Amendment To Be (pt. 2 - The Betrayal)
Is it that time of year again?
A senator I once supported urinated on my vote today when he and several other Democrats sided with Republicans in supporting a flag-burning ban amendment - which failed passage by only a single vote. Senator Mark Dayton, you broke my heart. I don't believe in nothin' no more.
If you've heard anything about the New York Times boondoggle this week, you'll know that the B*sh administration has dramatically stepped up its crusade against the so-called "Liberal Media." Not only do I question the existence of such an entity, I'm no longer certain I believe in such a thing as a liberal politician anymore. I think I may be slighly ahead of the curve in this view, but I'm confident that you'll all join me once mid-term elections have come and gone. I envison a world, after another four or five terms of Republican Presidential regime, where the only ones naive enough to believe in the existence of a liberal politician are children a good ten years away from voting age. But don't worry, everyone, the Liberal Politician will live on in memory and folklore. We can give them a holiday like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus; we'll think of them once a year with a twinkle in our eye and a song in our heart. "You be a good little boy now, Billy, or the Labor Day Liberal won't bring you rainbow buttons and Right To Choose bumper stickers... Oooh where have aaall the floweerrrrs gooonne...."
A senator I once supported urinated on my vote today when he and several other Democrats sided with Republicans in supporting a flag-burning ban amendment - which failed passage by only a single vote. Senator Mark Dayton, you broke my heart. I don't believe in nothin' no more.
If you've heard anything about the New York Times boondoggle this week, you'll know that the B*sh administration has dramatically stepped up its crusade against the so-called "Liberal Media." Not only do I question the existence of such an entity, I'm no longer certain I believe in such a thing as a liberal politician anymore. I think I may be slighly ahead of the curve in this view, but I'm confident that you'll all join me once mid-term elections have come and gone. I envison a world, after another four or five terms of Republican Presidential regime, where the only ones naive enough to believe in the existence of a liberal politician are children a good ten years away from voting age. But don't worry, everyone, the Liberal Politician will live on in memory and folklore. We can give them a holiday like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus; we'll think of them once a year with a twinkle in our eye and a song in our heart. "You be a good little boy now, Billy, or the Labor Day Liberal won't bring you rainbow buttons and Right To Choose bumper stickers... Oooh where have aaall the floweerrrrs gooonne...."
posted by ab at 6/28/2006
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