A Political Week
It's an election year. Governors, Congress, bla bla bla.
Honestly? I am really, truly coming to the end of my goddamned rope.
Fuck you Republicans.
Fuck you Democrats.
I'm all for a little bit of muckraking now and then, but the whole point of muckraking is to affect change. (Think Upton Sinclair...Hunter S. etc.)
The kind of crap we get handed now only serves to create more crap.
The Democrats will win power back. But not because they're promising any big changes or revolutionary thinking or
God for-fucking-bid SOLUTIONS. But because they've managed to muck up better dirt on the Republicans this time around.
And that is now how leadership is determined. "Who comes up smelling worse?".
Gubernatorial Race, Illinois:
Topinka because she's former Gov. Ryan's treasurer?
Or Blags because he accepted a $1500 check that was ostensibly a birthday gift for his young daughter.
Control of The Senate:
The Republicans because they have a homosexual member who sent inappropriate and pretty illegal emails to underage pages?
or
The Democrats who boast a drunk-driving murderer in their midst?
Perish the thought of discussing just what in the fucking fuck we're going to do about Korea and Iran aside from Goddamned useless, ineffective sanctions! Cuz, you know, that's not really pressing right now.
What's really important is Foley's supposed abuse at the hands of an Evil Catholic priest that's driven him to alcoholism and the exploitation of young men. Actually, I'm quite surprised that the Christian Right has turned on the Catholic Church in order to diffuse fault for inappropriate behavior. Wait, no I'm not—as the CR tends to be anti-Papist.
(Good luck seeing any of this categorized as discriminatory slander.)
Yeah, I said it.
I'm seriously thinking of boycotting voting this year.
And that's HUGE given my stand on how important the right to vote is. But lately? What the fuck am I voting for?
Fuck it.
Honestly? I am really, truly coming to the end of my goddamned rope.
Fuck you Republicans.
Fuck you Democrats.
I'm all for a little bit of muckraking now and then, but the whole point of muckraking is to affect change. (Think Upton Sinclair...Hunter S. etc.)
The kind of crap we get handed now only serves to create more crap.
The Democrats will win power back. But not because they're promising any big changes or revolutionary thinking or
God for-fucking-bid SOLUTIONS. But because they've managed to muck up better dirt on the Republicans this time around.
And that is now how leadership is determined. "Who comes up smelling worse?".
Gubernatorial Race, Illinois:
Topinka because she's former Gov. Ryan's treasurer?
Or Blags because he accepted a $1500 check that was ostensibly a birthday gift for his young daughter.
Control of The Senate:
The Republicans because they have a homosexual member who sent inappropriate and pretty illegal emails to underage pages?
or
The Democrats who boast a drunk-driving murderer in their midst?
Perish the thought of discussing just what in the fucking fuck we're going to do about Korea and Iran aside from Goddamned useless, ineffective sanctions! Cuz, you know, that's not really pressing right now.
What's really important is Foley's supposed abuse at the hands of an Evil Catholic priest that's driven him to alcoholism and the exploitation of young men. Actually, I'm quite surprised that the Christian Right has turned on the Catholic Church in order to diffuse fault for inappropriate behavior. Wait, no I'm not—as the CR tends to be anti-Papist.
(Good luck seeing any of this categorized as discriminatory slander.)
Yeah, I said it.
I'm seriously thinking of boycotting voting this year.
And that's HUGE given my stand on how important the right to vote is. But lately? What the fuck am I voting for?
Fuck it.
posted by LC Greenwood at 1:53 PM
2 Comments:
AMEN!!!
Actually, the text messages sent to the pages were not illegal, just immoral. The pages were of consenting age (and yes, that does mean 17). And the Dems didn't have to dig that one up, it blew onto the scene on its own. Most of this stuff does.
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