by so buttons » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:48 pm
the eternal dilemma which faces those opposed to the PTB is the reality that we can't beat them at their own game unless we play by their (ethically vacant) rules. the "left" doesn't have "strong leaders" like the right because no one on the left is willing to stand up and call the right out on its moral ineptitude, as they are more than eager to do to us. ("the left wants to kill babies!" "the left doesn't think the bible is real!") the right has managed to portray itself as the party of upstanding righteousness, even though this couldn't be farther from the truth. as bradley whitford commented on bill maher's show a few month's ago, it is preposterous to think that we live in a society in which one can plausibly say "i hate fags so i have the moral high ground." where are our leaders in washington? why does a guy from a TELEVISION PROGRAM about the white house, appearing on a COMEDY PROGRAM have to be the closest we can get to political notice of the deplorable state of american "morals?"<br><br>if we wanted an effective leader, we would need the kind of character found in the donald rumsfeld's and dick cheney's of the world - dismissive, arrogant bastards who are so assured of their own rightness that to engage them in debate is sheer waste of breath. we need a leader who doesn't care two beans about what the red states will think (the way bushco doesn't care what the blue states think...and the blue states, incidentally, need to start being more offended), who will stand up and refuse to bend even a little bit, who will unequivocally stand by his positions (i.e., evolution [and global warming] is a FACT, it is REAL, and the american education system will not cater to the whims of religious zealots who dispute the validity of science; anti-homosexual sentiments, like racial sentiments, are nothing more than hate-based discrimination, and because homosexual conduct does not affect anyone outside of the parties involved, and because america was founded on a "free to be you and me" set of principles", our laws ought not condone hate) and play the same games bushco play, delivering every word they say with a "i'm absolutely right and you are a moron for even thinking to dispute what i say" tone.<br><br>i was thinking this weekend how comedians are the only ones who are consistently spot-on in political analysis, and that is a tragedy. take a stand, state the obvious truths about political affairs and you get...laughs. <p></p><i></i>