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Ever since I realized that Obama and the Democratic leadership would never stop being whores for the Republicans, I've felt curiously less burdened. I'm out of the game, or mostly out of it. I'll vote for a third-party candidate, throwing my vote away, yippee! The Democrats can shoot themselves in the foot again, or not, and I don't have to care or be worried about it much.
Either way, I know that the country is really solidly fucked. I don't have to delude myself into thinking that the Democrats will fix things, and therefore I don't have to be outraged when they fuck things up, retain the most offensive Bush secrecy and anti-privacy laws, appoint right-wing judges to the Supreme Court to make the Republicans happy (in the name of "compromise"), and let Bush & Co. off scot-free. It's clear as day that the Democrats won't hold the GOP responsible for their crimes, so why should I let myself get worked up?
And if McCain wins, I feel oddly comforted by the thought that this country fucking deserves it. America hasn't suffered anywhere near enough to learn that stupidity and greed are not survival or leadership qualities. Maybe another eight or sixteen years of things getting a whole hell of a lot worse will get the public to wake up and start thinking...but to be honest, I really doubt it.
The real question, in my mind, is whether or not the country will still be salvageable by the time things get bad enough for the American public to come to its senses. I suppose time will tell.
Either way, I know that the country is really solidly fucked. I don't have to delude myself into thinking that the Democrats will fix things, and therefore I don't have to be outraged when they fuck things up, retain the most offensive Bush secrecy and anti-privacy laws, appoint right-wing judges to the Supreme Court to make the Republicans happy (in the name of "compromise"), and let Bush & Co. off scot-free. It's clear as day that the Democrats won't hold the GOP responsible for their crimes, so why should I let myself get worked up?
And if McCain wins, I feel oddly comforted by the thought that this country fucking deserves it. America hasn't suffered anywhere near enough to learn that stupidity and greed are not survival or leadership qualities. Maybe another eight or sixteen years of things getting a whole hell of a lot worse will get the public to wake up and start thinking...but to be honest, I really doubt it.
The real question, in my mind, is whether or not the country will still be salvageable by the time things get bad enough for the American public to come to its senses. I suppose time will tell.