A Brief Note On Politics

[rax]

I have basically stayed out of the fray on the US election, as it's
probably obvious from my vegan-biker-dykeness who I am voting for (Obama)
and why (his stated platform agrees with what I want in more places than
McCain's does, even though neither of them is really thrilling). Recent
events, however, have twisted my brain into a pretzel, and I have found
a convenient conspiracy theory to believe so that my mind can get back
into a normal shape. The theory is this: Sarah Palin is actually an
elaborate legal fiction devised by Tina Fey, who is using the 2008
Presidential Election as her project for being jumped into OULIPO.
Neither "John McCain" nor "Sarah Palin" contains the letter e --- screw
Troopergate, I say we immediately demand the extradition of George Perec.
Barack Obama (no e!) was forced to choose JoE BidEn over Hillary Clinton
to show that he stands with the majority of Americans on issues of
tremendous importance, like preventing the take-over-the-world schemes
of absurdist French poets. There we go! Now I can sleep at night.

Obama: Tough on absurdist FrEnch poEts! ChangE AmErica nEEds.




....{\tiny well \emph{I} think it's funny}

Comments

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

This makes me smile, as virtually nothing else about the election has. ^_^
Why are you voting for Obama? Being in the deepest of blue states means never having to cast your ballot for no stinkin' lesser evil. I've voted Green the last four elections, and intend to continue doing so until MA becomes a swing state, or the Greens themselves get elected, or the American republic collapses, whichever comes first.

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

Uh, dear? Maybe she's like me and thinks the Greens have done a lousy job of building itself a party structure, cringes at Carla Howell, and doesn't want to vote for a guy whose policies all involve Yogic Flyers? :)

I hate to say it, but there's nobody in this race I'd vote for gladly. There are probably folks I'd trust in the office, but they're all, yanno, teaching and writing and stuff. :p

Not to denigrate third parties in general. There have been people in the past I could get enthusiastic about. And I don't dislike Obama myself, though I know he's not gonna advance us significantly towards the world we both want.

Guess I'm voting straight Meadow Party again. Ack-thbbptt.

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

"Yogic Flyers" is a much better defense policy than "preemptive war". Not least because it's almost infinitely cheaper. :)

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

Well, at least their candidate had a respectable freakin' education (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hagelin)...

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

Heh. ^_^ Can I say that "Global Country of World Peace" sounds like something poorly translated from an Asian language? I imagine the GCWP sending some earnest guy in a suit to try and talk Mothra out of eating Tokyo...

[circuit-four.livejournal.com]

Actually, how much have you read about Bhutan? You of all people probably know *just* where I'm going with this one, but I'll spoil it and say... GNH?

[rax.livejournal.com]

Mostly see my response to damerell but with an additional
dash of "it's people like me voting Democrat that let you vote for
weird things safely." :) C4 also has a point in that the other ballot
denizens aren't exactly more palatable, they just make me want to wash
out a different portion of my mouth.

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

Let me turn that around on you: You voting democrat ensures that the greens (and other third parties) can safely be ignored, and that the democrats will never be more innovative, more honest, or much further to the left than they are now. :)
I think the greens would be a disaster in office, but they'd be a different kind of disaster than the status quo -- which is such a disaster that we will be cleaning up after its failures for the rest of our lives.

[sethg]

By the time that one Democrat and one Republican have risen to the top of their respective heaps of slime, it's too late to influence the general direction of either party by voting in the Presidential election. You have more leverage during campaigns for lower-level offices, especially primary campaigns. That's how the radical right took over the Republican party.

[rax.livejournal.com]

I both agree with you and _love_ your icon. "Get involved in local politics" is on my long-term todo list, though it will probably be a while...

[friode.livejournal.com]

I'm not clear on exactly where the district lines are, but both Jehlen and Provost have managed to respond to me in ways that make them sound like human beings when I've written to them, if you're in their area.