Tequila with the Jingoists
It’s that time of year again; time for dinner with my folks.
I’ve got this sort of pants splitting malaise going into this thing. My godparents are going because everyone insists on inviting them, which isn’t a bad thing, but they’re both devout Catholics (my god father is actually a deacon.). They’re oh so totally John McCain, G.W. Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger fans and Fox News junkies. It really makes me bananas to be that horribly outnumbered in the realm of reality, especially when I can’t orally retaliate to their ridiculousness because I, believe it or not, care about their feelings.
At the same time, it’s a little quaint. My brother is 13, so I feel I should say to him “get a good look at this, kid. They’re a dying breed”, which is true, so we should tolerate their antics at the expense of our stomach acid whittling away our collective esophagus every time the quote O’Reilly or talk about Iran.
But yet, I’m wrong! How many people are supporting McCain right now! It’s partially Hillary’s fault for being such an icy shrew. Doesn’t she know she’s the republican punch line? No one likes her, and the repubs know she’d be easy to beat.
McCain wants to boot Russia out of the G-8 Summit! Can you believe that? Douchetard! The way the G-8 is set up, Russia would have to submit approval of their own ousting (even if, by some unthinkable Bizzarro-World scenario, the other 6 countries agreed with the U.S.). Doesn’t John McCain do ANY fact finding before he says shit?
I’d love to use that factoid for ammo at the dinner table, but these are the types that can’t be swayed.
Refried beans, strong margaritas, and a table packing a 70% conservative majority. Sounds like a hell of a birthday party, Ma. I can’t wait to discuss how great my trip to Red China was.
When living in Charlotte, NC I participated in a "Fox-News Out". All 12 of us had a great time.
In summary, I think both Dems are arguably unelectable. Hillary is Hillary and the thing that doesn't bode well for Barack is that he's the runaway most popular candidate in the 3 to 15 year olds demographic. If the republicans have brains, they shouldn't have too hard a time exploiting that fact to make him look as trivial as an MTV newsbreak. Yay. Kids believe in Santa Claus, cookies for dinner, and Barack Obama for president.
I was watching CNN and they were showing live pre-rally footage from an Obama event. In the front row, much to my dismay, I saw these three 14 year oldish girls chanting "O-ba-ma" while fist pumping rock concert devil horns and grinning at eachother mischieviously from the corners of their eyes like this was the first time their mom's weren't around and they'd been able to "get away" with such naughty behaviour in public. Really, the rally footage looked like it could've been from a Soldjah Boy show or someplace equally as embarassing.
unfortunately, McCain may be exactly what this country doesnt need right now but I'm fairly confident that - barring a McCain meltdown - the Dems dont have enough credibility to pull off the victory.
