And so this fateful day in June will dampen forever all future weddings and will add a tinge of regret to any sunny day from now on. Children’s laughter will ring somewhat hollow, and the clouds will appear darker when they bedeck the sky. At night the stars will seem to dim, even though we know among them he will dance.

And so it was today that Blanca’s heart sank a little lower when the Minnesota Supreme Court announced in a unanimous decision that Al Franken had indeed won the 2008 senatorial election and that he would be taking his place in the Senate chamber next week as Senator Franken, MN-D.

Oh the humanity.

So Blanca has decided that this may be a good time for a little reset, a three finger salute, if you will. July marks the third anniversary of the Blanca DeBree Blog, and it seems like a fitting time to retool. Big changes are coming as part of Blanca 3.0. There will be new content, some of it racy.

Taking a hint from my good pal Bill O’Reilly, I’ve decided to add some regular features to my blog, because, as Fox News and perverts know, sex sells. And as long as you deride it as evil, it is ok to show it. Over and over again.

So as part of this retooling, the Blanca DeBree blog will be moving. To prepare youself, you should get used to using the new address: BlancaDeBree.com.

So for the next couple of weeks the updates will be less regular than normal, as I work with my staff–actually it’s Glenn Beck’s staff–to make the new Blanca 3.0 even more exciting. I know you will like it, because whenever I play with Glenn Beck’s staff, he leaves a happy man. Of course I have to dress like a boy scout and say things like “are you sure this is the way to earn my merit badge, Scout Master?”

Please keep coming back, and if you have any ideas for the new blog, please leave them here. Think of this as one of those Fox News segments, You Decide. And just like on FoxNation.com, if I don’t like any of the crap you suggest, I’ll just delete it. That’s democracy in action!

Although Coleman and his hair refused to admit defeat, filing with the Minnesota Supreme Court to change the method in which absentee ballots were to be accepted, there is dwindling hope that the former mayor of Saint Paul can hold onto his Senate seat.

Republicans are threatening to filibuster any early seating of Franken with the 111th Congress until the election has been certified by the Secretary of State, DFL Mark Ritchie. If the Republicans are successful in the filibuster, that will leave the Democrats two seats short of their 59 vote majority in the United States Senate when the new congress convenes next week.

Norm Coleman won the Senate seat in 2002 after a highly contested race ended with DFL incumbent Paul Wellstone’s death in a tragic plane crash. At the last moment, Walter Mondale, Democratic Presidential candidate in 1984, stepped in to replace Wellstone.

Rush Limbaugh turned Wellstone’s memorial into a political opportunity, claiming that it was an orchestrated event, designed to maintain the seat for the Democrats. Al Franken never forgave Rush Limbaugh for this. Franken penned the book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations in 1996.

Unless Coleman can convince the Minnesota Supreme Court to intervene, his tenure as the sole Republican Senator from the North Star State has come to an end. Even if the election is not certified next week, Democrats have already stated they will take away Coleman’s offices on Capitol Hill.

Al Franken has won, becuase the was good enough, smart enough, and gosh darnit, people liked him.

The Democrats are attempting to steal the Senate seat for funny man-turned-political-pundit-turned-politician Al Franken in the most nefarious way. They are counting the votes!

Those thieving bastards!

It seems the Democrats have uncovered an obscure law, which has never been used, to force a recount in the election. How devious using laws against us. We would never do that!

This is just the latest in the Democratic shenanigans, using the ballot box to promote democracy instead of using the bullet, which is the preferred method. If this kind of thing continues, we will become a nation ruled by the people and not by big business and rich white guys. Now what kind of a nation will that be? Not one I want to live in. And I am sure my Republican friends agree with me. And they would be sure to tell you if they’re mouths weren’t full of trucker penis they found at the rest stop off Interstate 80.

We won’t know the results of this recount until well into December. With both sides contesting over 4,000 ballots, this will not be resolved by the actual recount, but will end with the final canvassing board meeting in St. Paul next month.

With Coleman leading by just 215 at the beginning of the recount, and the numbers going back and forth, it is unclear who will prevail.

But I am sure if those nasty Democrats have their way and listen to the “voice” of the people, we will soon be calling Al Senator Franken and Norm Mr. K Street.

House of Representatives
AL – 2 Bobby Bright vs. Jay Love
AL – 5 Parker Griffith vs. Wayne Parker
AK – AL Ethan Berkowitz vs. Don Young
AR – 1 Ann Kirkpatrick vs. Sydney Ann Hay
AR – 3 Bob Lord vs. John Shaddegg
AR – 5 Harry Mitchell vs. David Schweikert
AR – 8 Gabrielle Giffords vs. Tim Bee
CA – 3 Bill Durston vs. Dan Lungren
CA – 4 Charlie Brown vs. Tom McClintock
CA – 11 Jerry McNerney vs. Dean Andal
CA – 45 Julie Borenstein vs. Mary Bono
CA – 50 Nick Leibham vs. Brian Bilbray
CO – 4 Betsy Markey vs. Marilyn Musgrave
CO – 4 Jim Himes vs. Chris Shays
FL – 8 Alan Grayson vs. Ric Keller
FL – 9 Bill Mitchell vs. Gus Bilirakis
FL – 16 Tim Mahoney vs. Tom Rooney
FL – 18 Annette Taddeo vs. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
FL – 21 Raul Martinez vs. Lincoln Diaz Balart
FL – 24 Suzanne Kosmas vs. Dick Feeney
FL – 25 Joe Garcia vs. Mario Diaz Balart
GA – 8 Jim Marshall vs. Rick Goddard
ID – 1 Walt Minnick vs. Bill Sali
IL – 6 Jill Morgenthaler vs. Peter Roskam
IL – 10 Daniel Seals vs. Mark Kirk
IL – 11 Debbie Halvorson vs. Marty Ozinga
IL – 13 Scott Harper vs. Judy Biggert
IL – 14 Bill Foster vs. Jim Oberweis
IL – 18 Colleen Callaghan vs. Aaron Schock
IN – 2 Joe Donnelly vs. Luke Puckett
IN – 3 Michael Montagano vs. Mark Souder
IN – 9 Baron Hill vs. Mike Sodrel
IA – 4 Becky Greenwald vs. Tom Latham
IA – 5 Rob Hubler vs. Steve King
KS – 2 Nancy Boyda vs. Lynn Jenkins
KS – 3 Dennis Moore vs. Nick Jordan
KY – 2 David Boswell vs. Brett Guthrie
KY – 3 John Yarmuth vs. Anne Northup
LA – 4 Paul Carmouche vs. Jeff Thompson
LA – 6 Don Cazayoux vs. Bill Cassidy
MD – 1 Frank Kratovil vs. Andrew Harris
MI – 7 Mark Schauer vs. Tim Walberg
MI – 9 Gary Peters vs. Joe Knollenberg
MN – 1 Tim Walz vs. Brian Davis
MN – 2 Steve Sarvi vs. John Kline
MN – 3 Ashwin Madia vs. Eric Paulsen
MN – 6 El Tinklenberg vs. Michelle Bachmann
MS – 1 Travis Childers vs. Greg Davis
MO – 6 Kay Barnes vs. San Graves
MO – 9 Judy Baker vs. Blaine Lutkemeyer
NE – 2 Jim Esch vs. Lee Terry
NV – 2 Jill Derby vs. Dean Heller
NV – 3 Dina Titus vs. Jon Porter
NH – 1 Carol Shea-Porter vs. Jeb Bradley
NH – 2 Paul Hodes vs. Jennifer Horn
NJ – 3 John Adler vs. Chris Myers
NJ – 5 Dennis Shulman vs. Scott Garrett
NJ – 7 Linda Stender vs. Leonard Lance
NM – 1 Martin Heinrich vs. Darren White
NM – 2 Harry Teague vs. Ed Tinsley
NY – 13 Mike McMahon vs. Bob Straniere
NY – 20 Kirsten Gillibrand vs. Sandy Treadwell
NY – 24 Michael Arcuri vs. Richard Hanna
NY – 25 Dan Maffei vs. Dale Sweetland
NY – 26 Alice Kryzan vs. Chris Lee
NY – 29 Eric Massa vs. Randy Kuhl
NC – 8 Larry Kissell vs. Robin Hayes
NC – 10 Daniel Johnson vs. Patrick McHenry
OH – 1 Steve Driehaus vs. Steve Chabot
OH – 2 Victoria Wulsin vs. Jean Schmidt
OH – 15 Mary Jo Kilroy vs. Deborah Pryce
OH – 16 John Boccieri vs. J. Kirk Schuring
OH – 18 Zack Space vs. Fred Dailey
OK – 1 Georgianna Oliver vs. John Sullivan
OR – 5 Kurt Schrader vs. Mike Erickson
PA – 3 Kathy Dahlkemper vs. Phil English
PA – 10 Paul Kanjorski vs. Lou Barletta
PA – 11 Chris Carney vs. Chris Hackett
PA – 4 Jason Altmire vs. Melissa Hart
PA – 12 John Murtha vs. William Russell
SC – 1 Linda Ketner vs. Henry Brown
SC – 2 Rob Miller vs. Joe Wilson
TX – 7 Michael Skelly vs. John Culberson
TX – 22 Nick Lampson vs. John Wieder
TX – 23 Ciro Rodriguez vs. Lyle Larson
UT – 1 Morgan Bowen vs. Robert Bishop
VA – 2 Glenn Nye vs. Thelma Drake
VA – 5 Tom Perriello vs. Virgil Goode
VA – 11 Gerry Connolly vs. Keith Fimian
WA – 8 Darcy Burner vs. Dave Reichert
WV – 2 Anne Barth vs. Shelley Moore Capito
WI – 8 Steve Kagen vs. John Gard
WY – AL Gary Trauner vs. Cynthia Lummis

Senate
Alaska Mark Begich vs. Ted Stevens
Colorado Mark Udall vs. Bob Schaffer
Georgia Jim Martin vs. Saxby Chambliss
Kentucky Bruce Lunsford vs. Mitch McConnell
Louisiana Mary Landrieu vs. John Kennedy
Maine Tom Allen vs. Susan Collins
Minnesota Al Franken vs. Norm Coleman
Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove vs. Roger Wicker
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen vs. John Sununu
New Mexico Tom Udall vs. Steve Pearce
North Carolina Kay Hagan vs. Elizabeth Dole
Oregon Jeff Merkley vs. Gordon Smith
Virginia Mark Warner vs. Jim Gilmore

Joe the Plumber ditched John McCain on the campaign trail and went rogue in his own way, declaring that a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel. Priceless!

Elizabeth Dole claims her opponent is godless. Crazy bitch!

Norm Coleman sues Al Franken. Dude!

Bible Spice says “drill, baby, drill” at a stump stop at a solar plant in Ohio. Infuckingcredible!

Some polls are saying the race is tightening. Others show that Obama has a comfortable lead. Early voters are overwhelmingly Democratic. Huge numbers of African Americans and young voters are turning up early to vote for Obama, which begs the question.

In a poll, which uses likely voters, what exactly do they do with people who have already voted? Are they being counted as likely voters? If they are not, then are the numbers becoming more skewed as we get closer to election day as more and more people have already voted?

Remember to join Blanca on election day. She will be calling each and every state for Obama or McCain. She will also call each Senate and Congressional race. She will also call other important elections, like Prop 8 in California and Prop R in San Francisco. She will be blogging live from the cradle of liberty, Atlanta.

But even if Norm loses, that will help to eliminate another bad moderate Republican, like Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, and Susan Collins. I am willing to put up with four years of Al Franken in order to get a real Republican after him, not just a HIPPO (He’s In the Pparty Only). You know Blanca. If there is one thing I am consistent on, it is my lack of support for moderate Republicans. And flip floppers. And people who believe in abortion and gays.

Yes, with Norm out of the way, our party has more room for real Republicans like John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. Good luck, Al. Either way, we win.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing today. Scooter was trying to implicate our wonderful Vice President and the brilliant, if all too pudgy, Karl Rove. Like I have said before, there is something about a corpulent, balding, political mastermind. Myself, I would do Henry Kissinger in a minute if he weren’t a damn Kraut! Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. What about Arnold? Well, he’s not a Kraut. He’s an Austrian. Nothing bad ever came out of Austria. Just ask the folks in the Sudetenland.

Why can’t Libby just bend over and take one for the team and like it, just like my three ex-husbands. Actually, I think my three exes liked it a little too much, if you know what I mean. That is why they are now my ex-husbands. Damn, I’m digressing again. Ok, Blanca, stay focussed.

It’s just that I’m so steamed. First it was Brownie running around trying to blame the whole Katrina thing on Bush and Rove, and now it’s Libby trying to hang the blame on Bush for what he did, all by himself, without any help, completely solo, all alone. He’s acting just like the third grader who gets cornered at the science fair and is grilled into admitting his dad helped him with the volcano model. Maybe that’s not the best analogy. Damn, I am just not on my game lately.

I can see the wagons circling now. Not even the brilliance of our Commander-in-President-Chief tonight at the State of the Union can wash away this awful feeling of impending doom I have. What will happen if Scooter implicates Rove or even Cheney? What will Bush do without his number 2? What will he do for a replacement? We all know how hard it is to find and keep a number 2. Just ask Al Queda.

Scooter better watch what he says. We all know what happens to people about to turn state’s evidence on the Bush Adminnistration. I have just two words for you. Ken Lay. If Scooter knows what’s good for him, he will get a sudden case of amnesia. Watch a couple of episodes of “As the World Turns” for some pointers on how it’s done. Scooter, don’t go singing like a Dreamgirl. I have just one last bit of sage wisdom for you. To quote Madeline Kahn in “Young Frankenstein,” “you better keep your big mouth shut!”

Every night this Syphilis continues his perpetual rant against all that is just and right.

If you ever doubted how bad this man is, he has appeared on Air America with Randi Rhodes, who is about as evil as Al Franken or Rachel Maddow.

But the best reason to hate him is that he has been attacking my future husband, Bill O’Reilly. He has lied about things Bill O’Reilly supposedly said on his show. But there is never any evidence.

So anyone who attacks my loofah lover is the worst person on the planet.

Oh, I just can’t get into my usual liberal bashing tonight. Things are not going well. Things, in fact, are going very poorly for Republicans and for my beloved President-in-Chief, George W. “Two Terms” Bush. In fact people just aren’t getting the BeJesus scared out of them anymore when we learn about a new terrorist alert. In fact, some of these Macacas are even making fun of the easy-to-understand color-coded alert system jointly developed by President George W. Bush, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, and Mrs. Miller’s morning pre-kindergarten class at PS 192.

You see it appears that George W. Bush is not getting any kind of bounce from the whole liquids on airplanes terror alert. Sure, the guy responsible for those terrible poll numbers is that Arab liberal Zogby, but I still feel blue, I mean read. I just hope that tomorrow he will get the well-deserved boost he needs from the new snakes on airplane terror alert. But that is the subject of another blog.