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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
kcar27
Published Letters: 42
Really, isn't it time to flush Republicans like this clown Geoff Davis? They get elected on the same tired old platform and spread hysterical fear and hatred. And the press just eats it up. Osama's not wearing an American flag pin! He insulted prayer and guns! What an elitist Anti-Christ snob! Surely his candidacy is over!
But it's sure OK to call Osama "boy." People like Trent Lott and Dick Armey and Geoff Davis will "apologize" but they don't really mean it--and they're supporters are pathetic enough to snicker along with them quietly. And the press will just shake its head...oh those hell-raisin' Republicans. Aren't they a hoot? Maybe Ann Coulter will say something outrageous about gays or Muslims next!
I've met too many people like Davis here in DC. They're well-dressed, slick hustlers who fit someone's fuzzy notion of what a "leader" should look like. Unfortunately most of them are incompetent bigoted nut-jobs whose only real skills are manipulating the voters and serving special interests.
And so we find ourselves with a huge federal deficit again, two unending wars, a hollowed-out economy filled with terrified debtors who can't afford basics like food and fuel, a tottering financial industry, disappearing civil liberties and an incompetent imperial president, a half-crippled New Orleans and finally an impending global ecological disaster. Feel free to add to the list: it's been a very long 7+ years.
But Geoff Davis is still in DC to wear that pin, pose for his constituents, and encourage hate-filled intolerance. We get the leaders we deserve, folks, and we deserve better than Dubya, Dick and this clown. Save your country. Vote Democrat.
@DQuintanaNY: My bad. Thanks for pointing that out--didn't get any sleep last night.
@khia213: it would be a smart idea to hat least have catastrophic health insurance before calling a black man "boy." My dad used to wonder aloud why the "n" word was acceptably used by blacks when talking to each other but was an outrage when used by a white person towards a black one. One good explanation I had for him was something I heard on Tavis Smiley: blacks use that word to take the sting out of it, to appropriate it as part of their own culture and not an insult. When a white person uses that word or "boy" towards a black person, it's not a sign of joshing or teasing friendliness. It's a form of denigration.
John McCain might be charming and funny, but he's getting old and is stuck in the past. I'm not surprised that he got confused over the complexities of sectarian conflict in the Middle East, but he should have known Petraeus's responsibilities. My guess is that all the campaigning is taking a toll on him.
What's worse is that McCain has tied himself to the policies of the Bush administration. He's practically licking the boots of the religious right and he sounds more and more like an old version of Dubya on matters like Iraq, the mortgage crisis, torture, health care, etc.
Remember back on 9/11/01, when Bush was in the elementary school classroom reading "My Pet Goat"? John McCain has become Bush's pet goat--hell, he even looks the part.
We're not going to move into the future and solve our immense national problems by staying in the past or looking backwards. The '08 campaign is likely going to be John McCain's Farewell Tour. John will give us some great one-liners like Johnny Carson, but don't expect much from him. He's worn out.
There's an old joke that USMC doesn't stand for US Marine Corps but actually "U Suckers Missed Christmas." Bush and McCain are just extending that concept to a new level: when you sign up for military service, you sign up for life.
That's right! You're a patriot! You've taken up the noble profession of defending America and this country is now at permanent war with terrorists. So you'll have a long, full career with no time for silliness like education, other careers, marriage and kids or any other outside obligations.
George Bush told American soldiers in Afghanistan that he, well, envied</> them and their "romantic" lives of imminent violence and death, separation from family, hardship, crappy pay and indefinitely extendible tours of duty. If only he could join them, he mused. Dubya and his pet goat McCain are cutting out the distractions for these wonderful soldiers so the GOP can warap the US flag around itself and keep these wars (er, profit centers) going for Halliburton, Blackwater, etc. It's a win-win-win situation all around.
And Americans are so much safer!
So much for McCain's learning from his dealings with Keating. This guy is a whore with a temper. Sure, he may like the lobbyists and developers he personally helps out, but being a Senator isn't supposed to be about helping your buddies and screwing the average guy.
I wonder if his second wife--the beer distributorship heiress--ever worries about her marriage. McCain started chasing her while still married to the unsuspecting first wife. Was John chasing her or her money? What if a younger, richer donor came along: would Cindy get kicked to the curb as well?
This story makes it clear that McCain will loot this country for his super-rich friends, just like Bush did, if he gets elected. He can get as angry as he wants, but the truth is out: McCain is for sale and he listens to the highest bidder.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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