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Here's one of those old fart posts (now that we know there are a lot of old farts here) complaining about stuff.

There is a new trend for political campaigns to treat their supporters, or could-be supporters, like fanboys/girls, with gossipy personal emails about the candidate, birthday wishes for the candidate, and other such crap.

Here's part of an email from the Elizabeth Warren campaign, which I do actively support:

From: info@elizabethwarren.com
Subj: Thanks so much!

Larry,

I had the best birthday.

Friday night, I had a big birthday party at a bowling alley next to Fenway Park -- cake, candles, and a very boisterous version of "Happy Birthday."

I also got a very special present: a huge birthday card signed by more than 50,000 people. Wow!

I'm getting the same kind of crap from all sorts of other progressive Democrats.

Look, guys and gals. There is very serious work to be done, and activists need to be treated honestly and earnestly as equals, not as teenyboppers cheering for an American Idol contestant.

Rant off.

Makes me wanna PUKE!

If she actually believes in this shit, she's a goner.

yeah I get these from the Obama mailing list I signed up for in 2008. the line between american idol and the presidential elections is blurring.

I've added a lot of political email senders to my spam filter.

Yeah, I'm about fed up. Do people seriously fall for this Cult of Personality crap?

Yes.

MtnMan wrote:Yeah, I'm about fed up. Do people seriously fall for this Cult of Personality crap?

Like you wouldn't believe. It's disgusting.

I think I'm going to turn apolitical and bitter old man. The fuck if I care who's going to be in the White House, they all like cards, just different faces, front and back... and cards are played...

Apoliticalism is really sounding great.

I was just thinking about this today. I hear so few people really talking about the election in any meaningful way. I had this image flash into my head of the election being one huge reality show. It is already steering that way, but it seems the only thing that keeps peoples attention is shit like the Kardashians and American Idol and shit like that. How soon before we are voting for the most entertaining candidate and not the most fit to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

Cole wrote:How soon before we are voting for the most entertaining candidate and not the most fit to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

1960 is the general consensus.

The Apolitical Gun Club

GuitarsandGuns wrote:The Apolitical Gun Club

What the hell would be talked about there?

ErikO wrote:

GuitarsandGuns wrote:The Apolitical Gun Club

What the hell would be talked about there?

Guns, perhaps? Maybe clubs?

gendoikari87 wrote:... the line between american idol and the presidential elections is blurring.

What makes you think this wouldn't devolve into a High School Homecoming Queen election?

The Greedy Oil Party fielded an ex-beauty queen for VP last time out.
Presidential elections are officially a big, condescending joke, and we aren't the ones laughing.

JinxRemoving wrote:The Greedy Oil Party fielded an ex-beauty queen for VP last time out.
Presidential elections are officially a big, condescending joke, and we aren't the ones laughing.

They also put forward the nice Harvard fellow.

I still "like" Ron Paul, Romney, and Obama on Facebook. I got kicked off of Santorum's "like" list, or so it seems. Nearly all of their posts are retarded, but I don't get pissed off about it anymore. Sure, they're all shilling for votes, but I actually find some humor in it all...especially reading some of the misinformed/completely off-the-wall comments.

I still can't figure this one out, which was posted in reply to one of Romney's posts...

"Good nite gods in embyro,and the Christians you sucker."

JamesH wrote:I still can't figure this one out, which was posted in reply to one of Romney's posts...

"Good nite gods in embyro,and the Christians you sucker."

Dafuq? Drunk post?

To me, the only answer is a third party because both present parties are really one- the corporate party with two branches. You can't get elected to Congress without corporate campaign contributions- so starting a viable third party can't be achieved until corporate money is banned from politics. This means the third party has to organize in every state (or as many as it can, and it won't be quick) and elect Congressmen and Senators who will vote for this law and then work toward the Presidency.

They will need a charismatic, honest candidate, and the only one I see who would fill the bill from what I've read about him is Jesse Ventura. It has to be a REFORM party,not Libertarian- a lot of you know that party is just a corporate shill, talking liberal on civil and human rights but also calling for less government, meaning slashing the regulastory agencies still further, to poison us all but add hugely to corporate profits.

Give us your opinions, guys and gals.

Best,
Bill in Cleveland
home (too long ago) of Tom L. Johnson (look him up)