Abba Zabba

I'm a liberal, and a Democrat. This means I don't get to feel the thrill of victory very often. So yesterday, I was in a pretty good mood. I decided I'd go to some conservative blogs and see what they had to say about the election. A lot of online conservatives were saying things like "The Democrats will win a few House seats and lose some in the Senate", just being ridiculously optimistic. I wanted to see them eat crow. I thought it would be fun.

And you know what? It wasn't. It was just frightening, in the way that visiting those sites is always frightening to me. People were actually saying things like "The terrorists are rejoicing today as their allies won control of the government", or "I'm glad I don't live in a big city, because we're going to be attacked again." They honestly believe that the Democrats are so evil or so incompetent that they will lead to the destruction of this country.

I didn't know people really thought like that. Yes, I see people joke about how the Democrats are all traitors, and Bush and Cheney certainly talk that way. But I figured it was all just campaign talk, or Ann Coulter craziness, or very mean jokes. Now I find out that these people were really upset and afraid for their lives now that the balance of power in Washington has changed. That's insane, and very upsetting.