Maybe some leftie celebrities get it and some do not.

Jon Stewart weighs in on the aftermath of the election in Rolling Stone. Even though many of his comments are tongue in cheek, he makes some good points. I will say that I have always enjoyed watching him and think he is hilarious. He always made it clear that he was for Kerry and even made the effort to make fun of Kerry sometimes too, so you have to give him that. Here are some excerpts:

"When you're on the losing side, the first thing to do is consider the concession and conciliation speech -- and then blame systematic voter fraud. First you reach out, then you put on your tinfoil hat, talk to the black helicopters and try not to swallow the fact that more people agreed with the other guy."

He is making the obvious point that many lefties just can't get their mind wrapped around the fact that more people voted for Bush.

"The electoral map looks almost exactly as it did in 2000, and yet you would imagine, from the expert post-election media "analysis," that there was some cataclysmic shift, that somewhere out of the ground in Idaho and Montana a mass of survivalist fundamentalist End of Days Christians appeared from Middle-Earth to vote."

This is so true. The media wanted to make this out to be some sort of Christian revolution, when in fact the same ole church goers voted as they did in 2000. And they didn't come from middle earth or their heavily stocked bomb shelter beneath their house.

"So the one truism that emerges from all of this is that there continues to be zero accountability in the press. There is not a profession in the world where you can be that wrong, that consistently, and still continue to practice your job with greater job security than before."

Amen brother.

In the same article though, the ever so classy Al Franken weighs in as well. Can you tell who is really the talented one with these two?

Bush won because the Republicans were good at doing what they do, which is to be dishonest.

Oh Please. This from the virtuous Franken.

"he (Bush) was somehow able to tie Iraq with 9/11 in the minds of the people who voted for him. When you ask most people, "Who's going to keep us safer?" they'll say Bush. Even though, leading up to 9/11, he totally f*cked up."

You mean all 8 months leading up to 9-11?? Lets see, Bin Laden tells us that he had been planning 9-11 since 1982. With the 9-11 commission report it is obvious that Clinton dropped the ball many many times in the previous 8 years, yet still, it is a brand new administration's fault.
How many times did Bush say that Iraq was not directly involved in 9-11? Did he EVER even imply that Iraq was involved? No. When asked by the press over and over, he said no. The reasons were varied and mainly of course, as we all know, Bush felt we were in danger. Period.
Who is the one being dishonest here?

Franken ends with this:

"Don't move to Canada: You're exactly who we need. In fact, we need people from Canada to move here. I don't know why they would, exactly. But, please, Canadians: Move to the U.S. For God's sake, help us!"

Why would they move here? I don't know, maybe to avoid being taxed out their whazoo. Maybe not to have to wait 2 yrs for an operation. Maybe to avoid complete socialism. Or maybe just to get away from those idiot frenchies.
You pick.

Tom Wolfe weighs in as well, starting with this amusing tidbit:

"I'm going out to Kennedy Airport to wave goodbye to all the journalists I know. They're all leaving for London, and I think someone should go out there to see them off. They're taking this very hard. These are people who are as overcome as if one of their parents had just died."

You know we have to be SO right when the pansy European journalists ( so objective!) fall into GRIEF over our election.

Wolfe did get one thing right though.

"Not that many people in America who are registered to vote want to be lectured to by Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi and P. Diddy. If you're living in southern Ohio, and you're against gay marriage because you're religious, these guys make you feel like you're being treating like an idiot."

For the sake of Republicans, let us hope the democrats just never GET that.