I watch MSNBC's "Morning Joe" most mornings, I get a little bit of political information and a whole lotta' laughs. To say Joe Scarborough is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier is a whopping understatement. He still thinks Ronald Reagan was a great president. Hilarious.And poor Mika. Everytime she opens her mouth, Joe beats her down and benevolently endows her with his own opinion, the correct one. Have you noticed how much more enjoyable the show is when Joe is absent and Mika is at the reins?
But the shocker this morning came from Mika's lips. She mentioned that she was at an event this weekend and everyone she talked to was still undecided about who to vote for, Obama or McCain. Are you kidding me? Mika, were you at a nursing home for Alzheimer patients, before they took their morning meds?
Seriously, who at this point is "undecided"? It's not rocket science, folks. What are you waiting for, one of the candidates to part the Red Sea?
Come on, people, it's not even really about the candidates, it never is, it's about the political parties. And who out there, by now, doesn't understand the difference between Republicans and Democrats? The Democrats are the modern-day version of historical "Progressives", who have always taken the lead on every great social change in the history of our country, from the Revolution, to the abolition of slavery, to civil rights and social programs like Social Security which have benefitted untold millions of Americans. The Republicans, on the other hand, or their political equivilants of the day, "Conservatives", fought against every single one of those social changes. In today's world, the Democrats and Republicans will both raise your taxes, but the Democrats are honest about it. The Republicans don't like minorities, gay people, poor people and barely tolerate women. The Democrats really, really like these folks... really! The Republicans believe in persecuting a president for wanton sexual behaviors but then turn out to be guilty of the same offenses, the Republicans believe that abortion is an abomination, until one of their daughters turns up pregnant, and the Republicans still believe that being gay is a choice. Is the picture becoming clearer? About the only thing that might possibly sway a rational minded person to vote Republican would be the idea that Republicans are fiscally prudent and believe in spending less government money and... oh, wait a minute, Pres. Bush just drove the budget deficit to record levels. Scratch that last thought.
The saddest part of this equation is that the folks out there who are the most fervent Republicans are often the very people that the Republican party hates the most, middle and lower class white Southerners. To all my fellow white Southerners, do you really believe the Republicans like you? Really. Other than protecting you from the scary black folks, gay people, gun-haters and abortionists, what was the last piece of legislation passed by a Republican Congress that really benefitted you? Trust me, they don't like you. They laugh about you when you leave the room.
But aside from all the actual history of the political parties, if you only care about this year's election, who in their right mind would put the same party back in the White House which is responsible for the Iraq War, ignoring the warning signs for 9/11, Katrina, our current economic crisis, record deficit levels, the U.S. Attorney scandal/raping of the Justice Department, the outting of Valerie Plame, denying global warming, Abu Ghraib/the lowering of our esteem in the world, Terri Schiavo, gutting the C.I.A, abuse of our armed forces, the Walter Reed veterans in filth scandal, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, stop! enough! I can't take anymore. Whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned, American ethic that the incompetent are fired, not re-hired?
And to those of you who say, "But Mr. East Village, McCain is not George Bush, he's different, he's... he's... he's a maverick!" Okay, I just threw up a little in my mouth. If you really think John McCain and his cronies will be any different from George Bush and his incompetent ilk, then, please, by all means, vote Republican this year. I won't offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, but I will say you definitely remind me of the "Beverly Hillbillies" episode where Honest John takes the Clampett's to New York City and sells them Central Park.
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