First, I watched the 2008 presidential election campaigns, and saw John McCain choose Sarah Palin as his running mate. Okay, so I can accept that one person had a moment of weakness, lost his ability to process thoughts rationally for a short while, and chose a fairly attractive woman to run with him. I can accept that. Maybe he was thinking with his little head.
Then, Palin began to gather a base for herself. I mean, a pretty good base, too – lots of people, for some unfathomable reason, had no problem imagining Palin sitting in the oval office should the unthinkable happen and McCain died. Like I said, she’s a fairly attractive woman – until she opens her mouth and the inane, stupid, utter idiocy starts to spew forth. But we’ll come back to Sarah in a few moments.
During his first two years as president, Obama has tried to implement some much needed changes in this country. The things that he wants should be no-brainers for anyone with even an average level of intelligence. So, along came the Tea Party. While not specifically endorsed by many Republicans, let’s face it – the Tea Party is mostly made up of the idiots on the far right who cannot think for themselves. Those in the higher levels of the Tea Party know that these people are suckers, that they will buy into anything that makes them feel afraid. “Keep your government hands off my Medicare?” What the hell? Do these idiots not realize that Medicare is a government run program already?
With a classic snowball effect, this trend has continued to grow. During the mid-term elections, the voters in this country placed the GOP firmly in place in both the House and the Senate. This has guaranteed that this president will now accomplish absolutely zero. Republicans have vowed from the first day of Obama’s presidency that they will block anything that he tries to do. So much for being servants of the people. The people of this country voted Obama in, and from the first day, the GOP vowed to crush him by any means necessary.
My single complaint about Barrack Obama is that he is not enough like Dick Cheney. I use Cheney’s name, because unless you’re a completely blind idiot, you know that during the Bush presidencies, Cheney was the real power. When the Bush administration, i.e., Cheney, wanted something done, they simply crammed it down the throats of the congress, and to hell with anyone who didn’t like it. “You don’t like what we’re doing with this government? Too fucking bad. We’ll decide how this country runs, not you. You’re just the voters.”
Obama needs to adopt some of that attitude. He needs to stop trying to compromise with Republicans for whom compromise really means, “My way or the highway.” He needs to shake some sense into the Democratic members of Congress, and force them to back him. Actually, I should say that he needed to do that two years ago. I fear that it’s now far too late.
Now, indications are that Sarah Palin may well be the best hope of the Republican Party for the next presidential election. Are they fucking serious? Sarah Palin? The woman has a hard time getting two brain cells to fire up at the same time. The idea of President Sarah Palin is one of the most frightening concepts I can imagine.
Bill Maher constantly bemoans the fact that the American people, in his words, “are just stupid.” In looking at the results of the mid-term elections, I have to finally admit that he’s right. America is made up of voters who can best be described as “sheeple,” who are incapable of forming any kind of critical, independent thinking of their own.
And if by some really weird twist of fate Sarah Palin becomes our next president, I will immediately renounce my American citizenship and move to Australia. Or Switzerland. Or even Moscow, for God’s sake. Anywhere but in a country run by that bimbo…
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