We at Various Things & Stuff will be taking some much-needed time off for the rest of the week, so the blog will be silent until we return. We’re marking the occasion of our one-year wedding anniversary with a trip to the beautiful Napa Valley of California, where some of the world’s finest wines are grown.
Oh, and guess who else appears to be headed to wine country for some R&R? Why, it’s U.S. Sen. John Ensign, who just got finished losing big-time to the Democrats as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee!
“I’ve already made my plans post-election,” Ensign told Politico.com back on Oct. 21. “I’m taking my wife to Napa Valley. And so we’ll either be able to celebrate or drown our sorrows. We’ll see how that goes.”
Indeed, we did see, didn’t we? Barack Obama by 8 million votes. Democrats gaining six — and possibly as many as nine — seats in the Senate. Greater control of the House of Representatives, including Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District with the election of Dina Titus. Control of both houses of the Nevada Legislature. An all-blue Clark County Commission. Ouch, baby. Very ouch.
And while we hate to make Ensign’s post-election vacation any more awkward, we feel compelled to point out this little tidbit: Napa County, Calif., went for Obama by a margin of 65.2 percent to 32.9 percent! The wines may be red, but the people are deep blue!
Ah, Ensign can always tell them he’s still a veterinarian.
UPDATE: Oh, darn. Looks like Ensign didn’t make it to Napa after all. Too bad, too: The weather was perfect, the crowds were slim, the food was good and we talked to some very nice people from California and Ohio who worked hard to elect Obama. In other words, we had a great time, even without seeing Ensign trying to work out his depression on the golf course. Ah, maybe next year.
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