Retard On Retard
Madeleine wears my shades in the park.
The political season in Britain is "open" with the next elections called for 7 May. For some time it looked like the Tory party would trounce Labour given Iraq and the financial crisis and all that but their numbers have fallen: according to today's Sunday Mirror/ComRes survey, the Tory lead over Labour is 7% (39% to 32%) - down from 25%+ in mid-2009; if the figures stand, the Tory party will fall 15 seats short of the 326 MPs they need to win power outright. "Hung" government, dude, the last thing we need. David Cameron, to his credit, is sure trying: he kick-started his campaign to be PM with two tax give-aways which us voters have pooh-poohed. The math worked out to, like, £3 per week for married couples. Yaaawwwn. To be sure, the vote is Cameron's to lose. Recall that the 1 May, 2008, local elections saw Labour suffer their worst result in 40 years finishing in third behind the torries and lib-dems with a projected 24% share of the national vote.
The good news about campaigning UK-style: it is only one-month. Politicians are otherwise prevented from fundraising and vote-getting which is much more sane way of doing things. The United States, of course, a two-year run-up at minimum - kinda like Christmas beginning in September. Or July. The downside to UK politics: it is not nearly as interesting. No Playboy Bunnies nor red neck Tea Parties; morons and dip shits and hypocrites exposed. Plus British politicians do not hate each other in the way our Democrats and Repubs do. Sure, there are insults and stuff but nothing like the Congress or Senate going at each other+the opposition party does not simply check out for political gain. For the record, I do hope the Republicans try to roll back Obama's health care - I will enjoy watching them eat dirt. Just look at that fool Mitt Romney who tries desperately to disown his same-plan for MA. And Sarah Palin? Run, baby, run!
"They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh was using satire. I didn't hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with 'fucking retards,' and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there."
--Sarah Palin explains, on Fox News, why it is okay for Rush Limbaugh to use the word "retard" while it is not Okay for Rahm Emanuel to use the word "retard." February 7, 2010
