McCain's "Kind Of Sorry" He Sucks....

OK, ok, that's not really at all what he said, but it's such a better quote! Really, McCain went on Good Morning America this morning and had this to say:

"I'm kind of sorry that it's over because it's been exciting. I mean, it's been -- it's been one of the most incredible experiences that anybody can have."

He's talking about the presidential race, of course, but I think that's a bit of an odd way to look at things. I mean… he's spent his entire campaign trying to malign Barack Obama, and he's "kind of sorry" it's over? I put a lot of things in the "most incredible experience" category (probably more than I'm suppose to considering it's the most category, but hey, it works for me), but nearly two years of mud slinging, lieing, deceiving and drawing false conclusions about people that I had considered friends or at least work associates? Yeah, that would not be one of them.

I'm kind of sad too. I'm sad that, when McCain loses, we'll have to say goodbye to the conservative lap dog he has become and welcome back the McCain of the 90's. I'm kind of sad that we'll have to say goodbye to the tyranny and oppression of Bush. I'm kind of sad I won't have political ads to look up on You Tube for another few years.

Actually, come to think of it, my blood pressure is pretty damn excited about this race being over. I don't know how many more times I can open up a browser and almost shit from the ridiculousness of political campaigning, and I have a feeling my boyfriend is getting tired of cleaning it all up (Love you honey!).

As a side note, I earlier thought that my company had taken down it's web server because too many people were on line looking for exit poll info and such. Turns out that it was a regular old busted series of tubes. I was all ready with a new post ranting about it, but then the webs came back up and all was good again.

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Tired, But Not Done

I've been in a funk the past few days. Nothing like I was a few weeks ago, this is a new funk. More of a burn out, actually. I'm think I'm just over it, you know? I only have so much energy, and I have some serious health issues related to my stomach so I can't get too worked up too often…. I think I'm over this political race to the White House.

I really don't like McCain. And I absolutely hate Sarah Palin and her fundamentalist, Scare Bear roots. I really think Obama will usher in a new era of social awareness, of societal benefit over individual benefit (individual meaning, of course, rich white people… does anyone else matter to the Republicans?). I think Biden is solid and qualified, as well as passionate, and even though I don't really like his restrictive stance on tech issues, I can generally agree with him more often than not.

And that's about it.

There are plenty of things to scream about. Like the other guy from another burb of my home town that "hanged" and Obama ghost in his front yard. Or the next fine McCain supporter specimen that believes in destroying someone else's property who supports Obama (did you know that Obama is black? I was completely unaware until she told me in the video…). Or the abysmal view the McCain/Palin ticket holds of our future as a country. But I just can't do it right now.

Of course, that likely won't last long. I'm sure by the end of the week, there will be something that sparks me to a new rage, some stupid comment from a right-wing jerk. Hell, that'll probably happen by the end of today! Maybe I'll try some positive posts about my favorite candidate instead of constantly pointing and yelling about the other guy…

Oh yeah, McCain, you suck!

New Nicknames

My coworker stopped by my desk first thing for the usual "how was your weekend" conversation, which I love talking about with him because although he's 52 and married, he usually has a more interesting, party-filled weekend than most people I know around my age. He asked me if I had watched SNL (which I didn't), and then laid on me his new nickname for John McCain and Sarah Palin:

John ArCane and the Snow Billy.

Fantastic! Spread it around. It's absolutely fetch.

Holy Racist Frakin' BS, Batman!

I am FLOORED by this! Even as a sick joke by some jerk, this would be bad, but as part of local GOP newsletter?!?!

I'm really not sure why in the world I expect better. There are just too many people that are so scared of the image of a powerful black man that they will do anything to try and derail him.

The local GOP Pres. (PS, this was in California... still think they're all liberal, progressive hippies out there?) swears that she only meant to poke fun at a statement Obama made about not looking like the other presidents on the bills... yeah. So to parody that statement, she tosses in every possible racist image plus puts it on a food stamp?!

These are your supporters John McCain. Are you still proud?

People I Know Still Support Him?

I don't get it. I'm really not understanding it. In fact, I am completely confounded.

Today, yet again, I opened my Facebook account to find that another one of my friends from Cincinnati had added some sort of "I support McCain," or "Palin PWNS U!," or "I'm Scared Of That Black Guy" thing to their account, publicly stating that they support The Anger Ball and The Idiot for the White House. Sure, it's only Facebook, but you know that means that they'll actually vote for the douchebag. Luckily for the rest of us, most of the people that I know in Cincinnati don't actually live in Ohio, rather they live in Northern Kentucky. Why do I say luckily? Because no matter what happens, Kentucky is a tried and true Red State, so it's not like we're planning on those 5 Electoral College votes anyway.

Why does it amaze me? Well, for one, I know many of them have absolutely no clue why they support McCain, or are simply single-issue voters. They heard somewhere that McCain will not eat as many babies as Obama, or they perceive that a crazy-ass Christian Extremist Scare Bear will somehow benefit the world. To them, politics is really menial. They have been convinced that the President doesn't really have much power, sway or authority, so the idea of actually understanding the totality of who they are voting for isn't important.

A few others though do understand who they are supporting and choose to support McCain nonetheless. These people simultaneously make me happy and scare the shit out of me! They make me happy because they have taken time to invest in the political process and own their beliefs. They may not agree with everything that McCain/Palin are, but they believe that they would perform a better job than Obama/Biden. However flawed a decision that is, it is still more admirable than being these guys. But they scare the shit out of me because, even after researching and listening and understanding who exactly they are voting for, they are still choosing to vote for McCain.

It's usually a combination of a few issues. Usually, they support what the Republican party stands for: Lower taxes for the exceedingly wealthy (so that the middle class and poor can keep caviar on the wealthy's plate), lowered market place regulation (example: look at our current national economy and banking industry), and decentralized government (a.k.a., no socialized programs designed to raise the bar of society, instead allowing the bottom rung to fest and rot America from the inside out). Usually, they agree with a foreign policy stance or a few choice issues. Usually, they don't agree with a few other issues, but to them, when they balance that all out, they still think McCain is a solid choice.

Never mind that Obama soundly believes in balancing the burden of society off of them, because I assure you, none of my friends are in the wealthy elite. Never mind that Obama has a real plan that could lead us to real, actual healthcare in this country, because a few of them don't even get health care at their jobs. Never mind that Obama supports equal rights and protections for their gay friend(s), because marriage rights do not directly affect them. Never mind all of that. They still think that McCain and Palin are a better choice for this country, just as McCain and Palin both believe that my sexuality is a choice. That, my friends, is scary as hell.

Hey McCain! These Are Your Supporters... You Proud?

Hey McCain! Listen To This Military Leader!

McCain Shows His Co-Conspirator Side Again...

How cute McCain.  Don't bat an eye when someone screams out that your opponent for the White House is a terrorist.  Accept it and allow that notion to float on the minds of those people obviously unstable enough to believe that.   That's adorable

Perhaps we should start calling you untrue things in response?  Bigot? Adulterer? Co-conspirator in one of the nation's largest financial crisis? Temper-Prone? Privileged?  Oh, wait, those are all true. 

You're Not A Real Woman Unless You Vote Against Women's Rights

OK. Here's a line. The vast majority of people are on it or just to the left or right of it. People like me are on the outskirts of the left, and there are a few idiots that are on the outskirts of the right (we don't mention them by name because their opinions are absurd). Then there's Sarah Palin, who is so far over to the right that we simply refuse to accept that anyone could be that far out.

Never mind the ridiculous things she's said before, this one pisses me off the most. She has had the nerve to misrepresent a quote from Madeleine Albright, wherein the former Secretary of State was talking about women's rights. Here is the Albright's quotation:

"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women."

I'm sure you can see where this is going, but Palin, being the master campaigner, has turned this quote into something of a rallying cry for her campaign McCain's campaign. In her little world, she believes that the best way to garner female voters is to bully them by telling women they are not good ladies unless they vote for McPalin. To me, this is the final piece of the puzzle, revealing that quite literally, McCain picked Palin as a running mate solely on the basis of her sex organs in a desperate attempt to gain the female vote… he's just a womanizing, cheating bastard, women tend to not sympathize with that.

This is really cute that a woman that believes you should charge other women that have been victims of rape for their own rape kits, in an attempt to save money. To put it another way, Palin believed that it was better to cut costs than put away rapists. Given what I know of what the Pentecostals believe about hell, I'm guessing Sarah has already booked her very extravagant seat and has been practicing her weeping and gnashing of teeth?

Good Luck To Ya...

Look, I get that you want to defend your poor choice of a nitwit, extremist fundamentalist, newbie governor, but you mean to tell me that when someone doesn't agree with you, your stance is to simply disregard their opinion?!

For fuck's sake people, this is the asshole that is asking to be our next president?!  That is pathetic.  I could care less what your life experiences have been, but if you can't seem to understand the basics of an interview and how to handle "tough" questions, then you get no sympathy from me.

I cannot stand for another term of secretive, bully politics from our President.  And neither should you.

Fact Checking - DIY Guide

A few months ago, I stumbled upon an email from an old acquaintance that pissed me off. I hadn't really talked to the guy that sent me the email in more than two years, but I was still apparently important enough to him to be included in his mass email spam. To be honest, it wasn't that I was receiving spam from him that bothered me, it was the particular type of spam I received: the ill-informed, partisan, fear-driven, anti-candidate-x political spam.

I've always held that if you are going to slam someone, at least slam them for who/what they are, not for your perception or personification of that person. This particular email was one that I'm sure many of you saw. It talked about how Obama was really a radical Muslim hell-bent on taking over America from the inside, and that any true American would do his best to save his fellow citizens from the evil black man's voodoo magic… something like that. Me being me, I couldn't stand for that BS. I mean, I could tolerate an email saying that Obama is somehow wrong for his liberal tax policies (I think he's spot on right, just to clarify). I wouldn't agree per se, but I wouldn't think less of you for sending it. But spamming straight up BS without checking into the accuracy of any of it, particularly when they are blatantly false claims… well, that's when I realize that person's an idiot and cut the ties.

After reading the email, I popped over to Scopes.com to check the legitimacy of the information. I knew it was fake, but I wanted a fairly reliable source to back me up. Sure as shit, that same email my former acquaintance shot off to me was there, plain as day, debunked in all it's stupidity. So I hit reply all, copy and pasted the page text, and provided a link, also adding a snide comment most likely similar to "while I think it's great that you are becoming politically engaged, you should probably inform yourself of the truth of things before attempting to misinform your entire contact list" (this guy was never big in to politics when I knew him, and he had been a member of what is widely regarded as one of the most racist fraternities in the country… just a few thoughts…).

That sparked an interesting email exchange, and shortly thereafter I was removed from his "friends" list on Facebook and MySpace, which I terribly upset about. But the point is, if you're going to make assertations one way or another about someone, in particular about political candidates that could literally change the direction of this country, you should inform yourself first. Check out this article for some great suggestions on fact checking sites. Don't be uninformed, don't fall for stupid political spam tricks, and please don't let people get away with spreading BS lies. Even if those lies are about John McCain. Lord knows there are plenty of true reason to not like the man, we really don't need fake ones too.

McIdiot:: Does Know Anything About World Politics?

He doesn't even know that the Spanish Prime Minister is from, you know, Spain. Or that Spain isn't in this hemisphere. And he's too damned stubborn to admit he made a slip up.

This is not acceptable for our national politicians, and is even less so (if that's possible) for our President. A key character flaw, the same flaw that lead us into this ridiculous war, is showing in this whole debacle: the man is stubborn, bull headed, and unable to admit he's wrong.

Seriously, the people that vote for this guy scare me.

And We're Suppose To Buy Into His Integrity?

Harsh

Reality hurts sometimes, doesn't it?

I'll See You At The Debates, Bitches!

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Yep, that's what she said.  Loves it!  No, I'm not normally a "fan" of Paris, but anyone that can coyly reference one of my favorite movies, Legally Blond, and slam the Republican Presidential nominee in the same video deserves some cred.

If you haven't seen the original McCain ad, here it is:

Republicans are bad, m'kay?

Dear McCain: You Suck

ABBA + McCain = Wait... wha??

I really have no idea why John McCain's website is currently sporting an ABBA video with a quip about Hillary supporters that I'm guessing is suppose to be snarky, but yeah... there it is.

So you're big plea to the "disaffected Hillary supporters" is a disco song asking you to take a chance... oh dear god, he is really th out-of-touch!

(via Queerty)

McCain Proves He's Not Funny, Barney Frank Agrees

So Johnny Boy decides that it's time to show the country that he's "lovable" and "just-like-us" and all that bull sh*t politicians try to do every election cycle, and he goes on Saturday Night Live to prove.... well, that he's not really that funny (catch the clip below).  In fact, he tried to make a joke about "gaydar" needing to be left to the states and not the federal government, even though when a state makes that decision for itself, he doesn't believe they should be allowed to make that decision...

And it appears that Barney Frank agrees.  McCain isn't funny.  And just to clarify what McCain is, Frank put it this way:

In every other area, McCain has a consistent voting record against our efforts. In 1996, the only time the Senate voted on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, McCain was one of those who voted no. He has also consistently voted against extending hate crimes protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender individuals.
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Given the alignment of Supreme Court Justices, and their ages, it is virtually certain that if John McCain is president, he will appoint justices who will overturn the Lawrence decision and the leading Supreme Court opponent of fair treatment for gay and lesbian people, Antonin Scalia, will gain allies from McCain’s appointments.

McCain Yucking It Up....