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jerseyfabulous) wrote2008-06-27 11:29 am
jerseyfabulous) wrote2008-06-27 11:29 am
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Some things for Obama and his supporters to ponder
1. There are more than 2 choices. This is not a binary system. There are more than two candidates. There is the option to write in. There is the option to simply cast no vote at the top of the ticket. Stop acting like if I say I'm not currently planning to vote Obama I must be a fan of John McCain.
2. Words matter. Ever heard that? Cause the more I hear of Barry O, the more I become convinced that he has a tin ear. And for someone who's supposed to be such a brilliant speaker with a mastery of rhetoric, that's deadly.
3. "Get over it." The more you act like an entitled, petulant snot, the less likely I am to see thing your way. You want Clinton supporters to "get over it"? Let's see concrete policy positions.
4. The FISA thing. I'm sorry, why exactly should I trust Obama to have some super secret plan to make FISA better after the fact and restore the Fourth Amendment? Why should I have faith that he is a good and honorable person who really does have the best thing for the country and preservation of the Constitution at heart? Why should I trust that he isn't just going to USE that power for himself once he's in office? We're in year 8 of the presidency of a man who said the same thing. Bush's motto has been "Trust me, for I know better than you do." I didn't vote for him the first time, but I think the saying "Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me" applies here. Why ANYONE would extend that kind of trust to a man who is running to BE the one with all that power is beyond me.
5. OMG, ROE V WADE!!! You Obamatons haven't been paying much attention for the past twenty years or so, have you? Roe v Wade is all but dead in the water. The right to choose is nothing more than empty theory in large swathes of the country. So find yourself another club to hit recalcitrant women over the head with. Besides, if you're so damn worried about reproductive rights perhaps you should be concerning yourselves with the real target, Griswold v Connecticut or the intervening milestone Eisenstadt v Baird.
6. "You're doing exactly what Karl Rove wants!" You know what? I take my decisions entirely without reference to what that disgusting pool of syphilitic slime says, does, or wants. You might try doing the same. He is really not the mastermind you make him out to be. He's actually just a stupid little man who delights in playing dirty tricks. Stop trying to make him out to be Voldemort.
7. "You're not a real Democrat if you're not lining up behind Obama!" Keep saying that often enough and you might make it true. I'm not into goose-stepping. I'm already pondering switching to the Greens. The more verbal feces like this you hurl, the more likely I am to decide that it might be nice to be part of a party that gives a shit about social justice, equal rights, the environment, and education.
2. Words matter. Ever heard that? Cause the more I hear of Barry O, the more I become convinced that he has a tin ear. And for someone who's supposed to be such a brilliant speaker with a mastery of rhetoric, that's deadly.
3. "Get over it." The more you act like an entitled, petulant snot, the less likely I am to see thing your way. You want Clinton supporters to "get over it"? Let's see concrete policy positions.
4. The FISA thing. I'm sorry, why exactly should I trust Obama to have some super secret plan to make FISA better after the fact and restore the Fourth Amendment? Why should I have faith that he is a good and honorable person who really does have the best thing for the country and preservation of the Constitution at heart? Why should I trust that he isn't just going to USE that power for himself once he's in office? We're in year 8 of the presidency of a man who said the same thing. Bush's motto has been "Trust me, for I know better than you do." I didn't vote for him the first time, but I think the saying "Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me" applies here. Why ANYONE would extend that kind of trust to a man who is running to BE the one with all that power is beyond me.
5. OMG, ROE V WADE!!! You Obamatons haven't been paying much attention for the past twenty years or so, have you? Roe v Wade is all but dead in the water. The right to choose is nothing more than empty theory in large swathes of the country. So find yourself another club to hit recalcitrant women over the head with. Besides, if you're so damn worried about reproductive rights perhaps you should be concerning yourselves with the real target, Griswold v Connecticut or the intervening milestone Eisenstadt v Baird.
6. "You're doing exactly what Karl Rove wants!" You know what? I take my decisions entirely without reference to what that disgusting pool of syphilitic slime says, does, or wants. You might try doing the same. He is really not the mastermind you make him out to be. He's actually just a stupid little man who delights in playing dirty tricks. Stop trying to make him out to be Voldemort.
7. "You're not a real Democrat if you're not lining up behind Obama!" Keep saying that often enough and you might make it true. I'm not into goose-stepping. I'm already pondering switching to the Greens. The more verbal feces like this you hurl, the more likely I am to decide that it might be nice to be part of a party that gives a shit about social justice, equal rights, the environment, and education.
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