Wednesday, February 15, 2006

The Danger of Voting Republican

Well there are many dangers to doing so, first and formost, if you make the mistake of being born black, hispanic, gay, or poor, you will find your way to a welfare system that will cease to exist. By some off chance you are none of those things, you rich white and donate money, well now the danger is far more immediate. If you are not careful you might get shot in the face and heart. This story goes all over for me, on the first hand, the headline, 'Dick Cheney shoots a man' is so absurd, it is funny. On the second hand, there is a real man in real danger of dying, and hunter or no, just because you are friends with Dick Cheney, it doesn't mean you deserve a violent death. Now there is the story of the story, which in such an information saturated world, tends to be the story. The general public did not find out about this until the day after it happened, which by itself does not bother me. This situation is very intense for all involved and dealing with the press might not be priority one, as with any person who has been involved in a tragic event, talking to reporters might not be the first thing you want to deal with. Here is the thing, you are the Vice President, and you just shot a man, did you think this was NOT going to become a story? In this world you CLEARLY have to be out in front giving statements and laying out the entire story as best you can. This is just one more example of the mind blowing arrogance of this administration. I thought the Clinton Administration was brazen in their handling of scandals, but at least they had a concept of what bad PR looks like. This administration just denies that anything went wrong and for 3 years we let it pass. Now my personal political beliefs aside, this man has done things FAR worse then accidentally shooting a man while engaging in a barbaric hobby, but the way they handled this situation is a microcosm of how these men treat the American people. So protect your face America.

Hobbes

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