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today in paranoia... or is it???
Sep. 28th, 2008 04:07 pmOkay, so the reason Giuliani has repeatedly not run for president is because there are some skeletons and corruption in his closet that would be dug up upon any serious presidential vetting, right?
From where he stands as a former mayor and now right-wing cheerleader, he can basically say whatever he wants and his loyalists (and Republican-spun-9/11 blindsided fanboys and girls) will take him at his word and cheer him as a hero.
He stepped up to spin the debate just this week in place of Sarah Palin, because even the GOP realized that Palin is in-credible and doesn't have the savvy or influence for serious political spin. In other words, Palin's the pretty face but Giuliani is the real spinning right-hand man for McCain.
Pundits on both sides of the aisle have begun clamoring for Palin to step down from the ticket; Republicans think she's hurting the party platform -- which of course she is -- and Democrats, well, we could really care less at this point and are busily having fun soundly mocking her and watching independents swing over to our side.
But here's the thing. We've got, what, like 35 days till the election. If Palin steps down, there is time to sneak Giuliani onto the ticket at the eleventh hour, avoid any serious vetting process, bring in all his paranoid conservative warmongering fans, and lock up the election in another demonstration of democratic hijacking and dirty pool.
We on the left know we really can't survive another hijacked election with our sanity intact, and that we're that much closer to a civil war each time the right pins us as bad sports when they're the ones playing sleight of hand. So this is just some conspiracy theorizing on my part, because after being burned over the last eight years I can't help but look out for how they might burn us this time.
Is there legislation in place that forbids swapping out Palin for Giuliani at the last minute? Is there legislation for vetting a non-candidate? Do we have a smoking gun? Will it matter?
And now let's put a pin in this and just see what happens a month from now. But, you know, fool me once, fool me twice, fool me three times and I'm moving to Sweden and taking the entertainment industry, the news media, the arts, the Ivy League, good education, clean energy and health care with me. You guys can stay here with your guns and border fences. Have a nice life.
From where he stands as a former mayor and now right-wing cheerleader, he can basically say whatever he wants and his loyalists (and Republican-spun-9/11 blindsided fanboys and girls) will take him at his word and cheer him as a hero.
He stepped up to spin the debate just this week in place of Sarah Palin, because even the GOP realized that Palin is in-credible and doesn't have the savvy or influence for serious political spin. In other words, Palin's the pretty face but Giuliani is the real spinning right-hand man for McCain.
Pundits on both sides of the aisle have begun clamoring for Palin to step down from the ticket; Republicans think she's hurting the party platform -- which of course she is -- and Democrats, well, we could really care less at this point and are busily having fun soundly mocking her and watching independents swing over to our side.
But here's the thing. We've got, what, like 35 days till the election. If Palin steps down, there is time to sneak Giuliani onto the ticket at the eleventh hour, avoid any serious vetting process, bring in all his paranoid conservative warmongering fans, and lock up the election in another demonstration of democratic hijacking and dirty pool.
We on the left know we really can't survive another hijacked election with our sanity intact, and that we're that much closer to a civil war each time the right pins us as bad sports when they're the ones playing sleight of hand. So this is just some conspiracy theorizing on my part, because after being burned over the last eight years I can't help but look out for how they might burn us this time.
Is there legislation in place that forbids swapping out Palin for Giuliani at the last minute? Is there legislation for vetting a non-candidate? Do we have a smoking gun? Will it matter?
And now let's put a pin in this and just see what happens a month from now. But, you know, fool me once, fool me twice, fool me three times and I'm moving to Sweden and taking the entertainment industry, the news media, the arts, the Ivy League, good education, clean energy and health care with me. You guys can stay here with your guns and border fences. Have a nice life.
