Four More Years Apparently
Back to politics we go. I have to admit that I've generally ignored it since November 2nd. The weeks and months leading up to that were quite a fascinating drama to see play out. It was like inhaling information. Okay, yeah, so campaign season has nothing to do with actual "information," but it was great drama, can't deny that. And I had pretty much committed whatever intellectual and emotional faculties I had left. Which, with the disappointment of the outcome, kind of left you with a big, exhausted sigh.
Yesterday G-Dub kicked off his second go-around. The man is not the Antichrist some liberals (and New York alt-weeklies) hyperventilate about. A few items spring to mind. To root against G-Dub is to root for America to fail. Maybe? No? I think there's something more to this than simple AM Talk Radio Jedi Mind Tricks. It's spin, yes, I don't deny that. But if you were against, say, his invasion of Iraq and, thus, disagreed with his premise, then do you not take some minor glee every time things fuck up over there? You hear on the news that there's been another car bombing or soldier killed and you feel bad, but then you feel good because, dammit, your dissent has been validated. He WAS wrong, see??! And even if moral vanity somehow keeps you from gloating (which it usually doesn't), does not the failure propel you to further disagree with him -- to believe that he's taking us down the wrong path? America's failure (under Bush) is grist for the mill against him. I don't want to see America fail. But I don't want to see Bush succeed.
Also, why doesn't anybody ever call this guy out as a Christian? Where the heck is my Christian Left at? On foreign policy alone, they should be all up in his grill.
Lastly, looking for suggestions as to how to explain and -- yes, in a contrarian and insincere way -- defend G-Dub's reelection to furreigners'. And I don't want the usual Cali/NY/Democratic Party snob write-off about dumb dupes in red states. What a worthless, non-constructive and intellectually bankrupt paradigm.
-DJ Glock
Yesterday G-Dub kicked off his second go-around. The man is not the Antichrist some liberals (and New York alt-weeklies) hyperventilate about. A few items spring to mind. To root against G-Dub is to root for America to fail. Maybe? No? I think there's something more to this than simple AM Talk Radio Jedi Mind Tricks. It's spin, yes, I don't deny that. But if you were against, say, his invasion of Iraq and, thus, disagreed with his premise, then do you not take some minor glee every time things fuck up over there? You hear on the news that there's been another car bombing or soldier killed and you feel bad, but then you feel good because, dammit, your dissent has been validated. He WAS wrong, see??! And even if moral vanity somehow keeps you from gloating (which it usually doesn't), does not the failure propel you to further disagree with him -- to believe that he's taking us down the wrong path? America's failure (under Bush) is grist for the mill against him. I don't want to see America fail. But I don't want to see Bush succeed.
Also, why doesn't anybody ever call this guy out as a Christian? Where the heck is my Christian Left at? On foreign policy alone, they should be all up in his grill.
Lastly, looking for suggestions as to how to explain and -- yes, in a contrarian and insincere way -- defend G-Dub's reelection to furreigners'. And I don't want the usual Cali/NY/Democratic Party snob write-off about dumb dupes in red states. What a worthless, non-constructive and intellectually bankrupt paradigm.
-DJ Glock
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