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Hezbollah Defeated!

Gateway Pundit has been tracking the voting outcome of the Syrian election. In a country racked with violence, voters turned out in record numbers, to route Hezbollah with a vote instead of a bullet.

Is this a political sea change we are witnessing? Further news of this nature has European voters, with a lowest ever turnout (43.39%), issuing center-left politicians their pink slips. BBC reports “Centre-left parties are projected to have lost almost a quarter of their seats, while the centre-right is only slightly down.”

The biggest winner was the Netherlands PVV party who won 4 seats in the Dutch Parliament.

Don’t blame me….

The Democrats New Direction for America

“We haven’t had enough of your blood yet,” taunted terror chieftain Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, identified as the speaker on the tape.

He gloated over Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s resignation, claimed to have 12,000 fighters under his command who “have vowed to die for God’s sake,” and said his fighters will not rest until they blow up the White House and occupy Jerusalem.

Don’t Blame Me….I Voted Republican!

The ‘new day’ in Philadelphia was greeted with rain showers for the better part of this day. Perhaps ,a portent of things to come for the Democrats Aside from the rain, Philadelphia did manage to retain its national leadership status in voter fraud.

During my morning commute to work on Nov. 8th, I tuned the radio to Michael Smerconish’s radio program and was just in time to catch a liberal caller braying that the Democrat party is the Party most capable to root out al-queda. **SIGH** for the past six years the Dems have claimed that al-queda had nothing to do with Iraq or 9/11. NOW the realize that al-queda is a terrorist threat? Listening to this tool, I felt a sense of relief over this election cycle. I realized that the Dems have replaced unparalleled political leaders and some Republican deadwood (Chafee) with Democrats who have the leadership capabilities equaling those of schmeagle. Can you imagine replacing Gandhi with Gumby? That is exactly what happened during yesterday’s election.

This election was no doubt a wake up call for the GOP and their Democrat supporters.

Michelle Malkin exquisitely sums up what was lost and what has prevailed in this election cycle.

The GOP lost. Conservatism prevailed. “San Francisco values” may control the gavels in Congress, but they do not control America. Property rights initiatives limiting eminent domain won big. MCRI, the anti-racial preference measure, passed resoundingly. Congressman Tom Tancredo, the GOP’s leading warrior against illegal immigration–opposed by both the open-borders Left and the open-borders White House–won a fifth term handily. Gay marriage bans won approval in 3 states. And as of this writing, the oil tax initiative, Prop. 87–backed by deep-pocketed Hollywood libs, is trailing badly in California. John Kerry’s late-campaign troop smear galvanized bloggers and talk radio hosts, but it was not strong enough to overcome wider bipartisan voter doubts about Iraq.

The Dems have won, but not by a clear majority in either the House or the Senate. Coupled with the lack of leadership to act cohesively, and boxed in by the fringe left that will not hesitate to oust any Democratic politician who questions their agenda; the next two years of DNC mismanagement could well resemble a train wreck for the Dems. This new leaner and meaner GOP has the opportunity watch the Dems present their anti-war, anti-taxcut, pro-illegal immigrant agenda to the nation and make sure that it goes nowhere. One of the take-home messages from this election cycle dictates the party voted into the majority must produce tangible results or come 2008 the Party will be replaced.

In 2004, my Democrat contemporaries were faced with a real Tsunami of political change. To cope with the loss, some migrated to Canada, some sought Post Election Stress Therapy, and others lay comatose in bed for days after the election. As a conservative Democrat, I feel no strong need to cut and run as my Democrat peers did in 2004. For the GOP, this IS a New Day for the Party – bring on 2008!

My Choice – My Vote

Hello all! I’m fresh from the voting booth! Woohoo!!

It has been a long two year wait for this moment – the chance to reaffirm my commitment to a safer, stronger America. To this end, I had to cross party lines and vote Repulican. I am no pollster and cannot predict the exact outcome of this election, yet I do not believe this election will become a ‘blue wave’ as hyped by my fellow Democrats. What I would like to see is the GOP retain control of the both the House and the Senate despite the hits that are inevitable this election cycle.

I voted to make this happen, what about you?

My voting experience was photographed and submitted for display at the AIGA Polling Place Photo Project. Surf on over and have a look!

Skye Approves This Message

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

These words, penned in 1776, ring just as true in 2006. It is the eve of the most important election this nation has faced since Lincoln vs Mclelland. That ages old presidential election was a referendum on two divergent ideologies that divided the nation. As Americans go to the polls tommorrow, as in 1864, we will not simply be voting for a candidate but also an ideology.

Which ideology will be victorious – the Summer soldier or the steadfast patriot ? The answer is in your hands, in your vote.

If the words of Thomas Paine won’t motivate you to vote, perhaps Bluto might help:

Hat Tip: Ex Donkey Blog