The coming of President Snooki.
We collectively suffer from what I call the Shirley Arent Syndrome.
Surely we as a nation aren't stupid enough to elect that inept waterhead little frat boy George W. Bush to the highest office in the land.
Surely, after four years of watching him fuck up everything he touched, we as a nation aren't fucking stupid enough to re-elect that inept waterhead little frat boy George W. Bush.
Surely we as a nation aren't stupid enough to believe in Birther, Death Panel, Kenyan Usurper crap.
Surely we as a nation aren't stupid enough to permit the radical rump of the GOP to dress up in funny hats, bathe in wingnut billionaire money, and get away with pretending that they are some kind of Brand New Movement.
Surely, after an emergency, 20-month effort to clean up the collective results of 30 years of Republican fuckups we all said would take a generation to straighten out, we as a nation aren't fucking stupid enough to hand the keys to anything back to the same people who shoved this country off a cliff and laughed as it bounced off the rocks on the way down.
We keep believing that "Surely we as a nation aren't stupid enough to..."
But it turns out that, in the absence constant and ferocious effort, we always are.
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I'll thank you to forgive my thought process. I'm well aware of the towering nincompoopery that may be displayed in the voting booths today, but I still choose to believe that things can only get better at this point of the pendulum's arc...
...and don't call me Shirley...
History shall not be kind to us.
But fear not, in less than 3 months we in Crook County will get another shot.
Do you think they'll wait `til after Christmas to launch the attack ads?
I have this image of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer>>>commerical>>>> RAHM!!!
Sorry to disagree, Drift, but the same electorate that gave Obama and the dems that historic win two years ago, is still here.
They hired him to mount the salvage operation that you describe, and instead, the only thing he's salvaged, is the republican party.
Today, they start the process of firing him. Hard to fault their consistency.
There is a bottom line here:
With some of the biggest congressional majorities since FDR, and for sure, a huge mandate for real change, Barack Obama has played offense like a crooked NBA point guard shaving points in the playoffs.
And, in doing so, he's led us into a political debacle; one that itself, may reach historic proportions. A lot of democrats don't want to reward him for doing that, PLUS, americans in general are disgusted with the "new" democratic campaign slogan:
"Vote for us! The republican will take an even worse shit on you!"
I didn't think that would fly, despite all the shakingand brandishing of the big ju-ju fear-dolls of Palin and her idjit ilk. We'll have some resolution on that, in a few hours. I'm looking forward to that, at least.
My "Shirley Arent Syndrome" period, actually began with the second election of Reagan.
I was a mere youngster when the "silent majority" (of idiots) brought us "Nixon" the sequel, but still remember the false hope I had when his run was pulled for..you know...evilness.
The first coming of St. Ronnie did teach me one thing: We don't elect presidents, in the sense of a man for the job, we elect empty suits on which to project our own hopes and aspirations. When, through dumb luck, we actually elect men who do the hard work of the office, those among us who have little concept of what the job entails, and what it's limitations are, see the man as weak or ineffectual. Because the right has learned that style beats substance almost every time, when it comes to picking up those swing votes in the mushy middle.
The most painful part is watching the cycle repeat. We are watching the "Carterization" of Obama: The movie where the right convinces the middle that the man actually doing the job (of cleaning up the mess they left for him) isn't actually doing any thing at all. They will spend the next two years grinding him down and making him actually weak and ineffectual, and dig deep for and empty suit, spouting bumper stickers, and with really good hair, to come to our collective rescue.
I don't say "Surely Arent" anymore, having seen this bad movie. It's "Back to the Future II". Lines for "The Circular Firing Squad III" began forming in 2008.
I wish I could believe you, Drifty. But, with places like this I think you may be underestimating the stupid.
Hum along with me now..
Dumb,duh,duh,dumb,dumb..
DUMB DUMB.We're all pretty dang dumb.Deeply dumb.
I'm a firm believer in requiring a demonstration of sanity & some minimal comprehension of civics as a mandatory prerequisite for voting ... because otherwise you nearly always wind up with a one-party state where nobody gets to vote at all.
President Snooki will run under the Republicrat ticket (brought to you by McDonald's, Toyota & Wal-Mart). Her independant opponent, Immanuel Goldstein, will disappear the day after the election, never to be seen again.
Hail To The Skank!
(word verification: sicka)
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