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OK, so I've been really quiet about politics. Texas doesn't hold its primary until March, so I'm watching the Super Tuesday polls (ha, how funny that it falls on Mardi Gras!) with interest.
But... this post over at
thedailyshow pisses me off. Because I don't belong to that comm to get preached at about politics. I belong to that comm to read updates and get news about Jon Stewart and The A Daily Show.
It's not that I disagree. And John McCain is a sorta scary opportunist, better than Romney but less preferable than a Democratic candidate.
Barack Obama isn't much different from Hillary Clinton. Both are corporate friendly. He's less cosy with AIPAC than she is, but he's totally backed away from the Muslim community he used to represent in Chicago. Both want to expand the military. Their insurance reform plans could be interchanged and most people wouldn't notice - neither is single-payer.
But still. It pisses me off to go to a community about a TV satire and be told for whom I should vote. WITHOUT A CUT-TAG, even, so I couldn't just scroll on by. Shut the fuck up, chuckdarwin, or at least do it on your own journal, or with a cut-tag.
But... this post over at
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It's not that I disagree. And John McCain is a sorta scary opportunist, better than Romney but less preferable than a Democratic candidate.
Barack Obama isn't much different from Hillary Clinton. Both are corporate friendly. He's less cosy with AIPAC than she is, but he's totally backed away from the Muslim community he used to represent in Chicago. Both want to expand the military. Their insurance reform plans could be interchanged and most people wouldn't notice - neither is single-payer.
But still. It pisses me off to go to a community about a TV satire and be told for whom I should vote. WITHOUT A CUT-TAG, even, so I couldn't just scroll on by. Shut the fuck up, chuckdarwin, or at least do it on your own journal, or with a cut-tag.
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Date: 2008-02-05 04:50 pm (UTC)If I were to vote today, I'd go with Obama. Even if he and she aren't that different, he doesn't make me want to smack him.
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Date: 2008-02-05 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-05 05:15 pm (UTC)And, also, like Obama over Clinton, or whatever, that's anyone's right, but for Democrats to be so viciously antagonistic to a person who holds pretty much the exact same views becomes about hate and becomes personal, and immediately removes any supposition of rationality on the part of the other person in my eyes.
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Date: 2008-02-05 05:32 pm (UTC)Polotics and posts
Date: 2008-02-05 07:25 pm (UTC)Is there no hope for us at all? Ohio's primary is in March too.
Re: Polotics and posts
Date: 2008-02-06 12:55 am (UTC)Either of them is better than the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, right? And whoever gets elected isn't going to be able to make dramatic change, that's the nature of the checks-and-balances system. But I had sorta hoped that someone who wasn't such a friend of corporate handouts and the military-industrial complex would be elected.
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Date: 2008-02-09 07:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-09 07:37 pm (UTC)How are you? I feel so out of touch now that all of Snarry fen is over on IJ!
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Date: 2008-02-09 08:12 pm (UTC)I try to check lj on a regular basis, but after finding one reader who had stolen a bunch of the Breathe icons that
Can you believe that I was picked for the snarry_games!! I am still pinching myself!
How are things there? Sounds like you've seen some awesome bands! I think of you now when Austin City Limits comes on!
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-02-10 06:12 pm (UTC)Yeah, there's been some good music lately. And more to come!
That's awesome! How's the writing process going?
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:00 am (UTC)The writing is going - so many hours at work lately that I'm too tired to type anything creative! Hopefully that will ease off soon! I've started my story for the
I'll send it to you to take a look at, if its okay?
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:04 am (UTC)And yes, send me whatever.
*I AM SO FLAILY OMG*
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:16 am (UTC)I'll send you what I have closer to the weekend, when it is at a point that might make sense! Thanks!