What a bizarre election. As I predicted before here the Republicans
took control of Congress, and in a big way. They took advantage of how this was
been the lowest voter turnout since 1942. There were some interesting results, ---
Tim Scott of South Carolina was the first black senator elected from the South
since Reconstruction. Mia Love, great name by the way, was the first Black Republican
woman (she’s also a Mormon!) elected to the Senate. Elise Stefanik, at 30 years
old, is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. These folks represent the
future of the GOP. Very interesting!
Also Chris Christie, head of the Republican Governor’s Association was pleased to see every Republican governor that ran got
reelected or newly elected as the case may be. All conservatives, to one degree
or another, which makes the other election results perplexing. On most of the
issues the voters chose the least conservative option.
Marijuana was a big winner, the people of Washington State and
Alaska voted to create recreational marijuana markets, while Washington DC
voted to legalize possession. Alaska, Nebraska, Arkansas and South Dakota all
voted to increase the minimum wage, another big winner and again, a position
most conservatives abhor. North Dakota and Colorado rejected the notion of
granting personhood to fetuses; this is the third time the measure has been
voted down in Colorado. This schizophrenic voting pattern puzzled me; the same
people that voted for typically liberal causes voted in or reelected
conservative candidates. This put me in mind of the Bizarros.
The Bizarros were created by a flawed duplicator ray Lex
Luthor had invented. They had white, angular faces and backwards grammar and
thinking. They follow the Bizarro code, which is "Us do opposite of all Earthly things! Us hate
beauty! Us love ugliness! Is big crime to make anything perfect on BizarroWorld!" Chronologically, first Superboy then Superman had Bizarro
duplicates, as did many of Superman’s friends. Eventually there was an entire
Bizarro civilization including a Bizarro Justice League, all living on the
square planet Htrae. There is even a Lego Justice League Vs. The Bizarro League
straight to DVD movie due out in February 2015! One Bizarro has really got my
attention though, Bizarro-Flash, but then I’ve always been fascinated by super
speedsters. Bizarro-Flash was introduced in Lois Lane #74, published May 1967.
A malfunction occurred during his creation, and
he had the “horrible face and voice” of a normal person, and a reversed color
scheme from The Flash. The other Bizarros rejected Bizarro-Flash and sent him
off into space. He ended up on Earth to baffle and bedevil Superman. Eventually
he morphed into a “normal” Bizarro with chalky white skin and terrible grammar
and subsequently returned to Bizarro World. Later, he returned to Earth and
joined up with Reverse-Flash, which was very odd as they were so close in
appearance.
He also teamed up with Bizarro-Green Lantern
also known as Yellow Lantern. Bizarro-Flash even teamed up with the Flash on
occasion! In The Flash #199, Bizarro-Flash forsakes his usual partner Yellow
Lantern for the Flash. Notice this cover is yet another homage to The Flash
#123, Flash of Two Worlds. OK, that’s enough
Bizarros for today. Me am getting tired!
Getting back to the matter of the recent election, it raised
a few questions. Will this new era in Congress mean a united Republican Party
or will they be overwhelmed by the Tea Parties versus the establishment
Republicans? Will Congress finally find an attorney that will sue Obama? Will
the Republicans try to impeach Obama? One thing is for sure. The Republican
takeover of Congress means there will be a huge change in how nothing gets
done!
