Albion River BridgeWhat a week, politically. I can't say that much of it feels genuine anymore. Or that the populous even wants genuine anymore. That's the sticking point with me. The easily-distracted masses drone on about meaningless shit, while everything around them is crumbling and collapsing. If you saw Bill Maher last night, you know that he went off about this sad phenomenon.
When I read that people decided to vote for Senator Clinton because Tina Fey highlighted the "poor me" act on Saturday Night Live, or because the "3 A.M. phone call" commercial convinced them of her capability, I cringe. Or, they voted for her because Limbaugh instructed them to, since Senator Obama is (probably) a Muslim. More cringing, with gnashing-of-teeth and some caterwauling too.
Obama's adviser called Clinton a monster. Wow, no fooling? Maybe because she's been behaving like one. I mean, there's bitch and then there's vindictive bitch. And maybe there really are millions of us that are fed up with vile, boorish behavior by politicians like her. Or maybe there are even more who want a loud-mouthed bully as president. Someone to have a beer and be a loudmouth with. Maybe we are all monsters.
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*Sigh* As a fellow Kucinich supporter, Annie, I'm disappointed to see you getting so riled against Hillary and for Obama. Let's face it - the Democratic Party left us with two pro-war, pro-corporate, right-of-center front-runners that are indeed the SOS. To think the Obama campaign has not lined up dirty tricks behind it's promise to clean D.C. of such actions is the height of naivety. My distaste for the man goes all the way back to the very 2004 DNC speech that everyone has an orgasm about, the one where he preached that "we worship a mighty Gaaawd in the blue states," which of course goes hand in hand with his coziness with anti-gay black preachers and the likes of Pat Robertson and James Dobson. A little-known anecdote about an incident following that '04 speech: when Howard Dean congratulated Obama but cautioned that he should cool his heals for the nominee (Kerry), Obama replied, "Fuck you, I'm LeBron James." (the hot rookie pro basketball player widely known as "The Chosen One")
My last attempt to save you from the clutches of the Obamabots: READ WITH MIND OPEN ONLY
I'm not saying don't vote for him, I'm saying that if he is our next president then I hope all the fervent support he got from progressives who bought into his messages of "hope" and "change" will be translated into equally fervent holding of his administration's feet to the proverbial fire. My prediction for an Obama presidency: the new Jimmy Carter - great guy, not so great president.
As long as i have been watching politics the choice always boils down to having to vote for the lesser of two evils. We never seem to get the person we want there in the final shake up so it is a matter of choosing who is the least worst. Who that is out of Obama or Hillary i don't really know yet.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"...The Who
Good one, Jojo.
Another good election year lyric:
Though I could not caution all
I still might warn a few
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag
Atop no ship of fools
i have a different opinion about him than you, o'tim and whomever else my thoughts offend.
sometimes (gasp) i voice my very own opinion here. you may well disagree. and that's cool. not all deadheads think alike, i learned that decades back.
i am not about to fuck around when it comes to being rid of what we've invited into OUR white house for the last near-decade. my life has been hell, waking up every day and remembering we are so screwed.
silly me, for wanting to be sure it isn't mc cain. but then, i never wanted bush1, or bush2, or reagan. i voted in all of those. oh, and for jimmy carter.
i like obama. he speaks beautifully.he is not a macho loudmouth. oh, and the fact that he is an american of color is a huge plus, to me. it's a forward step in a stupidly racist world. i am not young or idealistic.or naive.hopeful is different than naive. i'm supporting barrack obama, since kucinich bailed before it really even began.
spelling barack correctly would be a plus.
We simply don't need another DLC alum of the likes we have in Hillary Clinton.
P.S. Speaking of bridges...I was checking out these pictures and decided to photoshop up a version of my own over at the other site I post at.
Gee, Annie, I wonder who you'll vote for in this month's American Asshole?
"To think the Obama campaign has not lined up dirty tricks behind it's promise to clean D.C. of such actions is the height of naivety."
If that is true, then the belief that Nader will have something positive to offer on his fifth foray into the ring can't be far behind.
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