A Little Election Day Education

I dont usually like to deviate this blog from its topic.  But since its election day I thought I would give some of those out there some free advice that I'm sure wont be heeded.  You see out of all our characters (Joey, Brandy, Special Ed, Presley, Connie, Barbara, Drive by shooter) whether they currently play for team Edward or team Jacob, they all come together and play tea party at the end of the day.  They all say their prayers to their lord and savior Ron Paul and they carry that out by parading around with TJ "I come from the water" Fabby signs and Rodney Ramsey signs everywhere.  It doesn't matter who is mad at who right now, they all share this common thread.

I just voted this morning, and like them I walked to the Republican side to fill out my sheet.  But thats where the similarities end.  You see I filled out my bracket for a bunch of people who are going to be celebrating victory tonight, as I do almost every single election cycle.  And I did more than that, I actually volunteered my time to help in their election efforts.  You see, life is a series of wins and losses.  Whether it be business, politics, or even legal proceedings there is always winners and losers.  The idea of sending a message or having a moral victory is a myth and is the circular reasoning of the chronic losers.  Make no mistake about it, today will reveal a set of winners and losers.  Whatever slogan they decide on running with is irrelevant to the most important issue of who is going to win. 

Jim Pitts is the most powerful legislator in the State of Texas.  You dont get that by playing tea party, you get that by making deals and working through budgets that are nothing close to black and white.  He is going to win re-election today and continue in his seat as the most important figure in the Texas House.  And I am proud to be on his team and to have worked for him.

Patrick Wilson is another genuinely good guy.  He has earned his stripes worked his way up the DA latter and is going to win tonight and keep his position as the Ellis county DA.  I am happy to have worked for him.

In the past I have worked for Joe Grubbs, Gene Knize, Chad Adams, and Bob Carroll, and I will again when they are up for reelection.  Now you can call me and them anything you want, I dont really care but I must once again highlight the most important thing about all of them...THEY ARE WINNERS and this is a winner take all system.

Now, there is another similar thread to all our favorite characters on here besides playing tea party, they also have this idea that this is all part of a conspiracy.  Their conspiracies will be strengthened in their minds tonight as they swallow another bitter pill of defeat.  They will say see, the unforeseen forces once again give the "good ole boys" another victory.  And like a washington general player who thinks he is somehow in some kind of NBA minor league, things just wont make sense to them.  But here is a little clue as to why these things always turn out the same way....while the tea partiers keep meeting together and putting out puke yellow signs with a rattlesnake on it, Pitts is putting out 10's of thousands of American flag based signs all over the county.  He is doing almost 50,000 phone calls, many more than that mail outs, has Perry coming to do campaign rallies for him, and has a full time staff of fulltime dedicated professionals working on his behalf.  Its like your local high school football team taking on the New England Patriots.  They both play by the same rules and they start the game at 0-0 but since one side is so infinitely better at the game than the other, there is no doubt about the outcome at any point in the game.

So I say all this to all my favorite characters in Peyton's Place, as you read the results tonight and as you say "dammit" while I'm saying "yes" just know what I am trying to tell you here.  Or at the very least think about the old tried and true saying of if you cant beat them (and you certainly cant) join them.  I mean after all, wouldn't you want all our elected officials to know you personally as that nice person that helped get me elected instead of that quack that keeps trying to slander me?