tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post2599241179900934799..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: The Silly Season: Fearless Political Prognostications for 2012Terry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-91888202309089352282011-04-04T10:43:29.567-07:002011-04-04T10:43:29.567-07:00Do not count Obama out in the next election. It wo...Do not count Obama out in the next election. It would be very unwise to do so.Milton T. Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063079657696373189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-88351329550904077462011-04-04T10:42:04.316-07:002011-04-04T10:42:04.316-07:00Note to Reader John: Speak for yourself, Miles Sta...Note to Reader John: Speak for yourself, Miles Standish. I for one do not get the government I deserve. <br /><br />Note to all: I have found "The Donald" to be a uniquely loathsome individual since he slithered onto the national scene some thirty years ago. If it can be said truthfully (and I think it can) that Faulkner and Cather and a few others represent the best that our culture has produced, then Donal Trump is the worst, the absolute nadir--a man who has elevated the Chamber of Commerce mentality to the point that it has taken on a sort of sleazy grandeur.Milton T. Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063079657696373189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-37742454344980013992011-04-04T09:01:40.878-07:002011-04-04T09:01:40.878-07:00John - we eat popcorn and peanuts watch the circus...John - we eat popcorn and peanuts watch the circus down south!The Singular Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427638663514348421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-24333662823993839532011-04-02T18:08:54.036-07:002011-04-02T18:08:54.036-07:00Kirk, I really, really, did NOT need to see that. ...Kirk, I really, really, did NOT need to see that. <br /><br />August, I'm with you. Monarchies have gotten a bad rap.<br /><br />Singular, what do you guys do the rest of the year without perpetual campaigning?<br /><br />Western Confucian, I've only voted 3rd party once in national elections--still delusional that my vote is "making a difference." Yeah, right.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-17376119903746126812011-04-01T20:30:38.449-07:002011-04-01T20:30:38.449-07:00And Mitt will win and we'll congratulate ourse...And Mitt will win and we'll congratulate oursevles for having elected our first Mormon. After that we'll have our first woman president, then our first Jew, Hispanic, Gay, Asian, Pacific Islander, etc, until a WASP gets a turn at it again.<br /><br />I always vote third party, since 1988 when I was perhaps the only person in the country to split my ticket between the Right to Life Party and the Workers' World Party (I met the latter's candidate at an anti-Klan rally, and voted for him because he was accesible).Iosue Andreas Sartoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888802647534998598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-20356742982285859572011-04-01T08:33:23.744-07:002011-04-01T08:33:23.744-07:00Of course, while you fellows are entering your sil...Of course, while you fellows are entering your silly season, we are in full swing up here, and have been since last week Friday when the government "fell". But ours will be over within a month, so not so bad. Except, we can generally expect more of the same - a Harper minority etc etc. Except, of course, if you believe some opinion polls, a very slight majority for the Conservatives. <br /><br />But I don't know how you guys do it - the intermable politics, the 18 month electioneering etc etc. We have aprovincial election later this year, but that is realtively low key as well.The Singular Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427638663514348421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-55025645851291261762011-04-01T07:59:46.680-07:002011-04-01T07:59:46.680-07:00I stopped voting. I just can't support the li...I stopped voting. I just can't support the lie. My vote doesn't matter; they don't even give me decent people to vote for, nor do they obey the terms of the contract under which they claim legitimacy. <br /><br />It's time to chunk the whole thing a start over. Despite all the demonizing modern historians do of monarchy, kings never even daydreamed of government this big, invasive, and stupid. I suspect this is because monarchs, regarding the assets of the realm as their own, would punish free spending bureaucrats for their evil ways.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-17737399865623216902011-03-31T21:37:07.932-07:002011-03-31T21:37:07.932-07:00Crazy Louie is at it again.
http://www.inthepinkt...Crazy Louie is at it again.<br /><br />http://www.inthepinktexas.com/code-red<br /><br />--KirkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-35135927574168253412011-03-31T19:49:44.630-07:002011-03-31T19:49:44.630-07:00John,
I know what you mean. I have been all over ...John,<br />I know what you mean. I have been all over the map, politically. I started off with Carter in 76. By 80, I was so disgusted with him, that I voted 3rd party--as I had not yet come around to Reagan. In 84, I voted for Reagan, more out of distate for Mondale (Carter II.) By this time, I was looking for a party that was not a slave to ideology--one that was interested in practical solutions. At that time, it was the GOP, or so I thought. In 88, I went for GHWB. Again by 92, so disgusted I voted for Clinton. By 96, I came close to not voting, but reluctantly voted for Dole. Hope springs eternal, as they say, and in 00 I was actually optimistic about GWB--until he picked Dick Cheney. I still voted for him, as I considered Gore-Lieberman much worse. Ditto for Kerry-Edwards in 04. But by that time, I had totally soured on the GOP, even though I voted for W. Four more years of that pretty much solidified me in my opposition.<br /><br />I am something of a late bloomer, I guess, and the political/social/economic/cultural/religious views which I now hold only came into focus in the early years of this century. And I believe they will define my philosophy from here on out.<br /><br />When I became Orthodox in 2005, I of course gave a life confession. My good friend (an Episcopalian), quizzed me as to what this entailed. In mock seriousness, I told him it was quite hard, especially my admission that I had voted for W not once, but twice! I went on to say that I would be doing penance for it the rest of my life. It has become one of his favorite anecdotes, and he never tires of telling it around town.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-58694062827141399352011-03-31T17:52:20.173-07:002011-03-31T17:52:20.173-07:00I share your frustration and your hard-wiring to v...I share your frustration and your hard-wiring to vote. <br /><br />That sentence replaced the beginnings of a full-length rant against the GOP. But that could broaden exceeding broad, because we get the government we deserve. We fall for all the polarizing tricks until we get a choice like wet-behind-the-jug-ears Obama versus tired-and-crabby-and-overtly-warlike John McCain.<br /><br />Where we part company is that I haven't voted for a Dem or Third Party Presidential candidate since 1972. I even was enthusiastic sometimes, until Dubya's Second Inaugural broke the enchantment. Now I fulminate, look at third parties and then, so far, end up holding my nose and voting GOP.Reader Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228580181161898001noreply@blogger.com