Thoughts from the McCain Party

I had the chance to go to the McCain election party in Phoenix tonight. How often do you get to do that? The results might have been disappointing, but still, I was at the party.
On my way to The Biltmore, I found out where all of the Phoenix police were. (Not that my neighborhood noticed the lack. We can't get the police to patrol our area anyway.) There were no traffic violations in the Camelback corridor tonight.
When I reached The Biltmore, the staffers had us all go to the North Phoenix Baptist Church to park. It wasn't too far and the staffers seemed really apologetic about it. There were shuttles between the hotel and the parking lot, but not nearly enough buses at first. Here's a nice picture of the line.

Everyone was very nice. We were all excited to be going to the party and we got a lot of quality bonding time because there weren't enough shuttles. Such is life.
There were hamburgers and hotdogs being served at the hotel, along with munchies like pretzels and salsa. Coke or water available for all, but there were bars around also for those who wanted a little something else. (The problem with Mormons is we don't spend a lot of time at the bar, so I don't know if it was an open bar or a cash bar. Sorry.)

I was amazed by:
1) The number of families with young children there. These parents had obviously been talking to their children about the election issues, because as one 8 year old said after McCain's concession, "This means you're going to have to pay a lot more money now, Daddy." Smart little girl.
2) The number, brightness and heat of TV lights. How can these bozo's talk about being "green" when they use all that wattage? Here's a picture of one of the banks of lights. They are much more impressive without people wandering in front of the camera.

3)Through all of the disappointment of losing the election, people were calm and orderly. We heard the threats of riots if Obama lost, but the Mccain crowd just went into dissection mode. What will an Obama presidency do to America?
4) Republicans are disappointed and mad. What does this mean? There are a lot of people activated now. We're going to be plaguing our congressmen to vote the way we want them to. I know I have Ed Pastor's office number in my cell phone. His office will be hearing from me often. Congressmen need to look out for the 2010 election. It might be 1994 all over again.
5) All is not lost. We still have Sheriff Joe and Andrew Thomas enforcing the laws in Maricopa County.
Marriage is safely defined in Arizona, although sometime tomorrow someone will tell a reporter that we would have voted differently if we realized there were people involved. (We heard it when the illegal immigrant measures passed overwhelmingly, we'll hear it again. BTW - we're not THAT stupid here, we know there are people affected by these laws.) It looks like California passed their marriage initiative also. Way to go Cali!
I actually think I voted with the majority on all of the propositions this time. It kind of makes you wonder if the state legislators will ever get the hint that we don't think they deserve a raise. What is this, like the 10th election in a row that the pay raise has been defeated? Take a hint already!

Well, we have about 8 months to prepare for Biden's predicted disaster test for Obama. We have 2 years until the next opportunity to throw some of the bums out. Until then, we need to be diligent and let our representatives know how we want them to vote on issues. We need to find good, strong, conservative people to run for congress in 2010 to mitigate the potential damage the current crop of people will do. Let's all pray that Obama is an average politician and doesn't keep his campaign promises.

Now, I need to get to bed so that I can get up in the morning and get back to business. Yep, a day of mixers with 3 of my favorite organizations, the Phoenix Chamber, the Philippine-American Chamber, and The 3000 Club (see the last blog post for details).