(Warning: This is only a rant. It contains no useful information whatsoever. Using this to inform your political opinion will only make you an equal target of scorn. Proceed with caution.)
Alright. I’ve now watched the last two GOP debates and I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to be feeling. This isn’t a Republican discussion of Republicans because they’re the only choice. But Obama’s the incumbent and there’s no Democrat debates to dissect and get sick thinking about, so I’ll just have to settle for one. First of all, I’m fucking sick of it. The whole debate charade. Here’s an idea. I’ll be the next moderator and the debate will be titled “The No Bullshit Debate,” where I scream “Bullshit!” and a candidate gives up their time for talking absolute shit. I don’t characterize all the political discussion as bullshit, though most of it is. I’m talking about the BULLSHIT that is completely irrelevant. A few examples.
Rick Perry (when asked about faith): Look, I can’t separate myself from my faith any more than I can separate from the fact that my father was a tenant farmer…
BULLSHIT! Next candidate. Shut up, Rick Perry.
Michelle Bachmann (when asked about Occupy Wall Street): Y’know, I’m a mother of 9,000 children and I…
BULLSHIT! Next candidate. Shut up, Michelle Bachmann.
Those are just the highlights from tonight. Most candidates fall into this category, I just don’t have the time or patience to come up with more examples. I don’t like Mitt Romney, but at least he handles himself with some dignity, at least compared to Rick Perry. I have MAJOR suspicions about Herman Cain, but aside from his apple and oranges bullshit, he handles himself pretty well. I do like Ron Paul, but I know he can be a little extreme for some people. At least he handles his unfairly small amount of time well and gets his message across the best he can. Honestly, I might just not do a “No Bullshit” debate and just have those three debate and tell everyone else to fuck off. Were you expecting analysis in this ironically titled blog? Professionalism? Well, too bad. I don’t know how Anderson Cooper didn’t leave that stage a murderer. It’s ridiculous. And all those bullshit responses are getting APPLAUSE. Meaning that not only do people not have a problem with them, they are supporting it. They’re buying it. Look, if we want to even pretend to be an educated voting populace, statements like that tenant farmer bullshit from Rick Perry should simply not be tolerated. I can watch a debate, like the ones between Obama and McCain in 2008, for example, where two people are debating that I do not support or agree with in most matters. But if that debate tells me something or holds a semblance of an informative stance, I’ll tolerate it; I’ll even pay attention. But I’m sick of all this posturing, pretending to stand for something that isn’t anything different. What’s the point? If someone like Ron Paul can’t get time to explain some different ideas, but Michelle Bachmann can talk about her 28 foster kids who aren’t allowed to be gay, what is the goddamn point? Just put them in a room with 3 guns and 6 bullets randomly dispersed. It’ll handle itself. I’m not suggesting murder, but if the whole process is going to be idiotic and arbitrary, why not make it extreme and bloody as well? The results will be the same. A random choice made by uneducated blind luck. The scary part about that is: a) someone might just take me seriously and do it, and b) Rick Perry would almost certainly come out on top because, let’s be honest, he’s probably killed someone before.
Perry definitely killed someone. Just by how stiff he was during the National Anthem shows he did some dirt back in Texas. I thought he was going to break Romney's arm when Romney had it on his shoulder trying to get a word in.
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