Don't Vote on Ignorance
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Monday, November 03, 2008
by Gary A. Ballard
Tomorrow is the big day, the vote to end all votes, the election of our life times. We stand on the precipice of a gigantic metaphorical cliff. No matter what your political affiliation, I think we can all agree that this election is likely the most important we will ever see. America can turn its back on the racism of over 200 years of existence and elect the first black president, or we can follow a leader who seems deadset on repeating the still-fresh mistakes of the previous administration. We can reward hard work and intellectual honesty, or we can champion the cause of ignorance, intolerance and small-town arrogance. Believe what you want to believe and vote your conscience, but by all that is holy, please don't vote on ignorance. Don't vote because someone said something about someone's voting record, vote because you actually took the effort to understand that candidate's positions. I always recommend Project Vote Smart, a web site that contains as much information in one place about politicians as any other. You'll be able to find voting records, public statements and policy positions on most any candidate, from the Presidential to Congressional races. Vote for what you believe, but make sure what you believe is actually supported by the asshole who gets your vote. There is no reason to vote ignorant.
Labels: McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, Presidential Campaign 2008
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Wait... What? Sarah Palin Tells Obama to Answer Reporter's Questions
Posted on
Friday, October 10, 2008
by Gary A. Ballard
Readers of my blog will no doubt be completely unsurprised that I would highlight Republican hypocrisy. As a matter of fact, highlighting right-wing pretzel logic is somewhat of a hobby of mine. Gov. Sarah Palin's explosion onto the national scene has been quick and bloody, and her own hypocrisy has been adequately highlighted even by the zombiefied remains of our mainstream media. It's certainly indicative of hypocrisy that the so-called "maverick reformer" from Alaska is currently embroiled in at least one ethics scandal of her own, complete with family members abusing her government position for personal vendettas. I don't think she could really be called a Republican without her own Keating 5 albatross. But the video, shown after the jump, is really just an incredibly devil-may-care-balls-in-your-face act of hypocrisy that puts her right up there in the annals of shitdickery alongside the likes of Bush and Cheney.
Pay little attention to the old coot in the crowd haranguing the old coot on the stage. That's just the typical "Coot-Off" that only Republican politics and a disastrous economic outlook will produce. No, watch the video for Sarah Palin's bit at the end, whereby she expresses her frustration with those doggone mainstream media people. After all, those darn media guys just won't ask Obama the tough questions and they won't demand the answers from him. I'm assuming she was whinging about the ridiculous Bill Ayers smears the McCain campaign has been trying to paint on Obama lately. You know, not outright calling Obama a terrorist, but trying to claim a closer relationship with a "known terrorist," a relationship everyone involved with denies including Republican politicians who served on the same board as both Obama and Ayers. Oh, and that terrorist? Turns out even Republican politicians in the Chicago area consider him respectable these days.
But that darn mainstream media just won't make Obama answer those tough questions. Never mind that McCain had every opportunity to ask Obama about Ayers to his face during the nationally-televised debate and chose not to do so. That was just McCain being a pussy. But what's really so incredibly funny about Sarah Fucking Palin criticizing Obama and the media for not providing answers is the fact that this is Sarah Fucking Palin. Sarah Fucking Palin - the vice-presidential candidate who has done a total of three interviews in the weeks since she was announced. The same Sarah Palin who has refused interview requests from NBC because their sister cable channel has been critical of her. This is the same Sarah Palin who could not intelligently discuss the Bush Doctrine of foreign policy despite being a supposed expert on foreign policy what with Russia being her next door neighbor, don't you know? The same Sarah Palin who will not (or is not being allowed to) hold a press conference on anything at all because the media has not shown her enough "deference." Really, Sarah? Seriously? You are going to criticize Obama for not answering questions when you can't even be arsed to let that same mainstream media ask you any questions?
I realize it's an easy target to attack the mainstream media. Hell, not even Republicans like those lazy bastards. I don't even like them, as I feel they've done a piss poor job during the entire Bush presidency as well as on the campaign trail. But are you seriously going to criticize both Obama and the media for answers when you won't even allow questions for your own set of issues? You couldn't even handle a softball Katie Couric interview. I think it best you just go back to the closet they've been keeping you in and let the fucking grown-ups talk.
Pay little attention to the old coot in the crowd haranguing the old coot on the stage. That's just the typical "Coot-Off" that only Republican politics and a disastrous economic outlook will produce. No, watch the video for Sarah Palin's bit at the end, whereby she expresses her frustration with those doggone mainstream media people. After all, those darn media guys just won't ask Obama the tough questions and they won't demand the answers from him. I'm assuming she was whinging about the ridiculous Bill Ayers smears the McCain campaign has been trying to paint on Obama lately. You know, not outright calling Obama a terrorist, but trying to claim a closer relationship with a "known terrorist," a relationship everyone involved with denies including Republican politicians who served on the same board as both Obama and Ayers. Oh, and that terrorist? Turns out even Republican politicians in the Chicago area consider him respectable these days.
But that darn mainstream media just won't make Obama answer those tough questions. Never mind that McCain had every opportunity to ask Obama about Ayers to his face during the nationally-televised debate and chose not to do so. That was just McCain being a pussy. But what's really so incredibly funny about Sarah Fucking Palin criticizing Obama and the media for not providing answers is the fact that this is Sarah Fucking Palin. Sarah Fucking Palin - the vice-presidential candidate who has done a total of three interviews in the weeks since she was announced. The same Sarah Palin who has refused interview requests from NBC because their sister cable channel has been critical of her. This is the same Sarah Palin who could not intelligently discuss the Bush Doctrine of foreign policy despite being a supposed expert on foreign policy what with Russia being her next door neighbor, don't you know? The same Sarah Palin who will not (or is not being allowed to) hold a press conference on anything at all because the media has not shown her enough "deference." Really, Sarah? Seriously? You are going to criticize Obama for not answering questions when you can't even be arsed to let that same mainstream media ask you any questions?
I realize it's an easy target to attack the mainstream media. Hell, not even Republicans like those lazy bastards. I don't even like them, as I feel they've done a piss poor job during the entire Bush presidency as well as on the campaign trail. But are you seriously going to criticize both Obama and the media for answers when you won't even allow questions for your own set of issues? You couldn't even handle a softball Katie Couric interview. I think it best you just go back to the closet they've been keeping you in and let the fucking grown-ups talk.
Labels: Mainstream Media, McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, Presidential Campaign 2008
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