another nother note on the election.

one more key thought on the dems' midterm triumph. some friends have been saying that this thumping kind of makes up for kerry's dicing in '04. while i agree it's kind of a balm on that wound, c'mon - it hardly makes up for it. id draw an analogy to the 2006 boston massacre of august, in which the yanks swept the sox in a five game set at fenway, ostensibly killing their chances at the playoffs. that was sweet, but it was hardly total revenge for the epic, historical 2004 yankee collapse, in which the yankees blew a 3-0 lead to lose a seven game series - something which has never been done by another team, in baseball or any other sport. having both houses of congress is nice; having kerry in the oval office, despite the fact that he's a massive tool, would have been nicer.

anyway, kerry's dicing isn't even my most painful election memory. just as the 2004 yanks are the most painful yankee memory for me - worse than the game 7 loss to the diamondbacks in '01, worse than this year's loss to the tigers - gore losing in 2000 is my worst election memory. the protracted, agonizing way in which he lost, coupled with my thirst for a liberal, environmental president to follow eight years of being accustomed to a democrat in the white house, made that loss nothing short of torture, even not knowing how bad bush would get. it was like having my pacifier taken away. kerry was like a kick in the groin; gore was like murder, pure and true.

finally, i leave you with another great way to sum up rumsfeld's ouster, courtesy of like-love, who got it from a colleague, who got it from whoknowswho: