Presidential Race
Last week, I compared this election to chemotherapy, because they have similar fatigue-inducing qualities. Like I wanted the chemo to be over with, I want the election to be over with as well. I'm just plain tired of all of it.
Well, if last week was the chemo treatment, this morning I received the political equivalent of the Neulasta and Aranesp shots they gave me after a treatment.
Oh, you couldn't be bothered to click? We'll let me show you what was on the profile page of an Obama supporter until she cleaned it up.
Yeah. That's right. Sarah Palin is, apparently, a cunt. I mean, she must be because someone put it on a t-shirt! Which, until recently, was sold at Cafe Press.
Apparently, Cafe Press, is undoubtedly upset at having to pull it off their virtual shelves for being abusive because it was, evidently, a big seller.
But have no fear! You can still get one here! The lettering's not as pretty, but hey, it's all about the message, maaaan.
Now, like most sensible American women, I DESPISE the "C" word. I HATE it. It's disgusting, vile, atrocious. {Insert derogatory adjective here and I'll run with it.}. It's just vile. This is the one word most of us have a problem with. I have an issue with listening to my English friend, M., use it as an equivalent to "asshole." After listening to her and her roommate use it about fifteen thousand times in a half-hour, I finally had had enough and said, "You do realize the word you keep using is one of the worst in American English, don't you?" While, of course, they argued, ala John Cleese, there is no such thing as American English, they eventually realized that not everyone was in love with their usage, and put a friggin' lid on it for the rest of my stay. I was thankful. I didn't want to hear it then, and I sure as hell don't want to hear it, or see it, as the case may be.
This is not because I'm against using foul words. Hell, no! I adore dropping F-bombs here and there. I have no problems with the word 'shit' because, well, that's what it is. What's the problem? If someone's an asshole or an asswipe, I'll drop those descriptors with no hesitation. It's the same with dickhead, or any number of other colorful adjectives and nouns. But I draw the line at "cunt." That is ABSOLUTELY VERBOTEN.
Now, never mind that I haven't heard one thing on the news about this. The mainstream media has, sensibly, judged that Obama can't be held responsible for the whacked out views of every supporter who has a page on their website. Like, duh. The Chosen One apparently has better things to do than hire a responsible web admin, and pull nasty images before they become a problem. But, let's just imagine if a McCain supporter had put up on McCain's website a picture of themselves in a "I HATE {INSERT N WORD HERE}" t-shirt.
Don't you think he'd catch, at the very least, a little flack about it?
But, of course, that's supposing the mainstream media isn't in the tank for Obama. In this evironment, in which we are now living, McCain would, of course, catch hell for it. He's already catching flack for what his "hateful" supporters are saying at rallies. Let's not underestimate what a gift this would be for the media: It would be THE October Surprise. The one story the media hungers for that could bring down their electoral oppponent. And no, I'm not mixing my possessive pronouns there. Obama is the media's candidate. Hence, my usage of the language is correct. But there's been no backlash. It hasn't even made the wire services so far as I can see.
I've long thought that Obama is, to quote M, a "misogynist dinosaur." He apparently, despite being raised by a single mother, has fallen prey to what most black men nowadays---if Hip Hop Culture is any indication---believe: that women are bitches and hos; are only good for fucking; will bleed them dry if given the chance; and what's more is that, apparently, since the women like it like that, they're disposable, because there's always another woman, lined up, to receive the same treatment. Obama has no respect for women. He doesn't care. This is a man who, when his wife's mouth got to be a problem on the campaign trail, made her disappear back to Chicago for several weeks to allow the story to die down. Michelle Obama, strong, proud, highly educated, accomplished, well-paid, independent Black woman, did what her husband told her to: she vanished into thin air; to presumably "take care of the children" when everyone else knew what was going on. She's simply an asset to be brought out when she can behave herself; a liability when she gets out of line. How is that different from Fifty Cent's (alleged) burning down of an ex's house, when she asked for more child support? Fitty (allegedly) wanted his problem to disappear. Obama actually made his do so. Whether Obama believes we're living in a "post-sex" world, the same way he believes he can be the "post-race" candidate, hence meaning he can get away with this kind of crap, I don't know. That's up to him to declare.
But let's face facts: it's not like he's ever going to.
And the media's never going to call him on it. The media let's him get away with playing Jay Z's "99 Problems and the Bitch Ain't One" during campaign rallies when he was running against Hillary in the primaries, while they rush to publicize any rock group's problems with the McCain campaign using their songs. I mean, the Foo Fighters recently pitched a fit about the use of "My Hero" at McCain rallies, and the media trumpets it as yet another "Aha! Musicians have a problem with McCain!" story, like it matters, because the Foo Fighters are big, fat hypocrites, whining about its use and then running right out to cash the checks on the licensed use of the song. Yet, surprisingly, a song that ends with "I got 99 problems, being a bitch ain't one" is played prominently during The Chosen One's rallies, and THE MEDIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT? Go and read the damn lyrics. They SHOULD have a problem with it.
You think that if the McCain rallies played a song that ended, "I've got 99 problems, being a nigger ain't one" the media wouldn't have a problem with it?
This is just another example where the Democrats say one thing, and do another. It's, apparenlty, all right with the media and Obama that his supporters run around in "Palin is a Cunt" t-shirts. They couldn't be expected to control the misogyny of their supporters! Besides, we're not misogynists! Democrats have a long history of supporting women's rights!
Well, surprise, surprise. Trouble is, the supporters are simply taking their cues from their Leader. And as w all know, actions speak louder than words, even if they do roll off the silver plated tongue of Barack Obama.
{Ht: Ace, from whom I stole the screenshot}
