Is everything under the Sun political?
Why did the woman playing the President in the new season of 24 and The Garofalo feel it necessary to talk about their feelings on toture before the new season premiered? The Garofalo actually spoke of her reticence about the role because the producer of the show is a “right-winger”.
Is this necessary to say, or can we live just one moment of our lives without bringing up politics? I realize the political nature of THIS blog, but its a blog. I still watch television, go to concerts, drink beer, etc. without it turning into a ragefest against liberals. Its really hard, however, when a professor feels it necessary to disparage my beliefs to get class started off on the wrong foot, or SNL continues in their breathless quest to destroy Sarah Palin because she’s… I still can’t figure that out, actually. I just don’t hate people because of their accent, gender, or level of success. For that same reason, I’d like to have a beer with Obama. I really doubt we’d talk politics at all.
I may ask him to cure me of leprosy, however. (I don’t really have leprosy. Its a test!)
Let it go, Dems
Democrats in the House now want to subpoena Bush, Cheney, et al. with a federal investigation to find out if they broke any laws in the name of national security, according to an AP story today. Isn’t it time to put all the hatred away now that your guy is in there? This is not only childish and vengeful behavior directed at a man that legitimately was doing what he thought was right to protect this country, but its so public that it will damage your chances at the next election. If the public sees you diving into this rabbithole with all your new power, you will rightly be perceived as running only on Not-Bush, which has no shelf life past inauguration day.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from the urge to throw a man in jail because he disagrees with you about the War in Iraq and terrorism.
Chump edit: That behavior would also hardly reflect the healer/uniter rhetoric we heard so often from Barack Obama, should he sign off on it.
