Whoo-hoo! Scott Brown won in the Bay State

I've been dealing with some sad news in my personal life over the past couple of weeks, and yesterday I got additionally bummed out by reading about Geert Wilder's trial on so-called hate speech charges in the Netherlands. But last night, I was in the mood to rejoice over the results of the Massachusetts Senate race. I was in such a celebratory mood, I poured myself a liquer to toast Republican Scott Brown's historic win.

Brian Lilley writes about the victory on Mercatornet:

I'm not sure at this point that I can fully comprehend the historical significance of Brown's win. Not only is this a case of Obama's magic failing to be enough to lift Coakley to victory, this is a seat the Democrats have held since a young man named John Fitzgerald Kennedy won it over Henry Cabot Lodge Jr back in 1953. To put that in perspective, the last time Republicans held this seat, Elizabeth was still a princess, John Edwards was in diapers and I Like Ike was something people still said, not a pop culture reference. It is a victory The Boston Herald called the "Massachusetts Miracle" and The Drudge Report dubbed "The Boston Tea Party."

Well, my friend Brian isn't possibly old enough to remember the era first hand, but I grew up in the Boston area and during my childhood, I would drink a glass of milk to toast President Eisenhower when I watched "Big Brother Bob Emery" on a black and white TV, followed by the "Howdy Doody" program. Even though my family tended to be somewhat progressive, they were not big Kennedy fans. Teddy Kennedy was viewed with contempt because of Chappaquiddick. But the Kennedy family sure did seem to have a lock on that Senate seat.

This is huge. It shows that the effects of the Obama Kool-Aid have worn off my fellow Americans and maybe the United States will return to her Found Fathers' principles before it is too late.