Your side is stinky!

[anniet]

Amen to this!


http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article829973.ece

 

[Charade]

I understand the frustration and the need to rant. I hope they feel better now.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

for some that are lazy like me and rarely click links and just read replies.. LOL

I like the rant myself

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Here are the rules for the rest of the way.

I don't care whether a candidate's preacher said something silly or outrageous.

Not on either side.

I don't care what somebody's kid or spouse did.

I don't care what your latest e-mail says about John McCain or Barack Obama or Sarah Palin. It almost certainly is not true anyway.

In fact, please just stop sending e-mails about politics altogether.

I don't care whether somebody had an affair, is rumored to have had an affair, might have an affair in the future, or briefly considered having an affair 10 years ago.

On either side.

(Unless it involved an enemy spy or a Wall Street lobbyist.)

I don't care what somebody's blog says.

I don't care what anybody labeled a Republican or Democrat has to say on television, until one of them says, "You know, I just realized our side is wrong and the other side is entirely right."

I really do not care what campaign spokespersons say on television. Political "experts" either. That goes double for Pat Buchanan and Chris Matthews.

From now on, every news story about a poll that falls within the margin of error should have a headline that says, "We Don't Know Squat."

There will be no more references to "news media" in the singular sense. Oprah is not the "news media." Neither is Sean Hannity or Keith Olbermann. They are entertainers. They are not journalists.

Neither is Jon Stewart, although he does seem like a fun guy.

I don't care what Hollywood stars, sports figures or almost anyone involved in entertainment thinks about the election. I especially do not want to hear any cutesy or smug little political jokes during awards shows or other nonpolitical events.

Here is a difficult concept that should be re-grasped: A "fact" is an item of information that is actually true.

"True" means true even if it shows your side is wrong.

From now on, anyone who answers an assertion of fact by calling the speaker of the fact an insulting label has to wear a sign saying, "I Am Too Stupid To Talk With Intelligent People."

We certainly get to inquire as to whether Sarah Palin has any more experience in world affairs than my 8-month-old puppy.

We also get to ask, whenever Obama chants the word "change" and his supporters go all gooey-brained and weak-kneed: "Change what?"

In both cases, nobody gets to call us names.

Anybody who tries to minimize John McCain's time as a POW has to go sit in a cage for several years. No more of this nonsense, either, about whether Obama recites the Pledge of Allegiance or hates the flag. For the love of Mike. Stop it. Just stop.

Here is what I do care about: America's role in the world (somewhere between bully and weak sister, please); our staggering debt and our economy; whether they're going to give my money to rich guys; making our taxes more fair (which sometimes means that people have to pay them); the future of Medicare, Social Security and private pension plans; why America's health care is not as good as that of many countries'; protecting the environment and creating a future energy policy that involves something besides "drill, baby, drill" and setting fossil fuels on fire.

End of rules.