I keep saying that I have no hope for the voters turning this country around. This is a perfect example of why.
HUGE MAJOR BUMP TO WHAT YOU SAID!
It has been hopeless for quite a while. Hey, it's not as if Martians visited every election day for the past few decades and elected the chumps that have put us into this mess, and are currently running the show.
The same voters who elected the idiots in charge... are the same voters who'll give us the NEXT bunch of idiots.
I am more or less of a "retired voter" at this point. I am old, I am disabled, and I have no incentive to waste my time pissing into the wind -- or any other form of windmill-tilting.
The electoral process is broken beyond repair. My main hope is that my lousy health will spare me the REALLY bad hell on earth that I see coming down the pike, but I do fear for my children, who will have to live through the global madness.
Two closing comments: You think THIS is bad, then wait a while, and see how you feel when that smarmy toad Romney is running for President -- with Palin's endorsement in hand.
My goal is to at least once a week view that video of Romney showing his stuff, demanding to be taken seriously as a firm defender of "a woman's right to choose" (what a slimy slogan). Unfortunately, I don't have the stomach for it, so, I'll probably only watch it once a month or so.
Show it to OTHERS? Why bother? They'll just tell me that I have to be gung-ho for thelesseroftwoevils. Sorry, I played that game until I got tired of VOTING FOR EVIL -- and getting it, too! No DECENT "viable candidate"? Fine, then I won't bother voting.
Still kicking myself for having let myself think Palin was some reason to hope. Oh, well, I wasted a few months in misguided optimism, and then she showed me what a fool I was being.