It is quite amusing watching the mainstream media try to spin yesterday’s Election Day repudiation of Obama, his policies and liberalism in general.   In Virginia, Republicans swept the electoral columns, in New Jersey a Republican won in a state that voted for Obama with a fifteen point advantage and in Maine, Neil and Bob won’t be able to tie the knot. 

Where do we begin? Possibly in upstate New York where Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman garnered only 46% of the vote.   The pundits are spinning this as a blow to the Republican party but let’s examine the truth.   The 23^rd Congressional district of New York in upstate New York and adjacent to liberal Vermont was not going to be a cakewalk for a political unknown from an obscure party.

The GOP, wrongfully thinking they had to move to the left to win, selected Dede Scozzafava, a pro choice, pro union, liberal Republican to run against attorney Doug Owens.   In New York, there is also a Conservative Party that is recognized of which Hoffman was a member. Upset at the selection of Scozzafava who is more liberal than most Democrats, a grass roots effort to elect Hoffman, got underway.   This past weekend Scozzafava withdrew from the race and asked her supporters to vote not for Hoffman, but for Democrat Owens.   That said, the fact that this uknown political outsider got 46% of the vote is truly amazing and yes, is a repudiation of the status quo.

Now onto New Jersey where Chris Christie, a Republican, defeated incumbent Jon Corzine despite heavy support from B. Hussein himself.   In Virginia, Robert McDonnell won, which is a stinging blow to liberals because he is also a fiscal and social conservative. 

Onto Maine where proponents of same sex marriage were pinning their hopes on the first win of a popular vote on this silly concept.   They lost, just as they have lost in each and every state where a vote has been put to the general public.   More importantly, this sends a message to the politicians who used their power to enact the legislation against the will of the people earlier this year.   Isn’t it amazing how when ludicrous and insidious liberal ideas are put to the test they always lose; without fail. 

To all you sensitive liberals out there, this isn’t gay bashing but rather common sense. Remember, if we were to redefine marriage for one group of people we have to redefine it for all in order to escape being labeled as hypocrites.   This would open up the door for polygamy, incestuous marriages and bestialitynuptials. 

There is no way to spin this as anything less than a complete repudiation of the liberal ideology being put forth in Washington. Americans are sick of it and more than anything sick of Congress not listening to the will of the people despite millions of protesters throughout the past few months demanding change.   The results of this election should send a clear message that liberals are headed in the wrong direction and if they don’t heed this warning there could be a complete bloodletting on Congress in 2010.   My hope is that they don’t listen and continue down the beaten path towards socialism so that we can bring about true change in 365 days.  

Christopher Van

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Without fail, the dawn of the new year brings about the inevitable bevy of new laws to hit the books across the fruited plain.   Effective January 1, 2009, it is now illegal to pee in New Hampshire and those who have the sudden, uncontrollable urge to do so will be faced with a $1000 dollar fine. Of course, the law goes on to say that the person urinating must know that they will be offending someone.   I guess this is a case where ignorance truly is bliss.

In California it is now illegal to text while driving. So let me get this straight, it’s perfectly fine to come across the border, live on the dole and get in state college tuition rates but it’s no longer acceptable to text my illegal alien cousin in Fresno while I drive my low rider through the barrios of East LA.

In Oregon, transfats are now banned.   Yes, another example of idiocy led by liberals who seek to control everything from bodily functions to waistlines. It’s a good thing that there aren’t any transfats in the pot that is legal there. 

In Illinois it is now illegal for contractors with more than $50,000 in state contracts to contribute to the office holder who oversees the deal. At least they excluded Senate seats from this punitive measure that is part and parcel to how business in the most corrupt state in the land is conducted. 

What this amounts to is more evidence that we have far too many unaccountable bureaucrats deciding how we can and can’t live our lives, caring nothing of the masses in their never ending quest for complete government control.

There is nothing wrong with new laws, if they are sensible. Laws that would deport illegal aliens and make illegal border crossings a felony punishable by death would make sense. Rather than banning transfats, wouldn’t it make more sense to sentence anyone driving slow in the fast lane to a month in jail? 

There are a number of things that our legislators could be doing, but are choosing not to.   We need laws to separate schools and state, ban teachers unions and preserve the right to free speech.  

How about some real sensible electioneering laws, like requiring that voters pass a test before they can cast their ballot.   It need not be overly difficult, but perhaps knowing the name of your Senators and Congressional Rep would be a start. Heck even having to know the sum of 1+1 would get rid of half the Obama constituency. 

So why is it when we have a need for real laws that would have a meaningful impact do we find legislators passing what can be described as complete idiocy? Banning transfats, seriously. What next, banning SUV’s, fireplaces and charcoal grilles? 

Take a look around at what liberals have in their crosshairs and this isn’t as far fetched as one may believe.   Liberals are already seeking to ban free speech with something called the Fairness Doctrine.   They are continuing their never ending assault to ban your right to defend your family from criminals, the only people they deem worthy of the right to bear arms.   Perhaps the most sensible law that we could ever pass would be a permanent ban on liberalism, a disease that afflicts nearly one half of our population who are either too dumb or too uninformed to know that there is a cure called common sense.  

Christopher Van

www.christophervan.com