Jessica's Blog

Kudos Melanie for this  blog post.

I am getting the distinct notion now that the democrats are going to pony up to being the asses as usual.  Puny and true.

Thank you Clinton for not following the rules, breaking the rules again, and then begging to break them again in the "sense of fairness to the voters [ provided they vote for me]".  It's such an embarrassment.  I mean, if this whole re-vote thing happens the DNC is basically admitting it is Clinton's lap-dog and that  it has no integrity to speak of.

In the republican race, it seemed Mike Huckabee was the stereotypical "nightmare republican" archetype that gave many  the heebeejeebies due to his conservative bent and religious beliefs. 

It's becoming clear that Clinton is the stereotypical "nightmare democrat" archetype.  Taxes and government programs and then.. behind closed doors... who really knows what she would do?  She is showing us in no uncertain terms that it would pretty much be whatever the hell she sees fit in order to better her own interests.  It has not been shown to me that her interests are in the interest of Americans.  I don't see her talk matching her walk.  She seems to spend a good deal of time with country club racists.

I honestly feel that should the ultimate race be Clinton versus McCain, McCain would win because at least with him, you know what you get.  Yes, that would be a never-ending conflict in the middleeast.  Yes that would be slashing and cutting of funding for roads, education, working class and middle class lifestyle.  Yes that would be more fear mongering us-versus-them rhetoric and hate breeding alienation, but no immigration reform to speak of.  Yes, that would be more jobs thrown oversees and more corporation's uppity ups getting richer and richer while their workers get poorer and poorer.  Yes, that would be no change at all for the  improvement of the lives of our children.... but at least you would know that going in. 

Long story short, it would appear that if the DNC allows itself to be smacked around, we may well be facing another campaign that would be a voting for the lesser of two evils.  At this point, I don't see Clinton or McCain being much of a happy option.

Grow a pair, DNC.  To my readers, you can decide a pair of what part of the anatomy... but let it be agreed that a definitive decision based in integrity would be appreciated.  Try some tough love.  Try sticking to your agreements.

Otherwise I think we may as well go with Lewis Black's idea of how to elect the next president..... to paraphrase:  You get the next winner of American Idol to don a blindfold.  Have them take a pin the tail on the donkey approach to the US map.... have them put a pin somewhere on the map.  Put a little monkey on a plane.  Put a parachute on the monkey.  Fly over the designated spot the Idol picked while blindfolded.  Push the little fucker out of the plane.  He falls to the ground, and in a confused monkey stumbling daze finds someone.  The first person he grabs the hand of is the next president.  Granted, for Black it was more a statement as to the absurdity of the electoral process... but I still feel it applies.