Well, reading that little Mark Steyn piece helped (hat tip Gerard). I was pretty bummed, mostly by the apparent circumstance that the Osama speech, according to polling guru Schneider, helped Kerry. So the aging Hamlet furrowed his brow, and stroking his razor-sharp chin decides that the thing to do after the man that orchestrated the murder of 3,000 Americans waggles his finger at the nation, is to take a freakin' poll! Just to test the waters with his toe lest he get a chill jumping in. And after "asking the audience" he decides that the way to play it is to hype the defeatism angle... like that's a new wrinkle for him.
If this is what Americans have become, the country's probably not worth fighting for. But it can't be, can it? Where are all those blue-collar types who can see that the guy is real unhappy with the treatment he's getting from George Bush, and just wants a little relief. "I'll lay off you, if you lay off me... please." So, where's the outrage at being threatened and massaged by this Creep of Araby?
Or were those indignant letters written to the Guardian after its little project to meddle in the US election, just forgeries? If we're indignant about the intrusion of Richard Dawkins into our sacred affairs, we'll just roll over for a tummy scratch from the old ratbag himself?
Waiter, there's a Cape Buffalo in this beer.
Update: Now this Iraqi blogger sounds American, to me.
(Cross-posted by Demosophist to Anticipatory Retaliation and The Jawa Report)
Posted by Demosophist at November 1, 2004 01:25 AM | TrackBackI've just find your blog :)
and I have this wired obsession of linking blogs to mine :P
P.S: I liked the way you linked our ideas about elections :)
Posted by: Ferid at November 1, 2004 08:50 AMFerid:
I've blogrolled you. Eventually I need to organize and categorize my blogroll. Soon.
Posted by: Demosophist at November 1, 2004 11:23 AM