Unpack Your Bags. Michigan Cancelled the Victory Party.
Here’s how you know the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans in Michigan cancelled their election night victory party.
But the state Republican Party is taking this year off, citing the cost and the fact there isn’t a statewide race at the top of ticket or special connection to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump or his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
“It is a costly endeavor and we are using all available resources to elect Republicans,” said Sarah Anderson, communications director for the Michigan Republican Party.
That’s a weird way to throw in the towel, don’t you think. I mean, that has to be real uplifting for the down ballot Republican candidates.
Honey, I live in Texas where Democrats haven’t won anything since Elvis died. But, hell, we party on election night anyway. We’ve been known to get drunk and dance on tables. And by we, I mean me.
I have to share a sweet little story with you. At our state convention during the senatorial district meetings, we elect “electors” who go to the state capitol and cast a vote toward our state’s electoral votes. If Republicans win the state, their delegates go. If Democrats win the state, they go – at least we think so because that’s the best we can remember.
Since Democrats haven’t carried the state in decades, it’s an honorary position and delegates vote to give it to someone who worked hard or is elderly and needs honoring. The guy we elected in my senatorial district lives in a small county and holds garage sales to open a headquarters. (Y’all paid for his county’s ballot by mail program and he almost cried when I told him.) He has done this for years and it pleased him greatly to win this honor by acclamation.
Holy cow, y’all, I will dance in the street if Hillary carries Texas and Jose gets to go cast my district’s vote for Hillary Clinton. I swear I’ll cry.
So many reasons to enjoy Juanita Jean.
1Dancing. Count me in!!
2Maybe they should hold a Wake. And then dig a hole for. Don the Con
3I thought any excuse for a party was better than none. Here’s party material: Monday Tarrant Cty had 43,000 votes cast–Dems, GOPs, ornery write ins, whatever. Travis Cty on Monday only had about 32,000 votes and free bus rides all day. I voted yesterday and the polling place had had well over 900 votes by around 4pm. I loved standing in the long line and beaming at everyone.
4@Rasty
5Why do they expect to bury Hair Drumpf twelve feet deep? . . . Because deep down, he’s not so bad!
Micr, that gave me a great laugh!
6I’ve had election night parties for YEARS, win or lose. I was living in College Station, TX in 1984. I invited all the Dems in our precinct, all 8 of the Mondale voters in my precinct (yep, I knew every last one.) That didn’t seem enough, so I called up some people I didn’t know who had written good letters to the editor.
In 1988, I was in Boston, and the very same day of the Bush I – Dukakis debacle, our research group experienced a hostile corporate takeover, as it were, by another school of medicine group. So we were in a bad mood already. The high point of that evening, aside from all the wine consumed, was when Crystal Gayle came on TV singing at the R’s gloat-fest. We got so mad we found a record by her and smashed it into little bits, everyone getting a chance with the hammer.
Hoping this year’s party (slimmed down to just family since I am teaching 2-6 pm on Tues and 8-noon on Wed) will be a joyful occasion!
7In Hamilton County, where Democrats have not won anything in a LOOONG time, we have reserved the only restaurant on the square for our election night party.
8I’ll be crying along with you. And when I dab my tears with the ladylike, frilliest, most annoyingly useless bit of lace hankie, I promise you, my satisfied grin will light up North Texas.
Then I’ll blow my nose in a bandana, because frilly girlie hankies make a point, but a bandana gets the job done. Just like Madame President.
9Micr, that’s very funny.
Laurel, I want to go to one of your parties. Please? Pretty please?!
10Thanks, Micr.
11Aw shucks. {kicks the dirt with his big toe}
12I will have the bubbly ready and plan to wake up the neighborhood in my party of one if necessary. If we lose, I will gladly wake everyone up and keep them awake just to make their
13commute really suck.
Michigan Republicans were probably terrified somebody would truck in Flint city water to make the ice cubes for their election night party drinks. Better to cancel.
14Now if they’d just cancel the Repub party.
Though sometimes I think that’s precisely what they’re doing.
15Micr: Good one. *giggle snort*
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