September 10, 2008
flesh you so fancifully fry
9/10/08
Just when you think they couldn't sink any lower, the Republicans have come out with an ad saying that Obama's one accomplishment in education was sponsoring a bill to teach sex education to 5-year-olds. It's accompanied by leering photos of Obama himself, a juxtaposition meant to imply that he secretly lusts after kindergartners. Go see it for yourself if you don't believe me – I'm not linking to that bile.
Combine that with the "9/11 Tribute Video" shown at the Republican National Convention, and you've got a group of people who have taken out their moral compass and urinated on it. These assholes don't believe in America, they only believe in Americans that vote Republican. They have planted a GOP flag atop the charred remains of 2,700 of my fellow New Yorkers, and on behalf those of us who were actually there, I'd like to cordially tell them to eat shit and die.
I used to have a grudging respect for John McCain, even openly thought his top-secret plan to run with John Kerry in 2004 was a good one (shit, the only running mate scarier than Lieberman is Sarah Palin) but this is it. I don't care how long he sat in a goddamn prison forty years ago; the man is ethically unfit to hold the Presidency and is a sick fuck to boot.
So, you might think, what is there to do besides write profanity-laced tirades on the internet? Get out there and change some minds if you can. Last election we went to Reading, PA and worked for Election Protection, a non-partisan group that helps poor people, the disadvantaged, and those with language barriers at the voting booth. Oh, and we also kept certain political parties from attempting shenanigans designed to scare brown people away.
Which is all well and good, but we're planning a search-and-illuminate mission somewhere well before Election Day. Until then, however, there's always money. And so, I've made another T-shirt with this graphic on the front:
.jpg)
it's available as a fitted tee, a cool women's cap-sleeve baseball style T, and the nice light colors shirt
They're over at CafePress, marked up $2 per shirt – not only will that $2 go straight to the Obama campaign, but I'll personally match $3 to every shirt sold. Thus every time you get a shirt, $5 goes to Obama. That's true for the "Road to Nowhere" shirts, and also the "Krzithead" shirts, cuz those are awesome too (and Dean Smith would have tacitly approved).
If anyone else has any ideas, send them along. Cute or profane submissions accepted!
Posted by Ian Williams at September 10, 2008 11:37 PMI'm seriously contemplating doing the ostrich thing between now and election day. The Evil Empire has morphed from SW fantasy into today's Republican Party (would Karl Rove be Darth Sidious, the cackling puppetmaster?), and Obama-wan Kenobi is our only hope. (But remember what happened to HIM in the movie. *sob*)
Here are some funny ones
These assholes don't believe in America, they only believe in Americans that vote Republican.
is the converse true for you? do you only believe in Americans who vote Democrat?
Ian - You will be pleased to know that I am going to Pennsylvania this weekend to volunteer. I will probably go at least two more times before the election so if there are any New Yorkers out there who are interested please let me know.
I have a great idea for a t-shirt that female Daily Show watchers everywhere will like:
Vagina-Americans for Obama
and I don't want to be sexist so you could do one for guys:
Husbands/Boyfriends of Vagina-Americans for Obama
"do you only believe in Americans who vote Democrat?"
I have to say Ian's original comment is more emotional than analytical.
The Republican Party's view of everyone else is this: they're losers and their opinions don't matter. Not only that, the people with the real power in the Republican Party -- rich people and the heads of multinational corporations -- think the cultural conservatives are losers, their opinions don't matter, but they're a block of voters we can easily manipulate into voting for us.
So that's my view -- the Republican Party is a terminally cynical kleptocracy, who every 4 years put up a stooge like George Bush or John McCain who exemplify through their character the kind of patriotism and values that the Republican Party pretends to stand for. Then if they get elected, it's open season on the entire world.
Why does McCain OPPOSE legislation to protect children from sexual predators? Is he an old pedophile himself, or is he just a friend of pedophiles?Ian--my state of Oregon is so blue that McAncient isn't even bothering to campaign here. Same goes for CA and WA. You can count on 73 safe electoral votes for Obama, and none for McCain, to be announced the moment the polls close Pacific Time. I'm spending most of my volunteer time trying to get Jeff Merkley, a kickass Democrat, to flip a Republican-held US Senate seat so that President Obama will have legislative reinforcements come 2009.
Caroline, I LOVE Vagina-Americans for Obama!!!
Ha, Piglet, love the positivism and glad to know, especially the legis. bit. Brave little you in the whacky wake of the lipstick brou-ha-ha (insert Nell Carter's "Gimmeabreak" song clip here)
BTW, I did think Obama was great on Letterman; I'd love to hear some other 'western/left coast' political opinions about Arizonan McCain (who's his Abel/able? not) and the Alaskan nee Montanan Palin.
Wow, who doesn't love VaginAmericans?!?, 'specially Fo'Bama. (Grunt)
jason - I absolutely believe in an America with people that vote Republican. That's the blessing/curse of progressivism.
Caroline, what graphic would you use for the Vagina-Americans shirt? I'm trying to think of one that wouldn't be too cutesy...
Ian - can you see the kitty on this link? It's hilarious.
http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=11921
That's an idea but it's a little offensive. I, of course, love it. But truly, I think it can be all copy, just in a regular bold/all-cap college-y style font.
I was going to make them myself but you seem to have an in, and they are cheap and you are donating money, so please do it!
These were my *rough* ideas:
Hey Caroline, it's password-protected!
ian, i'm late in the game - been in solid meetings here in atlanta, but my friend, suze, came up with a line that i love:
mccain/palin
punchline to the biggest joke of the milleniumonly problem i have with it is that i don't think it's funny. sigh.
Great shirt design, Ian!
Hey, here's an interesting article by Adam McCay of all people. I've kind of felt like this for a while. (Not that we're going to lose, but the fact that the Repubs have such a house advantage that everything has to go right and them some for us to win. )
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-mckay/were-gonna-frickin-lose-t_b_124772.html
How did I miss this entry?
It's all bullshit. Whatever Obama had in mind, and only he knows, the bill is what it is. I quote from the bill itself:
"Each class or course in comprehensive sex education in any of grades K through 12 shall include instruction on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including the prevention, transmission and spread of HIV."
As this ABC News story reports, Obama actually defended what he's supposedly offended at now.
"ABC News' Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is "age-appropriate," is "the right thing to do."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/sex-ed-for-kind.html
The "non-appropriate touching" thing was an afterthought.