About liberals

[dampscribbler]

Did you know that "liberals" are all about "having fun right now"? The cute young blond at the next table at dinner last night shared that with her dinner date. "What I don't like about liberals," she said, "is that whole 'have fun now' attitude. Maybe they're having fun now, but how much fun will it be when they have 20 STDs and several kids out of wedlock?"

Yes, that is what she said. I feel so enlightened. Also, as a liberal, I wonder if my orgy invitation got lost in the mail.

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For some reason, I tend to forget about the role of the electoral college until actual elections take place. Certainly it seemed to screw up the last election -- without the electoral college, would the supreme court decision re: Florida have even been required?

I remember learning about Germany's coalition government some years back, and while it's not perfect, either, there certainly are elements that would probably be great to incorporate into our own system.

While I agree that folks like Nader are necessary, I'm afraid that candidates like Bush make the guys like Nader even harder to take seriously. I don't feel like I've had many opportunities to vote for a candidate since I've been voting -- my vote against another is too important. I did vote for Nader in 1996, though.

I fear that most voters in this country don't want real conversations on the issues. If they did, we would have had a McCain-Bradley race in 2000, instead of the Gush-Bore race we got. Most people, for whatever reason, seem to want their politics as simple as possible. It's a damn shame.