I confess...I am in love...
...with Washington, D.C.
Well, not actually the city itself but its' noble (no bull...) inhabitants.
WHAT A BUNCH OF LYING A-HOLES!
Are you kidding me?
And why is it always the ones who pontificate so loudly who do EXACTLY the thing that they rant about...and then use the formula apology when caught; "My behavior was reprehensible...blah, blah, blah...I love my wife (yeah, right)...I love my kids (not so sure about the 'brown one') ?"
Don't do drugs!...Congressman So-and-So gets caught in a DEA sting.
Don't patronize hookers!...Senator What's-his-Name gets caught with his pants down...literally.
Gays are BAD!!...Congressman Whoseit...is...GAY!
On and on and on and almost never women mind you...almost always the men...the bellicose, hypocritical, tyrannical blowhards to whom we give so damned much power (we elect them remember...our choice you know...) who seem to live in a "Do as I say, not as I do" world. The most the women get caught doing is hiring illegal nannies. At least they are doing something about unemployment as they actually care for their children...well they're not really doing the caring themselves...but, you know what I mean.
I just LOVE the fact that Senator Nelson had an affair. And it is characterized as having been with a good friend's wife. Hmmmmmm....how good?
He, apparently, has resigned his "leadership" post, whatever that is. He has called upon others to resign in the past, yet he will most assuredly, try to hold on to his seat.
And well he should...we don't care about morality...we don't care about accountability...we don't care about responsibility...the 24 hour news cycle will be overtaken by the next big deal...what's that you say...there's war in Iraq and Afghanistan...the economy is on life support...the Earth is dying...what...Paris Hilton said what...?
We only care about who won American Idol, or the Super Bowl or The U.S. Open, or Powerball.
We don't care that we are governed by a bunch of scumbags who took the Hypocritic Oath of Office when they arrived in The Nation's Capitol.
Well, not all of them are scumbags.
Some are patriots.
Oliver North. John Poindexter. Bud McFarlane. Dan Rostenkowski. Wilbur Mills. Tom Foley. Larry Craig. "Scooter" (what a cute little sobriquet...) Libby. David Vitter. John Edwards.
Can't you just see a July 4th parade with all of those guys marching with a banner? What would it say? "USA all the Way!!" (United Scumbags of America...?)
"Oh Say Can You See...?"
Yup...I can see.
Have a nice day.
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Are politicians any different from anyone else? I don't see them as superhumans. They are just humans, and humans fuck up. Their political offices are their jobs. Who hasn't stolen the occasional office supply, felt up the co-worker, or fudged on his taxes? Who hasn't rationalized being unfair at one time or another when it has made us richer or has otherwise served our purposes? They were bozos to have been caught.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy centrism and moderation, compromise and collaboration, even between people who viruently disagree with one another. That is what I'm seeing in Washington these days. Don't let a bad apple or two spoil the whole bunch. We have just emerged from eight years of firey hell, where a little womanizing or getting high for a better climax (or Biden in women's undies?) pales in comparison to the billions and billions of blood dollars spent on an illegal war and the filthy indisputable corruption from which we have left in our memories of GWB.
What does it matter if this politician has headed up a big scandal when there are children in this country who go to bed at night with growling stomachs or die because their parents can't afford health care?
Yeah, I know. Two wrongs don't make a right, but dispite it all, we are getting closer to a centrist, moderate, balanced place. You have to look at the overall picture and not focus on this bullshit infraction and that bullshit infraction unless entire nations (including our own) suffer as a result of whatever it is. When that happens, it IS time to complain.
Who hasn't had an affair, an abortion, a doobie, or one too many drinks on a Saturday night? Who hasn't fucked another man's wife or fucked around on his own? Put ten men in the same room and ask these questions. Chances are, all ten have made the same midtakes at one time or another. It is what we (as human beings) do. People fuck up, sometimes get caught and are no more or less evil than anyone else. Can we move beyond this? I'm not condoning bad behavior and I'm not saying that your observations indicate a lack of patriotism on your part for being critical. I'm not excusing a thing. Bad is bad. I'm just saying that Bush left us with bigger fish to fry. Don't sweat the small stuff. Cool your jets, man.
We are now being governed by men and women who are motivated more by reason and moderation than by the rabid ideology of the past and yes, some of them are going to screw up, as ALL humans do.
Sorry to be dull and moderate, but I guess I'm just dull....and moderate.
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I agree with almost everything that you said...other than, "They were bozos to have been caught"
ReplyDeleteMorality and honor come from within rather than as the the late great George Carlin once opined, "Cop didn't see it, I didn't do it."
It is the hypocrisy that burns me up. Sure we have all messed up, but few of us moralize withone hand while copping a feel with the other.
That's all...