Look, don’t let the fact that you spend hours each day combing the web for right-wing nonsense eat at your brain and warp you like this…

On the one hand there are Wingnuts: those are spewing all this crap on the internet that we use to chuckle ourselves into seizure country, only to wake up in a cold sweat at 3 in the A.M. gripped with terror that they might, god forbid, they might actually be more than two-bit snake oil salesmen updated for modern times with internet connections, that they might actually be SERIOUS…

Okay, on the other hand, there is the roughly half of the people that vote in this country, those that choose to vote Republican. Quick caveat: I don’t know why they do it. It pains me that they do it. I wish they didn’t, naturally.
But they do. They comprise members of my immediate family, close friends, former co-workers, fellow students, and thank god, no one I have ever dated.
In general they are no stupider, no more dastardly, coldhearted or pigheaded than several of the liberals that we know.

I know bi-partisanship is one of those constant, much maligned, and usually rightfully so, political narratives. But hey, all I’m saying is that a fair number of people I mentioned in the paragraph above would like to vote for Obama. Of those that won’t, many would feel far more represented by him than by Hillary, or than I would feel represented by McCain. I actually think it is very impressive that Obama’s theme of bi-partisanship has resonated more in the primary than the Edwards “republicans-evil, smash corporations, blah blah” bullshit. I mean, we are seriously pissed off here. We felt, eight fucking years ago, that an election was stolen from us, and it has been a shit-storm since. We have had our patriotism questioned, were led, under comprehensively ignored protest into a completely unnecessary war, supported by freaking tax cuts while spending rose, etc. etc. the list goes on from there… But shit, we still, collectively, have gone for the guy that seems to want to represent all Americans rather than a guy who acted like he would bring to fruition our little wet dream revenge fantasy (yeah, I’m leaving Hillary out of this, let’s just say I think she falls into the middle here, where I’m sure she would be comfortable, DLC, triangulating, Professional that she is). I choose to call that maturity, of Obama and his supporters. The little “nyah-nyah i told you so, you nasty re-pugs” would be fun for a week or two, but shit, I’d much rather have someone that will make an effort to reach across the exaggerated political divide between Americans that want what is best for this country, and Americans that want what is best for this country but voted for the other guy, and try to let everyone be represented. Its a tall order, and Obama is going to fall short of the hype, but hell, I personally see the potential for quite a bit of progress at least.

Rather than wrapping up my point, I elect to just peter out here….

not becuase i’m anti-clinton, it’s just very telling nro would host that type of person

Plus on a tactical level, you want to unite your friends, and divide your enemies. The right wing is already cracking at the seams, screaming than even someone like McCain is unacceptably liberal. This will help to drive them even crazier. I’m all for it.

In fact, it’s a lot better than having a bunch of right wing or right wing surrendery Democrats carrying out right wing policies because they think it looks ‘awesum bipartisan’.

Having Democrats act bipartisan-y means their policies must be right wing.

Having a few of the comparatively saner Republicans means their policies are ‘bipartisan’ by definition, whether they appear right wing, centrist, or center-right.

(The likelihood of their policies actually seeming liberal or left seems rather small, so I left it out.)

Curled Three-day-old Dominos Pizza marinated in Gallo Muscatel (comfort food from my youth).

Merle Hasn’t Lost His Fightin’ Side
(Wishful Thinking)
Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/MerleVeryLast.mp3

The Other Side of Hillary
Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/OtherSideHill.mp3

Oh, BTW, that was also…

The Day Merle Haggard Stole my Pen
Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/DayMerleDemo2.mp3

Glazed Gopher with dried Buckwheats

Ayn Rand’s Ox Ketchup

Madonna’s Personal Flea Cake

Bob Dylan’s Roasted Mustang Kugel

That last one doesn’t sound too bad.

Artfully arranging them in the process; creating a stark yet gentle composition, evocative of the mountains and of the forces of nature.
Ikebanana? Bonesai? This needs work.

Oh, and Element 5, it’s bad form to “chirp chirp” without first waiting to determine that you have been ignored.

OK.

Now you may chirp chirp.

Man, I gotta come up with some cooking instructions but I’m having too much fun with the titles.