1) Unintentional Hilarity.
You don't want to miss surreal theater like this.
Clint Eastwood speaks disrespectfully to an empty chair purported to contain the President of the United States.
Just when I gained control of my jaw and got on to Twitter to see if I was hallucinating, this popped up:
2. Clarification of One's Beliefs
My thoughts crystallized during Mitt's video-bio, when his sons described how he was "cheap." The example they showed was an oven vent light that went out. Mitt replaced it with a regular light bulb so he didn't have to buy an appliance bulb.
Since the larger light bulb stuck out and blinded those who were cooking, Mitt taped a strip of aluminum foil to the front of the vent.
And I say, on behalf of everyone with MS who may be asked to cook dinner standing inches away from a 40 watt light bulb, Mitt, you are an asshole.
This is exactly why I don't want you running my country. They say you should run the U.S. because you'd run it like a successful business. I don't want my country to be a business. A business where people are laid off because it's not financially feasible to keep them on? I want it to be a family. A family in which someone who is a drug addict gets unconditional love and free syringes so he won't die. One that feeds a hungry man just because he's hungry, even thought he's just spent his last dime on a flat-screen color television and some vodka.
I know, when either party wins it'll be somewhere between both extremes, but I can't vote for someone who cares more about a 50 cent light bulb than he cares about his family.
And REALLY. That Clint Eastwood thing was weird.
That paragraph about wanting the country run like a family? That hits the nail exactly on the head for me. Maybe there are people who grew up in asshole families, I'm glad I'm not one. I'd totally hug you for putting into words how I feel about what I want from my Commander in Chief.... But, I don't really hug.
Posted by: Amy in StL | August 31, 2012 at 02:08 PM
Amy - Phew, good same here.
Posted by: TheQueen | August 31, 2012 at 02:13 PM
I'm with you, doll.
Posted by: Hattie | August 31, 2012 at 05:49 PM
Yeah, I'm the heartless conservative here. A company shouldn't be run in a heartless manner, but they do run out of money. Sometimes decisions must be made. Could they choose to cut executive bonuses to keep lower wage employees? YES! But there is a limit to how far small companies can go and still keep people on the payroll.
And I do have a problem providing a meal to a man who bought a flat screen TV. Sell the TV, use that money to live, then come ask me for a meal. (Says the woman who is thunking her TV on the side to make the picture steady because she chooses feeding her children over technology.)
Posted by: Caroline | August 31, 2012 at 09:27 PM
I have heard that Mitt Romney knows how to run a business that makes money for investors and the company. Would I want him to be my boss? My immediate supervisor? Nope.
Posted by: Wendy | September 01, 2012 at 08:43 AM
Hattie - Unity!
Caroline - Well, I deliberately exaggerated about the flat screen. But, if you had to choose between your family's health and money, you'd choose health over money,and you'd even go into debt for it.
Wendy - Technically, I guess we're the investors though, since we pay taxes. Huh. I just looked it up, and Bain seems to be feeling the pinch since 2008. So he's built a company that's successful when everyone's successful?
Posted by: TheQueen | September 02, 2012 at 01:55 AM