Thinking Unenslaved

I have long wished I had the time to investigate information that I've understood subjectively for decades. However, I don't have that time, and I'm not trained to do such an investigation properly. Luckily, the Campaign for America's Future is quite capable of doing so, and their recent report on their findings of a decidedly progressive majority among US voters is a "must read", in my humble opinion.

The report is very thorough and complete, and the sources are basically unimpeachable nonpartisans. Read it for yourself, whether you're a Republican, a Democrat or a political agnostic, and I believe you'll find a wealth of information and background that is presented very objectively.

So, I encourage you to read:

The Progressive Majority: Why a Conservative America is a Myth

The report itself is a good-sized PDF available for download from the website.

cross-posted to Clean Cut Kid

But seriously, kids…what the FUCK is King George the Worst doing campaigning in Europe? What is the purpose of this fucknuttian parade? I seriously don’t get it. And how many people in the crowd were forced to take a day off work without pay to act like they gave a fuck about American Imperialism On Parade? Gah!

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photo credit: Arben Celi/Reuters

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“The Hand of God began spontaneously appearing in Rome today, beginning an unprecedented eradication of crab-life. ‘Crabs do not enjoy the protections of God’s Unconditional Love,’ Pope Benedict XVI was quoted as not saying. ‘They’re ugly, and anything with its eyes on little stalks like that simply cannot be made in God’s image.’ The Pope later did not enjoin parishioners across the globe to assist God with stamping out crab-life with a new ‘A dead crab a day keeps your soul out of Hell’ campaign.”

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photo credit: AFP/File/Christophe Simon

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“When he’s not campaigning or otherwise avoiding his Senatorial duties, Mad Dog likes to swim with little boys.”

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photo credit: AP Photo/EyePress

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a fat, sweaty Republican pedophile, i find Hillary’s latest attempt to gloss over her voting record and change history to be deeply disturbing.

Arianna Huffington has an excellent article on the issue, from which I excerpt below:

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Instead of honestly explaining her transformation from pro-war supporter to cheerleader of the war’s progress to tentative opponent of the war to her current incarnation as long-term opponent of the war, Hillary skipped right over the unpleasant past and tried to talk only about the future: “Well, you know, Matt, I think the important thing is for the Democrats to be united in trying to either persuade or require this president to change this direction now — that’s what all of us in the Senate are trying to do.” Sure, why answer the question when you can divert attention and blur the differences between you and your opponents?

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what really strikes me about Hillary’s rhetorical spin, in this day and age, is its blatant similarity to the very things that she and other democrats complain about in the current administration: historical revisionism, bald-faced lies, and sidestepping forthright questions with non-answers and evasion. naturally, there’s a level at which all politicians are indeed cut from the same cloth, but is it too Utopian to wish that our Democratic leadership hold themselves to higher standards than those exercised by the people they’re hoping to displace?and how about this word-play from the former president, campaigning for his wife:

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“To characterize Hillary and Obama’s positions on the war as polar opposite is ludicrous. This dichotomy that’s been set up to allow him to become the raging hero of the anti-war crowd on the Internet is just factually inaccurate.”

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indeed, so describing polar opposites as polar opposites is “factually innacurate”. i can no longer discern which administration mimics the other, but isn’t it about time someone—anyone—held themselves to a higher standard? Their respective voting records are quite clear. Obama opposed the war in 2003, and Clinton actively supported it.

 
it’s unfortunate that the great leaders of the past cannot be the great leaders of the present. as Arianna notes, “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.” one can only wonder what Franklin Delano Roosevelt would think of the political shenanigans of both parties today, and specifically of Democratic candidates whose actions repeatedly suborn principled behavior in a day and age when moral clarity and ethical thinking could, and should, be the very ideals on which to campaign.

 
Assuming he makes it through the primary, Obama is definitely Commander Other’s candidate of choice.

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photo credits: Senator Clinton: AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker; Senator Obama: AP Photo/Cheryl Senter

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(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

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original caption: “Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee greets supporters at a campaign stop Saturday March 24, 2007, in Treynor, Iowa. A blip in most of the early polling, GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Saturday he believes his conservative views will prevail.”

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and that, right there folks, is exactly what’s wrong with neoconservatism. even when they know they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell to get something done, they’re going to waste taxpayer dollars attempting to come across like they really think they have a chance instead of turning the screws on a real candidate to get him (yes, with these people, it’ll always be a “him”) to support their ideals and philosophies.

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commander other’s caption: “Sir, I have lost all sense of moral decency. Please hold me.”

(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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“Who needs campaign money when you’ve got a trailer full of green chilé?”

~actually, i wish Bill Richardson had a prayer in this election. when we lived in New Mexico, i thought he was pretty cool as governors go. beats the snot out of Mike Rounds out here in southern dakotaness, anyway.