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sabI am so fucking cranky about the state of the election. I've been offline and I vaguely remember skimming past some sort of friends-list disclaimers about talking politics on LJ -- is it okay that I don't care? This is my LJ. I do what I please, yo.
We're in week four of my DNC fundraising, and the response I'm getting from good, loyal Democrats (as well as enlightened Republicans, independents and moderates who are simply afraid enough of Bush that they're throwing money at the DNC and changing their votes this year because the alternative is just so SCARY) is, of course, "why is Kerry being such a gigantic pussy?"
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And, dude, it's like, UGGHH. I swear to god, I don't even CARE that Kerry's a ginormous pussy. He's a pussy who's going to confirm left-leaning justices to the Federal Bench. He's a pussy who's going to rescind the goddamned PATRIOT ACT, who's going to roll back those goddamned big-business tax cuts, get us out of the goddamned deficit, help rebuild Iraq. He's going to let me buy my Paxil from Canada and he's going to make sure mom and dad get their Social Security when they retire next year. I swear to GOD I don't CARE if he's the weeniest weenie that ever sputtered out a wishy-washy sentence in front of a crowd of desperate Democrats wishing against hope for ANYONE to lead us out of this FRIGHTENING STATE OF FUNDAMENTALIST FASCISM.
I'm sad. I want, you know, Bartlet. Or Clinton. The "Real Thing" that sends me towearemany's office in the rain with a shit-eating smile on my face saying "this is it; we're back."
Sadly, this is not it. But, you know, Hillary in 2012 rather than 2008 is FINE by me if it means I'm rescued from four more years of this RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
Look, um. My nice Conservative friends. I fully respect your right to a difference of opinion. But seriously, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, how can you POSSIBLY WANT your library records subpoena'd?! How can you POSSIBLY think it's OKAY to have to turn over evidence about yourself, or your friends, to name names? What could POSSIBLY be positive about rolling back your constitutional rights in favor of, what, armbands? Want to throw me in the Jewish ghetto? How about a national ID card? Do you really WANT to give my unborn fetus more rights than ME? HOW is this a good idea? HOW is this the country we signed on for? Don't we have a CONSTITUTION for this sort of stuff? Do you really want the goddamned TEN COMMANDMENTS to be used in COURT? Are you FUCKING INSANE?
I gotta go to work now, where I've got to make call after call to those desperate folks who, in the absence of an oasis, will drink the sand because they don't know the difference, and convince them that KERRY IS A GINORMOUS PUSSY and that they'd sure as shit better vote for him anyway or else we're deeply, DEEPLY FUCKED.
Um.
We still don't have internet, but we're here at the Leonardo di Caprio public library where good young Leo's kind enough to let me speechify and take out books on how to build bombs and the good librarians of LA county will, responsibly, burn my records before Tom Ridge's people come a'knocking to ask if I Am Now Or Have Ever Been.
This has been a public service announcement from Los Angeles.
We'll try and kick PayPal's ass and see what's what and get back online with a vengeance ASAP. Until then, I have purple hair. Just askthassalia.
FUCKING VOTE. For Kerry.
Love,
me
We're in week four of my DNC fundraising, and the response I'm getting from good, loyal Democrats (as well as enlightened Republicans, independents and moderates who are simply afraid enough of Bush that they're throwing money at the DNC and changing their votes this year because the alternative is just so SCARY) is, of course, "why is Kerry being such a gigantic pussy?"
http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com -- thanks,
se_parsonsAnd, dude, it's like, UGGHH. I swear to god, I don't even CARE that Kerry's a ginormous pussy. He's a pussy who's going to confirm left-leaning justices to the Federal Bench. He's a pussy who's going to rescind the goddamned PATRIOT ACT, who's going to roll back those goddamned big-business tax cuts, get us out of the goddamned deficit, help rebuild Iraq. He's going to let me buy my Paxil from Canada and he's going to make sure mom and dad get their Social Security when they retire next year. I swear to GOD I don't CARE if he's the weeniest weenie that ever sputtered out a wishy-washy sentence in front of a crowd of desperate Democrats wishing against hope for ANYONE to lead us out of this FRIGHTENING STATE OF FUNDAMENTALIST FASCISM.
I'm sad. I want, you know, Bartlet. Or Clinton. The "Real Thing" that sends me to
wearemany's office in the rain with a shit-eating smile on my face saying "this is it; we're back." Sadly, this is not it. But, you know, Hillary in 2012 rather than 2008 is FINE by me if it means I'm rescued from four more years of this RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.
Look, um. My nice Conservative friends. I fully respect your right to a difference of opinion. But seriously, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, how can you POSSIBLY WANT your library records subpoena'd?! How can you POSSIBLY think it's OKAY to have to turn over evidence about yourself, or your friends, to name names? What could POSSIBLY be positive about rolling back your constitutional rights in favor of, what, armbands? Want to throw me in the Jewish ghetto? How about a national ID card? Do you really WANT to give my unborn fetus more rights than ME? HOW is this a good idea? HOW is this the country we signed on for? Don't we have a CONSTITUTION for this sort of stuff? Do you really want the goddamned TEN COMMANDMENTS to be used in COURT? Are you FUCKING INSANE?
I gotta go to work now, where I've got to make call after call to those desperate folks who, in the absence of an oasis, will drink the sand because they don't know the difference, and convince them that KERRY IS A GINORMOUS PUSSY and that they'd sure as shit better vote for him anyway or else we're deeply, DEEPLY FUCKED.
Um.
We still don't have internet, but we're here at the Leonardo di Caprio public library where good young Leo's kind enough to let me speechify and take out books on how to build bombs and the good librarians of LA county will, responsibly, burn my records before Tom Ridge's people come a'knocking to ask if I Am Now Or Have Ever Been.
This has been a public service announcement from Los Angeles.
We'll try and kick PayPal's ass and see what's what and get back online with a vengeance ASAP. Until then, I have purple hair. Just ask
thassalia.FUCKING VOTE. For Kerry.
Love,
me
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Date: 2004-09-14 03:56 am (UTC)It's strange -- we really don't hear much about Kerry over here at all; I would guess that most Australians don't even know who he is. (Of course, most Australians don't know jack about their own politicians. Heh.) But, from what we *do* hear about him, the 'pussy' reputation just doesn't make it through over here at all. (And why did writing 'pussy' just then feel so dirty?) Probably the most we ever heard about him was during the whole Vietnam thing, and since Australia has never been as pro-Vietnam (or pro-war in general) as the US, I don't think it bothered anyone down here at all; certainly, the only actual criticism I heard was from US reports.
And I can't even comment on the stupidity of the fact that Bush may well get back in, because Australia's in the exact same goddamned position, and the Howard government is probably going to be re-elected for the billionth time. Because they utilise the politics of fear and hatred. Because people think 'better the devil you know'. Because people don't give a shit who they've got in charge, as long as *they're* not the ones dying. (And, although I don't think it's been said outright, the government are basically doing the 'imply that a Labor government would increase the chances of a terrorist attack on Australian soil', the fuckers. No, *you're* the ones who're gonna provoke terrorist attacks, by staying in Iraq, siding with Bush, and doing nothing to *repair* our fucking relations with the Middle East. Fucking hell.)
Do I want Mark Latham as my next PM? Hell, no. He's irritating as all hell, and I don't think a lot of his policies are going to work (if he ever even bothers to try to implement them). But, I mean, shit. If they win, Labor have promised to: a) pull out of Iraq, b) sign the Kyoto Protocol, and c) pull money from the most ridiculously overfunded private schools, and spread it out amongst the poorest public schools. (Amongst other things, of course.)
Yes, these are election promises. I'm not naïve. But, if a Labor government manages to pull just *one* of the above things off, then it'll still be a *huge* improvement over what we've got now. And, for the moment, that's the best that I can hope for; I'll work with whatever I can get.
Unfortunately, I'm not optimistic. Every time it looks like Labor's starting to get somewhere, something always happens to make people flock to the conservatives. Last election, it was the Tampa crisis. (Because asylum seekers are EEEEEVIL, and are planning to blow up Australia from their leaky, leaky boats!) This time around, there's the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta. Always right before the election, and somehow, the Libs manage to make people believe that we'd be less safe from 'outside forces' if we were under Labor. Even though these things are happening, y'know, UNDER THE LIBERALS.
Fuck, it makes me sick.