politics as usual IV (screw corruption, show us your tits)

is it possible that this lobbyist issue might shake the mccain campaign? i doubt it's substantial enough, or arrived early enough, to derail his nomination campaign, but this is certainly fuel for a presidential opponent. how mccain handles this now is crucial for his political future. it would be crazy if it shook his bid so deeply he lost the nomination to huckabee (or somehow romney got back into the campaign--would that be a first?). i don't see huckabee beating either democrat, so alienating is he, but this could be an issue which, if the democrats spin it properly, could seriously hamper mccain's campaign.

that said, supporters will overlook relatively minor improprieties, such as this appears to be, especially when they're petty corruption issues: we're cynical about money scandals. it's amazing to me that we'll jump on a president for having an affair (merely an oral sex affair, no less), but we won't bat an eyelash when our representatives get caught promoting the interests of political donors. i'd rather bill get blow jobs than bush fuck the people of new orleans, but that's america for you: run by incompetents.

regarding that last remark, keep in mind that we're technically a country of the people, for the people, by the people. yes, the electorate is a bunch of incompetents. why else would they vote gwbuttfucker into office? they got what they deserved. everyone who voted for him, or did not vote at all, deserves the economic, cultural, scientific, environmental, and social anal rape bush dealt to them. the rest of us just got screwed.

big brother coming on

everyone in congress, and the white house, should be put on trial for allowing the united states to become a police state. not only are they spying on us, but they're letting international corporations spy on us.

if your senators voted for this bill, you have to vote against them, whatever else they've done. your freedom is more important than anything else in the world.

go watch persepolis if you think freedom doesn't matter.

get your facts straight

hillary is still spreading lies about obama. if she's so eager to lie about her opposition, what will stop her from lying to us? isn't that what bush and his cronies have been doing these past 8 years?

people should spend more time visiting factcheck.org to understand who is distoring what. those people should include me.