It's Very Sad

The Democratic candidates for President, an old white woman an a young multi-ethnic man, are being unusually hard on each other, this primary season. Good. Let's get it all out there. It probably will become even more painful, embarrassing and awkward than it already has been. So be it. Let everyone know what they are getting, when they finally pull the lever in November, then let the buyer beware.

The next President is going to have to deal with a Middle East War out of control, an economy on life support, pupils fixed and dilated, aging baby boomers, whose retirement savings have been inflated into oblivion and a health care system closing it's doors to the majority of us. It isn't a question of fixing the problems, it's a question of how much more they can fuck things up. The next President will be a Democrat, of that I am sure. I'm just not sure it makes any difference.

The voter turnout this primary season has been huge. Hillary and Barack both have more popular votes than John McCain. It is predicted that the turnout for the general election in November will be the largest in history. I believe it. It will be big. It will also be eight years too late.

Scores of Republican incumbents in Congress are declining to run again for the next term. State governors and legislators as well. They don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. The country is reeling after eight years of the almost surreal levels of stupidity, ineptitude and arrogance shown at every turn by the Republican controlled government. I don't believe that the record turnout predicted is waiting to support the Bush administration and ask for more of the same and neither do the Republican party leaders. They know they are going to be beat and beat bad. They also know there is a good chance that the country is headed into the worst ordeal since the great depression. They want no part of it. I'm not sure the leadership of the new, Democratically controlled Congress wants any part of it either.

There used to be a fundo fascist slogan and bumper sticker that went, "America, Love it or Leave It". I fully expect that many among the affluent class, here in America, will take the opportunity, soon, to do just that. In a sense, many of them already have. Their holdings have gone overseas, their money is denominated in foreign currencies, deposited in Swiss banks. You can't blame them. It's the smart move. They were always smart. In a sense, it is a relief for them to be going. It is a relief, that their man George Bush, will no longer be President. They will no longer have to pretend they care what happens to this country. Hey, no hard feelings. I'd go if I could but I just don't have that kind of scratch.