystal ball was cloudy – Rand "There's Something About an Aqua Buddha Man" Paul in Kentucky and Mark "Captain Blight" Kirk in Illinois – but 6 out of 8 ain't bad. Ron Paul's offshoot was the biggest surprise, but probably should not have been in a Red State that elected a turtle wax replicant like the sour-lipped Mitch McConnell to the Senate.

As I watched the televised bulletins from the Planet Xenon otherwise known as the Mainstream Media carve up and autopsy What This Election Means today, of course the MSM managed to bungle and bypass any realistic diagnosis as they became trapped in the humbug of their own quackery and delusion. A blur of the Pundit Class' finest recruits for Perdition hilariously kept sawing on some iteration of this soggy paper-maché log: "This election will show Obama he has to cooperate with the Republicans to get things done!" Really? What has he been doing so far?

The official DeeCee Democratic Party, naturally, will take the wrong lesson from this drubbing – "We need to be more conservative!" rather than, "We have to stand for our progressive principles and stop backing down!" So, have no worries, Teabaggers, the GOP, even though a majority only in the House, will get everything it wants out of the Senate, from budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy and further corporate deregulation to, perhaps, some curtailing of unemployment benefits and elimination of the minimum wage, hastening our final plunge off the economic cliff.

And you won't hear John Boehner solemnly announcing, "Impeachment is off the table!" To the contrary, the Republicans will be conducting proctological investigations of every person who ever spoke to Obama in an effort to find some scrap of sleaze with which to remove him from office, aided and abetted by Fox News and the other media gangsters on the right. (Orly Taitz, get ready for your Congressional appearance!) While the GOP likely won't be successful at actually impeaching Obama, they will so muddy his name and reputation that they'll get their wish – he'll be a one-term footnote in history, 'first African-American president,' with no other accomplishments listed.

In the Tattler's occasional Unscientific Barroom Polls, I ask tipplers of various ages and colors to state, in a few short words, what they think conservative Republicans believe in: "Tax cuts," "Small government," and "Strong defense," were the most frequent answers. I then ask the same question regarding the Democrats. Most people stared at me agape, unable to think of a thing, although one respondent said "Weakness" and another uttered "Big government." During the time of FDR, most Americans presented with the same query about Democrats would have said, "Saving the economy," "Fighting for the little guy," "Creating jobs." Will the Dems learn that lesson? You have to stand for something.

In two years America will be sick of the Republicans, or what's left of America anyway, and ready to toss the conservatives out in favor of Democrats who think they should be more conservative, and the dance will continue until the global economic collapse that is certain unless a miracle happens and Obama starts taking tips from FDR instead of Lincoln.

© 2010 RS Janes. LTSaloon.org.