Republicans: "I vote the party, not the person"

CNN interviewed a Pennsylvania college student and his friend in one of their stories about Romney dropping out of the race.  Both are Romney supporters but they said John McCain could get their support too.  The friend summed up McCain's chances by saying, "I vote the party, not the person." 

 

It's no surprise that Republicans are like a giant flock of brain-damaged sheep.  We know most of them will vote for whomever Billy Bob next door tells his wife (Thelma Lou) to vote for.  What should shock people is that this sort of pervasive stupidity reaches all the way to college-age kids. 

 

I used to think this next generation was going to save the planet.  But I'm starting to think the youth of today may be just as much of a disaster as the bunch of us who have been ruining the joint for centuries.

Politics Today

Romney Out

Mitt Romney has dropped his bid for the Republican nomination.  This leaves McCain and Huckabee.  This, in turn, means McCain is definitely going to be the Republican nominee.  Huckabee may as well drop out later today.  (Though it's hard to say whether I think McCain or Huckabee will be easier to beat.)

 

McCain:  "Shoot me!  Don't parial birth abort me!  Don't gay marry me!  See?  I can change!"

McCain met with conservatives today in an attempt to convince them that he's deserves their votes.  (In another spectacular display of the worsening fractures within the GOP, many conservatives--including absolute mental retards like Limbaugh and Coulter--think McCain is too liberal and are for once spewing hatred toward a member of their own party.) 

 

McCain's desperation led him to call Rev. Jonathan Falwell, the still-living son of the finally-dead Rev. Jerry Falwell.  The senior Falwell--a raving, hate-filled nutjob--was always near the top of the list when Republicans needed someone to shore up the conservatives.  Jonthan Falwell came away saying he's still not ready to endorse a nominee.  (Does this mean he may endorse Huckabee?  haha.)  Jerry Falwell, by the way, is endorsing his new boss, Satan.

 

At any rate, conservatives my not bite.  Cleta Mitchell, chairman of the American Conservative Union Foundation, said "He's 70,000 years old.  He's not going to change."  Ouch!

 

Dickhead Cheney's Same Tired Bullshit

Dick Cheney gave some worthless, Bush-loving speech today--most of which I was unable to read because my lunch started coming up.  One thing I thought was hilarious though was when he said he was "certain" that one of the GOP candidates would be the next president.  Well, he was "certain" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction too.  Cheney's word ain't worth much these days.

 

Democratic Fundraising

Barack Obama has raised $7 million since Super Tuesday.  Hillary Clinton set a goal of $3 million in 3 days and so far has raised $4 million (some of which was mine).

A hundred more years in Iraq? Let's kick John McCain's ass

The other day I received an e-mail from Howard Dean.  This is nothing unusual as I'm on the e-mail blast list for lots of politicians whose opinions I admire.  Aside from Hillary's notes thanking me for helping her win primaries, almost all of the mail I receive is pleading for donations.  There's nothing wrong with that.  I don't mind it one bit because that's how politics works.  Until it's no longer how politics works, I expect to be hit up for cash now and then.  But the mail from Howard Dean was different and that's why I'm blogging about it.

 

He confirmed what we've all known for weeks:  John McCain is going to be the Republican nominee for President.  And then he said some things that all liberals need to be armed with.  Let this be the launch pad for your talking points…

 

• John McCain is a media darling, but don't trust his carefully-crafted image - he's worked for years to brand himself. From Iraq to health care, Social Security to special interest tax cuts to ethics, he's promising nothing more than a third Bush term.
• After championing campaign finance reform and ethics legislation to score political points, he now has a staggering amount of lobbyists involved in every aspect of his campaign. In fact, two of the top three sources for John McCain's campaign cash are D.C. lobbying firms, and he looked the other way as Jack Abramoff bought and paid for the Republican Party and the Culture of Corruption.
• On immigration reform, he's run as far to the right as he can, aligning himself with the most extreme elements of the Republican Party.
• On the war, McCain scoffed at Bush's call to leave troops in Iraq for 50 years, saying "Make it a hundred!"
• On a woman's right to choose, McCain has vowed to appoint judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.

I'm putting this one last in the hopes it'll help you remember it.  This should probably be the first thing you say when defending our nominee against John McCain:

 

• On the economy, one of the issues that the American people care most about, McCain has said: "I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."

Dean's parting shots:  "We can't afford four more years with a President who drives the economy into the ground. We can't afford four more years with a President who fights an endless war in Iraq. We can't afford four more years with a President who gives tax cuts to companies who ship jobs overseas; with a President who can't get every American the health care they deserve; with a President we just can't trust."

 

McCain will be funding his smears with the money he's raised for his campaign.  The Republican National Committee will be propagating their lies with money from their own coffers.  (And there's plenty in there.)  What I'm talking about here is two separate, well-funded campaigns against the Democrats' eventual nominee. 

 

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Pubes!

When people overindulge in cute insults while talking or writing about politics, I usually tune them out and discount whatever they're saying.  They fail to realize that including such phrases and terminology put their personal agendas on display and therefore disqualify every point they're making.

 

Still, while reading a news blog this morning, I came across the following comment which is loaded with overindulgence.  And it made me laugh...

Big, big smile !!

These may be some of the most beautiful, important numbers out there today.

The overwhelming rise in the Democratic numbers and the weak, declining numbers on the other side show clearly we will control the govt. in less than one year.

"Permanent Majorities" ain't what they used to be, eh ?

The 'Pubes made their bed years ago by choosing a mentally retarded puppet of evil capitalists to lead their sad, Gimpy Old Party and now they can sleep in it for another 20 years - Dems have the big-big momentum now.

They could have chosen McCain in 2000 or 2004 and preserved some bit of dignity for their Neanderthalic philosophies.

Instead they let greed get the best of them and now the Bush-Dolt has set their cause back 20 years. They have to grit their teeth and take McCain, too late.

Obama, Clinton - it just doesn't matter - let's all march quickly and resolutely away from these Dark Age nut-jobs.

Bye-bye Repub-Capitalist-Neocons - enjoy the wilderness.

Seven Simple Reasons for Ousting My Moron President

I'm not sure I'll ever understand why the media agreed to water down their negative (read: "truthful") coverage of the current White House administration.  We all remember when it happened (right after 9/11, when Bush's approval ratings soared by riding Osama's coattails).  But since that time, all the lies have been uncovered.  Bush, Cheney, and their co-horts have been unmasked as the war criminals they are.  Why they aren't being held accountable in the judicial system is one thing but it's something else entirely to watch the networks and newspapers continue to tip-toe around the real issues.

 

The newest infraction is wondering why record numbers of voters are showing up for the primary elections this cycle.  The networks and papers act like they can't figure out what on earth could possibly prompt people to suddenly be so interested in our country's political process.  Inevitably, by the end of the segment or article, they announce the reason is "close races in both parties."  

 

That's bullshit and they know it.  The reasons are simple and there are seven of them:  Seven years of the worst president in the history of the United States of America.  Seven years of lies.  Seven years of Americans and Iraqi civilians being killed in an unjust war which was planned with no end game.  Seven years of economic instability, leading to widespread job losses and record home foreclosures.  It goes on and on.

 

The media need to grow a pair:  The reason America is voting in record numbers is George W. Bush.  

Vote!

Since I originally registered to vote (back in the Stone Age), I have always been a declared Independent. Until today, I'd never voted in a primary election. But this morning, I had to make a change. And I may have broken election laws to do it since I voted where I'm registered even though I've since moved to another county in the state. (To be fair, I don't think any laws were broken because I called the elections commissioner and asked before I did anything. I was told the ballots are the same across the state--no local races or ballot questions--so "it should be fine." I just had to prove my identity before I was allowed into the booth.)

Although it took about half-a-second (the entire process of voting took approximately two minutes), the biggest part of my day took place as soon as I signed in at my polling place: I had to declare myself a Democrat. Every state is different but I live just outside of Philadelphia, in southern New Jersey. Our primaries happen on the same day (Super Tuesday) and voters must be a declared member of the party in order to vote. In order to cast a ballot for the most-qualified person running to be President, I was being forced to declare.

A number of years ago, this would have truly galled me. It used to bother me that as an Independent, I couldn't choose to help a Democratic or Republican candidate if that's how I chose to use my vote. (In the interest of full-as-I-want-to-get disclosure, I've only voted for an Independent candidate once. But I want to have the option of voting for whichever candidate I agree with most, regardless of his or her party affiliation.)

Everything changed in 2000, when Karl Rove and the United States Supreme Court conspired to rig the election and steal the office of President of the United States for George W. Bush, who is barely qualified to be a gas station attendant. (Gas station attendants, I'm pretty sure, are required to be able to speak clearly and stay sober.)

When I witnessed all the finagling, voter suppression, cheating, and lying committed during the campaign, election, and its aftermath, I knew I would never want to be in any way affiliated with such corrupt pigs. And make no mistake about it: While all Republicans may not necessarily be corrupt pigs, the Republican politicians most certainly are. Filthy, greedy, lying pigs who don't give a shit about America or its citizens.

In 2004, I held onto my status as an Independent. I wasn't ready to give it up. I didn't vote in the primary because I figured Americans knew what they were doing. There was no way the country would actually vote for four more years of funding a corrupt war, being lied to, and being shown quite clearly that the White House didn't care about us in any way, shape, or form. There was no way we'd re-elect someone who it was quite obvious had knowingly committed criminal activities to get the Iraq war started. But I underestimated us. I underestimated the incredible stupidity of the American people. And since the majority of votes in America were allegedly cast for George W. Bush, I am forced to admit: Most of you idiotic little sheep sicken me.

I obviously can't let you guys make such major decision on your own. So starting today, I've taken things into my own hands. Starting today, I am a proud Democrat. And I have a feeling I'm going to remain a proud Democrat until the day I die.

By the way, that most-qualified candidate I referred to above is Hillary Clinton.