It's Mourning in America
Between trying hard to find the right words to say about the election, and having problems with my Internet connection, it's been a while since I have posted anything. I know I said I would try not to be a perfectionist, but guess what happened? Oh, and if you haven't noticed, my blog is all black now. I'm in mourning over the outcome of the election.
Do I blame Kerry for losing? No, I blame the Democrats. Honestly, am I the only one that remembers that a month before the primaries, Kerry was tainted goods? Remember how he went on Jay Leno on a motorcycle in a last ditch attempt to save his floundering campaign? He was a boring wind bag senator from Massachusetts, why didn't they just let Ted Kennedy run while they were at it? At least ol' Teddy would be kind of fun to watch.
They still haven't realized yet, that if they get more moderate, Republicans will just move further to the right. They can advocate pray in school, and they would still be called "a bunch of limousine liberals" that didn't go far enough! They can change their content all they want, but none of that matters, if they have a bad image. Bush called Kerry a flip-flopper, and it stuck. Did it matter that Bush flip-flopped on far more dangerous stuff than Kerry, (like Osama Bin Laden, nation building, and the Department of Homeland Security to name a few)? No, because Kerry fit a stereotype, and Bush seemed like a "regular sort of guy".
If you look at the last twenty years of politics, the guy with more personality won. Don't believe me? Try it yourself! Bush was the crazy friend, that though he was a little slow, was a blast to hang out with while drinking. Clinton was your cool friend whose dick always got him into trouble. People say they want a leader, but in fact, I think they are just casting a sitcom in their head. People like Kerry and Dole would get very low ratings on TV.
Do I really think people are this shallow? You bet your sweet ass I do! The right to vote is not the right to intelligence. Now, while I don't think EVERYONE is this stupid or shallow, you have to remember these famous words:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
- George Carlin
I think both sides each have some good ideas, but they are both stubborn. If they got along, they might actually get something done. If they didn't create controversies between one another, we wouldn't have as many problems. If we didn't have as many problems, what would politicians do? They're trying to create job security for themselves! Remember the marketing credo, "Create a problem, then create the solution"? Republicans are doing so well right now
because they are better at marketing their solution than the Democrats! That, and right now, they are better at creating problems.
Case in point: Bush, and many others, are calling the election a "mandate" and that the "people have spoken". Let's look at the numbers: Bush won 51% of the popular vote, while Kerry won 48%, (1% said "ah, fuck it!"). That is a 3% lead over Kerry, that is a majority of 1%! I do concede, (like Kerry), that even 1% is a win. Yet, an introspective person would say to themselves, "You know, the people have spoken, but they are still a divided voice. I barely won, why is that? What can I do to better represent the people?" Maybe that IS going on in his head, but you couldn't tell with this "mandate" shit and his sloppy grin. That grin he always wears, no matter how grave the situation, that says, "Hey Dick, com'ere a sec, I gotta dirty joke to tell ya!"
Only a marketing genius, (see Karl Rove), can turn a 1% majority, or a 3% lead, into "mandate". Where between 50% and 51% does it become a "mandate"? Where between a dead heat and a 3% lead does it become a "mandate"? Notice how they didn't say "landslide". This is the definition of "mandate": A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative, (Source: Dictionary.com, The American Heritage Dictionary definition). Any definition you look up is boring, but the connotation the word has is one of authority and certainty. And that is what they are good at, implying a lot, but saying very little. As I said, they're a bunch of marketing whores, but they're good at it.
Another example: that "Bush Country" bullshit. "See all this red? This is Bush Country!" Yes, and if you claim the sea in the name of America, make the area its own electorate, and put a guy named Bob on a house boat out there as the only voter, the vast majority of the world could be "Bush Country." At least, that's how their logic goes. Screw one person one vote! Land mass, that's the ticket!
Hmm, I always wondered how Bush planned to rule the world. Middle East ain't working out too well, so maybe I should call Karl Rove with the idea. Compared to their other plans, this one is far more realistic. (Kind of funny that a powerful conservative is named after Karl Marx. Then again, he is a NEO-conservative.)
I shouldn't be surprised, they're pretty good at carving up a map to their own designs, (call Tom Delay of Sugarland Texas if you have any questions about it). But honestly, the election is over, and now it's time for them to put their money where their mouth is. Now it is time to actually start helping us instead of just being a party whore. You can't get re-elected, and there is nothing really after this. Unless you lie about a blow job or something, you won't lose your job. So why don't you do away with the bullshit already, and actually do some good?
Look, I don't care if it is a moderate Democrat or a moderate Republican, not too much of a difference in my opinion. This nation's political parties have an identity crisis to work out, but in the mean time, can we just have a sensible, reasonable, capable president to just NOT fuck anything up? I don't want a president to have a "legacy". I'm not looking for a race car driver, I'm just looking for someone that is sober enough to drive. But it seems all we ever get is a bunch of drunk race car drivers. I'm not asking to do away with the car, or the driver, but can we get a more sensible car, and a more reasonable
driver?
One last note, Ted Poe ended up beating Nick Lampson. Ted Poe, the Republican, is a crazy judge along the lines of Judge Judy. Nick Lampson, the Democrat, was the incumbent for many years, had a high rating from the NRA, and an endorsement from the Houston Chronicle, (which tends to lean to the right). Ted Poe had plenty of money, (from Tom Delay, obviously), tons of negative advertisement and gay baiting from the RNC and conservative PACs, and a shit load of signs littered across the road side.
If that doesn't prove my theory, well, then noth.. ah, something will...
Do I blame Kerry for losing? No, I blame the Democrats. Honestly, am I the only one that remembers that a month before the primaries, Kerry was tainted goods? Remember how he went on Jay Leno on a motorcycle in a last ditch attempt to save his floundering campaign? He was a boring wind bag senator from Massachusetts, why didn't they just let Ted Kennedy run while they were at it? At least ol' Teddy would be kind of fun to watch.
They still haven't realized yet, that if they get more moderate, Republicans will just move further to the right. They can advocate pray in school, and they would still be called "a bunch of limousine liberals" that didn't go far enough! They can change their content all they want, but none of that matters, if they have a bad image. Bush called Kerry a flip-flopper, and it stuck. Did it matter that Bush flip-flopped on far more dangerous stuff than Kerry, (like Osama Bin Laden, nation building, and the Department of Homeland Security to name a few)? No, because Kerry fit a stereotype, and Bush seemed like a "regular sort of guy".
If you look at the last twenty years of politics, the guy with more personality won. Don't believe me? Try it yourself! Bush was the crazy friend, that though he was a little slow, was a blast to hang out with while drinking. Clinton was your cool friend whose dick always got him into trouble. People say they want a leader, but in fact, I think they are just casting a sitcom in their head. People like Kerry and Dole would get very low ratings on TV.
Do I really think people are this shallow? You bet your sweet ass I do! The right to vote is not the right to intelligence. Now, while I don't think EVERYONE is this stupid or shallow, you have to remember these famous words:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
- George Carlin
I think both sides each have some good ideas, but they are both stubborn. If they got along, they might actually get something done. If they didn't create controversies between one another, we wouldn't have as many problems. If we didn't have as many problems, what would politicians do? They're trying to create job security for themselves! Remember the marketing credo, "Create a problem, then create the solution"? Republicans are doing so well right now
because they are better at marketing their solution than the Democrats! That, and right now, they are better at creating problems.
Case in point: Bush, and many others, are calling the election a "mandate" and that the "people have spoken". Let's look at the numbers: Bush won 51% of the popular vote, while Kerry won 48%, (1% said "ah, fuck it!"). That is a 3% lead over Kerry, that is a majority of 1%! I do concede, (like Kerry), that even 1% is a win. Yet, an introspective person would say to themselves, "You know, the people have spoken, but they are still a divided voice. I barely won, why is that? What can I do to better represent the people?" Maybe that IS going on in his head, but you couldn't tell with this "mandate" shit and his sloppy grin. That grin he always wears, no matter how grave the situation, that says, "Hey Dick, com'ere a sec, I gotta dirty joke to tell ya!"
Only a marketing genius, (see Karl Rove), can turn a 1% majority, or a 3% lead, into "mandate". Where between 50% and 51% does it become a "mandate"? Where between a dead heat and a 3% lead does it become a "mandate"? Notice how they didn't say "landslide". This is the definition of "mandate": A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative, (Source: Dictionary.com, The American Heritage Dictionary definition). Any definition you look up is boring, but the connotation the word has is one of authority and certainty. And that is what they are good at, implying a lot, but saying very little. As I said, they're a bunch of marketing whores, but they're good at it.
Another example: that "Bush Country" bullshit. "See all this red? This is Bush Country!" Yes, and if you claim the sea in the name of America, make the area its own electorate, and put a guy named Bob on a house boat out there as the only voter, the vast majority of the world could be "Bush Country." At least, that's how their logic goes. Screw one person one vote! Land mass, that's the ticket!
BuSHIT County
Reality.
(For more on reality go here: http://www.makethemaccountable.com/misc/Maps.htm)
Hmm, I always wondered how Bush planned to rule the world. Middle East ain't working out too well, so maybe I should call Karl Rove with the idea. Compared to their other plans, this one is far more realistic. (Kind of funny that a powerful conservative is named after Karl Marx. Then again, he is a NEO-conservative.)
I shouldn't be surprised, they're pretty good at carving up a map to their own designs, (call Tom Delay of Sugarland Texas if you have any questions about it). But honestly, the election is over, and now it's time for them to put their money where their mouth is. Now it is time to actually start helping us instead of just being a party whore. You can't get re-elected, and there is nothing really after this. Unless you lie about a blow job or something, you won't lose your job. So why don't you do away with the bullshit already, and actually do some good?
Look, I don't care if it is a moderate Democrat or a moderate Republican, not too much of a difference in my opinion. This nation's political parties have an identity crisis to work out, but in the mean time, can we just have a sensible, reasonable, capable president to just NOT fuck anything up? I don't want a president to have a "legacy". I'm not looking for a race car driver, I'm just looking for someone that is sober enough to drive. But it seems all we ever get is a bunch of drunk race car drivers. I'm not asking to do away with the car, or the driver, but can we get a more sensible car, and a more reasonable
driver?
One last note, Ted Poe ended up beating Nick Lampson. Ted Poe, the Republican, is a crazy judge along the lines of Judge Judy. Nick Lampson, the Democrat, was the incumbent for many years, had a high rating from the NRA, and an endorsement from the Houston Chronicle, (which tends to lean to the right). Ted Poe had plenty of money, (from Tom Delay, obviously), tons of negative advertisement and gay baiting from the RNC and conservative PACs, and a shit load of signs littered across the road side.
If that doesn't prove my theory, well, then noth.. ah, something will...
posted by Buddha Bubba at 10:35 PM
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The strangest thing about blogs is how you can stumble acrossed someone you'd otherwise never have met.
Just wanted to share something a friend of mine wrote after the the 'election'
Well guys & gals,
This is it. This is how it feels a day after our efforts and hopes dissipated to the reality of four more years of George W. Bush's America. I say his America, because it certainly is not the America that I enlisted in the Marine Corps to defend. No that was for my America. An America that stood for justice, unity, thoughtfulness, and served as a beacon of light, a shining example to the world of how democracy should work.
So what now? Do we continue to wallow in the mire of depression? Do we allow ourselves to succumb to the feelings of fear and despair over the future of our Party, our ideology, our Nation? I've been searching for answers the past 36 hours. I click on the DNC's homepage and am greeted with only the concession letter Senator Kerry provided for his supporters. Even the ever outspoken Michael Moore has but a photo of George W. compiled with images of the fallen in Iraq. Our so-called liberal pundits are filling the airwaves with talk of reconciliation with the Republicans and the necessity of restructuring our party so as to appeal to "real" Americans. So here we are. Leaderless, without direction. Alone.
Alone? Well that's what the talk shows, AM radio, and the pundits would have you believe. But it seems to me that 56,000,000 of my fellow Americans voted the same way I did on November 2nd. That's nearly 4 million more votes than any Democratic presidential candidate has ever received. Alone? Hardly. 56,000,000 of us chose truth over lies and deception. We chose workers over the exporters of jobs. We chose the middle class and working poor over the wealthiest of the wealthy. We chose choice over the suppression of women. We chose healthcare for all Americans over the profits of the insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. We chose blood over oil. We chose compassion and intellect over ignorance and stubbornness. We chose PEACE over War! We chose change.
Well, where do we go from here? As powerful as we were, we came up short, true. Do we now lay down and sacrifice our morale convictions to appease the right? Do we scamper off to lick our wounds? Or do we follow the example of the prize fighter that hits the mat, his head aching, ears ringing, face bloodied, but his will remains unbroken, and he climbs back onto his feet to continue the fight?
See, unlike George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfield, Condoleeza Rice, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, etc., etc., I know a little bit about war. And that knowledge reminds me that one battle does not win a war. Nor does it spell defeat for those that narrowly lost, lest they surrender. And I will not surrender this fight today or any other day. I will not cede OUR America to George W. Bush. We are 56,000,000 strong and OUR ideas are better. They're just plain better. They're worth getting up off of the mat.
God Bless you all and God Bless America!
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