Does anyone actually listen to political ads? No one admits to it, but what does one really do when the CIA, FBI, and NSA aren't intercepting one's emmails and tapping one's phone? For myself, when I hear an almost pornographically husky voice emanate from the TV and confide to me that Barack Obama is too young, too innocent, and not sufficiently corrupt by time and power and gold to be the next president of these great US of A, I am amazed. I mean, the only time I would ever hear anyone speak in such a licorice voice of subterfuge would be on a street corner, preceeded by a "Pssst! Hey, pal! Got new Rolexes...", whereupon the low voice guy or gal would open their overcoat to display their array of timepieces.
Yes. That is it. It's the voice of the Hot Man.
The voice on political ads often is that of "The Hot Man" or Woman who used to arrive at our places of work at random times throughout the year, get out of his car and open the trunk, showing tools and wrenches and spanners, all at wholesale or below. "The Hot Man."
Of course, we always bought from the Hot Man. It is a basic truth of the American Mythology that (1) we must say in public that there is no free lunch, and (2) we privately fervently believe that there is a free lunch. "Free Lunch" means, among other things, no responsibility: we buy the "hot" items, and if ever confronted by the minions of the law, we assert we had no knowledge that they were stolen. No responsibility up front, no liability afterwards.
Well, this is why I cannot vote for John McCain. I like Mr. McCain, but unfortunately he comes as a package; that is, he brings the whole appalling Republican entourage with him like Marley's ghostly change boxes! The Republican Party must yet answer for the start of the Iraq War. The issue is large-scale disinformation about weapons of mass destruction and a systematic effort to mislead. Although I am sure we have had other such instances in our history, the Spanish-American War comes to mind as a possibility, in my life I had never witnessed anything so brazenly callous and immoral.
The Republican Party must yet answer for their Casual Racism as displayed by their response to Hurricane Katrina
A truly embarrassing look into the intimate heart of the president and the Republicans: when the people at Fox News start bellowing belligerently at a Republican government that is doing nothing to aid fellow Americans, you have a unique moment in Conservative history. At the risk of being offensive, I shall repeat what I heard Republicans say, and which from experience I know many Republicans felt: they said that the people surrounding the Super Dome were a bunch of welfare porch monkeys doing nothing...which is what they did best anyway! And this type of talk continued up to the third day, when even these coarse souls began to soften to the needs and responsibilities of Community; when they began to realize either the Union of peoples is either real and has meaning, or it is a base charade put on for their viewing pleasure. They had to choose, and most of them choose to express statements of community and fellowship, leaving behind the everyday racism their political party had taught them was acceptable.
The Republican Party must answer for Corrupt Stewardship The President as Executive was absent. The only role Bush played was War Lord. True, it was "Duck Soup" War Lord, but war lord none the less. Every governmental agency was left to drift. No regulatory functions were performed: FAA, FDA, SEC, the list is endless.
The Republican Party must answer for Fiscal Irresponsibility Well, fellers, it seems like the ol' government got a li'l drunk! Hawh! Now it's got hisse'f a category 3 hang-over!!
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