Undecided Voters get a lot of attention, and I think the spanking they're finally taking is richly deserved and long overdue.
I think I can (mostly) conclude that The Undecided Voter is trying to rationalize his apathy by hiding behind this phony impartiality. Being "undecided" becomes a way to deflect criticism for staying deliberately ignorant of practically the whole process. And the more we kiss their asses trying to move them one way or another, the more Undecided Voters we create - because we end up rewarding this childish behavior.
In the end, Undecided is just another form of Both Sides Do It / They're All The Same etc.
It's bullshit and they need to be called out for it.
Oct 29, 2012
This Is How Ya Do It
Whatever it is you're trying to do, you get your ass out there and you sell the fuckin' thing.
"I refuse to see us live on the accomplishments of another generation."
"The business of government is the business of the people, and the people are right here."
"I refuse to see us live on the accomplishments of another generation."
"The business of government is the business of the people, and the people are right here."
Gettin' It Done - 8
Personally, I kinda like having an economy that works; even one that's not great, but still manages to limp along at a 1 or 2% growth rate, in spite of all the best efforts of a certain opposition party in Washington.
It would be monument-worthy badass if the Prez took on Wall Street and beat 'em into submission - ala JFK in '61 against Big Steel, and again in '62 when he actually put a few Big Utilities execs in jail on charges of collusion and price-fixing.
It's a much different time now, of course, so Obama has to do things in a way that doesn't feed the anti-gubmint mindset of the rubes. Here's hopin'.
8. Recapitalized Banks: In the midst of financial crisis, approved controversial Treasury Department plan to lure private capital into the country’s largest banks via “stress tests” of their balance sheets and a public-private fund to buy their “toxic” assets. Got banks back on their feet at essentially zero cost to the government.One of the biggest problems we have right now is that Obama hasn't gone after many of the worst offenders - the banksters (et al) who helped blow up the mortgage bubble that blew up the financial system.
It would be monument-worthy badass if the Prez took on Wall Street and beat 'em into submission - ala JFK in '61 against Big Steel, and again in '62 when he actually put a few Big Utilities execs in jail on charges of collusion and price-fixing.
It's a much different time now, of course, so Obama has to do things in a way that doesn't feed the anti-gubmint mindset of the rubes. Here's hopin'.
Oct 28, 2012
Gettin' It Done - 9
It may well be impossible to create the "perfect union", but our founding documents require us to keep trying. And until we all have the full compliment of rights and privileges due us under the law, we're all 2nd class citizens in one way or another.
9. Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Ended 1990s-era restriction and formalized new policy allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military for the first time.
In Bed With Willard
Bill Maher makes the point about electing a lot more than just Mitt Romney. Put this guy in the White House, and every bumpkin with a bus ticket and a bad idea will be headed back to Washington to collect on what he thinks Willard owes him for turning out the Radical Right Voters. Do you really want Grover Norquist, Bryan Fisher and Sheldon Adelson picking a replacement for Ruth Bader-Ginsberg?
Oct 27, 2012
This Takes Guts
A post at Balloon Juice:
I'm really hoping this isn't to be taken at face value. I'm hoping there're people in the GOP who hate this kinda shit as much as the rest of us. But I'm really concerned that the ghost of Lee Atwater is setting the strategy, and because it works, that it'll continue apace.
I'm also hoping this isn't simply a knee-jerk reaction from "the left"; that it's not just sitting and taking shots; sniping from the bushes. I don't like it, but I can't just ignore it either.
The Romney Campaign and the entire modern Conservative movement is very easy to understand. It is all about race. Full stop. For these people, every election is an attempt to use fear, anger and even hate of brown folks to inspire white folks to vote against their self-interest and support their Galtian overlords.
I'm really hoping this isn't to be taken at face value. I'm hoping there're people in the GOP who hate this kinda shit as much as the rest of us. But I'm really concerned that the ghost of Lee Atwater is setting the strategy, and because it works, that it'll continue apace.
I'm also hoping this isn't simply a knee-jerk reaction from "the left"; that it's not just sitting and taking shots; sniping from the bushes. I don't like it, but I can't just ignore it either.
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