Reply #8: I know, but that's where the hypocrisy comes in [View All]

[Don Claybrook]

I have a 12-year old son. I'm going to have to decide in a few years whether to break his kneecaps to keep him out of whatever misadventure Herr Bush wants to send him on. But MY SON isn't going to war. I voted to stop this insanity. It's about me and mine.

And yes, I really am a progressive, a bleeding heart liberal. I really do care about the downtrodden. But we need some help with our causes. And I don't think we're going to get that help from the rest of the electorate until this country is in a really bad way. So let's hurry up and get there. Bring that depression. Get those wars going. Unleash a nuclear weapon for the first time since 1945. This is the shit he's going to do anyway, so let's just grease up that mandate and slide it on through.

But not my kids. Fuck that. Send the Republicans' kids. Hell, send the poor who didn't bother to register to vote. Send someone, anyone, just not mine. Send the people who were so afraid of gays that they voted for the destruction of the world and our country.

And when the rest of the people start to come around, I'll make a point of stopping with the hypocrisy. In the meantime, I have a family to look out for.