By Beauty Damned

Evil Bits

You know what I don't get about this whole hoopla over John Kerry's recent comment (which the republicans are clutching transparently, as if it is their last pathetic hope of keeping control of Congress in the upcoming election)? I don't get how it is okay for George W. Bush to joke during a correspondents' dinner about how there were no WMDs, but John Kerry cannot make a joke about the lack of intelligence of George W. Bush without it being construed into a direct insult to the United States Military.

George W. Bush can joke about the very lie that got us into Iraq as if that lie hadn't already cost countless lives, and America doesn't flinch. But somehow John Kerry's comment harms us, it harms our country and our troops. The media is so cunty. I'm sorry but it's the truth. Useless sons of bitches.

I know that it's completely unnecessary for me to go into all of the reasons that this war is wrong since I think we're all pretty up to date on that, but let me just say that I am so tired of the tiny percentage of people left who still agree with the way that things have gone and continue going.

According to NY1 this morning, less than thirty percent of Americans are supportive of the way that George W. Bush is "handling" the war in Iraq. Who are those people? I suppose they're the same people who say that the Dixie Chicks and Barbara Streisand should just shut up and sing. What amazes me is that those are the people who are given a voice. While the dissent that has risen up against this war has been blacked out by media for years, those who support the war in Iraq and president Bush have been given a voice. Isn't it time that those who oppose the war are given a voice? Even if the things they sometimes say are fumbly, bumbly bullshit?

And speaking of fumbly, bumbly bullshit, you would think by the way that republicans have reacted to John Kerry's remark, that George W. Bush had never said an ineloquent thing in his life or insulted anyone or even, dare I say it, made our entire country look bad in the eyes of - dundundundun - the rest of the world. No. Only a democrat can make a remark so inflammatory that republicans would think it their final opportunity in what seems to be a lost race for them. Republicans will pick their teeth and file their nails while the administration dismantles everything good that this country has ever stood for. They will yawn and giggle, while at a formal correspondents' dinner - a scene that is going to be broadcast across the globe - Dubya himself is pictured moving about a room pretending to look for the weapons of mass destruction that he claimed were an imminent threat to the U.S. and a justification for the preemptive slaughter of other human beings in Iraq. He pretends to look for the imaginary thing to which he sacrificed American lives and resources. He looks under a chair, looks stumped (as always). He snickers. No WMDs there. Everyone laughs. What a great time.

Can we rewind? Can we go back to that and turn to the people who are once again doing everything in their power to string up a democrat - any goddamn democrat - and say to them, "What about this hilarious piece of comedy? How do you like that punchline? There were no WMDs! Hahahahahaaaaaa. Get it?"

Posted by Maria at November 2, 2006 10:02 PM | TrackBack