Posted on 11/03/2004 7:41:15 PM PST by TheBigB
WARNING...some profanity...
I know that we would like to question the whole of democracy. I can't believe Bush won either, but there isn't time to despair. What is needed now is action, not hopelessness. What is important is that there has been tremendous progress in mobilizing people to create change. Remember, more voters turned out this year than in the last three decades. Although it might be said that we can't expect change overnight, there really was a very rapid shift in the way we view politics. We have become unafraid of voicing our opinions, using our power, pooling our resources, and allowing our differences to aid us instead of keeping us apart.
These new ways of looking at ourselves politically redefine what it means to be an American. It takes what used to be a very passive identity and turned us all into revolutionaries. In a short time, we activated activism, something that lay dormant in many of us and had not been awakened until now.
The Bush administration will be sorry they won this battle, for they now look forward to losing the war. Ultimately, a government cannot defeat its people, no matter how much power they assume or how corrupt they are. Even though today feels like a defeat, there is no loss. There is only opportunity. Now we have the chance to challenge everything, fight everything. The possibilities are tremendous. All the polls, all the posturing, all the opinions that we endured during months leading up to the election provide us with a valuable education on how we think and act as a country.
There are a huge number of us that are on the same side. We had no idea how many of us there were before. We constitute roughly half of the nation, probably more. If we refuse to concede to apathy, then we can roll up our sleeves and get dirty. This is merely the third act break, when it seems like our hero is down for the count, but it just isn't possible, because there is still half an hour to go before the movie ends. We have a lot more of our story left to tell. We need to wipe the blood off our lip and get up again for the last time.
My friend years ago had this joke, where he was talking about how he'd tell his girlfriend that he thought she was being a bitch, to which she'd reply - "Oh you'll KNOW when I'm being a bitch." Republicans don't even know how nasty we can be. You think people are pissed off today, just wait until the inauguration. Can you imagine all the boos and jeers during Brooks & Dunn's set? Just the radical uncoolness of their musicians compared to Democratic rock stars is fairly awesome to consider. Brooks & Dunn vs. Pearl Jam. Charlie Daniels going toe to toe with Bruce Springsteen. Leann Womack against Moby. Britney Spears facing off the entire Hip Hop Summit. If it wasn't so ridiculously sad, it would be funny. If 'these colors' don't run now, they will soon.
I think Bush is probably really scared, if he is smart enough to be. He should be, because he has an enormously difficult task in front of him. There is no way he will regain public popularity. All he can manage to do is not fuck up too badly, which will probably prove to be impossible, as he is the rare maestro of the fuck up. Look at it this way. We might have some fun. Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think. It is vital to mourn for the victims of this government but not at the expense of losing our sense of humor. Our ability to laugh coincides directly with our ability to fight. If we can make fun of it, we can transcend it. Just imagine the incredible storm of shit that Bush will have to endure. It will make Hurricane Jeanne look like a humidifier. The polarizing of the population has been a wondrous gift to debate, and we are more politicized and aware than ever before. With all this caution and attention focused on our 'elected' officials, we have a moment where we can grasp the brass ring of self-government. In the immortal words of DMX, "They don't know, who we be." but they will, and they will be sorry.
Looking at that skank, we have a good idea.
Yes we do, sweetie, but thanks for the reminder.
Ahhh! Another liberal fool who misunderestimates G.W. the Great. The battlefield of politics is strewn with them.
I wonder if Maggie will be joining the likes of Hinkley. She certainly sounds unstable.
Is Maragaret Cho 16 years old? This article is more about "battle of the bands" than a political statement.
Let's just say we've gotten used to being surprised...
Yeah, slutto, we are all cracked up over here. Boo Hoo!
One Word: Rosie.
Way to encourage unity, Cho
"There is no way he will regain public popularity".
Based on the results, he appears to be more popular than ever.
Is this crazy bitch suffering a brain fart, are is she brain dead?
She confirms the suspicion that the "Liberalism" practiced by these lunatics is a mental illness..
Semper Fi
Ywah, I was also very concerned about the "radical uncoolness" of our bands. :^)
Someone said in an opinion piece I read, its worth it to elect Bush just for all the a##holes it will pi## off
The Demo parade continues over the cliff...
My Family can beat up your Family, NAH NAH...
Oh, Margaret...STFU.
Hey Mr. President, do me a favor and DON'T unite me with these people: I like a divided country, thank you.
She thinks that DMX is immortal. Yet, they wonder why nobody takes them seriously.
"I think Bush is probably really scared,"
Ms. Cho, you don't know this president at all! Go ahead and talk your stuff, your guy lost and your party's likely to be irrelevant for a good, long while!
That statement sums up the implosion of the democratic party as we know it. After 2000 and 2002 elections the DNC became much more rabid and full of hate. A party that only has "Bush = Hitler" as their only mantra will never win a national election. I think that was reflected in the 51% of the popular vote that GW received.
You think people are pissed off today, just wait until the inauguration. Can you imagine all the boos and jeers during Brooks & Dunn's set? Just the radical uncoolness of their musicians compared to Democratic rock stars is fairly awesome to consider. Brooks & Dunn vs. Pearl Jam. Charlie Daniels going toe to toe with Bruce Springsteen. Leann Womack against Moby. Britney Spears facing off the entire Hip Hop Summit. If it wasn't so ridiculously sad, it would be funny. If 'these colors' don't run now, they will soon.
Margaret, honey, when will you be coming to a comedy club in Nashville? I'm sure they'd all just love to see you down there.
I really wish the Republican reps who get on the talk shows would point out that W didn't divide anyone, it was the Dims.
Shouldn't Margaret have her face buried in a carpet somewhere?
Reading liberals rants like this reminds me why I am a conservative.
5.56mm
Doesn't sound like Margaret Cho wants to say the following words to us: "Me love you long time. Me so horny."
She literally sounds like a person with murder in mind. A man who takes on Osama Bin Laden isn't going to care about the boos from a bunch of filthy slackers.
The election was just the latest battle. There is still a war to wage.
But there are more of us on the other side. Besides that, we're the ones with all those evil guns that you guys hate. :=)
Margaret Cho is the lesbian Mark Morford.
Just give her "career" a couple more years. She'll be roadside in Ventura saying those very things.
I am Hollywood Hear Me Roar!
Nothing is more pathetic than a has-been who wants to be relevant via a "call to arms."
LOL
True, but what's really annoying is how a few of these comedians went from typical-liberal to uber-activist and they all STOPPED BEING FUNNY.
Margaret was actually mildly humorous when she didn't turn into a Che Guevara dyke-aspirant. Just like Dave Cross and a few others. They HAVE BEEN funny, maybe they will again when they let go. But they just submerged themselves in venom and insanity and lost all of my goodwill.
Ms. Cho and her cohorts are exactly who you want running the Democratic party. Here is a possible scenario: The calmer heads in the Dem Party, i.e. the Even Bayh's will see that the party needs to take a right turn or risk irrelevance. As part of that right turn, they will need to distance themselves from Cho da Ho and the rest of the Hollywood anchors (by this I mean anchors dragging the Dem party to the bottom) and their shrill tactics. That will not suit Cho et. al. very well and you will have a mass defection from the Dem party.
Bottom line, there is just no way the Dems have a quick fix for what ills them. Of course, the Dems can always find a superstar candidate to win the Presidency, but that candidate will have to govern as a centrist.
Well, this is certainly a new slant on things...
What was a traditional treatment for suchlike? Was it just the pillory or having them first whipped at every church in the town and THEN set in pillory? Sounds archaic, but might be fitting.
Oh, yeah. Remind me to send MacAulife a "thank you" note for that. Seems most of the increased turnout went Republican! It's nice of the DNC to do our work for us.
Anybody notice that this sick a$$ witch has links to Damien Echols blogs on her site ? He is one of the teens ( now much older ) that murdered those young boys in West Memphis some years ago.
Despair. It is the bottom. What will you do now?
I can't believe Bush won either, but there isn't time to despair.
Actually, you need to despair. If you haven't hit rock bottom yet, then you will continue to set yourself up for failure. Be my guest.
Wow, when you phrase it in terms of a battle between rock stars, you've really sunk low.
Oh this is classic! My Dear Mz Cho - America as a whole does know how nasty the extreme left wing can be. What you, and your liberal friends, don't seem to understand is that your nastiness, and that of other extreme left-wingers, probably had a lot to do with Kerry's loss. Live with THAT for four years!
Keep being nasty and keep loosing power.
That's what it's about, people! How could we have been so STUPID to vote for GWB? Don't we know anything about how important the radical coolness of bands is? (Are?).
Darn that Karl Rove.
Margret Cho , please consider tearing up your passport
after arrivng on the first plane to Korea .
Maybe Kim Jung ill needs a funny mistress, need a nob?
Why, just turn on your tee-vee.
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