Politics and the Press
I’ve been sick and tired for a long time, and what keeps me
feeling that way? Well, I don’t think we have the band-width to list them all, but
let me start with our political system, and how the press helps keep it in such foul
condition.
One cannot hear the name “Hillary” without it being followed
by the world “email.” Like the only problem facing our nation today is Hillary’s
email account.” There are many things we can say about Madam Secretary,
including some very successful achievements while serving in that role for four years. And, yes, mistakes by our 67th Secretary of State were made,
which will fuel much of the anti-Hillary talk in the upcoming election. But
distinguished members of the press: move the hell on.
If you want to discuss her shortcomings, how about her and
husband, Bill’s, love affair with the banking industry? During her Senate campaigns, she
collected 2.9 million from such notable Wall Street Firms as Citigroup, Goldman
Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Bros, and Credit Suisse. As a
presidential candidate, she received 91k from Morgan Stanley, over 75k from JP
Morgan Chase, 58k from the Blackstone Group. Yes, that’s a paltry 224k, but
it’s early. Those figures do not include massive contributions from Wall Street
law firms in her campaign history.
We probably shouldn’t blame her for the repeal of Glass
Steagall, that occurred during Bill’s presidency, which resulted in the financial
collapse of 2007 -2008. But let’s hope, that if she survives the primary season
(likely), and goes on to defeat the largest cadre of clowns to ever vie for the
presidency, she will not surround herself with the likes of Robert Rubin or
Larry Summers.
It’s catching, by the way, Obama was no better, from his
selection of Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, who now, according to Wikipedia, serves as president of Warburg Pincus, a Wall
Street private equity firm, and Attorney General
Holder, who, incidentally, is back with his former law-firm, serving guess what
industry? http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eric-holder-former-attorney-general-returning-covington-burling-law-firm-n387331
. Mr. Holder, you might have a valid reason for not putting a single banker behind
bars, but I can’t think of any.
And speaking of clowns, then, of course, there is (children
hold your ears)… Donald Trump, a man who received comb-over lessons from a flannel
moth (pictured below). Wait until
he learns that it migrated from Mexico, and rapes American flannel moths.
Now I thought Trump was bad, but if you listen to enough
speeches from his GOP competition, he doesn’t quite win the award for lunacy.
He’s had mixed positions on women (none can resist him), he’s not as homophobic
as most of the field, and as of 3pm today, doesn’t hate socialized medicine.
Ooops. It’s now 3:05. New position on that one.
This tirade wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the
misogyny of most Republican candidates. It makes me wonder how any self-respecting
woman can vote for any of them, let alone stay married to them.
According to Ballotpedia.org,
almost all the GOP candidates either want to defund Planned Parenthood, or boast of having defunded it while Governor
of their respective state. They
all justify their hatred of that organization by claiming how rich it gets
selling body parts from dead babies. These pro-fetus ignoramuses (or is that ‘ignorami?’),
ignore the fact that many of these women have no other access to family
planning counseling. Planned
Parenthood also provides screenings and other vital health information to women
in a ‘family way.’ Also, they make no money from passing along the costs of
delivering fetal tissue, which has paved the way for important genetic
research. Bet you won’t hear that on Fox Noise.
Dr. Ben Carson was probably the most moderate on the issue
of abortion, except for being steadfastly opposed to it. As of this writing he
is second to the Donald in Iowa straw polls (Iowa does have plenty of straw).
But Dr. Ben called Obamacare the worst thing that’s ever happened to America. I
could think of a little thing called ‘slavery’ that just might be considered
worse. And Ben, I could be wrong, but I don't think I'd lose money betting on whether or not you had slave ancestors.
Chris Christie (who?), said he would treat it like he did
Ft. Lee , in the infamous Bridgegate scandal.
Ted Cruz, would permit abortions when the mother’s life is threatened,
but not if she is a rape victim. Carly Fiorina forgets her gender and pretty
much goes along with the good old boy crowd.
But the Press, the Press. Where are you on these issues?
True democracy hinges on a robust press. Both of those elements have been missing
in our country for quite a long time. Walter Cronkite? Where are you now that we need you the most.
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