Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tennseein' IS Tenne-believin' ... !!! What a great state!
The late country-comedian Jerry Clower introduced some of his best bits with this question: "Ain't it good to be alive and to be in Tennessee?!"
Considering yesterday's election results, it is GREAT to be alive and be in Tennessee ... if you give two squirts about liberty and low taxes, and if you'd like to kick a trial lawyer or a union goon in the balls.
On November 4, 2008, Tennessee proved itself an island of sanity in a state-by-state ocean of stupidity. To wit:
● John McCain and Sarah Palin won 93 of Tennessee's 99 counties.
● U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander bested his half-wit Democrat opponent, Bob Tuke, by 780,000 votes.
● REPUBLICANS NOW CONTROL THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECONSTRUCTION. (Note: Republican Bill Jenkins served as House Speaker from '71-72 when there was an equal number of Republicans and Democrats in the Tenn. House, with the lone independent voting for Jenkins as Speaker)
● REPUBLICANS NOW HAVE A FIRM FIVE-SEAT MAJORITY IN THE TENNESSEE SENATE. Republican Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey is now a bigger power-broker in Tennessee than Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen. I just hope I have a VHS tape ready when Bredesen says, "I'm still relevant ...!"
● TENNESSEE'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES ARE NOW IN REPUBLICAN HANDS. The fact that Secretary of State, and confirmed putz-boy Riley Darnell ("To hell with photo IDs!") is gonna be lookin' for work come the new year makes me giddy as a schoolgirl.
● FOR THE FIRST TIME, EVER, REPUBLICANS WILL CONTROL EACH AND EVERY ELECTION COMMISSION IN THE STATE. Tennessee state law dictates that the controlling party in the State House chooses election commission members for each and every one of Tennessee's counties. That is, for the first time since Andrew Johnson was a household name, the GOP now controls the election apparatus in each county in this state. Don't have a photo-ID with your pic on it ....? Don't bother trying to vote in this here state.
● HOUSE SPEAKER JIMMY NAIFEH IS NOW A MAFIOSO-LOOKIN', LEFT-WING CORKSOCKER WHO WILL SOON BE SITTING AT A DESK IN THE REAR OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH NOTHIN' TO DO. Resign, Jimmy Naif. I'm sure your fellow fatass/outré Tennessee Democrat Al Gore can recommend for you a suitable "green" job, in which you can puff-up (!) 'til you have a greater sense of self-importance than you've had for the past dozen-and-a-half years. Indeed.
Considering yesterday's election results, it is GREAT to be alive and be in Tennessee ... if you give two squirts about liberty and low taxes, and if you'd like to kick a trial lawyer or a union goon in the balls.
On November 4, 2008, Tennessee proved itself an island of sanity in a state-by-state ocean of stupidity. To wit:
● John McCain and Sarah Palin won 93 of Tennessee's 99 counties.
● U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander bested his half-wit Democrat opponent, Bob Tuke, by 780,000 votes.
● REPUBLICANS NOW CONTROL THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECONSTRUCTION. (Note: Republican Bill Jenkins served as House Speaker from '71-72 when there was an equal number of Republicans and Democrats in the Tenn. House, with the lone independent voting for Jenkins as Speaker)
● REPUBLICANS NOW HAVE A FIRM FIVE-SEAT MAJORITY IN THE TENNESSEE SENATE. Republican Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey is now a bigger power-broker in Tennessee than Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen. I just hope I have a VHS tape ready when Bredesen says, "I'm still relevant ...!"
● TENNESSEE'S CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES ARE NOW IN REPUBLICAN HANDS. The fact that Secretary of State, and confirmed putz-boy Riley Darnell ("To hell with photo IDs!") is gonna be lookin' for work come the new year makes me giddy as a schoolgirl.
● FOR THE FIRST TIME, EVER, REPUBLICANS WILL CONTROL EACH AND EVERY ELECTION COMMISSION IN THE STATE. Tennessee state law dictates that the controlling party in the State House chooses election commission members for each and every one of Tennessee's counties. That is, for the first time since Andrew Johnson was a household name, the GOP now controls the election apparatus in each county in this state. Don't have a photo-ID with your pic on it ....? Don't bother trying to vote in this here state.
● HOUSE SPEAKER JIMMY NAIFEH IS NOW A MAFIOSO-LOOKIN', LEFT-WING CORKSOCKER WHO WILL SOON BE SITTING AT A DESK IN THE REAR OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH NOTHIN' TO DO. Resign, Jimmy Naif. I'm sure your fellow fatass/outré Tennessee Democrat Al Gore can recommend for you a suitable "green" job, in which you can puff-up (!) 'til you have a greater sense of self-importance than you've had for the past dozen-and-a-half years. Indeed.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, November 05, 2008 
