THE BEST IS YET TO COME

The Democrats knew an ass whupping was coming – but they didn’t expect their asses to be handed to them.

But let’s take a glass half-full look at the upcoming congressional operetta.

First, watching Mitch McConnell try to corral his new Senate will be first-class entertainment. Ted Cruz, channeling the spirit of Joe McCarthy, doesn’t want to do anything but accuse, investigate, prosecute, run for President in 2016 and titillate Tea Baggers to cum in their britches. The other two presidential aspirants, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, will do extraordinary contortions to both retain ties to the nut bags on the far right and to appear to be sane people. And McConnell himself, being the Master Witchdoctor that he is, will endeavor to solve the very gridlock that he announced and authored hours after Obama was elected. Should be good for a few laughs.

Second, there will be unprecedented amounts of political double-speak.. Look forward to more speeches about standing up to ISIS and castrating pigs and protecting us against Ebola and making grown men and women squeal. To augment this dazzling speechifying the new congressional leadership will deploy a ballet of linguistic tricks to congratulate themselves for Obamacare (which they will rename and take credit for), the economic recovery (which they opposed every step of the way), and creating jobs (code name for even more tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy). Racism, gender bias and contempt for the poor will have code names as well, although it’s too early to tell what these will be.

Thirdly, hide and watch them dance an immigration reform boogaloo.  Without suddenly appearing sympathetic to immigration reform they have no chance of reclaiming the White House in 2016. How they pull this off and retain ties to the xenophobes back home will be a sight to see.

And, lastly, watching them explain in 2016 why nothing – absolutely nothing – has changed since their resumption of the majority in the Senate will be good for more than a few chuckles..

And who knows? We might get our asses back in a couple of years.