Election 2012
Unsurprisingly, my brother-in-law is a bit of a grumpus this morning. He posted this on Facebook: "The vitriolic, caustic, nasty, gloating this morning is precisely what I expected from the left. It's the new 'tolerant' normal. Hate is great!"
Here's what I want to say to him, but am forbidden: "As someone with Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh on your team, I hardly think you should point fingers."
I would think he lives under a media-free rock, except I know he watches Fox News, where "Obama is the Worst President Ever (Because Our Memory Only Goes Back Three Years)" is practically the theme song. There's plenty of hate and shit-slinging on both sides, which is what is wrong with this country. If we don't start working together, that will destroy us faster than any imagined socialist agenda.
Besides, Mr. Gloating-is-Bad seems to have forgotten his own record during the debates, much like his candidate. Exhibit A: "Romney owned that debate." Exibit B: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Romney bump." And my favorite, exhibit C: "Is a kicked ass covered under Obamacare?" This is the lesson Fox News has apparently taught him--distract your enemy by accusing him of the very things you yourself are guilty of.
(I couldn't resist one little gloat. I said, "Suck it, Mitch McConnell." McConnell is the Senate Minority Leader who said, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," and to this day I wonder why this isn't considered treason and no one has filed charges against him.)
Speaking of Ann Coulter, I think she in general is a hateful repulsive harpy; however, her prediction, "If we don't run Chris Christie, Romney will be the nominee and we will lose" deserves a teeny, tiny, TEENY bit of respect for having insight into Romney over a year ago, insight that almost half the country apparently lacked right up until polls closed last night.
I almost (ALMOST) wish Romney had won, so we could bitch and whine and criticize for the next four years the way my brother-in-law will. But I still believe Romney would have been a bigger disaster than Bush, and we absolutely positively can't afford another experiment in failed trickle-down economics.
What's REALLY important is a) marriage equality won in three more states, and b) every sexist, pro-rape statesman that was stupid enough to say what he really thinks of women was decisively smacked down. Although I suppose that just means in the future they'll be sneakier and wait until after the election. I'm just kidding. These people never learn their lesson.
Here's what I want to say to him, but am forbidden: "As someone with Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh on your team, I hardly think you should point fingers."
I would think he lives under a media-free rock, except I know he watches Fox News, where "Obama is the Worst President Ever (Because Our Memory Only Goes Back Three Years)" is practically the theme song. There's plenty of hate and shit-slinging on both sides, which is what is wrong with this country. If we don't start working together, that will destroy us faster than any imagined socialist agenda.
Besides, Mr. Gloating-is-Bad seems to have forgotten his own record during the debates, much like his candidate. Exhibit A: "Romney owned that debate." Exibit B: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Romney bump." And my favorite, exhibit C: "Is a kicked ass covered under Obamacare?" This is the lesson Fox News has apparently taught him--distract your enemy by accusing him of the very things you yourself are guilty of.
(I couldn't resist one little gloat. I said, "Suck it, Mitch McConnell." McConnell is the Senate Minority Leader who said, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," and to this day I wonder why this isn't considered treason and no one has filed charges against him.)
Speaking of Ann Coulter, I think she in general is a hateful repulsive harpy; however, her prediction, "If we don't run Chris Christie, Romney will be the nominee and we will lose" deserves a teeny, tiny, TEENY bit of respect for having insight into Romney over a year ago, insight that almost half the country apparently lacked right up until polls closed last night.
I almost (ALMOST) wish Romney had won, so we could bitch and whine and criticize for the next four years the way my brother-in-law will. But I still believe Romney would have been a bigger disaster than Bush, and we absolutely positively can't afford another experiment in failed trickle-down economics.
What's REALLY important is a) marriage equality won in three more states, and b) every sexist, pro-rape statesman that was stupid enough to say what he really thinks of women was decisively smacked down. Although I suppose that just means in the future they'll be sneakier and wait until after the election. I'm just kidding. These people never learn their lesson.