tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post3265150693690087266..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: A [Redacted] Day For The ACLUSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-84050058308191848112013-05-13T08:00:32.407-05:002013-05-13T08:00:32.407-05:00'tux, that's a succinct summary of my own ...'tux, that's a succinct summary of my own reasons... and actions. In 2008, I voted for Hillary, but the Obama machine (cult?) was overwhelming, perhaps because after 8 years of GeeDubya, people were desperate. But when push came to shove in 2012, like you, I voted for the apparent lesser of two evils. As I noted above, the greater evil would have, almost with certainty, sunk the ship of state. I'm not ready for that.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-43673018622618605832013-05-13T07:56:52.457-05:002013-05-13T07:56:52.457-05:00karmanot, that's as good an approach as any. P...karmanot, that's as good an approach as any. Politics seems pretty ineffective these days. I have to remind myself that there was a time when it did make a difference... and that the first time a GOPer takes the presidency (I almost said "is elected," but that's a different matter), it's probably all over for the US as the "land of the free." I do what I can, and try not to get too upset about what I can't do.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-35991322295128338172013-05-12T23:29:54.500-05:002013-05-12T23:29:54.500-05:00You voted for this president because the alternati...You voted for this president because the alternative was either a) a mentally insane elderloon in 2008, or b) a morality-free magic underwear wearing lizard person from planet Sociopath in 2012.<br /><br />I did not vote for Obama in the Democratic primaries in either year, but you'll have to excuse me for voting for the lesser of two evils. There just wasn't much choice other than a symbolic vote for some third party that had no chance of winning due to the tyranny of math (darn that 1+1=2 identity! Why can't it be 1+1=3?!). <br /><br />-BTBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-32910403785666490472013-05-12T17:15:11.165-05:002013-05-12T17:15:11.165-05:00We live in end times of a sort. I suppose the most...We live in end times of a sort. I suppose the most calming way to live my part through it is to return to return to memory, write the stories of our human passion, which we have left behind, love and make art.karmanothttp://adgitadiaries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-7862966599030975452013-05-11T20:10:32.102-05:002013-05-11T20:10:32.102-05:00karmanot, if the implied conclusion of your last s...karmanot, if the implied conclusion of your last sentence is "than Romney", I consider that far, far from a demonstrated fact. To this point, Obama has shown primarily that he can follow the more pernicious of GeeDubya Bush's activities, occasionally "improving" on them (e.g., greater and longer violations of the Bill of Rights). But if Romney had become president, I think it not unlikely that we would have an open dictatorship, and slavery (by class, not race) as a daily fact of life. We're not quite there yet. <br /><br />It may seem that not much holds Obama back from the worst he could do, until you realize that his handlers might deprive him of some of his promised post-presidency rewards if he stirs up the population too egregiously. His apparent goal, IMHO, is not merely to perpetrate a totalitarian reign, but also to leave a docile population as he departs office.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-1135146943265081442013-05-11T16:41:31.627-05:002013-05-11T16:41:31.627-05:00I so don't want to say "I told you so.&qu...I so don't want to say "I told you so." Some good people truly hoped it wouldn't be true that Obama is a greater evil.karmanothttp://adgitadiaries.comnoreply@blogger.com