Author: R J Adams

……and sexism……and racism……

At the recent Northern Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District Lincoln Day Dinner, Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican leader in the Senate)

said of Hillary Clinton:^[1]

“[She] seems to be ‘teetering on the brink.’

‘I hear she hasn’t been this worried since a new Hooters opened near her home with former President Bill Clinton,’ McConnell said, prompting laughs from the 400 Northern Kentucky Republicans.”

Blatant sexism was common in 1950’s America, but has no place in our 21st century world. This, incidentally, is the very same Senator Mitch McConnell of whom Bill Moyers recently said:^[2]

“….and the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky —I’m not making this up – has slipped into the [Farm] Bill a tax break for owners of race horses.”

Not to be outdone, at the same event Republican Geoffrey Davies

spoke out about Barack Obama, comparing him to a snake oil salesman:

“I’m going to tell you something: That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button,” Davis said.

This is a blatantly racist comment, more so when one considers Davies is only three years older than Obama.

Are these elitist goons truly the elected representatives of the American people? If so, it’s time the populace of this nation took a long hard look at its values and priorities.

Frankly, they are not worthy to sweep up the streets or clean toilets when they debase official functions in so vile a manner.

^{[1] Pol Watchers – Covering Kentucky Politics, April 13th, 2008}

^{[2] Bill Moyer’s Journal, April 11th, 2008}

Filed under: Unfit for office

One of the children wounded in the American airstrikes on Sadr City, April 11th, 2008:

From: “Gorilla’s Guides”

Filed under: Bush’s war

If ever proof were needed that many in this country live in a world detached from reality, it is evidenced by the response of certain individuals and mainline media outlets to the remarks made recently by Barack Obama.

That a few simple truths were seized upon as a “political tempest”^[1] surely is a backlash from those afraid to admit their bitterness is real, reinforced by media outlets preying on the fear and hopelessness of vulnerable human beings?

What, I wonder, fuels the vehement anti-immigration-ism, illogical demand for gun arsenals, and the “my-god-is-better-than-your-god” mindset so prevalent in small town America today? If it’s bitterness, it is often understandable, given the manner in which successive administrations have sucked away the hopes and dreams of so many Americans over the years.

If it’s not bitterness, it can only be ‘something in the air’.

Clinton supporters in Pennsylvania are bearing slogans reading, “I’m Not Bitter.”

How many of them, I wonder, are out of work, or disabled and trying to claim benefits, or barely getting by working two or sometimes three jobs?

None, is the likely answer.

For the first time – possibly, ever – America, you have a politician prepared to stand up and tell it as it is.

I guess that’s good reason enough to burn him at the stake of American hypocrisy.

^{[1] “Obama’s remarks give Clinton an opening”, Yahoo News, April 13th, 2008.}

Filed under: Crucify him!