Thursday, July 24, 2003

I'm very much tired of politics. People are far too interested in blaming the other side and criticizing its minor shortcomings.

Take this for instance. An alleged tape of the president on the morning of September 11, depicting a foggy-looking Bush doing nothing five minutes after he is told (in what sounds like a Fox News soundbyte) "America is under attack!" Now, you can argue the context of the film or the merits of sitting and doing nothing in a time of crisis (which the author does surprisingly little of in his mini-essay), but I fail to see the exact relevancy of this quaint little piece of muck-raking. Obviously the author spent a lot of time breaking the film down into five-second intervals, but really, who is this helping? It's a moot point dredged up once again to spark partisan mud-slinging and a pointless character debate that relies mostly on ignorant second-guessing. You can argue until cows make tea that Bush is a stupid Texan and make fun of him in cute Internet cartoons, but don't try and turn it into an argument against administration policies that are definitely NOT being made by stupid Texans. But bless the Democrats, that is ALL they have on their political agenda: pointing out what's wrong and not doing a thing to offer America a better alternative.

I love Michael Moore; but hey, we can't all be Michael Moore, ya know?

And Conservative Talk Radio? I'll get to you later. God is starting to look a lot more like Ralph Nader.

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