Another game of catch up
No, we’re not dead. Or at least, I’m not… Elysa has been slightly better about keeping this thing updated than I have. What can I say? I am a liberal. That means I am by nature scatterbrained and disorganized. If it means anything, I have been a slave to my classes this semester, which is just another excuse in the very very long list I could give justifying my neglect of Political Bitches. So I’ll stop with the simpering and whining about my schedule and move on.
A lot has happened since we last updated. On the day the bailout was initially rejected and the markets proceded to fall around 700 points, I can personally attest to being on IM with Elysa shitting bricks. To tell you the truth, I have very mixed feelings about the bailout. I certainly see the need to keep the economy moving (the alternative could be… unfavorable), however, the sheer idea of putting more money in the hands of the people who screwed this up to begin with leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth.
As for the debates… I grew weary of them. During the first (the one McCain so kindly showed up for), a couple of friends and I mixed up mojitos, created a list of key words and ideas to drink to, and promptly enjoyed our evening (my favorite was two drinks if a candidate tells a story about a US citizen, plus one bonus if they were from a swing state). The problem with the debate system in general is we really don’t learn anything about the candidates, which is especially problematic if you’re actually tuning in for that purpose. Regardless of whether or not you’re an informed viewer, it’s simply the tit-for-tat hour. Obama will compare McCain to Bush, McCain will appeal to Obama’s “lack of experience”, while blatenly avoiding the fact that all Sarah Palin can do is roam up and down the countryside parroting, “Maverick! Maverick!”. All the while, a plumber named Joe has become famous at the expense of time that should have been used to talk about policy in relation to the country and not just one fucking person.
Then of course, there was the Bill Ayers shit. Seriously. I’m thinking members of the McCain campaign were severely deprived of learning basic mathematics in grade school (and they weren’t even subject to No Child Left Behind!). When using the very very complicated subtraction model utilized by first graders across the nation, one will find that not only was Obama incapable of running for office, he was also about ten years shy of being able to vote when Ayers was running around like a lunatic. It amazes me that this basic arithmetic seems to elude these people, yet they’re capable of taking a leap in faith to say Obama + Bill Ayers = RECIPE FOR DESTRUCTION. Furthermore, not to run too far off topic, but I’m really quite amused at the myriad of things Obama has been accused of being… If we run by this logic, he’s an Arab-socialist-black supremecist-Christian extremist-terrorist-Kenyan citizen who is lying about his US birth. Wait, you mean that doesn’t add up?
I don’t want to sound overly confident, but I am hopeful that barring discovery of Obama and Ayers’ polkadotted love child, he may actually win this one. *crosses fingers*
Hopefully Elysa and I will be updating this more frequently now that we’re only days from the Election.
Hoping you’re all as excited about the 4th as I am,
Laura
Probably the shortest post you will ever see on this blog
Happy Birthday, Elysa!
We take a break from our normal programming to wish Elysa a happy 21st birthday. Though this blog is about politics, it should be recognized that the idea and its inception would not have happened if it weren’t for this courageous and highly opinionated young lady, so for all the hours of bitching about politics and other matters, Elysa, I thank you. Even though this project is young, I know it’s going to live up to be something great, and that wouldn’t happen without you. Have a great birthday!
Tune in soon for more bitching.
Introduction to Political Bitches
Hello world,
For an introductory post to this blog, I’d like to take the time to introduce its founders and explain our motivations behind buying a domain name called “Political Bitches” at 4:30 in the morning on a Sunday when we could have been sleeping to recoup for a homework filled afternoon. That aside, the creators of this blog (Elysa and Laura) will be updating this as often as is deemed necessary to rant, laugh, cry, or rejoice at various and assorted different domestic and international happenings. To be honest, we’ve talked and joked about doing something like this for a while, seeing as one of the first times we really talked was on election night ’04, when I (Laura) was 15 and Elysa was 17 – from that night, our bond was sealed as a special one… One in which we could instant message one another at odd hours of the night saying things such as:
Elysa: LMFAO
Elysa: ROMNEY
Elysa: LOL
Elysa: Romney thinks John Adams wrote the U.S. Constitution
Elysa: LOL
So the past couple of years of making anti-war t-shirts, attending rallies, and “OMGWTF-ing” to one-another, we’ve decided to pass on the craziness that is the “political bitches” on to you.
Keep bitching,
Laura
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