Everything irritates me- people hating on Obama for dumb reasons makes me like him MORE than I would have, I think. But the Democratic party sending me approximately 5 million and 49 emails is making me want to kill them and not vote for them either!
Whoa. Good myth.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 04, 2014 7:23:29 am PST #9644 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesse - Nov 04, 2014 7:26:53 am PST #9645 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"I tell you what, I know *I* wouldn't want that job!"
That is a good one!
Steph L. - Nov 04, 2014 7:31:21 am PST #9646 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
people hating on Obama for dumb reasons makes me like him MORE than I would have, I think.
I don't think he's perfect; he's done things I really don't like (hello, drone strikes). And in the 2008 primary I voted for Hillary. But he's still a damn sight better in my estimation than McCain or Romney.
I see some people on FB commenting things like "I voted for the idiot because he was better than the moron," and it drives me NUTS, because I think, was there EVER a time when ANY candidate was perfect? People are acting like we've gone from a time of choosing between 2 shining paragons who just espouse different yet awesome things, to a time of choosing between Attila the Hun and Pol Pot. Fucking ridiculous.
-t - Nov 04, 2014 7:31:25 am PST #9647 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I'm going to vote against our incumbent county supervisor (possibly not the correct office, but I know who I mean) just because his campaign has inundated me with ads that are anti-the-other-candidate in ways that are unpalatable to me. I have very little idea what either of them is going to do for our area, because no one says anything specific about that.
-t - Nov 04, 2014 7:33:14 am PST #9648 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
"Vote for the crook, it's important" will always be my favorite political bumper sticker (Edwin Edwards vs, was it David Duke? someone KKK-adjacent)
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2014 7:35:25 am PST #9649 of 30000
brillig
I always admired Edwin Edwards panache.
Fred Pete - Nov 04, 2014 7:38:06 am PST #9650 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Duke, I'm pretty sure. Although I always liked David Treen's yard signs when he was running against Edwards: "An honest governor. For a change."
Edwards won big.
Toddson - Nov 04, 2014 7:50:10 am PST #9651 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm pretty sure it was Duke (the KKK-adjacent, if not actually in).
I once saw something on PBS and someone in the "business" said that the most ... interesting ... places to run a campaign were Louisiana, Chicago, and Kentucky.
-t - Nov 04, 2014 7:56:20 am PST #9652 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
David Treen made being a Republican in Louisiana seem kind of noble. Back before Reagan.
Yeah, growing up in that political climate definitely colors my attitude towards corruption in government. Somewhat confirmed by my British history classes in grad school. Sometimes a corrupt government makes for stability and even progress!
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2014 8:04:12 am PST #9653 of 30000
brillig
Sometimes a corrupt government makes for stability and even progress!
I think there's more money to be made from corruption in a stable situation than there is in chaos.
edit: I did a lot of work with New Orleans in Edwards' era. I think the populace enjoyed the show. His trip to France to pay off his donors was avidly followed.