I could give you dozens of reasons not to vote for Mitt Romney from the inane (what the fuck kind of name is Mitt? sounds like the name of some guy in a private club who knows all the words to the "Whiffenpoof Song") to the deadly serious (income inequality is bound to increase under Romney and will almost certainlly lead to the second American Revolution, this one with echoes closer to the French Revolution than our own). But one of the ones that scares me the most is this--Romney promises to stack his Cabinet with people from the private sector.
Because what the American people really need is the incompetent boobs who destroyed our economy getting a crack at destroying our nation, too. I think we've all seen enough of their "real world" experience.
Peace,
emaycee
Showing posts with label 2012 Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Elections. Show all posts
Friday, July 13, 2012
Off with their heads
Such a shame that we commoners just don't get the "impact" of President Obama's agenda--as voiced by this $75,000 donor at a Mitt Romney fundraiser this past week. We're just not educated enough and surely this wealthy woman knows much better than us what's in our best interest....
Of course, and it could just be me, but I'd venture a guess that when the shit truly hits the fan in America (my estimate is when the rate of poverty in America hits one in three, about twice the current one in six) the woman who spoke so eloquently for plebes such as us will be among the first to be introduced to the guillotine.
Only a party of people as clueless as this woman could nominate a man as clueless as Willard Romney for the Presidency. Us commoners at least understand that much.
Peace,
emaycee
Of course, and it could just be me, but I'd venture a guess that when the shit truly hits the fan in America (my estimate is when the rate of poverty in America hits one in three, about twice the current one in six) the woman who spoke so eloquently for plebes such as us will be among the first to be introduced to the guillotine.
Only a party of people as clueless as this woman could nominate a man as clueless as Willard Romney for the Presidency. Us commoners at least understand that much.
Peace,
emaycee
Independent blather
One regularly hears from columnists and pundits this goofy idea that there's something wrong with America because we only have two parties, that somehow there isn't a voice for moderation in our political discourse.
As a rebuttal, I submit one Paul Le Page, republican Governor of Maine. Mr. Le Page this week declared that the IRS will eventually come to kill us off, a la the Gestapo. Mr. Le Page won the governorship in 2010 thanks to a third party split of the vote--he won with 38% of the vote, which means that 62% of the people in Maine did not want this loser for their governor. Thanks to an idiotic third party, a certifiable nutjob was elected.
I suppose there are those who would say that sometimes democracy is ugly, and they may well be right. But the first time a Hitleresque candidate is elected because of some quixotic voice of moderation bid it may be a lot uglier than any of us could imagine.
Peace,
emaycee
As a rebuttal, I submit one Paul Le Page, republican Governor of Maine. Mr. Le Page this week declared that the IRS will eventually come to kill us off, a la the Gestapo. Mr. Le Page won the governorship in 2010 thanks to a third party split of the vote--he won with 38% of the vote, which means that 62% of the people in Maine did not want this loser for their governor. Thanks to an idiotic third party, a certifiable nutjob was elected.
I suppose there are those who would say that sometimes democracy is ugly, and they may well be right. But the first time a Hitleresque candidate is elected because of some quixotic voice of moderation bid it may be a lot uglier than any of us could imagine.
Peace,
emaycee
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Say You, Say Me--Part III
Say You:
"We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor."-- Economist Tyler Cowen outlining why republicans should abandon any thoughts of healthcare equality, and enact a survival of the fittest position with regard to providing healtcare services.
Say Me:
As long as I live and breathe, I would never, ever accept such a "principle" (words have meaning--this is not a principle, it's psychopathic heartlessness--this man has no more sympathy for human life than Charles Manson or Ted Bundy). I refuse to believe that anywhere near a majority of Americans would accept such an ignoble outcome--a majority of republicans and Antoinettes, even a vast majority, but not of all Americans.
This is why we need to re-elect President Obama. This is why we need to hold the Senate and win back the House. The sentiment espoused by Mr. Cowen is not the rantings of fringe republicanism--it is the mainstream school of thought in their party. It strikes at the very backbone of what makes America and Americans so great.
And if this "principle" ever does become acceptable here in America, the exodus for all places not the United States would be stupefying.
Peace,
emaycee
"We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor."-- Economist Tyler Cowen outlining why republicans should abandon any thoughts of healthcare equality, and enact a survival of the fittest position with regard to providing healtcare services.
Say Me:
As long as I live and breathe, I would never, ever accept such a "principle" (words have meaning--this is not a principle, it's psychopathic heartlessness--this man has no more sympathy for human life than Charles Manson or Ted Bundy). I refuse to believe that anywhere near a majority of Americans would accept such an ignoble outcome--a majority of republicans and Antoinettes, even a vast majority, but not of all Americans.
This is why we need to re-elect President Obama. This is why we need to hold the Senate and win back the House. The sentiment espoused by Mr. Cowen is not the rantings of fringe republicanism--it is the mainstream school of thought in their party. It strikes at the very backbone of what makes America and Americans so great.
And if this "principle" ever does become acceptable here in America, the exodus for all places not the United States would be stupefying.
Peace,
emaycee
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Mitt's Greatest Hits
Some smart son of a bitch should put together a three minute video, set to some memorable tune, that has Willard Romney repeating his greatest gaffes (the $10,000 bet, corporations are people, my friend, etc,).
The smart son of a bitch could also indude this doozy, showing that Willard just can't get that silver spoon out of his mouth. Seems that magnanimous bastard thinks all of our young folks should have all the education they can afford. Not the education that could help them succeed, not the education that will help America compete in the global economy, but the education they can afford.
So if you happen to be an A student who's poor, better get used to using that brain of yours to serve Willard and his pals their lattes, because a high school diploma is probably all you're going to get (if that with that hateful Paul Ryan calling the budgetary shots). And better get used to that "shot at a dream" life Willard says you can have, you know, living in that one bedroom apartment, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and slapping your feet on the highway as you ride your Flintstones mobile to work.
Do people understand what republicans are telling them? "The American dream is over and we don't give a fuck about you or your family. We aren't about to tax millionaires and billionaires so your fucking dumb ass kids can go to school. We'll just set fire to your bodies when you start dying in the streets--it'll kill the stench. Get over it."
It's only through the grace of God that no one has started executing these assholes yet.
Peace,
emaycee
The smart son of a bitch could also indude this doozy, showing that Willard just can't get that silver spoon out of his mouth. Seems that magnanimous bastard thinks all of our young folks should have all the education they can afford. Not the education that could help them succeed, not the education that will help America compete in the global economy, but the education they can afford.
So if you happen to be an A student who's poor, better get used to using that brain of yours to serve Willard and his pals their lattes, because a high school diploma is probably all you're going to get (if that with that hateful Paul Ryan calling the budgetary shots). And better get used to that "shot at a dream" life Willard says you can have, you know, living in that one bedroom apartment, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and slapping your feet on the highway as you ride your Flintstones mobile to work.
Do people understand what republicans are telling them? "The American dream is over and we don't give a fuck about you or your family. We aren't about to tax millionaires and billionaires so your fucking dumb ass kids can go to school. We'll just set fire to your bodies when you start dying in the streets--it'll kill the stench. Get over it."
It's only through the grace of God that no one has started executing these assholes yet.
Peace,
emaycee
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Only for so long
Digby linked to a post earlier this week wherein the central claim was that republicans are throwing so much money into this campaign (reportedly, the Obama campaign expects to be outspent 3 to 1--and that's saying something considering Obama will probably come close to raising a billion dollars) not only to win it, but to demoralize Democratic activists and everyday voters who they hope will come to believe that fighting back against so much money is futile.
I suppose there's a germ of possibility here for republicans--moreso with everyday voters than Democratic activists. I voted for Mondale in '84 knowing full well he was going to get routed, same for Dukakis in '88, and I didn't get demoralized. I believed there was a significant difference in the two parties and continued to vote. Digby also raises a good point with the fact that there are only so many ads voters can see in a day (not to mention that everybody, even zealots like me, eventually start tuning them out) and inundating the airwaves with their republican bullshit could backfire.
In the end, though, the republican strategy of demoralizing their opponents and the undecideds might win out in the short term, but I don't think it's in the American character to give up. After all, this country was founded when people got fed up with the bullshit of King George III, and it had to be somewhat demoralizing knowing that the lowly colonists were taking on the greatest military power in the world with little money and a ragtag army (and a politically divided colonial states as well). Still, we told him to go fuck himself and eventually opened up a can of whup ass on the redcoats.
And a billion dollars won't buy shit if there's guerilla warfare on the streets of America.
Peace,
emaycee
I suppose there's a germ of possibility here for republicans--moreso with everyday voters than Democratic activists. I voted for Mondale in '84 knowing full well he was going to get routed, same for Dukakis in '88, and I didn't get demoralized. I believed there was a significant difference in the two parties and continued to vote. Digby also raises a good point with the fact that there are only so many ads voters can see in a day (not to mention that everybody, even zealots like me, eventually start tuning them out) and inundating the airwaves with their republican bullshit could backfire.
In the end, though, the republican strategy of demoralizing their opponents and the undecideds might win out in the short term, but I don't think it's in the American character to give up. After all, this country was founded when people got fed up with the bullshit of King George III, and it had to be somewhat demoralizing knowing that the lowly colonists were taking on the greatest military power in the world with little money and a ragtag army (and a politically divided colonial states as well). Still, we told him to go fuck himself and eventually opened up a can of whup ass on the redcoats.
And a billion dollars won't buy shit if there's guerilla warfare on the streets of America.
Peace,
emaycee
That's right, that's right
The main reason I enjoy reading The Daily Kos, well, daily, is that every once in a while its founder Markos Moulitsas gives us a glimpse of his acerbic views on the state of all things Liberal/Democratic. Yesterday was another in a line of his posts maligning our side for just being too goddamned nice--that taking the high road has led to too many defeats.
It we don't win, we can't change the rules to suit our ideals. Period.
On a side note, if you want to read something really depressing, read the comments on Moulitsas' post. For Christ's sake, talk about arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin....
Peace,
emaycee
It we don't win, we can't change the rules to suit our ideals. Period.
On a side note, if you want to read something really depressing, read the comments on Moulitsas' post. For Christ's sake, talk about arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin....
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, June 15, 2012
Shucks, folks, I'm speechless
Nothing I can add to this to say it more succinctly:
"Well I'd hate government too if I totally sucked at it."
— @JohnFugelsang via Twitter for iPhone
Peace,
emaycee
"Well I'd hate government too if I totally sucked at it."
— @JohnFugelsang via Twitter for iPhone
Peace,
emaycee
Doing my part
E. J. Dionne wrote a piece this week in which he opines that Democrats need to do a better job of explicitly stating that Government is the solution, not the problem. (Unfortunately, this has the same problem I stated earlier this week of who exactly is going to express this message...nonetheless....)
It was Government, after all, who bailed out the economy after Wall Street fucked up beyond its own repair. It was Government, after all, who bailed out the auto industry (saving a million jobs). It was the Government stimulus, after all, which created 3 million jobs and helped the private sector to begin to hire again. It is the Government, after all, who provides teachers, soldiers, police, and firefighters for those of us who could not afford private services of such professions. It is the Government, after all, who keeps our nation's seniors out of poverty. It is the Government, after all, who provides healthcare for those who cannot afford it.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of the republicans lies and distortions. The problem with America is republicans. The solution is Government.
Peace,
emaycee
It was Government, after all, who bailed out the economy after Wall Street fucked up beyond its own repair. It was Government, after all, who bailed out the auto industry (saving a million jobs). It was the Government stimulus, after all, which created 3 million jobs and helped the private sector to begin to hire again. It is the Government, after all, who provides teachers, soldiers, police, and firefighters for those of us who could not afford private services of such professions. It is the Government, after all, who keeps our nation's seniors out of poverty. It is the Government, after all, who provides healthcare for those who cannot afford it.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of the republicans lies and distortions. The problem with America is republicans. The solution is Government.
Peace,
emaycee
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Where's the outrage?
A perfect example of what is so fucked up about America is captured in the defense industry threatening to send out layoff notices prior to this fall's elections if the defense budget is cut per the deal Democrats and republicans made on the debt ceiling.
Can somebody please explain to me why when an average American who has fallen on hard times seeks help from the government he or she is a lazy moocher, but when those titans of capitalism and free enterprise come with their hands out we're all too willing to hand over my hard earned tax money to people who are just too fucking lazy to find another way to make more money?
These people are enough to make a maggot puke.
Peace,
emaycee
Can somebody please explain to me why when an average American who has fallen on hard times seeks help from the government he or she is a lazy moocher, but when those titans of capitalism and free enterprise come with their hands out we're all too willing to hand over my hard earned tax money to people who are just too fucking lazy to find another way to make more money?
These people are enough to make a maggot puke.
Peace,
emaycee
Monday, June 11, 2012
Political laughter
So President Obama's election committee sends out, just days after the most discouraging single election loss Democrats have had probably since Kerry lost to Bush the Lesser in 2004, a letter asking for money because, of all things, it shows how the republicans can outraise us in campaign contributions and President Obama needs help to fight back.
Fight back against what? Near as I can tell (even though politically it may have been the smart move to not taint his campaign with such a huge defeat), President Obama didn't raise so much as a shaken fist in the Wisconsin recalls, nor did he have national Democratic election organizations help in the fight to recall a radical republican governor who stands diametrically opposed to everything Democrats are supposed to be fighting for.
And now he wants us to have his back? Really?
Too funny.
Peace,
emaycee
Fight back against what? Near as I can tell (even though politically it may have been the smart move to not taint his campaign with such a huge defeat), President Obama didn't raise so much as a shaken fist in the Wisconsin recalls, nor did he have national Democratic election organizations help in the fight to recall a radical republican governor who stands diametrically opposed to everything Democrats are supposed to be fighting for.
And now he wants us to have his back? Really?
Too funny.
Peace,
emaycee
Who?
Meteor Blades hits the nail on the head with this piece--we should be hammering Tom Harkin's Rebuild America Act at every opportunity. Unfortunately, he neglects to tell us exactly who should be using the bullhorn to spread this information far and wide.
Because it seems to me if we don't have it out before the elections this fall, it's not going to help much. Not to mention, this isn't exactly the kind of plan that has the time to ferment for a few years before taking off--we need jobs now. Mind you, I'm not talking about getting it to pass--just getting the information out as what we Democrats are offering, what distinguishes us from Romney and his circus clowns.
So...as we've seen over the past few years, President Obama the Centrist Wonder is pretty much out. And the major media outlets, too--fewer and fewer are reading newspapers and Rachel Maddow and the MSNBC gang don't have that many followers. I think Harry Reid is a possibility, though the Senate Dems that would support it (like our Senators, Levin and Stabenow) are not likely to be able to make enough noise. Nancy Pelosi is likely the best choice, but even at that, she doesn't have that strong of a caucus.
I truly believe Sen. Harkin's Rebuild America Act is the best economic vision I have seen from the Democrats in years. But as all too often in the past, it will turn out to be mere wishful thinking because we can't get the information to the mass of Americans it needs to be successful.
Because if preaching "Isn't this cool?" to the already converted were a successful strategy, a whole hell of a lot more of your high school classmates would have been in the Chess Club.
Peace,
emaycee
Because it seems to me if we don't have it out before the elections this fall, it's not going to help much. Not to mention, this isn't exactly the kind of plan that has the time to ferment for a few years before taking off--we need jobs now. Mind you, I'm not talking about getting it to pass--just getting the information out as what we Democrats are offering, what distinguishes us from Romney and his circus clowns.
So...as we've seen over the past few years, President Obama the Centrist Wonder is pretty much out. And the major media outlets, too--fewer and fewer are reading newspapers and Rachel Maddow and the MSNBC gang don't have that many followers. I think Harry Reid is a possibility, though the Senate Dems that would support it (like our Senators, Levin and Stabenow) are not likely to be able to make enough noise. Nancy Pelosi is likely the best choice, but even at that, she doesn't have that strong of a caucus.
I truly believe Sen. Harkin's Rebuild America Act is the best economic vision I have seen from the Democrats in years. But as all too often in the past, it will turn out to be mere wishful thinking because we can't get the information to the mass of Americans it needs to be successful.
Because if preaching "Isn't this cool?" to the already converted were a successful strategy, a whole hell of a lot more of your high school classmates would have been in the Chess Club.
Peace,
emaycee
Ground control to Major Tom
Anybody who actually believes the bullshit in the headline in this piece by Laurence Lewis ("The GOP war on science should be the Democrat's greatest political weapon"), shouldn't be let near any Democratic campaign other than before the most uber-liberal of voting blocs.
Forty-six percent of Americans don't believe in evolution. Half of all Americans in the most Christian nation on earth can't name the writers of the four gospels. Twenty-five percent of all teachers in America believe that dinosaurs and humans co-existed.
This entire theme of somehow convincing the American voting public through reasoning and intelligence has been a loser for as long as I can remember. And this doofus thinks, in a nation absolutely getting its clock cleaned in science by other industrialized nations, in a nation where we practically are begging children to go into scientific fields, that this is going to somehow, miraculously, garner the Democrats votes.
Good fucking luck with that one.
Peace,
emaycee
Forty-six percent of Americans don't believe in evolution. Half of all Americans in the most Christian nation on earth can't name the writers of the four gospels. Twenty-five percent of all teachers in America believe that dinosaurs and humans co-existed.
This entire theme of somehow convincing the American voting public through reasoning and intelligence has been a loser for as long as I can remember. And this doofus thinks, in a nation absolutely getting its clock cleaned in science by other industrialized nations, in a nation where we practically are begging children to go into scientific fields, that this is going to somehow, miraculously, garner the Democrats votes.
Good fucking luck with that one.
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, June 1, 2012
Now that you mention it...
I always get a bit queasy when candidates for elective office--even Democrats--tout their business experience as a good reason to vote for them. After 30 years in business, it's been my experience that most business leaders aren't that bright, aren't that scrupulous, are very selfish, and have the people skills of Ted Kaczynski. Seriously--given the choice between dealing with one and a month long case of jock itch, you'd take the jock itch. And feel lucky for it.
One of the many reasons I don't write for The New York Times (let me count the ways) is that I don't put my distaste for business leaders as political leaders as succinctly as the gentleman (though my ego likes to think I do it a bit more humorously) does here. Two of the worst Presidents in American history are Bush the Lesser and Herbert Hoover, also two with the most business experience. After the disaster that was GWB, I really don't think the U. S. economy can afford another business leader like him.
And one would hope we'd learned our lessons from 2004 and 2004--electing a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and business success earned from Daddy's name is not a recipe for a thriving U. S. economy.
Peace,
emaycee
One of the many reasons I don't write for The New York Times (let me count the ways) is that I don't put my distaste for business leaders as political leaders as succinctly as the gentleman (though my ego likes to think I do it a bit more humorously) does here. Two of the worst Presidents in American history are Bush the Lesser and Herbert Hoover, also two with the most business experience. After the disaster that was GWB, I really don't think the U. S. economy can afford another business leader like him.
And one would hope we'd learned our lessons from 2004 and 2004--electing a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and business success earned from Daddy's name is not a recipe for a thriving U. S. economy.
Peace,
emaycee
Thursday, May 31, 2012
By the yellow of their bellies
I'm not going to be as nice as David Atkin--the whining of those high rollers who want to buy America because their motives are being exposed is about a lot more than their fragile egos. We're talking about men who make a living by having others carry out their dirty work, men who destroy livelihoods for a few extra dollars, men who don't let their manicured nails ever get dirty, men who close their consciences in the name of free enterprise, men who buy what they want--the costs be damned.
Their despair over the outrage of their attempts to buy our democracy is about gutlessness. It's about cowardice. It's about screwing the American people in the same way they screw their employees and customers, without being able to hide behind the walls of corporate America.
It's about men who aren't men at all.
Peace,
emaycee
Their despair over the outrage of their attempts to buy our democracy is about gutlessness. It's about cowardice. It's about screwing the American people in the same way they screw their employees and customers, without being able to hide behind the walls of corporate America.
It's about men who aren't men at all.
Peace,
emaycee
Sunday, May 20, 2012
You gotta love that Nancy
So Nancy Pelosi thinks if the elections were held today the Democrats would take back the House.
I kind of doubt it--thanks to the debacle that was the 2010 elections, republicans have control of far too many statehouses and have lined up too many districts to be safely in their column.
Still it's nice that Pelosi is out there trying to project confidence for the good guys, and reminding us all (yeah, me, too) that it's not just about re-electing President Obama this year.
See? It's not all bad news here.
Peace,
emaycee
I kind of doubt it--thanks to the debacle that was the 2010 elections, republicans have control of far too many statehouses and have lined up too many districts to be safely in their column.
Still it's nice that Pelosi is out there trying to project confidence for the good guys, and reminding us all (yeah, me, too) that it's not just about re-electing President Obama this year.
See? It's not all bad news here.
Peace,
emaycee
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The madness of centrism
Brian Dickerson weighs in on two of our more curious brouhaha's currently happening in Michigan and, surprise of all surprises, somehow manages to conclude that even though the republicans are, in a nutshell, fucking subverting democracy, the Democrats are equally to blame.
Fuck me to high heaven.
The first, I've already discussed, concerning the unpopular Emergency Financial Manager law and the ballot initiative failing (though under review by the courts) due to an incorrect font size despite having more than enough signatures. Which brings to mind the old Harold Laski quote, "When the rules of the game prove unsuitable to victory, the gentlemen of England change the rules." In America, we call that cheating.
The second involves Michigan's Immediate Effect Law, written into our constitution, which basically states that no law passed by the legislature can go into effect until three months after the end of the legislative session unless it is agreed to by two-thirds of the House (and Senate, where Republicans have two-thirds of the votes). The republicans currently have a 63-47 advantage, which fortunately, leaves them 10 short of the two-thirds they need. But true to their nature, republicans are basically ignoring the law and pretending they have the two-thirds they need.
How the fuck the Democrats are at least partially to blame for either of these, as Dickerson implies, is completely beyond me. This is republican obstruction and partisanship, and the Democrats should be commended for calling them out for their attempts to bypass the will of the people instead of looked at as part of the problem.
And herein lies the problem with centrism--those who believe in it are so enamored of their fair selves that they've lost all contact with the truth, reality, and placing blame where it belongs.
Peace,
emaycee
Fuck me to high heaven.
The first, I've already discussed, concerning the unpopular Emergency Financial Manager law and the ballot initiative failing (though under review by the courts) due to an incorrect font size despite having more than enough signatures. Which brings to mind the old Harold Laski quote, "When the rules of the game prove unsuitable to victory, the gentlemen of England change the rules." In America, we call that cheating.
The second involves Michigan's Immediate Effect Law, written into our constitution, which basically states that no law passed by the legislature can go into effect until three months after the end of the legislative session unless it is agreed to by two-thirds of the House (and Senate, where Republicans have two-thirds of the votes). The republicans currently have a 63-47 advantage, which fortunately, leaves them 10 short of the two-thirds they need. But true to their nature, republicans are basically ignoring the law and pretending they have the two-thirds they need.
How the fuck the Democrats are at least partially to blame for either of these, as Dickerson implies, is completely beyond me. This is republican obstruction and partisanship, and the Democrats should be commended for calling them out for their attempts to bypass the will of the people instead of looked at as part of the problem.
And herein lies the problem with centrism--those who believe in it are so enamored of their fair selves that they've lost all contact with the truth, reality, and placing blame where it belongs.
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, April 27, 2012
Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing
God knows I give the Free Press plenty of grief, so I should give them credit where credit is due. Brian Dickerson's piece on Gov. Snyder's lack of backbone when it comes to Michigan republicans radical (and oftentimes far off the course they promised--shocked, I know, republicans saying one thing and doing another) agenda should be a warning shot far and wide for Democrats and Independents. Mark my words: we've all made fun of Willard's "Etch-a-Sketch" candidacy, but that's exactly the direction he's going to take, and once in office, you can bet he's going to turn his back on every bizarre ass act the republicans will try to push through and let them become law no matter how unpopular or radical. It has happened here in Michigan and set us back decades and a lot of time and capital are being spent to fight battles that shouldn't have to be fought.
Republicans have no respect for anyone outside of their ilk, and the sooner the majority of voters know that, the better.
Peace,
emaycee
Republicans have no respect for anyone outside of their ilk, and the sooner the majority of voters know that, the better.
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, November 11, 2011
Somehow not a great notion
"Both parties have something to be excited about," said Nathan Gonzales, political editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report. "The results point to an extremely close situation ahead of the election in 2012."
I kind of like the fact that the traditional media is pushing its nonsense that both Democrats and republicans were winners in last Tuesday's elections. Frankly, after the debacles in '09 and '10, it wasn't just a good night for Liberals, it was a stellar night.
For the Dems:
For the gop:
While I don't think the elections of 2012 will be anything like the wave elections of 2006, the traditional media did not foresee the Democratic gains then, and I think they're going to be just as prescient in 2012. The gop overreached, and there's bound to be some blowback (as well as some Dems reluctantly coming home--the alternative is a bit more scary than frustration should allow).
The longer republicans believe they're invincible, the better for us.
Peace.
emaycee
I kind of like the fact that the traditional media is pushing its nonsense that both Democrats and republicans were winners in last Tuesday's elections. Frankly, after the debacles in '09 and '10, it wasn't just a good night for Liberals, it was a stellar night.
For the Dems:
- Total ass kicking in Ohio on SB5--collective bargaining rights for public workers upheld.
- Personhood amendment in Mississippi (pissed off that they're nanobot to the left of Oklahoma) is also crushed.
- Easily hold the state Senate in Iowa.
- Gain a state legislature seat in New Jersey.
- Election day registration restored in Maine.
- Hold Kentucky governor's office with ease.
- State Rep. Paul Scott (republican) becomes the first Michigan legislator recalled since 1983.
For the gop:
- Win share of Virginia Senate--quite a comedown when the republicans are happy with a Senate split in a state that was very recently solid red.
- Hold onto governorship in Mississippi. In other news, moon still revolving around earth.
- Won some goofy referendum on Obama's health reform mandate--which Ohio voters will change their minds about once it's properly explained to them.
While I don't think the elections of 2012 will be anything like the wave elections of 2006, the traditional media did not foresee the Democratic gains then, and I think they're going to be just as prescient in 2012. The gop overreached, and there's bound to be some blowback (as well as some Dems reluctantly coming home--the alternative is a bit more scary than frustration should allow).
The longer republicans believe they're invincible, the better for us.
Peace.
emaycee
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
F for Michigan, A+ for Democrats
Well the Free Press has given us a scorecard for Gov. Snyder's first 100 days--they don't really give him a grade, other than to say he's been busy and time will tell. I'll give the grade: F. There is really very little difference between what Gov. Snyder has done here in our home state, and what Gov. Walker has done in Wisconsin (or Kasich in Ohio). It's the same old tired republican bullshit: take from the poor and middle class and give to the rich. Thanks, but no fucking thanks, Gov.
However, from a political, election of 2012 aspect, the Governor has passed with flying colors: A+. Thanks, Governor! Because if anyone thinks there's a Democrat in this state that will ever again vote for a republican who claims to be a moderate, he or she is sorely mistaken. Once bitten, twice shy.... My guess is President Obama cruises to an electoral college victory and Stabenow holds a much needed Senate seat easily. Hell, Snyder has done such a bang-up job they're even putting Virg Bernero--he of the getting his ass kicked by 18 points in last fall's governor's election--back on TV defending the working folks of Michigan.
Hell, our campaign will be as simple as reminding people what happened when they turned their livelihoods and futures over to republicans in 2010--whoops, there it goes! I've even got our slogan: "Fuck you, next idiot please!"
Peace,
emaycee
However, from a political, election of 2012 aspect, the Governor has passed with flying colors: A+. Thanks, Governor! Because if anyone thinks there's a Democrat in this state that will ever again vote for a republican who claims to be a moderate, he or she is sorely mistaken. Once bitten, twice shy.... My guess is President Obama cruises to an electoral college victory and Stabenow holds a much needed Senate seat easily. Hell, Snyder has done such a bang-up job they're even putting Virg Bernero--he of the getting his ass kicked by 18 points in last fall's governor's election--back on TV defending the working folks of Michigan.
Hell, our campaign will be as simple as reminding people what happened when they turned their livelihoods and futures over to republicans in 2010--whoops, there it goes! I've even got our slogan: "Fuck you, next idiot please!"
Peace,
emaycee
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