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| Wednesday, November 7, 2012 08:43 AM |
| (Last updated on Friday, November 9, 2012 09:17 AM) | | Great Things |
 by Fëanor |
I don't want to be a sore winner or anything, but allow me to just list a few exciting things that happened yesterday.
- OBAMA
- Claire McCaskill beat Todd Akin in Missouri. I don't live anywhere near Missouri, but I contributed money to McCaskill's campaign because Akin's comments on rape were stupid and misogynist.
- Joe Donnelly beat Richard Mourdock in Indiana, becoming the first Democrat in more than a decade to win a statewide race there. Mourdock was another Republican with some pretty reprehensible things to say about women and rape.
- Elizabeth Warren beat Scott Brown in Massachusetts to become the first woman to represent that state in the Senate. Warren is an actual, honest-to-God liberal and whenever I read quotes from her I find myself cheering her on.
- Tammy Baldwin beat Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin to become not only the first woman to represent that state in the Senate, but also the first openly gay Senator.
- Maine, Maryland, and Washington approved same-sex marriage, and Minnesota shot down a proposed amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage.
- Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational use of marijuana. I don't have a strong opinion about marijuana one way or the other, but it seems reasonable to me to allow recreational use of it.
- Besides retaining control of the White House, the Democrats also retained control of the Senate. I'm registered as Independent because I felt disillusioned by the Democrats, but I'll take a Democrat over a Republican any day. The things that Republicans say they stand for - things that are actually written into their party platform - are repugnant to me. They want to ban gay marriage and abortion. They are against any form of gun control. Democrats are rarely liberal enough for me, but at least they're walking in the right direction, albeit slowly.
UPDATE: You know, so many great things happened the other day, I forgot a couple big ones!
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