A lot of people ask me "Why do you watch politics?", "Why do you watch that stuff?", "What do you get out of watching those liars?", etc, etc.... Well, other then you know, knowing what's going on and being informed on what the "liars" are doing. I like to be able to have an intelligent conversation when I come across an intelligent person. That's not saying that people that don't watch politics aren't intelligent, that is saying they're uninformed. I suppose there's nothing wrong with being blissfully unaware, it's just not something I like to be. I like to see the train before it hits me, maybe I can even get off the tracks. But that's not what this post is about, no this isn't about that. This is about some of the funny levity that comes up when watching some pundits, todays example, Chris Matthews...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/35881265%2335881265
Now let me show the key portion that actually made me laugh....
"(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, “FOX NEWS SUNDAY”)
ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Whoever sits here this time next week, you all will be talking about health care reform not as a presidential proposal, but as something that will soon be the law of the land.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MATTHEWS: You know what? I thought Axelrod was better than the president this weekend. That will get him in trouble, but he really was. He was a mensch. He was human—human. I‘m from Philly. And he really seemed to make the case.
You don‘t think you have lost the moral high ground here? How would you like to be a person who says, I don‘t want working people to have health care; I want them to just take their chances in the emergency room; to hell with those people; if they can‘t pay, live with it?
(CROSSTALK)
HARRIS: You sound like Alan Grayson. I don‘t know of a single Republican who says anything remotely close to that.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Maybe that‘s a crude way of putting it.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: What is your position...
(CROSSTALK)
MCMAHON: No.
(CROSSTALK)
HARRIS: Look, our position...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: The 30 million people without health care, what are you saying to those people? Forget it?
HARRIS: Our position is that there a lot of things that both parties can agree on, and we ought to start by passing those.
MATTHEWS: OK.
HARRIS: Both parties get to claim...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: There‘s one thing you don‘t agree on.
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: This party wants to insure the 30 million people that don‘t have health care, and you don‘t.
HARRIS: No, no, no, no. What we don‘t agree is on a 2,300-page, trillion-dollar bill that‘s not going to solve the health care crisis in this country.
MATTHEWS: How long was the Social Security bill?
HARRIS: I have no idea how long...
(CROSSTALK)
MATTHEWS: Neither do I. Why are we talking about this number?
(LAUGHTER)
MATTHEWS: Anyway, thank you, Steve McMahon.
Thank you, Todd Harris.
(LAUGHTER)
MATTHEWS: How long was the bill that took us to the war in Iraq? I don‘t know. It doesn‘t matter. We went to war. "
He totally nailed it, talking about the number of pages is kinda stupid, complaining about the content is debatable, pointing out sections, making a valid point, I can go along with that. I'm even willing to debate a point and listen to the other sides argument. But yeah, talking about somethings too long to read when that's... kinda your job, that's funny.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Anti-Americanism (or “why’s it ok to hate freedom?”)
Back in the day there used to be this little group, let’s call them … The Nationalist Socialist German Worker's' Party, which was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. This group later became the Nazi party. Nazi ideology stressed the failure of democracy, failure of Laissez-faire capitalism, "racial purity of the German people" and persecuted those it perceived either as race enemies or Lebensunwertes Leben, that is "life unworthy of living". This included Jews, Slavs, and Roma along with German homosexuals, the mentally disabled, communists, and others.*
We entered World War 2 and with he help of our allies defeated the spread of Nazi-ism and it’s ideals in May of 1945. In the grand scheme of things that really wasn’t all that long ago. So with that in mind and one of the main things you see on the news being the hatred of Nazi's and their oppressive mentality. why do people continue to fall for the smoke and mirrors of less rights in the cause of safety? You probably think I’m delusional. I assure you, I’m not. Let me show you something interesting, let’s take the Nazi parties ideals and swap some words out. Republican ideology stressed the failure of Liberalism within democracy , failure of Regulation, "Regulatory authorities are commonly set up to enforce standards and safety, to oversee use of public goods and regulate commerce." and the moral decay of society by those it perceived either as moral enemies or Anarchist, that “want nothing more then to destroy the moral fiber of America". This included homosexuals, liberals, communists, and those against the free market. If you look at the two their really not all that different. now that’s not to say Republicans as a whole are Nazi’s, that’d be ridiculous. But the hardcore-far-right Conservatives are an extremist group, much like their polar opposite the far-left liberals. Both of these groups seem to miss the entire point of America and they’re both radical fringe elements in my opinion. The United States was initially setup by a group of people that were fleeing religious intolerance and dictatorial rule. the entire history of our country is based on the throwing off of old ideas and coming up with an amalgam that takes most of the best of all sides and makes a livable environment for everyone. These two groups however, don’t like America or the very premise of the country. they prefer to instigate and inflame hatred for the other side, they also believe only their way is right. For eight years our country was steered to the far right, the far left was hoping that with the election of Obama they could steer us in the polar opposite direction. Funny thing is, President Obama is doing what he said he was going to do, he’s being a centrist, he’s trying to reach out to both sides and use the best ideas from both halves.
It’s a sad state of affairs when people can’t see eye-to-eye, it’s disastrous when they decide to do everything in their power to oppose someone that’s trying to help on some vague principle. It’s ok if you don’t believe in someone else’s ideals, that’s what the country was built on. It’s another thing entirely to use the same principle’s as the Nazi’s, hate, fear, suspicion… to get your way, that’s not something that’s Country first (a popular slogan during the presidential campaigns) that’s Father Land first. Hitler would be proud.
*wikipedia
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Barack Obama, Wins!! McCain loses but goes out in style, and Palin - EPIC FAIL... and for you a retort...
Ahem, I'd just like to close this little chapter of your 15 minutes of fame with closure.
"A small town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except you have actual responsibilities" Sarah Palin quote from the 2008 republican convention
Maybe, but.....
"A community organizer is sort of like a small town mayor , except you actually can become President." Me, quoted November 5th 2008.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
More debate commentary
Pat Buccaneen is like "Palin won because she's "authentic", she's charismatic..." WTF?? How about answering the questions? How about saying something of substance. She can't say anything about the Bailout? She can't say what's so different about the McCain/Palin ticket? She can just say she's not answering questions. Huh? Yeah, that's good stuff right there. Not useful... but good.
To someone.
Not me.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Someone explain to me
Governor Palin is a victim of "Gotcha" journalism because she was overheard responding to a voter about what she's do about a foreign country. So... in order to show she's competent, John McCain goes on the second half of Palin's interview with Katie Couric... a woman... and proceeds to talk over Palin and respond for her when Couric asks her anything. And this is who the disenchanted Hillary voters would rather or should rather vote for? Yeah, that doesn't show her as either incompetent, too stupid to answer, or unable to defend herself in the big leagues. Hell, it was like watching a father protect his daughter, and this is what conservatives want for the next 4 years...? Genius.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My Theory on the Democratic Nominee choice.
This is my theory on the Nomination process.
I want to first tell you to totally ignore the fact that Hillary clinton is Hillary Clinton, not famous, just think of this in basic terms, let's begin.
The Democrats need to win.
We need the Democrats to win.
The Democratic party has lost the last 2 elections.
The Democrats need a change of pace, new tactics.
The Democratic party decided to try something "radical"
These are the facts at the beginning of the Democratic Primary.
Let's look at a few other factors.
Many of John Q. Public in middle america is White. Judeo-Christian, and Conservative.
So, taking all that in account if you want to optimize the democrats getting into office you can have a man (which is traditional) or a woman. Middle America still believes in "traditional" family values, that translates to traditional political beliefs. That means a male is an easier "sell" to the general populace. The only thing the Democrats need to get around is the "Obama's a black guy" thing, which should in all honesty, be really easy. He's a great speaker, charismatic, and gives people hope (something some people have a problem with, go figure). he may not have experience but noone other then a person that's already been President has experience. You can't train to be the "Man" or "Woman", it's just something you do when you get to where your going.
It's not personal, as they say...
It's Politics.
I want to first tell you to totally ignore the fact that Hillary clinton is Hillary Clinton, not famous, just think of this in basic terms, let's begin.
The Democrats need to win.
We need the Democrats to win.
The Democratic party has lost the last 2 elections.
The Democrats need a change of pace, new tactics.
The Democratic party decided to try something "radical"
These are the facts at the beginning of the Democratic Primary.
Let's look at a few other factors.
Many of John Q. Public in middle america is White. Judeo-Christian, and Conservative.
So, taking all that in account if you want to optimize the democrats getting into office you can have a man (which is traditional) or a woman. Middle America still believes in "traditional" family values, that translates to traditional political beliefs. That means a male is an easier "sell" to the general populace. The only thing the Democrats need to get around is the "Obama's a black guy" thing, which should in all honesty, be really easy. He's a great speaker, charismatic, and gives people hope (something some people have a problem with, go figure). he may not have experience but noone other then a person that's already been President has experience. You can't train to be the "Man" or "Woman", it's just something you do when you get to where your going.
It's not personal, as they say...
It's Politics.
Rant Time. (Or, An open letter to the disenfranchised.)
Dear Unhappy Hillary Supporter,
I humbly ask, that you stop whining. I understand your upset that your candidate didn't win, but get over it. If Obama had lost we'd have to get over it, I'd actually have voted for McCain too, but I'm not all emotional and whiney. Let me elaborate. McCain is senile, this guy, this rich white guy wants to make other rich people richer. If your rich, I guess that'd make me all for McCain, but I'm not rich, are you? A lot of the unhappy say "Hillary was slighted or dissed." Are you serious?
Had Hillary won, I'm going to go out on a limb, but I'm going to say noone would expect her to kiss Baracks' ass for being the first black candidate. No, it'd be business as usual, so whats the difference? I'll tell you what the difference is, it's called the ol' double standard. You, Ms. Disenchchanted Angry neo-Feminist Hillary Supporter are one of these fake feminists that want's their cake and to eat it too. You want to be treated like a guy, to dress like a guy, to be paid like a guy, then you wanna throw a tantrum like a little girl when you don't get your way. You can't have it both ways, you can't whine things aren't fair when your losing but when your winning be "Everythings fine and my opponent needs to toughen up."
And are you also kidding me that the Clintons would have paid Obama's debt had he not been a phenomenally great fund raiser? I'm going to say publicly that A.) Your freaking insane, and B.) considering the Clinton legacy they should be above all this whining and crap. I for one, am tired of the whole, Clinton/Obama supposed feud. If you believed in Hillary's policies, then there's NO reason why you shouldn't vote for Obama, for months their policies were damn near the same, the only difference? Barack Obama is the new guy and the Clintons have a legacy. Just because the Clintons have a legacy does not pre-ordain hillary to be the first woman President. Let me drop a little knowledge on you. Our country can't deal with the educational system, the national debt, the war we're trying to get out of, or our dependance on oil from from abroad or from the oil tycoons locally, or even our collapsing medical system. Maybe in the grand scheme of things,the choices came down to the two possible candidates society as a whole was ready for. Either a woman or an african-american male, there's only enough tolerance for one or the other, it's sad but true, do you really think there's the possibility to get both? I think not, in fact I believe had Hillary been chosen she would've picked Joe Biden because he's the most logical choice for either one of them, he's an older caucasian guy who has years of experience. He's a familiar generic pick that is what's considered "normal." I'm not saying it's right or fair, but to get things you want sometimes you have to compromise.
There's a thing called acceptable losses and collateral damage. See, you need a balanced ticket that isn't too far to the left and crazy, a woman and a black guy, isn't exactly the norm in politics, so then it comes down to what's easier to accept. A woman or a man, in politics, the norm is a man. So is America ready for a male President who happens to be black or a woman that happens to be white. The truth, the logical decision is demonstrated by your erratic declarations and pronouncements. Your scorned and bitter because the first woman to ever run lost? So you'd rather not vote or vote for McCain just to be spiteful?? You'd rather turn against your fundamental beliefs, to go to the opposition just to spite Barack Obama? Well, good, you should go, it just proves a point and not your point but the point of maybe, just maybe, a certain gender is just overly sensitive and not ready to have their finger on the button. Besides, these things are in 4 year cycles, if he wins and sucks, just vote for her, there'd be nothing in her way.
I humbly ask, that you stop whining. I understand your upset that your candidate didn't win, but get over it. If Obama had lost we'd have to get over it, I'd actually have voted for McCain too, but I'm not all emotional and whiney. Let me elaborate. McCain is senile, this guy, this rich white guy wants to make other rich people richer. If your rich, I guess that'd make me all for McCain, but I'm not rich, are you? A lot of the unhappy say "Hillary was slighted or dissed." Are you serious?
Had Hillary won, I'm going to go out on a limb, but I'm going to say noone would expect her to kiss Baracks' ass for being the first black candidate. No, it'd be business as usual, so whats the difference? I'll tell you what the difference is, it's called the ol' double standard. You, Ms. Disenchchanted Angry neo-Feminist Hillary Supporter are one of these fake feminists that want's their cake and to eat it too. You want to be treated like a guy, to dress like a guy, to be paid like a guy, then you wanna throw a tantrum like a little girl when you don't get your way. You can't have it both ways, you can't whine things aren't fair when your losing but when your winning be "Everythings fine and my opponent needs to toughen up."
And are you also kidding me that the Clintons would have paid Obama's debt had he not been a phenomenally great fund raiser? I'm going to say publicly that A.) Your freaking insane, and B.) considering the Clinton legacy they should be above all this whining and crap. I for one, am tired of the whole, Clinton/Obama supposed feud. If you believed in Hillary's policies, then there's NO reason why you shouldn't vote for Obama, for months their policies were damn near the same, the only difference? Barack Obama is the new guy and the Clintons have a legacy. Just because the Clintons have a legacy does not pre-ordain hillary to be the first woman President. Let me drop a little knowledge on you. Our country can't deal with the educational system, the national debt, the war we're trying to get out of, or our dependance on oil from from abroad or from the oil tycoons locally, or even our collapsing medical system. Maybe in the grand scheme of things,the choices came down to the two possible candidates society as a whole was ready for. Either a woman or an african-american male, there's only enough tolerance for one or the other, it's sad but true, do you really think there's the possibility to get both? I think not, in fact I believe had Hillary been chosen she would've picked Joe Biden because he's the most logical choice for either one of them, he's an older caucasian guy who has years of experience. He's a familiar generic pick that is what's considered "normal." I'm not saying it's right or fair, but to get things you want sometimes you have to compromise.
There's a thing called acceptable losses and collateral damage. See, you need a balanced ticket that isn't too far to the left and crazy, a woman and a black guy, isn't exactly the norm in politics, so then it comes down to what's easier to accept. A woman or a man, in politics, the norm is a man. So is America ready for a male President who happens to be black or a woman that happens to be white. The truth, the logical decision is demonstrated by your erratic declarations and pronouncements. Your scorned and bitter because the first woman to ever run lost? So you'd rather not vote or vote for McCain just to be spiteful?? You'd rather turn against your fundamental beliefs, to go to the opposition just to spite Barack Obama? Well, good, you should go, it just proves a point and not your point but the point of maybe, just maybe, a certain gender is just overly sensitive and not ready to have their finger on the button. Besides, these things are in 4 year cycles, if he wins and sucks, just vote for her, there'd be nothing in her way.
Comedy.
But FoxNews is reporting he's your guy. So, yeah I'll keep you posted. I'm waiting to see if John Mccain picks a woman vice president. I also openly hope all the Hillary supporters that are for McCain go republican, hmmm... I feel a rant coming on.
day 2, the DNC
FoxNoise, the only channel that covers an event by... not covering an event. Also, a clever trick, showing footage of no Hillary support by zooming in on little sections of anti-McCain and Pro Obama supporters... nice job Fox, but I watched the camera coverage on MSNBC and they did Panorama shots. You may've heard of them, they're used to show The Big PICTURE. Maybe you can try it some time. Oh, and Megyn Kelly, your a great actress, for the longest time you had me convinced you were a correspondent with integrity, Bravo!! You deserve an Oscar... F.Y.I. I know your not too bright, so just so you know... that's sarcasm. Hm, apparently Fox also saw a different video intro then the rest of us... maybe they really do live in a parallel world.
On a more positive note, having watched a version that's not talked over on MSNBC, I can say, Hillary's speech was great, I may not trust her, but she can deliver a great speech and her supporters looked fired up and ready to go, Contrary to Foxs' shady reporting. Can someone tell me why Rudy "A noun, a verb, and 9/11" Guilliani is a main "goto" guy for Hannity and Colmes? Didn't his bid end up as a punchline when he ran?
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wow, i don't know if this is racist, an insult, or a racist backhanded insult...
I'm watching FoxNoise and Hannity and Colmes and Sean Hannity just said: "....Obama is articulate, bright... and clean..."
He's... clean... so... why wouldn't he be? I've never heard a person described like that, well i did, but it was in re-enactments of auction blocks from 400 years ago. I'm just... wow.
He's... clean... so... why wouldn't he be? I've never heard a person described like that, well i did, but it was in re-enactments of auction blocks from 400 years ago. I'm just... wow.
OMGWTFSTR8TALK?!?!111!1
Ah, the newest smear campaign of the Republican party. Obama is against babies (he has 2 daughters though...) he voted against a bill to help babies that survive abortions (though there's a law in place that already does this), and he's lying about us lying about his record. Obama didn't vote on a bill that was nearly identical to a federal bill because he didn't agree with the Illinois bill, but did agree with the Federal bill. I suppose this story would be outrageous and a scandal except the right-wingers fail to mention there were addendums tacked onto the bill that Obama didn't agree with. Let me repeat, there were other bills, like when congress adds a motion to raise their pay on the back of a bill to send weapons to our troops or to provide them with health care. So, I suppose this is the Obama is a baby killer attack? First he might be "The One" (aka the devil) and now he's a babysitter. All he has said... and repeatedly is he's pro-life but believes in womens rights. How can being in favor of womens rights cause so much drama?? I also like the allusion that Obama is running because he's conceited and doesn't care about our countries security (yes he said that...)
And hello pot, this is kettle, I wrote a speech for you, here's an excerpt "...All that is asked of the rest of us is that we do not dishonor their sacrifice by treating the cause they served so bravely as an opportunity to argue without wisdom; to divide us without care for the consequences; to advance our individual or partisan interests at the expense of America's security...." (McCain's Speech To The Members Of The Veterans Of Foreign Wars ,Published April 7, 2008) Examples:
How do you like it? Huh, what?? Why are you laughing??
Maybe I'm laughing because I remember this....
John McCain might have survived being a prisoner, but obviously they were too late to save his honor.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The Infamous Blue balled Ad....
I'm not going to say I'm a die hard Democrat but, since there only ever seems to be two parties at any given time, this election I'm firmly behind Barack Obama. This story isn't about Barack (shock and awe) although the media would like to link him to the ad. No this particular rant is about the hilariously clever "blue Balled Ad". Not only is the ad clever, it has very calculated lighting, look at the light the girls under and her clothes. Look at the guy and his house and his sheets. Ah, subliminal and blunt. Remember kids, Democrats are trendy, hip, cool and Republicans--not so much.
Enjoy.
Sure, there's the point that the girl is slutty but thats besides the point so if you comment, know it's duly noted ahead of time.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
My opinion on Hillary Clinton
I'll start off this post by saying two things up-front. I wouldn't vote for McCain if he was the only person in the election. He's a terribly uncharismatic speaker and his tone is so dull, I actually start getting sleepy when he speaks. I'll probably go on about him some other time. I also want to state, that I like Obama. Sure, he's an idealist, but lets face it, if he actually does half the things he says, we'll be three times better off then we are. I'll post about him later too. This post is about Hillary Clinton. I've never been a fan of H.C., I've always taken issue with her duplicitous nature and her seeming fraudulentness. I'm pretty sure McCain would be preferable over her we're the choices up to me, thats right, I'd pick Obama, then McCain, then someone from an independent party, then an illegal immigrant, THEN H.C. The thing about the Clinton campaign is I think Bill clinton was a great president, the enviroment was on the mend, there was a surplus of money, jobs were on the rise, we weren't at WAR.....
That said, I can't even say i disagree with all of H.C. stances, I don't, she and Obama are a lot similiar in their stances. the problem with Hillary Clinton.... is Hillary Clinton. "Huh, what?" you might think, let me show you commentary on some recent things she has said:
Having seen that video, maybe you see what I'm saying. Hillary feels she is preordained to be the first female President and frankly if she were, that'd be fine and dandy. The problem seems to be that although she may be right about some issues, she can't be satisfied with being respected or a rolemodel for women, hard working white women (I guess), or any young women (no matter their color or nationality) that need to be able to see that politically females can be anything men can be. Hey, I have a daughter, I understand wanting your child to know that they are only limited by their own dreams and ambitions. My issue in particular is that no matter what it is you want to be or that you want to do you shouldn't lie (misremember) or attempt to change the rules when your losing or even pull the gender card because it seems like it might get you what you want. Besides, it wasnt 2 months ago that this same person was saying "politics is a tough business", unless it seems it's her.
For the record, using assassination in the context of your opponent or using past assassinations as a reference to your campaign is the lowest of the low and anyone that says differently is basically, a moron.
(stay tuned for editing)
That said, I can't even say i disagree with all of H.C. stances, I don't, she and Obama are a lot similiar in their stances. the problem with Hillary Clinton.... is Hillary Clinton. "Huh, what?" you might think, let me show you commentary on some recent things she has said:
Having seen that video, maybe you see what I'm saying. Hillary feels she is preordained to be the first female President and frankly if she were, that'd be fine and dandy. The problem seems to be that although she may be right about some issues, she can't be satisfied with being respected or a rolemodel for women, hard working white women (I guess), or any young women (no matter their color or nationality) that need to be able to see that politically females can be anything men can be. Hey, I have a daughter, I understand wanting your child to know that they are only limited by their own dreams and ambitions. My issue in particular is that no matter what it is you want to be or that you want to do you shouldn't lie (misremember) or attempt to change the rules when your losing or even pull the gender card because it seems like it might get you what you want. Besides, it wasnt 2 months ago that this same person was saying "politics is a tough business", unless it seems it's her.
For the record, using assassination in the context of your opponent or using past assassinations as a reference to your campaign is the lowest of the low and anyone that says differently is basically, a moron.
(stay tuned for editing)
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