Illegitimus non carborundum

My, wasn’t that a mess?

MPP didn’t do as well as projected in the elections. We only picked up three seats in total. That’s bad, but the context makes it worse.

• Robbie O’Brien, disgraced S4M chair, admits that his party engaged in a premeditated, coordinated attack on our website, designed to hamper voting among our base.
• S4M bosses Stu Wagner, Arielle Linsky, and Alana Kuhn signed an email sent to members of Michigan’s Jewish community falsely asserting that the MPP was running only one Jewish candidate, and that we endorsed divestment from Israel.
• S4M candidate Nate Fink co-opted the College Dems’ email list to send his own Dems endorsements — conveniently forgetting all the MPP members they had officially endorsed.
• Pete Borock, S4M’s “communications director” and member of the Dems executive board, sent an email to campus liberals hours before the polls closed, claiming that the Student Conservative Party was leading in the polls, and the only way to prevent another 1994 was a kneejerk vote for S4M. Of course, Ally Jacobs and Brian Steers, S4m candidates both affiliated with the Republican party sent an identical message at the same time, claiming the MPP was ahead and the only way to prevent another 1932 was a kneejerk vote for S4M. (References to American political history, regrettably, did not appear in the emails.)

How is it, then, that I feel fine? Well, it’s a sunshiney day. Jessica and I made a great feast last night; that definitely contributes to my mood (a short succession of minor crises prevents the usual Sunday night dinner photos, but be assured that it tasted delightfuly and, depending on how strictly you interpret the teachings of Madhur Jaffrey, may have even qualified as Indian.)

Overall, though, it’s refreshing to walk to class over the last few days and have so many people talk to me about the election. People care what happened — and it’s not just my close friends. Especially with today’s stories in the Daily, people really are paying attention. I guess what I’m saying is, the bastards have not ground me down. And that’s a good feeling.

Look for a step-by-step of what happened the night of the website attack here shortly. Other than that, I promise I’ll get back to whatever it was I used to write about a month ago, shortly.