CONFIRMATION

I don't want to turn this into a political blog, but check out this comment on a CNN.com article about the Sarah Palin trooper-gate scandal. I'm fascinated by some of Tammy's phrases here.

"Reverse racism?" Is this a common phrase to describe racism against whites? Also a major fan of "liberal left media tank." Like they are fucking running over shit and shooting shells at the American public.

BLUEBERRY

As much as I enjoy following the day-to-day horserace aspect of politics, I want to pull out my hair every time I stop just digesting the information and start thinking about what it means. Because then I realize that the Republican candidates for office, whose views and policies aren't that much different than the current dudes in office, have adopted this strategic tack of running as heroic reformers of their own party, the outsiders coming in to save the day. They're basically saying, "Those guys fucked it up, we believe the same things as those guys, but we won't fuck it up... because we're mavericks."

Unbelievable. These guys should be laughed off the stage. And yet, the race is essentially tied.

MCCAIN SUCKS

The biggest political story that hasn't gotten much coverage this year is that John McCain is a fucking hack of a candidate. Dude has no serious policy proposals -- in fact, he kind of disdains talking about any policy not Iraq-related -- has done a complete 180 since his Champion of Reform campaign of 2000 and has gone negative faster than any presidential candidate in recent memory to boot, the definitive sign of having no vision and nothing to asy. For most politicians this kind of hackery gets you branded as backwards thinking, flip-flopper and dishonorable, respectively, but John McCain gets a free pass on all this for cozying up to the media for a few years and cultivating his own brand. And that's his job as a politician, especially one with presidential aspirations, so good for him. But I can't figure why the media is so complicit in perpetuating the McCain myth even as his campaign continues to embarass itself with its total ineptitude and lack of standing for anything besides Obama-hating. And so even though I know it won't happen, I hope that this story slowly makes its way into the mainstream media and all we hear about for a few days is how after John McCain flip-flopped his position on offshore drilling -- and I want to hear that word, flip-flopped -- and just days later Republican coffers were more than 250k fuller thanks to big oil execs. At the very least, it should shed some light on what the offshore drilling debate is really about and who truly stands to benefit from it.