Post-Election Items

1. I am very thrilled that Rand Paul won. Of all the candidates in this election, he was the one I could confidently call "libertarian." I hope he makes a stir in the Senate.

2. Nikki Haley beat Vincent Sheheen to become governor. I like Vincent. He and I are both Camden High grads, class of '89. He seems like an upstand guy except that he is a lawyer. Nikki, OTOH, is definitely an adulterer in my book. But in the end, I support limited government, and Sheheen does not. Sorry, Vince. You need to rethink your positions.

3. Marco Rubio is the GOP's answer to Obama. That is asking for a lot. The reality is that the Hispanic population is diverse with Cubans trending Republican and the rest going for the Democrats. This is a result of immigration issues. I'm pro-immigration, and I think the anti-Mexican stance of the GOP hurts the party and is stupid. I don't see Rubio changing this just because he can speak Spanish.

4. The GOP takes the House but not the Senate. That is enough for gridlock which is what I am optimistic about. Rand Paul winning Kentucky won't have much impact since he will be replacing the very conservative Jim Bunning. But House Republicans will try and hamstring Obama for the next two years which is an unqualified good.

5. Polls indicate that Prop 19 legalizing marijuana in California will go down in defeat. This is what I expected. This is a real blow to efforts to end the War on Drugs. As I've said all along, the government accurately reflects the popular will. It is not the laws that need changing or better leaders in government. What needs changing is the massive ignorance of the American population. If Prop 19 can't pass in Cali, it has no hope of passing anywhere else. The irony is that California is considered a left wing liberal blue state. But California voters are among the stupidest in the nation. It is is said that as California goes, so does the rest of the country. They are right. We are headed for fucking oblivion as we tax-and-spend into poverty and lock each other up for smoking blunts.

6. Does voting make any difference? No. This election was just a tap on the brakes before we go over the cliff.

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