From Eschaton comes Atrios' take on the election, it resonates very, very well to me and is incredibly depressing: "The people who voted George Bush and the Republicans into office this year didn't do so because they were conned by a right wing asshole posing as a compassionate centrist. They did so precisely because he is a right wing asshole. Yes, the modern Republican party consists of nasty bigots and liars and the media rarely bothers to point out just how nasty they are (all the talking heads talking about the role of 'moral values' in the election know that what that really means is 'fag hating,' but they won't say it). But, don't be fooled - people know what they voted for."
By the way, Bush and his "reaching out across the aisle"? Has already been debunked, he gave a speech last night and basically said that he doesn't need the Democrats, he's got political capital to spend.
So, um yeah, the reach out lasted less than 24 hours. Nice, that was an utterly token soundbite bullshit placation.
Here, George, reach out and grab a hold of my finger.
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