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| It's like Christmas...and yet, not so much |
| 10.25.04 (10:45 am) |
Point: Bush is warning of terror attacks around election day. Convenient.
Counterpoint: Bush says we can't be completely safe.
Go to Google News. It's remarkable.
Also, this Wolves ad the Bushies are running. That's right. If you don't vote for Bush, wolves are going to eat you. Better be careful. What about lions and tigers and bears? Are the wolves representing terrorists or are the wolves representing liberals? Do people actually believe this shit?
Now I have this weird Little-Red-Riding-Hood vision...eesh.
It should be crytal clear by now that the neo-conservative, theocratic, fear-mongering nutjobs are trying to scare you into voting for Bush.
Ok. If you vote for Bush because you are scared, then you haven't been paying attention to the lies, lies, lies and more lies these assholes are feeding us. They lie about everything--especially the scary stuff. LIES.
I'm on pins and needles with this election. I am so jumpy inside I feel like I might just burst into tears. It reminds me of the countdown to Xmas when I was little. Just couldn't STAND the wait the last 8 days or so.
The thing is, I'm not excited about what I'll be getting--I'm excited to see what happens--maybe Kerry will take it in a landslide...Oh wouldn't that be so wonderful? I get a warm feeling just thinking about it.
But, I think this is going to be another Litigation Presidency.
I was talking with my friend yesterday about all...that. She pointed out what a fine example these guys are setting. ALready there are lawsuits on file in various states. Litigation as a means to resolve the election is the ultimate in sore-loser-dom. Unless, of course, the count is so close that hi-jinks by one party or the other could swing the whole thing. Then litigation is ok. And jail. I think Katherine Harris and Co.--perpetrators of the 2000 debacle--should be in jail. Bastards and assholes. All of them.
I think the fact that both sides have lawyers lined up and ready to go points out the horribly decrepit state of our election systems, the need to federalize Federal elections, and the gaping, gaping holes through which parties can drive Mack trucks of voting irregularities with --for the most part-- impunity.
That's just freaking WRONG.
I live in Illinois. My state has been ceded to the Dems. Which is FINE by me. Really. I can't imagine how awful it is to live in a Red State. That's just gotta blow.
Anyway. I can honestly say that, up until last night, I had not seen a campaign ad for Bush or Kerry unless it was part of some 'news' story (a la the Swift Boat Veterans crap). If someone watched only the commercials (no news, etc.) on my television, you would not know a presidential campaign is being waged.
Yet, if you went 90 miles north to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you'd be barraged with the ads. So, basically, I'm taken for granted. Which is fine. But you know, it would be nice if my candidate--Kerry, in case you hadn't guessed--could at least STOP BY for an afternoon and pump us all up a bit.
I'm just saying.
I also "just say" that Colorado's got the right idea--don't give all the electoral votes to the winner of a plurality/majority. APPORTION the electoral votes. You get 30% of the vote, you get 30% of the electors. Period.
That short circuits this Electoral College bullshit, gives voters the power and short circuits much of the sore loser litigation.
Just saying.
8 days...
Hopefully it's 8 days to a new beginning.
If it turns out it's 8 days til more of the same, then hold on to your hats, kids. It's gonna be a bad, bad ride.
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