A lousy American
By guest blogger JAY:
As a voting American, this primary season has been grueling for me and for millions of Americans who think like I do. From the very beginning when I was giving the Senator from Illinois a fair shake by trying to figure out who he is and what he's about, I couldn't find a single thing that would make me want to vote for him. I watched in horror as my candidate, Hillary Clinton, was brought down in a fashion that can only be described as orchestrated from within. I vacillated between deep disgust and profound depression on a daily basis.
I know I wasn't alone then and I'm not alone now. The best Democratic candidate is not, apparently, going to become the Democratic nominee. Okay, that's the way it is. But I'm not compelled to simply move on and forget what has happened. I can't, because what has happened is so indefensible and wrong.
The part that I can't wrap my mind around at this point is how his supporters continue to support him.
"Change" when spoken on his lips was always a load of crap and it was obvious to me all along. That I was right has been proven time and time again by his flip-flops in recent weeks. His reversals have not been small and expected. They corrupt the core message of his entire campaign. What must it be like to still support him when every reason given during the primary for awarding this man with a vote has been betrayed?
They told me he was for change. He is not. They told me they liked him because he wasn't a typical politician. He has proven that he's not only typical, he is the worst kind of politician.
I don't even feel compelled to list once again all of the reasons that he has given us to mistrust him at this point -- the facts are in, and he is a scoundrel. A narcissistic, snobbish, spineless, lazy scoundrel. And yet "they" support him.
And then they started saying that experience isn't necessary for the job of President of the United States. Why do they say this? Because they want to live in a world where you don't have to earn anything. They are lousy Americans. He is a lousy American. This country exists because of hard work... the kind of hard work that leads any mature adult to strongly value experience. If experience matters when hiring a waiter, it probably also matters when hiring a President. Honestly, the defense of this man's inadequacies is too absurd for me to stomach. And so I won't.
Yes, there is something wrong with America these days. It is embodied, heart and soul, in this man's candidacy and the blind support given to him by the entitled masses who fall in line behind his hollow shell. He will not have my respect until he has earned it, and he will most certainly not get my vote until that happens. I'm not holding my breath.
Nor will I ever shut up about it until he has proven me wrong.
Jay is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles
As a voting American, this primary season has been grueling for me and for millions of Americans who think like I do. From the very beginning when I was giving the Senator from Illinois a fair shake by trying to figure out who he is and what he's about, I couldn't find a single thing that would make me want to vote for him. I watched in horror as my candidate, Hillary Clinton, was brought down in a fashion that can only be described as orchestrated from within. I vacillated between deep disgust and profound depression on a daily basis.
I know I wasn't alone then and I'm not alone now. The best Democratic candidate is not, apparently, going to become the Democratic nominee. Okay, that's the way it is. But I'm not compelled to simply move on and forget what has happened. I can't, because what has happened is so indefensible and wrong.
The part that I can't wrap my mind around at this point is how his supporters continue to support him.
"Change" when spoken on his lips was always a load of crap and it was obvious to me all along. That I was right has been proven time and time again by his flip-flops in recent weeks. His reversals have not been small and expected. They corrupt the core message of his entire campaign. What must it be like to still support him when every reason given during the primary for awarding this man with a vote has been betrayed?
They told me he was for change. He is not. They told me they liked him because he wasn't a typical politician. He has proven that he's not only typical, he is the worst kind of politician.
I don't even feel compelled to list once again all of the reasons that he has given us to mistrust him at this point -- the facts are in, and he is a scoundrel. A narcissistic, snobbish, spineless, lazy scoundrel. And yet "they" support him.
And then they started saying that experience isn't necessary for the job of President of the United States. Why do they say this? Because they want to live in a world where you don't have to earn anything. They are lousy Americans. He is a lousy American. This country exists because of hard work... the kind of hard work that leads any mature adult to strongly value experience. If experience matters when hiring a waiter, it probably also matters when hiring a President. Honestly, the defense of this man's inadequacies is too absurd for me to stomach. And so I won't.
Yes, there is something wrong with America these days. It is embodied, heart and soul, in this man's candidacy and the blind support given to him by the entitled masses who fall in line behind his hollow shell. He will not have my respect until he has earned it, and he will most certainly not get my vote until that happens. I'm not holding my breath.
Nor will I ever shut up about it until he has proven me wrong.
Jay is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
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