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U.G.H.

I tried. I swear, I did.
For almost a whole ten minutes.

I flipped on CSPAN and watched the Republican National Convention, thinking that I would try to be open-minded and compassionate for these horribly misguided individuals.

But I couldn't stand it. Because I looked at their faces, with their grand-old flag waving and their minds intent on taking away civil rights and and civil liberties and butting their self-righteous noses into my doctor-patient relationship and into my bedroom, and their continued pigheaded inability to stop getting our troops killed or to believe in rational science...and I guess I'm just too weak. I couldn't be brave. I couldn't be calm. I couldn't stand one more second. I grabbed the remote and quickly switched the station.

When Tim came into the room, he laughed at my viewing choice.

"Aah. The library channel. That bad huh?"

He didn't even see the worst of it. I also spent time on the University's channel with the Deep Vein Thrombosis Seminar, on the city channel with a two-week-old school board meeting, and on ESPN (a channel we only get the picture to, no sound) for some b-list-stars poker tournament.

Then I turned off the set and simply stared at the black screen. Given all my options for the evening, that seemed the most enjoyable.

Comments

It's really bad. They've even brought Fred Thompson back from the dead -- and they are letting him talk! He just said, "Give me a tough Alaskan governor who's taken on the political establishment in the largest state of the union..."

You don't hear Alaska being touted like that -- for its land mass -- very often...

Geez...
Anonymous said…
I really couldn't stomach it, either (plus, the Cubs were on!). I did, however, catch some of Thompson's speech and I, too, noted his comment about the size of Alaska. (And he really emphasized that--never mind that the governor was only voted in by 115,000 people!) One of the talking heads called the speech a barn burner. Hah!

Sara
Anonymous said…
I'm watching the View this morning & Elizabeth is spouting that "biggest state in the Union" crap. (I know, big shock) I was wondering where she picked that up from.
Amy said…
I hate to sound so childish and dumb, but here goes...

Elizabeth is such a dingdong.

That was my first-choice insult. Coming in a close second:

Elizabeth is a stupid, poopyhead.
Anonymous said…
It's ok. You need to use that language since little pitchers have big ears.
The scary part is that there are far too many people that are followers of the Right exactly like her, that let their religion govern them, as well as wanting laws so that others must do the same. Or something like that...

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