The
gubernatorial elections yesterday in Virginia and New Jersey were mostly unsurprising, although Virginia's Governor-elect
Terry McAuliffe defeated teabagger candidate and transvaginal probe enthusiast
Ken "Cooch" Cuccinelli by a much smaller margin than the polls predicted. The re-election of New Jersey Governor and Michelin tire man stand-in
Chris "Krispykreme" Christie over State Sen.
Barbara Buono was almost a given, with only the margin of victory to be determined. The Beltway media has now crowned Gov. Krispykreme as their new hero, a blunt-spoken, truth-telling "moderate" who can work with Rethuglicans and Dems, which is, of course, the false image they've helped him create. However, compared to Cooch's positions, Gov. Krispykreme comes off as almost reasonable, regardless of the fact that his positions on women's reproductive rights, marriage equality, the ACA, etc. are hard-right.
We'll wager that this week's -- this month's, this year's, etc. -- Beltway punditocracy will be swooning over Gov. Krispykreme as their new icon of "compromise" -- which they define as the Dems giving in to everything the Rethuglicans demand -- while the defeat of an extremist Virginia teabagger in yet another statewide election will be forgotten before long.
BONUS:
WTF, Virginia? And
WTF Jersey?
