President's Day
Feb. 18th, 2008 10:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
filkertomLincoln (actual birthday Feb. 12, 1809), Washington (actual reported birthday Feb. 22, 1732). It took 150 years and marketing savvy to lump them together so people can save money on washer-dryers.
Oh, and, Chimpy apparently refers to Washington as "the first George W." Nice.
Since I imagine most of you aren't actually "celebrating" this "holiday", what do you think of the presidential race at the moment? Try to be nice. I myself am leaning strongly towards Obama, with the hope that he adds Edwards to his ticket. I think John McCain is going to be shoved down our throats by the Corporate Media, and it's going to be necessary to point out time and again his inconsistencies and the fact that he wants to keep us in Iraq. I think Huckabee has lost whatever tiny smidge of cred he had with me by saying "running for office is sort of like being waterboarded". And I think that the Villagers, particularly William Kristol, are on another fuckin' planet, and I wish they'd stay there.
ETA: Picky, picky, picky, regarding Washington's birth date. ;)
Oh, and, Chimpy apparently refers to Washington as "the first George W." Nice.
Since I imagine most of you aren't actually "celebrating" this "holiday", what do you think of the presidential race at the moment? Try to be nice. I myself am leaning strongly towards Obama, with the hope that he adds Edwards to his ticket. I think John McCain is going to be shoved down our throats by the Corporate Media, and it's going to be necessary to point out time and again his inconsistencies and the fact that he wants to keep us in Iraq. I think Huckabee has lost whatever tiny smidge of cred he had with me by saying "running for office is sort of like being waterboarded". And I think that the Villagers, particularly William Kristol, are on another fuckin' planet, and I wish they'd stay there.
ETA: Picky, picky, picky, regarding Washington's birth date. ;)
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Date: 2008-02-18 04:31 pm (UTC)But seriously, I'd rather see Obama than Clinton as the nominee. The various quizzes that match my policy preferences to candidates show him a closer match with what I want in a president. I am, however, avoiding the campaign 'news' as much as possible. The noise-to-signal ratio is way too high.
If/when McCain becomes the Thug candidate, I hope somebody amongst the Democrats finally does a decent job of rolling out the oppo. McCain is not the "good man" the mediawhores make him out to be. He's dishonest and has a nasty temper.