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At this late stage in the prostitution, cretinization, and putrefaction of the American political system, it’s hard to get worked up about anything, and that, doubtless, explains why most voters aren’t paying much attention to the midterm elections. Or, rather, they are trying to pay no attention. If you are unfortunate enough to live in one of the states or districts where there is a close contest, you can’t escape so easily. Anytime you switch on your television or radio, you are pretty much guaranteed to be bombarded with the enervating output of political admen, spin doctors, and negative-research shops for whom this is, first and foremost, a profit-making industry.
Pity, for example, the unfortunate citizens of Colorado, where there are two competitive races this year—one for U.S. Senate and one for the governorship. In the Senate contest, polls show Cory Gardner, a Republican congressman, with a narrow lead over the Democratic incumbent, Mark Udall. The Gardner campaign and its allied super PACs have followed the same script that Republicans have adopted […]
When you cannot believe anything any politician says, with a few exceptions like Bernie Sanders for example, why would anyone bother to vote. This is exactly what my neighbors say when I try to get them to vote. I am leaning in that same direction after Obama’s dismal, disrespectful, corrupt, and repugnant time in office. And to think I actually believed him after reading his books. I suppose he had a ghost writer.
NOTHING BUT REVOLUTION WILL CHANGE THIS GOD-FORSAKEN SOCIETY.