So President Obama is on the road and touting what he's done as well as asking--rightly--exactly what the republicans and their Taliban friends in the tea party are going to do to fix the economy (short answer: nothing!).
The night President Obama was elected, I told the Beautiful Girl that if he turned out to be a disappointment for Progressives, I would probably be the most discouraged voter in history. Guess what? Pretty much every time I look at Obama it's like remembering the girl you never asked out and wondering what would have been had you actually had the courage to ask her. There's just a sinking feeling in the chest. (Note: this only works when you're single--when you're in a good relationship, you don't think about her anymore....)
Still, for all the anguish, can you imagine what it would be like if McCain and that fucking moron Palin had won? Jesus Christ, it would be anarchy at best and utter chaos at worst. I mention this because of the results of some polling in the Free Press--69% of Michiganders oppose raising the age to receive Medicare (26% favor); 52% favor eliminating the cap on payroll taxes to strengthen Social Security (31% oppose); 49% favor letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy (42% oppose)...are you sensing a pattern here? Do these sound like conservative ideas? And yet, we're preparing to elect a man by a wide margin from a party that opposes all of these positions supported by a vast majority of Michiganders. What the fuck?
And this is why I'll be voting and voting Democrat this fall--to help protect us from ourselves.
Or as Walt Kelly's Pogo opined: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Peace,
emaycee
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