Well, well, well. A so much has happened in the world since I last ranted that I seriously don't know where to begin. We're going to have a new Supreme Court Justice pretty soon. Neither side seems to be really pleased about the pick so that might actually be a good sign. Elena Kagan gets points in my book for the simple fact that Keith Olbermann doesn't seem to like her. I don't really know where she stands but I see no reason to get all up in arms about something I have no real control over. No matter what really happens in this country, all there is for me to really do is simply bide my time until the elections in November roll around.
I haven't been really following politics lately as close as I usually do. I'm getting just a little sick of the "Outrage of the Day" as I like to call it. I don't want to turn into one of those political hounds who's positively indignant about something one day only to discard their outrage in the matter in place of whatever is sticking in their craw the next.
Remember about a year ago when people were up in arms about a picture of Barack Obama with his feet up on the desk in the Oval Office? Of all the legitimate reasons anyone could have for being angry at Obama and this is what they chose? His jacket off and (GASP!) his feet up on the Oval Office desk? Give me a fucking break. The only reason anyone ran with that one is because it was immediate and could easily give the impression that the President was somehow lax and disrespectful in the carrying out of his duties and his attitudes toward this country.
Why have a real policy debate when you can have a stupid picture and manufactured outrage? You have to break it down into really simple components for the idiotic public at large to be able to mentally digest it, you know? That story was all over the place (on the right wing websites anyway) for exactly one day. Then it disappeared to be replaced by whatever trivial bullshit was conjured the next day. Daily outrage is one of the few things that both sides of the aisle can agree on.
Today there were some state primary elections. I don't know if there was one in my home state but I'm not allowed to vote in primaries so there's really no point to my caring above idle curiosity. FYI: I'm not a felon or anything, just not registered as a Democrat or a Republican. (EDIT: I've learned that Wisconsin has open primaries so I can vote in both parties primaries.)
Here's something that made my day today: That fucking mummy Arlen Specter was beaten by his Democratic primary challenger. That's what he gets for switching parties to avoid that exact fate in a Republican primary. He'd been a RINO for some time before officially switching parties but I feel he got what he deserved because of his reason for switching. It wasn't over some moral or ideological differences he had with the Republican party but merely an attempt to try and avoid a challenge to his hold on power and to save his own skin. That's it, pure and simple. To top it off, Specter switched parties a mere two months after vehemently denying he would ever do it.
If today wasn't a case of someone getting exactly what they deserve, I don't know what is. I can only hope that today is just a taste of things to come in November. The day of reckoning for all the whores and cancers in Washington is nigh (I hope).
I thank you for your time and apologize for any typos.
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