Ted Kennedy

[beccatoria]

There was an election yesterday, and I would have been sad about the result whatever state it was held in. Maybe a little sadder than most that it was Massachusetts because while it's not the state I vote in, I do have ties there. But hey, democracy's a bitch like that. Sometimes people vote for the Other Guy - you know, the one who's Wrong? I mean, I really, really believe he's Wrong for a whole bunch of - to my mind - logical and moral reasons. I don't subscribe to the idea that both sides of an argument are as valid as the other, or that the truth must lie somewhere in the middle of two opinions. It's not some happy, lets-all-hold-hands, comforting idea when I say that sometimes people vote for a side I'm not on. But it is their right, and not to support that right would be to cripple the already limping democratic processes of the world even further.

So fine, that-part-of-the-general-public, I support your right to elect a dude I think is a piece of work.

But just know, that when you do it to Ted Kennedy, and when one of this guy's war cries is how he's going to kill the meager healthcare bill that has managed to survive to this point, you're going to break my damn heart as you do it.

So I'm going to take a minute to remember Ted Kennedy. Because I'm sorry and he didn't deserve it.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Oh god they didn't did they?

I've been afraid to look for results because I was so afraid the electorate might just have killed the Obama presidency, created a lame duck, and opened the door to a crushing Republican victory in 3 year time which will result in another 8 yeras of uncontrolled greed and destruction.

I saw ex-Democrat voters talking about how they were going to vote Republican because blah de blah Obama hadn't fixed everything in a year. And I got so angry. DO THEY NOT REMEMBER WHY EVERYTHING IS BROKEN IN THE FIRST FRAKKIN' PLACE?!

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

Honestly though, I'm so pissed off at this defeatist WELL NOW OBAMA IS DOOMED attitude (not singling out you, it's everywhere) when Republicans are still the goddamn minority in nearly every branch of government. Why does it seem like my two choices every election cycle are Evil vs. Useless?

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

The part that really annoys me about the Obama Is Doomed thing is the media. Its like they built him up over the election to be the Messiah, but then did the classic media thing of setting somebody up on the pedestal, and then shoved him off it. Because that apparently makes for a better story. (And easier copy to write.)

Which I think is the terribly dark and sinister way that the media has become such a force. The force. In influencing peoples minds on how they think and feel about topics.

I really think there should be legislation to break up the media conglomerates. It breaks my heart that people in the UK government keep talkin gabout letting Sky (Murdoch) buy two out of our 5 main terrestrial channels because 'Its good for competition'. How the hell is that good for competition?

These same voices also want to muzzle and destroy the BBC. Which again, handing us all into Murdochs pocket.

The Democrats really are useless though aren't they. The lesson of the Bush years... I remember Hunter Thompson talking about it, and at least he could respect the Republicans because okay they were evil, but they were efficient, and they got things done. Whereas the Democrats were just a bit incompetant.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

I completely agree, the way the media fuels it by turning everything into an easy Two Sides, Winner Take All!! narrative is the most frustrating thing to watch.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

And they're doing the people a dis-service by this too, by assuming that folks can't understand the complexities of a system where it's more than just Winner/Loser.

I hate how the lowest common denominator has come to dominate the media.

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

It breaks my heart that people in the UK government keep talkin gabout letting Sky (Murdoch) buy two out of our 5 main terrestrial channels because 'Its good for competition'. How the hell is that good for competition?

These same voices also want to muzzle and destroy the BBC. Which again, handing us all into Murdochs pocket.

::twitch::

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yes. Me too. The thought of a Tory government terrifies me.

Yet here we are with a press that seem to have largely made up their mind that this is what they want.

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

YES THIS

After he won the election, while delighted, I was also terrified since I knew he could never live up to the insane messianic standards

Oh my head.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I'm honestly not sure why they don't have Obama and every other Democrat on TV every day reminding people that all of the mess they (and the world) are in now is the Republicans fault.

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

Republicans are still the goddamn minority in nearly every branch of government.

*deep breaths*

Thanks for the reminder, my perspective's a little skewed sometimes.

[asta77.livejournal.com]

Did you see Jon Stewart's brilliant rant Monday night? A lot of it was criticism of the Democratic party and repeatedly blowing opportunities, but he also pointed out that, even with a loss in Massachusetts, they still held 14 more seats in the Senate.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

I did! He even pointed out they still have more seats than Republicans did under Bush. I was just saying elsewhere that it's both exhilarating and depressing to watch him rip into the Democrats like that. Glad he's saying it, but OUCH.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

(hugs) This friggin' country sometimes.

[emmiere.livejournal.com]

Yes. Especially:

But it is their right, and not to support that right would be to cripple the already limping democratic processes of the world even further.

Not that it doesn't hurt my soul now and every other time it comes down to this, dammit. *eyes upcoming political shenanigans jadedly*

[nightxade.livejournal.com]

*comfort*

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Apparaently the Deomocratic canidate ran a really crappy campaign, which didn't help.

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she was from Western Mass and I read a whole article on HuffPost earlier about Ma state democratic infighting causing this mess.

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

Somewhere last night I read a quote from someone pointing out the shear amount energy generated by poor Teddy spinning in his grave could power Boston for days.