I think it is time for another political party in this country.
I am tired of all the shallow meaningless hype. Everywhere I go I hear people spewing political opinions about non-issues. Barack is a terrorist. Palin's daughter is pregnant. I think Bill Clinton is a scumbag. I'd never vote for McSame. Bush is a Nazi. Lapel pins. Pastors. Skin Cancer. Ex-wife. sexism. racism. divisive. 100 years in Iraq. On both sides. on and on and on.
And, it ends here. I rarely hear a sensible non-biased issue based discussion where people don't get frothy at the mouth defending their "side". You hardly ever hear someone say something along the lines of "I agree with his policy regarding X but disagree with his policy on Y". Or "This is a problem, here is my solution, and here is how we are going to pay for the solution". Because people don't want to address the problem, the solution is boring and inconvenient, and talking about paying for it doesn't earn votes. At some point this process became something wildly emotional. And both sides are pandering to ignorance. I suspect the media has a lot to do with that.
For instance, Palin was recently named as McCain's VP pick. These are various "things" I have heard about Palin from both news and people: "She has 5 kids, her 17 year old daughter is pregnant, she is a member of NRA, she is a "maverick", she is anti-abortion, her husband had a DUI, she is hot, I'd hit it, she is involved in a scandal.
Point being, none of this means fuck-for-all about how she would change my life in the event McCain is elected and he drops over dead within 4 years.
I really tried to get politically involved this year. But, I find myself feeling really deflated and disillusioned once again.
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don't be disillusioned - palin is a bad choice from a lot of standpoints, never mind the ones in the National Enquirer.
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— The environment. As governor, Palin VETOED wind power and clean coal projects, including a 50-megawatt wind farm on Fire Island and a clean coal facility in Healy that had been mired in a dispute between local and state governments.
— Mayoral performance. Palin, who portrays herself as a fiscal conservative, racked up nearly $20 million in long-term debt as mayor of the tiny town of Wasilla — that amounts to $3,000 per resident. She argues that the debt was needed to fund improvements.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12987.html
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Palin backed abstinence-only education during her 2006 gubernatorial race. In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire, Palin gave this response to the following question:
Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1320417.aspx
glad to see that no sex-ed in schools is working out for ya
never mind that the state of alaska last month started an ethics investigation on her about her sister's husband being fired from the police force.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26458400/
shady shady shady!!!
barack obama has come out saying that families are off limits and especially children are off limits - the issues with her are drilling/oil/energy and she is in the dark ages & wants to keep drilling the hell out of the us.
also in her acceptance speech she says that alaska turned down federal $$ for the "bridge to nowhere" project that would cost millions of federal tax dollars for a bridge to an island with 50 inhabitants in alaska, when really she supported that bridge and the fed $, and took the $ for a different alaskan road project.
she is all tied up in the texas oil money (in a closed meeting with slimy bastards when she went into labor with her downs syndrome son 4 months ago) corruption and full of lies, deceit, shame, and coverups.
terrible choice for vp.
has obama ever been involved in an ethics scandal? no.
don't be deflated until after the debates, this is just the conventions where it's supposed to be all cheerleader rah rah. the debates are when we'll hopefully really see if they have good ideas or plans
True true Skippy. I am hanging on. I am sure I will feel energized again as we draw nearer to the election. I will be voting.
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