Who Else is Happy?

Well the Democrats are pleased with the election results of course, but who else is....................

The answer is Illegal Aliens, Terrorists, Socialists, and Dictators.

The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir was thrilled to see the Democrats take power. He posted a statement on the Internet which included the following "I swear by God we shall not rest from jihad until we blow up the filthiest house known as the White House".

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush's defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran. "Since Washington's hostile and hawkish policies have always been against the Iranian nation, this defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was quoted as saying, "The result of this election indicates that the majority of American people are dissatisfied and are fed up with the policies of the American administration," Khamenei said military maneuvers in the Gulf this week in which Iranian forces tested new missile systems showed Iran was ready to face any threat. But, he said: "With the scandalous defeat of America's policies in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Afghanistan, America's threats are empty threats on an international scale."

Falah Hassan Shanshal, who leads the parliamentary bloc of radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said "We hope the Democrats don't forget their campaign promises. If they don't, we will deal with them in a brotherly way once the last American soldier pulls out from Iraq."

More than 200 Socialist members of the European Parliament hailed the American election results and gloated that the Bush administration had been seriously weakened. French author Bernard-Henri Levy described the 2000 and 2004 American election victors as "moral values maniacs". These are Socialists who want America to be more like Europe where "morals" are not currently in vogue. They apparently think all is well in Europe and aren't concerned with unemployment in excess of 10%, stagnant economies, regular riots, and the fact that there will be more Arab Muslims than Europeans in Europe in 10-20 years.

Here's a Reuters headline "Arabs Relish US Republican Election Losses." Another headline from Madrid (in Spain where voters bent to terrorists demands): "Democrats Win in US, Embraced Overseas -- From Paris to Pakistan, politicians, analysts and ordinary citizens said they hoped the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives would force President Bush to adopt a more conciliatory approach to global crises, and teach the president a lesson in humility."

Hugo Chavez said of the vote "It's a reprisal vote against the war in Iraq, against the corruption' within the Bush administration. All this fills us with optimism." If a viscous dictator is pleased this must be a good

This from Mexico: "'Gains by Democrats in the US congressional elections may help promote more liberal immigration policies sought by Mexico,' said a spokesman for President Vicente Fox. Mexico's been deeply disappointed by President Bush's failure to convince his own Republicans to accept a guest worker program." So I guess we can look forward to an "amnesty" program for illegal immigration. You might want to start learning to speak Spanish.

When so many enemies of the US agree I have to think that the American people have made some mistakes in the recent election. Heaven help us all, if I'm still allowed to say such a thing.

Look for the Bright Side

I am of course disappointed about the election. The thought of Nancy Pelosi leading the House of Reps makes me sick to my stomach (darn, my IRA was doing so well). The thought of a Democrat controlled Senate makes me fear the next Supreme Court appointment confirmation, or non-confirmation I guess. However, I like to look on the bright side whenever possible.

Here's one bright spot. We got to skip the post election tears and recriminations. There were lots of really close elections that the Republicans lost. If Democrats had been the ones to lose by such small margins we would have had to have recounts, lawsuits and allegations of election stealing. As Ann Coulter pointed out, suddenly the Dibold electronic voting machines work!

Also, some really lousy Republicans bit the dust, namely Lincoln Chafee and Mike DeWine. Hopefully both will leave politics entirely or switch parties. They were never good Republicans or good representatives or good anything in my humble opinion.

Finally, neither majority is large enough to override a Presidential veto. Consequently I doubt the Dems can raise my taxes until 2009. By then the house at least could be back in Republican hands especially if the Democrats who talked so tough and conservative prior to this election go to Washington and legislate like liberals.

My advice, pray for gridlock (my IRA would like that) and look on the bright side.