I wanna love You better whatever it takes . . .

http://www.jamesdobsondoesntspeakforme.com/

’nuff said.

No, don’t worry, I haven’t suffered a recent blow to the head.

But I came across this video (HT to BarackOblogger) and I just couldn’t resist.

I’m sure it goes without saying that I am not particularly fond of abortion (and I’m gonna do what Jesus would do and not say one word about the gay thing), but as for the rest of this–yeah. good stuff.

I’ve been listening to a lot more NPR these days (my favorite commie co-worker’s influence, mostly; I used to be a good little girl and listened to the Christian station all day . . . hmmm.), and I have been annoyed at/disturbed by the assertion of so many Hillary supporters that they were going to vote for McCain rather than Obama . . .

these same people have been all over NPR insisting that Obama MUST choose a woman as his running mate (perhaps not necessarily Hillary–at least some have conceded that THAT may not be such a good idea. hello, folks–we’re trying to WIN the election here?!) But there goes my cynical self . . . and maybe I’m channeling Field here . . . but I am CERTAIN that there is no way that people in this country will EVER vote for a black man AND a woman.

(someone said to me a few weeks ago that talking about what could happen to him is somehow more likely to make it come to pass–so I’ve stopped even speaking the worst-case-scenario and now I just pray for the man. yes, I pray for Barack HUSSEIN Obama . . . and all of the Christians who have not missed a single opportunity to remind me during Bush’s reign that the Bible tells us to pray for people in authority over us had BEST remember to do the same for our next president!!! but I digress . . . )

anyway, my point is that I am certainly eager to see women reach places of power and authority in our political system . . . but I am also quite sure that, this time around, what the man needs is a white male as his VP . . . just so that those who are so committed to our deeply entrenched power structure can breathe a little bit easier, and feel good about themselves in the process. (”we’re so progressive! we voted for a black man!”) I want us to WIN in November. I really do NOT want to move to Canadia.

At any rate, the rallying cry (is it self-hating/misogynistic of me to label it a “whine”?) of these women has not at all set well with me . . . so when I came across this gem from Tim Wise, I had a definite “a ha!” moment . . .

yeah. That’s what this is REALLY about.

(and thanks again to Field; when I say I “came across” this Tim Wise piece, it was actually on Field’s blog . . . which you should be reading daily anyway!)

Is this seriously going to be a non-item? Come on, folks! I’m sure that the man will say that it was “merely” a dig at Obama’s position on gun control . . . but I don’t find anything even REMOTELY funny about a white (”CHRISTIAN”) Republican making jokes about someone trying to shoot Senator Obama.

And maybe Field is right . . .  maybe it’s true that this country isn’t ready for a black president . . . but I am not giving up just yet . . .  even if 68% of people polled on our local right-wing talk radio station didn’t think that this t-shirt was offensive . . . even if I saw with my own eyes the Secret Service swarming all over downtown Grand Rapids when Obama was in town . . .

I got wind of this from an e-mail . . . one of those “reply to all” things–and right away I thought it had to be some kind of urban legend.

 Turns out . . . not quite.

http://www.publius.org/help/jan15th.asp

 it’s a bunch of gobbledygook, but the short answer appears to be: I can’t vote for Obama today. WTF? I will vote for Hillary if/when she’s all we have left, but I’m not ready for that just yet.

politics is so idiotic.