Thursday, March 20, 2008

But they've got lapel flags and yellow-ribbon stickers, so it's OK

Because nothing says you love America like subverting one of its most basic principles and a cornerstone of democracy:

Can GOP Voters Spoil the Dem Race?

By Hilary Hylton

As if Democrats didn't have enough problems deciding upon their presidential nominee this year, now they must contend with the possibility that Republicans are deliberately crossing party lines to prolong the bitterly contested race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In recent weeks, conservative talk radio stars Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham have urged loyal listeners to vote for the much-despised Clinton in open Democratic primaries so as to prevent Obama from sealing the nomination, and there are some indications that their calls have already been heeded in states like Texas and Mississippi.

Here's the quote that made my gut twist.

"As Republican participation increased, Hillary got more votes," Mann said. Some of them came from Allison Cavey's family. "My whole family actually voted for Hillary in the Texas primaries and we are all McCain supporters," said Cavey, 32, a Dallas resident who works for a medical software company. "We all thought it would be easier to beat Hillary in the fall. Also, we all agreed that if for some reason a Democrat won the election we would be better off with Hillary than Obama ... scary thought!"

I just have one question: What is WRONG with you people?! Do you really think it's just been seven years of George Bush farting rainbows and rose petals? Stop acting like a bunch of brainless, adolescent gangsters and do the right thing. If you can't handle even that much, at least stop doing the WRONG thing.

Gah - read the whole article if you think you can do it without your head exploding.

3 comments:

Eric said...

Yeah, I heard that they were doing this BEFORE the primary. I totally kept an eye out for the bastards at the precinct convention, as did all the people around me, we were actually talking about the fact that assholes were subverting the system like that and we were ready to stomp some ass if we had too. There were only like 3 Hillary supporters though and they all looked appropriately democratic. C'mon, does anything a staunch Republican do REALLY surprise you at this point? I'm pretty sure they regularly rape their own grandmothers and bathe in the blood of their own babies.

Anonymous said...

Ah democracy in action.

Nel Pastel said...

Guy: Unfortunately, it doesn't surprise me. It continues to disappoint me, though.

Lisa: Wonderful, isn't it?