Results from the Polls in Louisiana

Well...while I think voting is actually pretty fun, I don't think getting the results are quite as amusing. This is especially true when NO ONE I vote for wins. I guess I'm "another bright blue dot in a really red state" and that Louisiana just isn't ready to take a few steps toward the left.
The results I am most disappointed about are:

• Vitter (R) - US Senate: He was re-elected, and well, from what I know of his politics and his voting record, he's not a proponent for women's rights. There's some shady stuff going on with him and the law too, which I'm not super thrilled about. Also, he's a republican. Period. No offense to republicans, but I want democrats in office. Whether they raise taxes or not, their views are much more in line with mine. I don't want to pay higher taxes, but I would if it meant more people who think like me in office.
• Dardenne (R) - Lt. Governor: He was also re-elected. I don't have a problem with Dardenne (other than his attack ad against Fayard), so I guess what I'm disappointed in again is the lost opportunity to put a woman in that office, especially since Fayard is a young woman who could bring a new perspective, who is for same-sex marriage, and who, like me, is very interested in cutting down on the Louisiana government's wasteful spending habits. Also, she ran a clean campaign. Not once did I see an ad put out by her campaign committee that attacked Dardenne, which was quite a relief given that the status quo for this election was to run attack ad upon attack ad. 

And as I just mentioned the attack ads, let's get some info regarding that:
An Uptick in Negativity: Last Few Weeks Provide Confirmation – 2010 Campaign Most Negative in Recent History
(Thanks to another blogger that I read over at In This Moment for the citation so I could check out some hard facts.)


Disappointment is the word for now.

-The Bootcut Femme - contributing writer