I Hate Politics
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been really busy and really tired. Most of the news has been centered on the elections and politics. I agree with Barb: I hate politics, too. But, as Barb points out, we have to care about what happens because we are affected by it.
I'm very much a pragmatist. I'm not the type to refuse to vote for the Republicans because they are not perfectly pure on every issue. I realize that religious conservatives are supposedly not held with high esteem by people high up in the party. (Although, I will say that David Kuo has his own axe to grind as well, predictably scolding religious conservatives for concerning themselves with "silly" things like abortion and medical ethics while saying that they should be more concerned about the usual "social justice" stuff, which translates to more government.) I realize that the Republicans leave a lot to be desired when it comes to spending and other economic matters. When it comes to the war, I think that the Bush Administration needs to rethink their strategies and perhaps replace Rumsfeld with someone else.
However imperfect the GOP is, I will vote straight Republican, holding my nose in many cases. The alternatives are not acceptable to me. I'm not going to throw my vote away on some third-party nobody or by writing in some nonsense or by sitting at home.
You think the war is a mess now? Wait until the Democrats start running things. I mean, I do not trust the defense of this country or our military in the hands of the Democrats. Kerry's latest gaffe simply let slip exactly what liberal elitists think of our military. Believe me, the military knows what liberal Democrats think of them, the spin notwithstanding. And just reading the reactions of liberals when you try to get them to understand the Islamist threat shows me how deluded and unserious they are. They are happy to keep spouting those politically correct platitudes ("Only a tiny number of Muslims are violent extremists! Anyone who says different is Islamophobic!") and keep their heads buried firmly in their nether regions.
My prediction, for what little it's worth, is that the House will go Democrat and the the GOP will keep the Senate for now. Also, no matter what margin a GOP candidate wins by, expect the kooks to start in with the "fixed election" conspiracies. ("No, it couldn't be that people didn't like the Democrat candidate -- it has to be election fraud!") In fact, I've already started hearing this crap from the usual suspects. Unfortunately, we will never have normal elections again. The kooks will always be with us.
Posted by Susan B. at 5:55 AM to Politics
The local media has us set up for a big election fraud story. There's a new story practically every day on how the voting machines are not working properly, and also a big story on how many dead people are registered to vote. Good ol' Dennis Kucinich is on the case, however!
I agree with you that we'd be in big trouble if the Dems took power. Not only the war, but their communist/socialist agenda. Does such a large group of people really believe in all that? I suppose so. I mean, they can't figure out that "free" does not mean "free." Just let the government pay for it all! Um, hello, look at Europe! Not to mention mother Russia, or that "worker's paradise," Cuba.
Every time I hear "social justice" I run the other way. Honestly, I help people as much as I can already, who really need it. But therein lies the problem.