Is that a shrub in your pocket...
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
Secret Ballots Things are going so well in the run-up to the big Iraqi elections that they've taken the idea of the secret ballot to an all new level. It seems that the "identities of many of the candidates haven't been publicly disclosed and are likely to remain secret until after election day." How's that for confidence? In retrospect, perhaps the democrats would've been better off in the last presidential election if they'd kept the name of their candidate secret. In other pre-election news, the Bushies are now trying to lower everybody's expectations for the Iraqi elections. The administration expects problems, low turnouts, and a generally worthless sham election. Well, what id you expect? They learned everything they know about 'democracy' from us.posted by pjs 9:03 AM
Friday, January 07, 2005
Good News/Bad News Well, the good news is that, yes, there is one senator with the guts and conviction to stand up and fight for the right of every American to vote. The bad news is that ther's only one. Sen. Barbara Boxer stood with 31 or so members of the House of (and I use the term loosely) Representatives to object to the tainted election, and specifically the systematic voter disenfranchisement that took place in Ohio. Everyone should call, write and/or e-mail Sen. Boxer and let her know you appreciate the way she stood up. She'll be taking a lot of shit from the mainstream media in the days, weeks, months ahead. No doubt the thugs that run the show will make an extra effort to target her next time she's up for re-election (look at what happened when they made it a point to target Tom Daschle). The bad news is not that the election results weren't overturned. We knew that wasn't going to happen. The bad news is that only Barbara Boxer voted to reject the sham election in the Senate. It was 77-1. Only 31 members of the House voted to reject the election. The minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, voted with the thugs - even announced ahead of time that she would vote that way. My senators - Clinton and Schumer - voted with the thugs as well. I don't know that I can adequately express my disappointment with these people - especially the senators from New York. In 2000, none of them stood up. We let them slide. On the vote to authorize Bush to do whatever the hell he wanted to do, plunging us into an illegal, immoral, and disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq, they caved in, for God knows what reason. We let them slide on that, too. Now this. It's too much. I don't know their reasoning. They don't want to look like sore losers? Fine. They're just losers, then. It's not likely that I'd vote against Clinton or Schumer her in NY. Especially since they're likely to run Pataki or Guiliani against them. One thing I'll never be able to do is support either of them for higher office. They lack the courage required. Then, of course, there's John Kerry. He wasn't even in the country yesterday. He was in Iraq, surveying the damage that he also authorized. He said he'd fight for every vote to be counted, but he tucked his tail between his legs and ran. I hope he isn't seriously considering another run. He, too, lacks the courage. One Kerry elector cast a vote for John Edwards. I wish the rest of them had, too. Kerry didn't deserve our support, and his campaign didn't deserve the money I gave it. I was never registerd as a Democrat. For many years, I was a registered no-preference. I switch to being a Democrat when they impeached Bill Clinton. I thought it was a disgusting waste of time and money, and the Republicans were resonsible for nothing gettign done on important issues like health care and education. Today, I'm ashamed to be a registered Democrat.posted by pjs 8:28 AM
