This election – for a larger section of the electorate than any since at least 1992 – isn’t a referendum on perception, it’s a long-overdue referendum on the state of people’s lives, and this society. This is why John McCain keeps doing all these bizarre “Hail Mary” stunts – he can’t win otherwise. He’s got to try and confuse everybody with Jerry Springer shananigans and melodramatic announcements and linking Barack Obama to al Qaeda and Timothy Leary and the Screech Sex Tape and hope that, somehow, the American public is stupid enough to ask for four more years of this shit. He’s got to do all this stuff, but he knows it probably won’t be enough. He’s probably going to lose. To a black guy. A black guy with an Ay-rab name who is smarter, taller, more decent, more educated, and just all around better than you and everyone you know; who could have your job and your whole life in a heartbeat but doesn’t need or want it; and who your cracker wife imagines she’s with when she’s fucking you, or Dustin Diamond, or whoever. He’s got Karl Rove, in a perfect storm of redneckressentiment and panic, and it’s just not enough. He isfucked.
A.
Yeah, and speaking of Hail Marys, here’s how today’s $700 Billion, 4th-and-80 play went down in flames:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/news/economy/bailout/index.htm?cnn=yes
My personal favorite quote:
“Like the Iraq war and patriot act, this bill is fueled by fear and haste,” said Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas.
Just like to say to Congress: Welcome to the party, pal. Sorry you showed up late, but at least you got here.
Wicked awesome pic! 🙂
Elspeth
That is a great picture! I love the warmth and love you see between them. They seem so real, so together, etc. Unlike Chimpy and the Lump, or Johnny Drama and the Beer Queen.
It’s been a hella strange day. I needed the smile. Thanks, A.
butbutbut mcDick was supposed to save us!
And speaking of another WTF governmental moment…
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/104/story/220041.html
“…He’s probably going to lose. To a black guy. A black guy with an Ay-rab name who is smarter, taller, more decent, more educated, and just all around better than you and everyone you know; who could have your job and your whole life in a heartbeat but doesn’t need or want it; and who your cracker wife imagines she’s with when she’s fucking you”
I’m convinced this is what McCain was thinking on stage with Obama last Friday, and that’s why he wouldn’t look at Obama. And was so snarly.
Thanks for the pic – that made my morning.