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[austin_tycho]

If you haven't already seen this link a few thousand times, check out Jon Stewart on Crossfire. It's positively jaw-dropping. I love him. He basically calls them running dog lackeys of the political machine and the corporations, and accused them of hurting America- and he was serious. He ripped that guy with the bow tie a new one, too, which was amazing to see. It was actually hard for me to watch.

I think I am starting to reach critical mass with the political vitriol. I wince whenever I see an email from Dad anymore. We discussed it when I went to visit, and while it was interesting to hear his point of view, I don't want to talk about it anymore with him. He's sending me the most absurdly biased shit; I wonder if he actually thinks he can change my mind- yeah, I'm going to vote for Bush because Kerry's wife is rich? That is rich.

He's obviously thought about it, but here's what it boils down to. I think the president should be some combination of, oh I dunno, Jon Stewart and Carl Sagan. He thinks he should be like John Wayne and Tom Landry. I said that I thought Bush was a 'macho frat boy asshole' and Dad agreed, and said that that's basically what he liked about him. He doesn't like Kerry because he's 'effete.' We're obviously never going to see eye to eye on this one. It just seems like such a style over substance thing; Dad likes W because he feels like he could have a conversation with him, and that Laura is 'nice'. What the hell does that matter? I don't want a president who has a nice wife, I want a president who is smart enough to do the job. "But he went to Yale!" There is no point in discussing it with the guy. He reads the Limbaugh Letter, for fuck's sake.

Where did the fall go? It got really nice there for a few days, now it's hot and muggy. October's half-way over; I thought we were done with hot and muggy for awhile.

I am feeling pretty down today. I'm probably over-sensitive. I'd sure enjoy another month off. If only I had another womb to remove. *sigh*

Comments

Politics

[ossuarian.livejournal.com]

Politics can be pretty depressing to discuss even with people who agree with you because they're in a depressing state. I mean, here's the central belief, as I see it, of the Bush campaign:

The most important thing that's happened in the world is the highjacking of four planes and the destruction of the World Trade Center. We have to change our entire world view in response. (This far, I'm about following the reasoning.)

The best response is to attack other countries who are involved in violent attacks against civilian targets who share the same general religion and ethnicity as the people who hijacked those planes, regardless of whether or not they were connected. This response is not only right, it is so crucial that you cannot trust someone who does not believe in this plan.

Every part of it drives me crazy. Vote for W. because he's more trustworthy? Every press statement I've heard him make in months, he's spoken a verifiable lie. Vote for W. because he's a nicer guy? First, this isn't relevant. Second, this guy is a spoiled son-of-a-bitch who coasted through life on his father's connections drinking himself silly. He lacks empathy. He lacks curiosity. All he's got is a sort of dazed amiability that speaks, most probably, of nerve damage. (When I get this ranty and crazy sounding, I like to remember it's right next to my icon of myself age 18 months)

Arrrrgh! And I don't even have to talk to these people! My family is all old-school left wingers, and I work in one of the most liberal departments at a university. Just hearing second-hand reports of their beliefs drives me nuts. I completely understand how hearing this sort of thing from your father would get you down.

Re: Politics

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

The creepy thing is, he used to be a solid Democrat. Now he's pulling the 'when you get older you'll get a clue like I did' crap. I shudder to think that this could really happen. I think it happened when he married a rich girl. I'm glad I married a cynical pro-pot child-hater with a lesbian mom.