GOODBYE TO OLD TETANY: On the last train out

"[The G.O.P.’s] long transformation into the party of the unreasonable right, a haven for racists and reactionaries, seems likely to accelerate as a result of the impending defeat," wrote Paul Krugman yesterday.

"Anyway, the Republican base, egged on by the McCain-Palin campaign, thinks that elections should reflect the views of 'real Americans' — and most of the people reading this column probably don’t qualify."

Timorous to the very end, DD's almost favorite Pennsy newspaper, The Morning Call, did not endorse a presidential candidate. Your host knows editorial probably wanted to go for Obama and the future but to say so would have risked the fiery rage of Lehigh Valley cranks.

Speaking of which, today's post would not be complete without a visit to old Tetany and Co. on the day of reckoning.

"McCain and Palin went out of there way to keep from making personal remarks against the Democrats," asserts the Lehigh Valley Conservative.

"Policies are fair game but not personal attacks!"

Oh, Tetanus! I could not o' said it better.

DD hopes readers from el Reg take the time for an eyeful. It's part of America, chaps, gone barking mad.

We'll be heading out to the local school in about an hour. In addition to the obvious, we'll be voting to put down Proposition 8, as a reasonable and civic-minded person would do to any rabid dog loose in their backyard. Note again the handiwork of the intolerant and bigoted (including the Catholic church), determined to prevent gay marriage from toppling their world -- all in the name of their Jesus, not yours, kuffar un-American swine.