I'm angry, frustrated, kind of raging actually.
Teddy has always been there since I became politically aware. It's hard to describe how I feel right now. We didn't get it done in time. That hurts, but that pain can motivate and that's the right thing to do.
To all the naysayers who are gonna dance on Teddy's grave:
It's not even a full day you clowns.
We know you are the asses, you know you are asses. Rather than validate the shit that's gonna get said about Teddy, let's just take a moment for some healthy perspective. One better!
Let's make them the subject and leave Teddy to rest in the peace he deserves. We need to grow a pair and get after this reform for him, if nothing else. If you've got something to get out, do it on this diary. Consider it healthy therapy, and then we can all get up tomorrow, kick ass, take names and get it done.
I'll go first:
So. Fucking Freepers. Let me introduce you to what I call the 23 percenters.
That's right 23 percent of us have some core character problem. Racist, bigot, theocrat, authoritarian, and god knows what else. The GOP is full of these clowns because anybody else wouldn't give them the time of day.
These people are the Limbaugh listeners because they've got no where else to go. Back when Republicans needed some wins to go along with their anti-American middle class neo-conservative economic ideas, somebody had the bright idea to play rope a dope with every asshole with a chip on their shoulder.
That's the 23 percent base they've got today. Most easily identified by the Bush die hards, who just can't seem to do anything but get more socially regressive.
Fuck them.
Conservative media loves these clowns. Why? Because without somebody selling hate, like a cheap whore sells sex, they wouldn't have their "I'm not alone" fix every day.
They will phone the station, attend the church, donate the dollars, sell the vote, buy the product, and tolerate assholes like them, because together they've got some little bit of power --just enough to make them think that it's ok to give in to our primal feelings and just be foul.
They think weak people tolerate others. Truth is they've got little dicks with plastic balls, too weak of mind and of character to step up and do the basic socialization work everybody else did.
Big tent they've got over there. Basically, if you've got some core problem, chip on your shoulder, you are IN. The only cost is not getting in the way of anybody else and their issue.
This was good for a string of wins. Every regressive social issue was a lock! They voted every time, all the time, and even tossed in with the wealthy elite, who were perfectly willing to tolerate their social issues. Why would they care? They've got so much money that none of that really matters.
So, if they can get more money, and screw us over, it's a corporate - theocrat win win! And with that we saw 30 years at least of garbage economic theory turned into "selling our future for the profit today" trade policy, bolstered by the mere hint at over turning Roe, and labeling this a Christian Nation.
Now, what were they saying about our guy Teddy?
Yeah, fuck them. They've got no standing to say jack shit.