I don’t want to prognosticate too much, but at this point it seems Obama can’t lose. McCain is circling the drain and about to (finally) get flushed. Palin lost the debate — hard.
The only people considering voting for McCain-Palin at this point are idiotic religious ideologues who care more about their bastardized interpretation of a fantasy book than what actually happens in the real world. Hell, I’m never having kids but at least I do care what kind of society, nation, and world we are leaving for the next generation.
It blows my mind that some people who do have kids or grandkids seemingly care more about their wacky, misguided interpretations of religion than education, healthcare, clean energy, or the environment. These are things that are affecting us now and will surely get worse if government continues down the same path as the last 8 years. How can you live your life in such a state of utter, complete, deep denial?
Here’s my favorite money quote about last night’s debate. From Arianna Huffington:
Throughout the entire 90-minute debate, Palin came across as an over-wound windup doll, sporting a pasted-on-smile expression that never varied, except when she winked. Which she did repeatedly — and pathetically. It was the folksiest appearance since Hee-Haw went off the air.
This post over at DailyKos explains, in the most thorough detail I’ve yet to see, exactly why the financial meltdown is happening and how John McCain and his advisors (lobbyists) are intricately connected to the philosophy behind it all. It’s a long read but worth every word.
In 1982, the same year John McCain entered the Senate, a bill was put forward that would substantially deregulate the Savings and Loan industry. The Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act was an initiative of the Reagan administration, and was largely authored by lobbyists for the S&L industry — including John McCain’s warm-up speaker at the convention, Fred Thompson. The official description of the bill was “An act to revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans.” Considering where things stand in 2008, that may sound dubious. It should.
If you are McCain-Palin supporter, PLEASE watch this video. Make sure you know exactly who you are voting for. Even if you’re religious and go to church every Sunday, this video should scare you.
The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.
Wow, blocking voters who are predominantly black, and also likely to be pissed about the economy? Just standard operating procedure for the GOP.
Mississippi’s [Republican] governor, Haley Barbour, and its secretary of state have come up with a particularly cynical dirty trick for the November election. Let’s call it: “Where’s the Senate race?”
Defying state law, they have decided to hide a hard-fought race for the United States Senate at the bottom of the ballot [below less significant elections, such as state and county races], where they clearly are hoping some voters will overlook it. Their proposed design is not only illegal. It shows a deep contempt for Mississippi’s voters.
Republicans have long had a lock on the state’s two Senate seats. But this year, former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat, has been running close to Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican, in the polls. Mr. Wicker was appointed to the seat by Governor Barbour in late December after Trent Lott stepped down.
So what’s their plan if (when) this deception gets shot down? They want to remove party affiliations from the ballot. That’s right, the Republicans don’t want Mississippi voters to know exactly who is the Republican candidate.
Sarah Palin doesn’t even know what the Bush Doctrine is, and she wants to be Vice President? When questioned about it, all she could say was something to the effect of “terrorists, kill us, terrorists, destroy America, terrorists, they will eat your babies, terrorists.” Plus she can’t even answer a simple yes/no question without spewing a bunch of senseless shit.
I really hope that this person is not the next Vice President of the United States of America. She is completely clueless. It still amazes me that this election remains split 50/50. After all of the various ways the Bush administration and the whole lot of complacent Republicans in government have ruined our country, I can’t believe that there are actually people out there who want it to continue. Republicans lie, they cheat, they steal, and they subvert the justice system and the Constitution without remorse. If you don’t believe me, just spend some time looking it up for once. Republicans are responsible for the great majority of scandals, corruption, coverups, and lies in government. Educate yourself. It is a fact. Saying “All politicians are the same, so it doesn’t matter” is not an excuse. It matters.
Our country is devolving into an aristocracy, but most people are too stupid to figure it out because (if they’re lucky), they still have their job, their car, and their big suburban house — as if this is all that matters to make them happy. People, there is more to life than this. I thought this election would be a huge wake-up call, but apparently not. Sometimes I actually hope McCain wins so that everything can get even worse, then I can go up to every dumbfuck who voted for him and say “I told you so.”
Is being pro-life really worth the destruction of everything that people have sacrificed and died for over the years? Is it worth the erosion of our civil liberties, our educational system, our rights to justice, our environment, our healthcare, our economy, and everything else just to uphold a narrow-minded religious belief that is completely unproven by science? Really? Are Republicans trustworthy enough to fix the problems that they themselves created? Get real.
Maybe I should quote this poem. It’s inscribed on the Holocaust memorial in Washington, D.C. The writing is on the wall, both literally and figuratively. WAKE UP.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me -
and there was no one left to speak for me.