The Ghost of Schadenfreude Future

It’s shaping up to be a rather dreary Fall right now for Lefties in our KY races, but there is one shining light that I simply cannot wait for.

John Yarmuth’s double digit victory over Anne Northup.

As Yarmuth’s campaign so effectively showed in 2006, Anne Northup IS George W. Bush. Every step of the way, Anne Northup was there to rubber-stamp Bush’s disastrous policies.

In October of 2006, George Bush’s rating in the Louisville area was 40/59% approve/disapprove. This was able to cut into Northup’s huge incumbency advantage and bring about her defeat.

Today, Bush’s rating in Louisville is 33/60%, and we all know that it’s only going to get worse. Louisville doesn’t want to go back to Bush-folk, they want to go forward, and Yarmuth is their man.

On one level, this will be gratifying due to it being Anne’s third loss in the span of 2 years. She’s proven to be a glutton for punishment, but this might be her final embarrassment for a long, long time.

On a more personal level?

John Yarmuth drives right-wingers crazy.

Why? Because he’s a Democrat with a spine, and he doesn’t give a damn what they think.

When presented with idiotic legislation to honor Christmas, claiming that Christians are oppressed in America, he laughs it off. This sets the wingnuts into a frenzy, with some nice latent anti-Semitism, to boot.

And he voted to acknowledge Ramadan! "He hates Christians! He’s pro-Muslim! Wait, I thought it was because he was one of those damn Jews?! Well, he must be one of those Christ-hating Islamo-Jews!!! Those are the worst kind!"

And when our Congress should have been trying make sure we didn’t give Bush another blank check on Iraq, they instead decided to vote on a bill to condemn the millions of members of MoveOn. Yarmuth saw through that, and wouldn’t vote for it. That’s called spine.

And from the right? "He’s part of the George Soros global Jewish conspiracy!! Jewy America-hating Jew Jew!!"

How about some ignorant homophobia? Calling him the representative from San Fransisco? Not only juvenile, but completely out of touch with how moderate and secure in its own sexuality this district is. Calling him a fag-lover just shows how fucking stupid you are (and you know who you are).

John Yarmuth votes like a real Democrat with a spine, and he will continue to this year, and the next 2 years he’s in office after he whips Anne Northup again. The right in KY is all worked up about how liberal Yarmuth is, but guess what? The majority of Louisville loves the guy, and they are not Bush conservatives.

So consider this another added bonus of Yarmuth’s coming double-digit win over Northup this fall. He will continue to make the right froth at the mouth for many years to come.

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