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The Terrorists Win!

Sister Toldja has an interesting bit of news. Many people in the blogosphere were saying before the election that a victory for the Democrats would be perceived as a victory for the terrorists and for nations like Iran and Syria. Now you can see it right from their own words:

TEHRAN (Reuters) - 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.

Bush has accused Iran of trying to make a nuclear bomb, being a state sponsor of terrorism and stoking sectarian conflict in Iraq, all charges Tehran denies.

“This issue (the elections) is not a purely domestic issue for America, but it is the defeat of Bush’s hawkish policies in the world,” Khamenei said in remarks reported by Iran’s student news agency ISNA on Friday.

“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.”

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The Frustration of Voting in Seattle

AndrewsDad is frustrated with voting in Seattle. His main complaint? Serious candidates that work hard get a small share of the vote, while others that don't work hard sail through elections with little effort. I share his frustration with that.

Now I am not looking for a representative who brings home pork but for goodness sake, if you look at the entire list of sponsored legislation, except for recognizing the Duwamish tribe, there is nothing, not one thing that specifically helps the 7th congressional district or its residents. Nothing for the viaduct, nothing for transportation, no infrastructure, no social services, no Port of Seattle, no Pacific Rim trade, nothing to make Puget Sound cleaner, no homeland security projects, nothing, nothing, nothing.

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Considering that it's Jim McDermott he's talking about here, that might not be such a bad thing. Having heard some of the things old Bagdad Jim has had to say, it would be frightening if he started actually trying to move something forward.

Right now, the Democrats are going to win ever race in the Seattle area and the majority of races in the Puget Sound region with little to no effort.

That's why I call it the Left Coast.