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Laughing my Ossoff

The most expensive congressional election in US History and what do you get for $23 million but a 5 point shellacking in a district that can hardly be called Trumpian.
"We showed the world that in places where no one thought it was possible you could fight, we could fight," Ossoff said, adding: "This is not the outcome any of us were hoping for. But this is the beginning of something much bigger than us."
 The "place" where no one thought a Democrat could "fight" is a suburban hell hole bordering Hotlanta filled with Yankee emigrants who escaped Blue State socialism for better working opportunities in Georgia. Georgia people, I'm talking Georgia! It's a long way from Rochester or Springfield or Allentown but Atlanta's got jobs, decent weather and low taxes. Republicans started moving down there in the 1960's and by 1978 they elected  a Pennsylvania boy named Newt to represent them in Congress. It's been GOP ever since.

This is not not the "beginning" of anything. This is the end.

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

 Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes again

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