Yesterday was the special election in Massachusetts to fill the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy following his death in August. (That's right ... Not Kennedy's seat, but the seat formerly held by Kennedy. Note the difference.) Around 8:45PM, the polls having closed at 8, I settled down in front of my laptop to track election results, using the website of Massachusetts' Secretary of State.
Wouldn't you know? The dead link on the webpage never became active. Oh, transparency. How the Era of Obama has COMPLETELY FAILED to usher you in.
Before I went to bed, I Googled "Massachusetts special election results" and discovered that Coakley had already called Scott Brown to concede the election. Oh, and predictably, my Facebook homepage had exploded with variations on "What is the matter with you, Massachusetts?"
Okay, people. I'm (relatively) young, and that means that most of the people I know are IDIOTS. But you know what, there's no excuse for this. How dare you all fault the people of Massachusetts for daring to think for themselves? When the bluest of the blue states (registered Dems outnumber registered GOP voters by THREE TO ONE) gives a seat that's been held by a Kennedy since the 1960s to a Republican, you should sit up and take notice, NOT whine on Facebook and make statements that suggest that you think they're just a bunch of morons who messed up.
The Democrats have failed. The super-majority has brought this country nothing but trouble, and the people of Massachusetts stepped up and fixed it. I salute you, people of Massachusetts.
(But I still hate the Red Sox, the Patriots and ESPECIALLY Bill Belichick. Sorry.)
