Comments on: political freak show

By: kellypea

kellypea — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:42:32 +0000

Well said, of course. I can’t not give you that since I always enjoy your writing. But I completely disagree with any idea of a vote being a reward. Far too many people say that they’ll refrain from voting and when that happens — especially when they’re intelligent like you — then what’s left are those who do what you’ve mentioned above: blindly follow a party, or ignore everything but that a candidate is black, or a female, or a veteran, or…I honestly don’t think this election has been anywhere near as bizarre as others — lengthy, yes, but just remembering four years ago makes me crazy. But not nearly as crazy a some of those who claim to be uninterested, uninvolved, and sure that the sky is falling. I figure when all someone wants to do is complain rather than get involved, that unfortunately they’re part of the problem. Wow. This is about as worked up as I’ve been in a while. Guess I better get my soap box back out to fight off the “I didn’t vote for either” crowd. Hmmm…Now that I think of it, maybe I should start production of those bumper stickers. Looks like there could be a run on that market. How sad. But what do my opinions count for? I’m only Rebecca of Freaking Sunnybrook Road. Feh.

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Liberalism and Conservatism are Viruses | Revellian Dot Com — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:57:05 +0000

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By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:53:18 +0000

I love this political post! The truth is, the president is just a corporate front man – while people bicker back and forth, it doesn’t matter. We need a revolution – march in the streets and demand a new government altogether. Wow, there’s a lot of Palin haters in here…hahaha! Don’t worry, both candidates will not be able to change anything. America is a broke corporation. A socialistic police state is coming and there’s nothing we can do.

By: zouxzoux

zouxzoux — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:02:56 +0000

Yes, I know there are those who will vote for Obama simply because he’s black. I’m voting for him because his views make the most sense to me. I am sick of the ineptitude of the last 8 years and I fear McCain will keep up the same ole same ole plus the fact that he is war-hungry, no matter what he says to the contrary.

Palin is a disgrace to womanhood – her views are archaic and simplistic. She knows virtually nothing about foreign affairs and has outright lied about several issues in her stump speeches. It horrifies me to think she could possibly end up as Commander-in-chief.

Any Hillary Clinton supporter who would vote McCain-Palin is obviously only interested in a woman in power. That is cutting off your nose to spite your face.

By: Marcia

Marcia — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:29:12 +0000

Before I go off on my tangent, great post, Paisley, you shared and allowed us our forum. I hate politics, more than I dislike the smoke and mirrors of magic, but for similar reasons. I do not vote, no, make that did not. I will vote this time and I will vote for Obama. I do not know if he is the right person, but I truly believe Palin is the wrong person to be part of a presidency, if for no other than I fear the America that was created to keep church and state separate and thus open to all religions, or none, will be that much closer to being destroyed. Not voting is not taking a stand on anything, I’ve done that wrong all along. Black, white, female, male, it matters not to me, and though I think tolerance has changed genuinely in some for the good, I think in others it has only decreased and spread outward.

By: Joyce Ellen Davis

Joyce Ellen Davis — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:12 +0000

Mary. I truly hope not. My vote goes to Obama because his is the only rational and intelligent voice I hear. His color doesn’t matter, nor does the fact that he was never a prisoner of war and never–so far as I know–has he shot a moose. My vote will not count, as I live in the reddest of all the red states, and I am in a distinct minority. Nevertheless, it is MY vote, and I will cast it.

By: Mary A. Kaufman

Mary A. Kaufman — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:10:26 +0000

This is addressed more to Selma, than anyone else. I cannot help by compare the Democrat’s choice of Obama to what I experienced when the prosecuters at O J Simpson’s murder trial smugly asked Simpson to try on the gloves he had worn the night his wife was murdered. “No,” I shouted. “They won’t fit!”
How did I know they would not fit? I had had a pair much like them and from the same company. They became wet one snowy day and I did not dry them properly. They shrunk so badly I threw them away. Well, had I any say in choosing Obama for democrat nominee for President, I would have shouted out, “No! It’s at least one, if not two campaigns too early. “I fear there are far more voters like your sister, Selma, than democrats realize.

By: lucy

lucy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:42:14 +0000

Boy Jodi can you write an articulate, insightful, spirited post!
I think you should send this to the NY times, seriously.
I so agree with you on so much that you say.
Can you just imagine Palin with a room full of foreign dignitaries?
I’m afraid she would address them with “dude”.

By: Selma

Selma — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:29:11 +0000

My sister lives in North Carolina and has admitted to me that although she has voted Democrat in the past she won’t vote for Obama because he is black. She feels the reason he has received such support is because of his colour not his policies. You are right – it is a freak show. I support Obama which is a moot point really because I can’t vote all the way down here. This was a very well-considered argument. You would make such a good sociologist.

By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:23:10 +0000

I’m on the other side of the water, from over here Palin looks scary and Obama looks like a breath of fresh air though when all the campaigning started i would have put myself in Clinton’s camp.

I’m not sure though that our country is as integrated as Jo thinks, i know how much racism hangs around now here these days.