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prisoner_24601) wrote2008-09-12 08:12 am
prisoner_24601) wrote2008-09-12 08:12 am
Oh, Democrats... Part 2
You're still killing me. There seems to be three more simple ideas that you fail to grasp:
1. Sarah Palin isn't the one running for President, so stop wasting time and resources on her. Every time you go through the minutia about what may or may not have happened with "troopergate," "bridge to nowhere," or whatever, I start banging my head against my desk. She's like Teflon. Even if everything you're ranting about is actually true, none of it's going to stick. You already lost your credibility when it comes to her with the stupid ass attacks on her family so even if you have anything legitimate to say (which you probably do), people have tuned you out. The more Democrats and the media attack her, the more people like her.
Besides why focus on her when you have John McCain who was one of the Keating Five to rake over the coals? The dude should have gone to prison over that and probably would have if he wasn't a war hero. And now he's running as fighting corruption and bringing reform to Washington and none of you bring this up? WTF? Stop with the stupid cracks about lipstick, the bullshit about her qualifications and all the other stuff and focus on the guy that's actually on the top of the ticket.
2. The attitude of "OMG rednecks, why don't you know that we're best for you, you stupid assholes? Vote for us now, plz!" is going to alienate more people than it will win over. This kind of condescension and class warfare is why you lost the last election.
3. Hollywood stars ranting and raving on your behalf only reinforces the idea that Hollywood/blue states/liberal media/Washington are out of touch. Explain to them that they are not helping and put a freaking muzzle on them.
Stop dicking around. You're missing the forest for the trees and it's painful to watch.
1. Sarah Palin isn't the one running for President, so stop wasting time and resources on her. Every time you go through the minutia about what may or may not have happened with "troopergate," "bridge to nowhere," or whatever, I start banging my head against my desk. She's like Teflon. Even if everything you're ranting about is actually true, none of it's going to stick. You already lost your credibility when it comes to her with the stupid ass attacks on her family so even if you have anything legitimate to say (which you probably do), people have tuned you out. The more Democrats and the media attack her, the more people like her.
Besides why focus on her when you have John McCain who was one of the Keating Five to rake over the coals? The dude should have gone to prison over that and probably would have if he wasn't a war hero. And now he's running as fighting corruption and bringing reform to Washington and none of you bring this up? WTF? Stop with the stupid cracks about lipstick, the bullshit about her qualifications and all the other stuff and focus on the guy that's actually on the top of the ticket.
2. The attitude of "OMG rednecks, why don't you know that we're best for you, you stupid assholes? Vote for us now, plz!" is going to alienate more people than it will win over. This kind of condescension and class warfare is why you lost the last election.
3. Hollywood stars ranting and raving on your behalf only reinforces the idea that Hollywood/blue states/liberal media/Washington are out of touch. Explain to them that they are not helping and put a freaking muzzle on them.
Stop dicking around. You're missing the forest for the trees and it's painful to watch.
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The O campaign is still focusing on McCain in stump speeches and ads. The Democratic party has never really embraced the whole "strict lockstep on message from the top down." That just ain't the nature of the beast.
It is annoying to see so many people going on about "a PTA mom/hockey mom/mother/babywearer/woman in the white house" and have to remind them that John McCain ain't ded yet, but it is really frickin' scary to think that PTA politics is going to be that close to the red button. I'm hip-deep in PTO right now and it's enough to give a sane person a case of the hives.
Personally, my favorite personal theory is that they weren't looking for a VP...just a young and healthy host for the Eternal Spirit of Ghoulish Evilness that is Dick Cheney to inhabit. The current one's looking a little corpsey around the edges.
Ah well, back to the Science Channel. Fifty-some more days until the silliness is over. Maybe I will spring for HBO, if only for TrueBlood, because the fifteen minutes of it that I saw looked awesome as all get-out.
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This is a good point. Once fancy school is finished next year, Erik's going to public schools. The world of the PTA kinda fascinates me and frightens me at the same time. I have a feeling I'm going to find it scarier than national politics lol.
Ah well, back to the Science Channel. Fifty-some more days until the silliness is over. Maybe I will spring for HBO, if only for TrueBlood, because the fifteen minutes of it that I saw looked awesome as all get-out.
I think this is the only sane option. I'm rather tempted to block out all of the 24/7 news channels and just watch Project Runway or Deadliest Catch reruns until November.