Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Democracy

On this day, in this place, I am exercising my democratic right not to engage in political discourse with the people of my state.

So don't ask, please.

Thanks.
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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

@Karin. Apparently, the times, they are a-changin'. Just witnessed a flock of pigs flying at high altitude over the house. Expect earth to open up at any moment.

January 20, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Anonymous said...

It sure says something when a Republican wins in a very left leaning area.

What happened to "Change you can believe in"?

I can't wait until the November elections.

January 20, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Marvel Boy said...

Have you at least watched Jon Stewart from last evening? He'll make you feel a little better ...

January 21, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Anonymous said...

I feel just fine. I was being serious when I said I can't wait until November. The elections will be great.

I prefer to watch Bill O'Reilly.

January 21, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Marvel Boy said...

Glad you like Bill O'Reilly. I was just kidding when I said I liked Jon Stewart. You know who I really enjoy? Glenn Beck! He's so sane, and he just tells it like it is. I love people who tell it like it is. I think Scott Brown probably tells it like it is too. He loves waterboarding. So what? He tells it like it is. I love waterboarding too. I also like people who talk to me straight, who give me straight talk. Scott Brown and Glenn Beck give me straight talk. No spin. I hate spin. And Bill O'Reilly. Er, I like Bill O'Reilly. All this straight talk is confusing me. I can't wait to elect a whole load of straight-talking, tell-it-like-it-is, no-spin, waterboarding Republicans next November! Go Scott Brown!

January 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Anonymous said...

Nice tongue and cheek comments.

I think you are mis-stating when you say he "loves" waterboarding. He probably supports it because it can give us important intelligence that may prevent another attack. I don't think he "loves" it but sees it as a necessary thing to do to protect the U.S.

January 22, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Anonymous said...

It's not Ted Kennedy's Seat. It's the people's seat.

And the people have chosen that they don't like they way things are going with this current "president"

January 22, 2010 at 5:38 PM
Anonymous said...

It is unfortunate that partisanship always takes center stage. It is not the people's seat, it never really was; again another election to prove that party power or the revolt against a party's practice or principle; is more important than the actual person elected.

January 23, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Anonymous said...

I did not vote in support of the nihilist viewpoint. From Andrew Sullivan's blog at _The Atlantic_:

This is about more than health reform and we have to see it in that context. This is about a cynical nihilist attempt to break this presidency before it has had a chance to do what we elected it to do by a landslide vote. It is an attempt to destroy a majority's morale, to break a president's foreign policy autonomy, to prevent engagement in the Middle East peace process, to stop action on climate change, to restore torture, to increase tensions with the Muslim world, to launch a war on Iran. We cannot delude ourselves that if Obama fails, this is not the alternative. It is.

And we have to re-engage as powerfully as we did in the campaign to fight back against these now emboldened forces of reaction. I think this is true not just for the sake of the country but also for the sake of the GOP. The nihilist obstructionism and rhetoric they have embraced makes constitutional democracy close to impossible. Their total lack of any workable alternatives to dire problems is a form of degeneracy we have to avoid empowering.

January 24, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Anonymous said...

How can you say the President didn't have time to what he wanted to do.

I believe his party had control in the House and Senate. Why couldn't he get things done?

How can you say they didn't have a chance to do what he was elected to do. Does the action or inaction of a President in the first year not count?

You saw people who are holding someone and a party accountable for what they said they were going to do and haven't.

January 24, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Random Blog Reader said...

Wow, an entire year to clean up a staggering list of messes! How patient of the voters.

Nevertheless, the Democrats have managed to pass an economic stimulus bill (a third of it made up of tax cuts, and Republicans didn't vote for it), bailed out the banks, bailed out the auto manufacturers, extended unemployment insurance, and basically avoided a second great depression. Yeah, they haven't done anything.

Really, the ones who are preventing things from happening are the obstructionist Republicans, who don't bargain in good faith and refuse to compromise. They're the ones who should be voted out of office.

January 24, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Anonymous said...

If they've done so much, why did a Republican win in a heavy left leaning area? Maybe it is because the Democrats believe they've done so much but the voters don't?

January 25, 2010 at 12:27 AM

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