JakeD
10-06-03, 09:10AM
How sad.
I can't believe how the California gubernatorial race is going. The ballot reads like a goddamned list of second-rate actors, and we have idiotic meatheads like Arnold Schwarzenegger whoring themselves to every possible voter around. The poor bastard can't even speak proper English, has a ton of scandals against him, has his hands in deals with Kenneth Lay of Enron infamy (http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/pr/pr003708.php3) and other cash-mongers, and there's still a veritable slew of jackasses out there who are willing to vote for him.
My question is: "Why?"
Before I go don a gown and hair curlers just to tear down the neighbor's "Join Arnold" sign and burn it in their front yard while screaming "CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!" and waggling my flaccid penis at passing cars, I want to answer my question. People are willing to vote for him because he has money. He's a big-ticket action star, and he's an easily recognizable figure. No matter how much of a vapid dipshit you may be, public recognition does a lot for you. No matter how many debates he's turned down, no matter what kinds of shady deals (http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=283&row=0) he may be a part of, he's still up there as far as popularity is concerned. And that's fucking depressing. What's even more fucking depressing is that a lot of people are willing to vote for him. Regardless of his ignorance, there's still a ton of assholes in California more ignorant than he who are willing to factually back-up their need to vote for Arnie with the fantastically astute explanation: "Well, I think it would be cool to have Schwarzenegger for Governor. I mean, come on! Just imagine the possibilities."
Okay, Stephen Hawking. I AM imagining the possibilities, and those amount to...let's see... Jack, Shit, and an even worse debt problem and even more gubernatorial ineptitude and inadequacy than Gray Davis could have put forth at the ripe age of seven years old. I mean, hell, as far as I'm concerned we could elect the dishwasher from the McDonald's down the street...he's just about as verbose as good ol' Arnie, and I'm sure that his punk rock-inspired neo-anarchist stance on politics and his dyed hair will be a surefire win for the angsty teenager/twenty-something vote ticket.
Remember the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Well, that seems to work the same here. The state of California needs a big-ass bandage to repair the gaping hole in the economy, and so we've managed to skewer Gray Davis for it and make him out to be the asshole. That's so wrong. Look at how fantastic the U.S. economy is faring right now. Look at our burgeoning employment rates. Why don't we impeach Bush for his financial flubs? Oh yeah, that's right, because he's an important political fucking figure!!! The same with Davis. He's here to do a job. He's tried his damnedest. And so now the election is going to be recalled, and heading up the ticket is some musclebound, testosterone-laden, punch-drunk Eurotrash jack-off who suffers from a total lack of understanding about the whole political scene?
No, seriously. Give me money so that I can throw together a political platform right fast and knock this steroid-sucking fuckwit out of the sky. It wouldn't take much, trust me.
I can't believe how the California gubernatorial race is going. The ballot reads like a goddamned list of second-rate actors, and we have idiotic meatheads like Arnold Schwarzenegger whoring themselves to every possible voter around. The poor bastard can't even speak proper English, has a ton of scandals against him, has his hands in deals with Kenneth Lay of Enron infamy (http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/pr/pr003708.php3) and other cash-mongers, and there's still a veritable slew of jackasses out there who are willing to vote for him.
My question is: "Why?"
Before I go don a gown and hair curlers just to tear down the neighbor's "Join Arnold" sign and burn it in their front yard while screaming "CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!" and waggling my flaccid penis at passing cars, I want to answer my question. People are willing to vote for him because he has money. He's a big-ticket action star, and he's an easily recognizable figure. No matter how much of a vapid dipshit you may be, public recognition does a lot for you. No matter how many debates he's turned down, no matter what kinds of shady deals (http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=283&row=0) he may be a part of, he's still up there as far as popularity is concerned. And that's fucking depressing. What's even more fucking depressing is that a lot of people are willing to vote for him. Regardless of his ignorance, there's still a ton of assholes in California more ignorant than he who are willing to factually back-up their need to vote for Arnie with the fantastically astute explanation: "Well, I think it would be cool to have Schwarzenegger for Governor. I mean, come on! Just imagine the possibilities."
Okay, Stephen Hawking. I AM imagining the possibilities, and those amount to...let's see... Jack, Shit, and an even worse debt problem and even more gubernatorial ineptitude and inadequacy than Gray Davis could have put forth at the ripe age of seven years old. I mean, hell, as far as I'm concerned we could elect the dishwasher from the McDonald's down the street...he's just about as verbose as good ol' Arnie, and I'm sure that his punk rock-inspired neo-anarchist stance on politics and his dyed hair will be a surefire win for the angsty teenager/twenty-something vote ticket.
Remember the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Well, that seems to work the same here. The state of California needs a big-ass bandage to repair the gaping hole in the economy, and so we've managed to skewer Gray Davis for it and make him out to be the asshole. That's so wrong. Look at how fantastic the U.S. economy is faring right now. Look at our burgeoning employment rates. Why don't we impeach Bush for his financial flubs? Oh yeah, that's right, because he's an important political fucking figure!!! The same with Davis. He's here to do a job. He's tried his damnedest. And so now the election is going to be recalled, and heading up the ticket is some musclebound, testosterone-laden, punch-drunk Eurotrash jack-off who suffers from a total lack of understanding about the whole political scene?
No, seriously. Give me money so that I can throw together a political platform right fast and knock this steroid-sucking fuckwit out of the sky. It wouldn't take much, trust me.