Political Sadness

The other day, my father sent me an atrocious video link to sensationalist propaganda about Obama - a different one than the others in times past. The claims made in the video were easily debunked by a few clicks onto different news agencies. Sent those to my dad and asked him to remove me from mass distributions, but to include me on family business only. I'm tired of hearing brainwashed, misinformed, conservative, dominionist rhetoric. Last night, because I'd CC:'d my siblings on the email to my dad, my brother wrote a vehemently worded email agreeing with my father's point of view and all the Obama smack talk. That made me sad.

It's not that I absolutely love Obama; there are many things he could be doing better.
It's not that I want people to believe that Obama was born in Hawaii, that he has school records from Indonesia, or that he has an actual law degree and is a Christian.

Obama is our president. End of story. Man up (as I said in my email, which pissed off my brother tremendously, apparently). Get over it and move forward.

I wish people would focus on the important stuff. We have departments, commissions, and watchdog groups in our government whose sole job is to vet our potential candidates. If anything - truly anything - doesn't measure up, then it will stop the process and the person won't be on the fracking ballot, folks!

It's ever more saddening to see whack jobs like Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle winning their states' primaries.

It's disheartening not to see Democrats rising to the occasion and REALLY getting out there to campaign - MAKE HISTORY AGAIN - and KEEP OUR DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY in Washington!

It's so frustrating that many Republican folks are just following their Senators and "Representatives" so blindly. Their sheep aren't noticing that filibustering is not only childish, but counterproductive - working toward bi-partisan consensus is more productive. Even when Republicans say they agree and support something the Dems put forth, when it goes to a vote, the Republicans (lacking integrity) filibuster and/or vote "no".

It baffles me that conservatives - in general - aren't listening to both sides and making well-informed decisions.

I barely have an interest in mentioning Tea Baggers because they and their ideas are all so insane. Political candidates, like O'Donnell, actually believe in and preach on abstinence. In 2010. Abstinence is a (misguided) practice, which has proven DISASTROUS in Texas. Political candidates, like Angle, actually believe that illegal immigration is on the rise and oppose abortion even in cases of rape & incest; wonder if that would apply to one of her daughters or grandkids?

The problem with the Tea Baggers is they may be the next "viable" party that puts people into office. When I used to wish for more political parties in America, I wasn't talking about conservative ones; that wasn't even in my thought process at all. Next time I speak to my blue genie, I'll have to be more specific.

Doesn't She Look Tired?

Last night, I asked Matt, "How does one bring down someone like Sarah Palin? How do you take her out of running for president before she gets to the point to start her campaign?"

He said, "Doesn't she look tired?"

"Ah! The Doctor Who Solution!!" I replied. Then it clicked.

I went onto Facebook this morning and "Liked" her page so that I could comment on her posts and wall. I've peppered "Doesn't Sarah look tired?" on as many posts as I could. When I posted, "Glenn Beck is a Mormon! http://www.glennbeckmormon.com/" to her wall, within 5 minutes, the comment was removed. When I posted a link to the Project for the Old American Century, it was removed in 2 minutes. They're onto me!

Sarah actually pays a person to sit and watch the comments on her FB - and remove counter comments. It's fascinating how she spends her money - that people give her freely!! I just don't get why people just hand her $225 for a ticket to her beer bash with Glenn Beck in Alaska on Sep. 11. Just to have a meet-and-greet with her and him. It's disgusting. And they're both laughing all the way to the bank.




Quotes (lifted directly) from people who follow Sarah Palin on Facebook:
1: "sarah,i think you are great i read going roguh,was very supprized,you era quite a womanthis is a 71yr old that appreats you."
2: "So my dear, What..may I ask, is your oppinion on Medicianal Marijuwana?"
3: "Acorn is subsized by the govmnt to work the friends for Obama on Facebook like they registered dead people to vote."
4: "Hey I have made a group "Sarah Pailin for president," because you would be the best right now for the job. I feel you have all of your values right and you know what needs to be done with country. Also I feel everyone would love your decisions, and look you have how many fans of you on facebook only. All else i could say is you should consider running for president in the next election."