Greetings! Over the weekend I was given a small job offer by a political magazine to write a weekly article and the almighty price of $20 an article. Its not much but it fills the tank ya know what I mean? Anyway here is the first article that will be up and running later today...
And so it begins. Another journey down the sick and twisted path of American Politics. One of my favorite writers, Hunter S. Thompson, once said that only a lunatic would look forward to covering politics. And yet here I am. Chris Hayes was kind enough (perhaps assholish enough is a better way of putting it) to ask me to pick up pen and once again leap into the cesspool that surrounds Washington D.C. It wasn’t good enough for Mr. Hayes that I went half crazy covering the Campaign (Sarah Palin is still the most sinister woman I’ve come within 30 feet of) no, now he wants me to go full bore berzerker and take that flying leap of faith off a 500 foot cliff. Well, Mr Hayes, your wish is my command. Just please do me this one favor and leave me wherever my body lands. With any luck it will land on a tourists boat ho ho how about that mess huh folks. At any rate let’s stop talking about jumping and actually do it…buy the ticket take the ride…
This of course brings us to the complete laugh of a party that the Republicans have become. If John McCain ever has any doubts about why he was completely run over on election day all he need do is check his senate floor speech from Friday speaking out against President Obama’s stimulus plan. If this guy doesn’t stop getting so worked up at his age he is going to tax cut himself right into an early grave. That my friends is where the real enemy lies. Not John McCain, but tax cuts. Creating a stimulus bill out of tax cuts is like setting your house on fire and then using gasoline to try and douse the flames. Infrastructure is where its at my friends and thankfully we now have a president who understands this. You see, building bridges, rebuilding roads, revamping commuter train systems, that is where the action is at and that is what creates jobs. Running up to someone who has just lost their job and their house and saying “ Here you go sir it’s a tax cut sorry about your luck” is ignorant at best downright moronic at worst.
Speaking of Moronic the Republican party just named it’s first ever African American chairman. Hmm. Oh I get it…ok so if Kryptonite can kill Superman then a black republican chairman can destroy Barack Obama right? Before you run yelling racist let me explain who the two finalists for this “job” were. First you had this African American gentleman…nothing wrong so far right? Then the other FINALIST was a white senator from the South who only a month earlier left a WHITES ONLY country club. Is the picture starting to come into focus a little bit? 250 possible choices and one of the finalists is a 25 year member of a whites only country club. This was not a progressive choice people. This pick of Michael Steele was 50% motivated by politics and 50% motivated by fear. You cant tell me the Republican Party is willingly trying to be inclusive when an African American BARELY beats out a southern white guy who belonged to a whites only club for 25 years. No this was fear plain and simple. They have no answer for Barack Obama nor do they have an answer for his message of change. What they have is the same stale shit that landed this country where it is today. Knee deep in a recession and 2 wars. Throwing a black man at the public under the guise of change isn’t how you get things done. Barack Obama is change he believes in change and the American public backed that up on election day. Michael Steele…I wish you the best of luck I really do. I hope that your nomination was based solely on your qualifications and that you represent change in the Republican party. Unfortunately I think you were nominated as a force field. An unknowing defense mechanism against Barack Obama. Sir, I wish you the best of luck again, but somehow I don’t think it will be enough.
