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I’ve long been a firm believer that we should truly strive for “one man (sic), one vote,” but maybe this whole electoral college thing actually makes sense somehow, kinda like a good judge telling a bad jury that their verdict to hang the guy just doesn’t fly.<\/p>\n
In our local paper this morning, there was a reply to a previous letter saying, “I can’t believe what’s-her-name says she won’t vote for Kerry because his wife told someone to ‘shove it,’ when we all know that Cheney told a US senator to ‘****’ himself, and Bush himself called a reporter an ‘a******.'”<\/p>\n
Excuse me??? H-e-l-l-o-o-o, is this thing on? Is that your brain on drugs? What’s the matter with you people?<\/p>\n
If you’re choosing my<\/em> next president based solely on whether or not they said a word that you have to spell in asterisks, we don’t need for you to vote<\/em>. <\/p>\n No, really. I’m serious.<\/p>\n Even some of my favorite commentators are getting sucked into these distractions. I mean, Doonesbury this week is focusing on the bulge in Bush’s jacket<\/em>? Even Kerry is disappointing me by focusing all of his rhetoric on the missing 380 tons<\/em> of high-power explosives. If 380 tons can suddenly turn up missing, just imagine how many other tons there must be!<\/p>\n But let’s focus for a moment on the real issues. What about:<\/p>\n Grow the **** up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve long been a firm believer that we should truly strive for “one man (sic), one vote,” but maybe this whole electoral college thing actually makes sense somehow, kinda like a good judge telling a bad jury that their verdict to hang the guy just doesn’t fly. In our local paper this morning, there was … <\/p>\n\n