Friday, June 6, 2008

Just a Follow Up

This is not a political blog so this will be my last political entry for a while (unless some bombshell comes along). But I was just wanted to point out a couple of things:

First, an admission: I realize that my previous post about the "awful president" being "awfully unpopular" was lovingly adapted (okay, stolen) from an episode of The Simpsons: it turns out that Springfield elementary is sitting on top of oil and there's a newspaper headline that reads "Awful School is Awfully Rich." I had forgotten where I had first seen this although I remembered something awful being awfully something. Today, however, my memory was jogged and thus I feel it was, and is, appropriate to give credit where it's due.

Second: Can you believe that one of John McCain's advisers is Carly Fiorina, the fired CEO of Hewlett Packard? There's a big article on her today in the Times. This lady screwed up that company so royally that the Board rebelled and axed her. Why in God's name would McCain want advice from this woman? She couldn't run a company and now she's advising McCain on how to run his campaign -- and the country? The hell is he thinking? If this is the kind of judgment he'll bring to the White House, he needs to be kept as far away from it as possible. (I love this part of the article: HP was losing money for almost a year before she was fired, then starting flourishing after she left. And she takes credit for the it's subsequent success because she laid the "foundation." Oh please!!). We've had eight years of bad judgment -- we don't need anymore.

Third, and finally, congrats to Barack Obama. You ran a great campaign and you earned this. If you get elected and run the country as well as your campaign, we'll be in great shape. Some advice Senator: BE RUTHLESS. You know how dirty the Republicans play -- after all, they're the party of McCarthyism, Watergate, Iran Contra, impeachment politics, and Swift Boating. These are not good people. They are mean, nasty, and vile. Liars extrordinaire. Don't fall for this "Oh, they're good people, we just disagree" crap. Uh huh. They are bad, bad folks. Take the battle to McCain, hang George Bush and the Iraq War and McCain's creepy wife and 95% voting with Bush voting record around the Arizona Senator's neck, and plunge the knife in. This is no time for "fair play" because no such thing exists. Play to win!

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