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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

What's up, bitches?!

FiveThirtyEight is right on the money so far. It's looking good, I have restored faith in humanity.

Speaking of, Fox News' webpage is already taking the defense on Romney losing.

Unfortunately, for stupid reasons, Bob Kerrey isn't doing so well. I don't think Obama will even win our electoral vote. But, several other Senators and Congressmen are winning and, if anything, Romney and Ryan couldn't even win their homestates. Romney also lost Massachusettes.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but this election cycle made me realize that I hate the media more than ever. Although Rollingstone has great political articles and other stories - with writers like Matt Taibbi, I lost interest in them as a music magazine and saw them as an entertainment magazine when Joey Ramone died and Destiny's Child got the cover. There was a big write-up inside about Joey, but Destiny's Child got a full cover shot and there was a banner on top saying Joey Ramone and his years.

That's what I feel about the network news. Not that I looked to them as anything other than sensationalization, awkwardly biased, blah, blah, blah. But they are all, essentially, entertainment sources. Horrible reporting, focusing on all the wrong issues, no integrity in their investigative reporting. They're all jokes. Even the debates are jokes. How can you take them seriously? I gotsta go, this takes way more time to write than I'm willing to right now.

Not too mention that his most recent band he likes is Rage Against the Machine which is from '91-ish, depending when he got into them. obviously for the music and not the lyrics.

Since we don't have TV, we have to watch the Huffington Post coverage, which is fine by me. The current Fox News thing is if you disagree with them it's because you're misinformed by watching MSNBC. I don't watch MSNBC; though I'm aware of them and their pundits. I don't like how they're trying to be the extreme left version of Fox News. So, no! My opposing view points are my own.

And I should mention I read the Omaha World-Herald, the New York Times, and watch Fox News, some CNN (though they're not much better aside from two reporters), the BBC, NPR, al-Jazeera, the Guardian UK, and any other source out there. I want my views to be based on being well-informed and not based upon religious, or party affiliation, or any other inane-bullshit.

Also, the Hart's Landing mythos would say Obama's going to win. Though I'd like to think that any smart person would say he would win. Based on aforementioned statement I've made and that he's a first term, first black president.

I also hate listening to people talk about anything (like sports, movies...) especially politics where they're just regurgitating talking points and party ideology. It's not their informed-opinions they're spewing.

Too much to talk about for this being the "most expensive presidential election in history." I think it's ridiculous to hear these "undecided" voters talking about how they're still listening and seeing what influences their votes. Anyone that hasn't decided at the latest the debates shouldn't be allowed to vote.

Knowing that the debates are memorized facts and figures and that, especially Romney, honed his image to fit what was necessary, it's stupid to depend on these types of information to base your voting on.

The other day in the NY Times, some dumb-ass lady (who shouldn't be allowed to vote, because she's the exact reason why money and campaign-tactics work) said that (seeing the current version of Mitt Romney) she wants to vote for him because he seems to want to work across the aisle. Obama is too partisan "which is why the Tea Party started."

Where the fuck has she been?! She must be what's been polled as Fox News watchers polling as the most uninformed people out there. The whole idea of the Tea Party was causing the partisan shit. Dick Luger was outsted because he worked with the Democrats. Obama's first three years was trying to pander to the Republicans and then realized they were dicks. From the get-go they said their goal was to make Obama a one-term president and did everything in their power to try that. I don't know why the fillibuster doesn't get brought up.

This election shouldn't cost a dime. There's enough resources out there to get the information you need about candidates. Also, people who vote based on party affiliation is stupid. That's the worst policy to ever adapt. I don't like most of the current Republican party, especially Tea Party affiliates. I don't see how endorsements help out. I don't give a fuck who endorses who.

If Chuck Hagel were running for anything, I'd vote for him. He dropped out of politics because he got called a traitor by Bush and Republicans. He endorsed Bob Kerrey and in the same statements that say not only that Deb Fischer would reach across the aisle (she's a Tea Party bitch), they criticized Hagel for criticizing Bush about the Iraq war and other aisle-crossing tactics he did.

Bill Maher said it's a win-win situation where if Obama wins, America wins. If Romney wins, it's good for comedy. Twenty-something major countries, except Pakistan want Obama to win. I commend Gov. Chris Christie, not just for acknowledging Obama's response to Sandy, but also when a Fox News pundit asked him to have Romney tour the area as well, his response was basically, "I don't give a fuck about that shit."

I'm married to a small business owner who would love to bring in $250,000 profit and gladly pay more taxes if that were the case. We're in debt because of medical bills and we don't qualify for anything. Obama's policies don't keep them from hiring, it's medical shit and other things which Republicans would bring in that would either prevent them from hiring, or still be living paycheck to paycheck.

Paul Ryan I've never liked and as much as I know why the Republican party chose him, he's a fucking douche-bag and since he's been nominated, he's been an idiot with no substance. He lives by Ayn Rand and still listens to Rage Against the Machine and AC/DC is the most-played on his iPod and uses "Back in Black" to introduce him. It's the whole Adam and Eve allegory again where he's still stuck in the garden, pre-apple, where he can't move past where he's at and progress. He's still stuck in fucking 12th grade.