20/M, President, California Chapter (being the Only Chapter) of the Party Of Perfect Light and the Committee to Elect Bhoddisatvas to Offices Most High. Ferocious Post-Partisan. Currently working toward a Masters degree in Journalism as a Subversive Act.
I know, I know, I know. This topic has already been diaried, ad infinitum.
I just wanted to add a little more shit to the pile.
Did anyone see Shrub at the opening ceremony of the Olympics? Tapping that American flag against his thigh, looking around with his beady little eyes like he was sitting in a timeshare presentation looking for an excuse to cut out early?
And Laura Bush, with that ridiculous fan, and that scowl on her face, looking absolutely miserable.
He said the average consumer would save a "quarter and a nickel" a day, and only $28 in three months.
McCain told a town-hall audience in Denver: "I want to give the American consumer a little bit of relief just for the summer. Maybe they'll be able to buy an additional textbook for their children when they go back to school this fall."
Isn't it awesome that we have a nominee that talks about science? And net neutrality? And understands the potential of the internet? How cool is that? I still haven't gotten over it. I mean, I was a supporter in 2006, back when it was a longshot. Never would have believed we'd get this far back then.
Glad to see we still want to get him elected. Good news. Happy Saturday everyone.
There's been a lot of talk about "ideological purity" these days, along with plenty of accusations that Obama has "sold out" or "isn't a real progressive". On the other side of this "divide", there's been a lot of name calling, labeling people "purity trolls" and so on. In other quarters, much ado is being made about Obama "tacking to the center" or "moving to the right", and it's dominating a great deal of the discussion on this site and others.
I intend to show that this entire "debate" is pure, manufactured nonsense, and as a good man once said, that "we are not as divided as our politics suggest".
To that end, I want to discuss "post-partisanship", what it means to me, and how it can help our understanding of political affiliation among members of this community and in the nation at large.
Why? Because Bob Barr, or even dead-enders for Ron Paul, can swing Nevada for Obama, big time.
Let me tell you a story.
In January, I traveled to Nevada for three days to Get Out The Caucus for the Obama Campaign. At that time, I was fully engaged in intra-party warfare, so the Republican contest was little more than an amusing sideshow (and what a sideshow it was, am I right?).
While it was supremely gratifying that in the early contests Ron Paul bested Rudy Giuliani, I never thought that his "revolution" would ever pull more than 5%.
Then, as I was coming over the SIerra Nevadas into Reno, I saw a giant mountainside billboard reading "Ron Paul", and I realized that Nevada Republicans are, well, a little different.
How different? Follow me over the jump and I'll show you what I mean.
I just got back from my polling place in Sacramento, CA with a sticker on my chest reading "Ya Voté", and I have to say, my mood has improved substantially with the simple act of dropping my ballot in the box.
This is only my third election ever, and it got me thinking about the way my thinking has changed since 2006.
