Posted on 05/17/2006 8:55:39 AM PDT by neverdem
The Weinerette's live in a bi-polar world, just like their leader. To them, if you don't like Der Weiner, then you are a Bush-bot.
There was a time when elections were decided by the people. Now they're decided by multinational corporations who own media outlets that can swamp the liberal cities with whatever line will increase the profit margin.
We had an election here in Oregon yesterday. A large school district had a bond measure up for approval. But here such measures require a "super majority" to pass. That is, not only must the measure get over 50% of the vote but at least 50% of eligible voters must cast their ballots. The turnout was only about 41% and the measure failed.
I look ahead and try to see the possible choices I might have in November and again in two more years and I consider not even voting.
Time after time we're presented with a choice between Frick and Frack, between Tweedledum and Tweedledummer, between bad and worse. We step into the voting booth, holding our noses and vote for "the lesser of the two evils" knowing full well both are evil.
I don't think I want to play the game anymore. Regardless of my choice, it turns out to be bad. Even a lowly rat, chased through a maze expects a piece of cheese for his effors. Deny him his reward and he'll never even enter the maze. We must be dumber than that rat, 'cause we keep going back into the booth, going through the same motions year after year, expecting some new and different outcome and getting the same old shaft.
What's that definition of insanity again?
I would not trust McCain if he said the sun raises in the east and shines yellow.
He has been a RINO, strong conservative, dahrling democrat, and other things at times but always a camera hawk.
I just don't trust McCain to be a real Reagan Conservative, but then neither is G.W. Bush.
A good article to keep for reposting when McLame starts campaigning.
What If Mexicans Were Crack? - Some similar arguments.
Technobarons of the 21st century (HR 5252 COPE)[A MUST READ!]
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I think your history is skewed. Thomas Eagleton, of depression fame, was George McGovern's VP candidate in 1972, until he was "fired" or removed himself. The MSM being against him actually helped Nixon. Goldwater's VP candidate was William Miller.
>>The uninfringed Second Amendment is a fine litmus test for me.
Ditto that bump.
If a pol doesn't trust me with firearms, I don't trust that pol with the power of government.
Just FYI, Miller's last time in the public eye was as part of an old American Express ad campaign. "Do you know me? I ran for VP... nobody knows me. That's why I carry the American Express card."
That was one of the reasons I used to love American Express -- entertaining ads. But the GWOT taught me different. When I deployed it took me months to get to a place where I could pay my Amex bill -- on a Platinum card I'd had for 19 or so years, I owed 'em $245 when I took off. One of their snooty sales reps told me that Amex didn't care that I was kinda busy... "I listen to deadbeats like you all day." Mind you, that's after two decades without a late payment.
I paid the bill, and threw my card away. I don't accept American Express cards now, and never will. A couple years ago they were giving Jesse Jackson $2 million a year as part of his annual Wall Street shakedown, but they couldn't deal with a soldier who left one loose end -- and was calling, by the way, on a $1.50 a minute satphone from a place ending in "stan."
All the goodwill they built up with their Bill Miller ads and giving me decent service for a long time vanished when they put some anti-soldier lefty on the phone. Screw 'em.
d.o.l.
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BTTT
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