Perhaps Ted Rall just needs to get laid (Ann Coulter, please pick up the white paging phone...). This is one distubingly bitter cowboy, no?
NEW YORK--Michael S. Dukakis served with honor in the U.S. Army for two years. Three decades later, he was ridiculed for riding in a tank while wearing a helmet and a goofy grin. George W. Bush, a simian-faced draft dodger, hitches a ride to an aircraft carrier decked out in full "Top Gun" regalia and CNN calls dubs him our "warrior president."
Life isn't fair to the Democrats. No matter how much they suck up to corporate CEOs, they can't compete for contributions with Republicans who invite their backers to write legislation. Most registered voters are Democrats, but too many are disloyal swing voters and apathetic no-shows to assure victory. And even when Dems do win the most votes, cheating Republicans bully their way into office.
OK, so us Libruls are in the minority. What a shock. Here's a suggestion: how about we just stop moaning about the sad realities of our miserable existence and try to figure out what we can do to get back on track? Rather than resorting to whining and name-calling, let's figure out how can WE get OURSELVES back to where we want to be. How can we get our message out there more effectively and persuasively?
Yes, Conservative Republicans may be mean, nasty, evil people (think Tom DeLay), but they are sitting on top of the political mountain. Whining and spitting into the wind isn't going to change that fact. Get over yourself, Ted. Unless you have a solution, you're part of the problem. Your badmouthing of anything or anyone you happen to disagree with is not going to accomplish what you think it will- unless all you're concerned about is collecting a paycheck. If that's the case, you're even more pathetic than I'd previously suspected.
