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A political rant, for your amusement
Aug. 2nd, 2003 09:34 amI'm a big homo. I'd like the wedding stuff just as much as the next girl. But you know why I'm not commenting much about this gay marriage flap? BECAUSE IT'S SLEIGHT OF HAND!!!
Bill Clinton lied. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Whom did that hurt? Bill, Hilary, Monica, Chelsea, their friends.
George W. lied! Paul Wolfowitz admitted to Vanity Fair that weapons of mass destruction were not really the main reason for invading Iraq: "The decision to highlight weapons of mass destruction as the main justification for going to war in Iraq was taken for bureaucratic reasons.... [T]here were many other important factors as well." Whom has that lie hurt? How about the 1000s of Iraqis and Americans and British and Canadians and god knows who else killed in this war, which is costing us billions of fucking dollars every day - STILL.
Yet in the interview in which he basically admits his lies, he also says...."but hey, look at this hand!! Gay Marriage!!!!" And we eat it up with a spoon. What's on the headlines of all the papers?? Not "President lied about WMD, costing billions." Nope, all the headlines are about Gay Fucking Marriage.
So yeah. I'd love to get married, but right now, I'd rather, say, not be one of the zillions of people unemployed because of Bush's economy. So I could afford a wedding, instead of worrying about paying my fucking mortgage.
So please - take a minute to focus on what Bush doesn't want you to see. Watch the other hand.
Bill Clinton lied. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." Whom did that hurt? Bill, Hilary, Monica, Chelsea, their friends.
George W. lied! Paul Wolfowitz admitted to Vanity Fair that weapons of mass destruction were not really the main reason for invading Iraq: "The decision to highlight weapons of mass destruction as the main justification for going to war in Iraq was taken for bureaucratic reasons.... [T]here were many other important factors as well." Whom has that lie hurt? How about the 1000s of Iraqis and Americans and British and Canadians and god knows who else killed in this war, which is costing us billions of fucking dollars every day - STILL.
Yet in the interview in which he basically admits his lies, he also says...."but hey, look at this hand!! Gay Marriage!!!!" And we eat it up with a spoon. What's on the headlines of all the papers?? Not "President lied about WMD, costing billions." Nope, all the headlines are about Gay Fucking Marriage.
So yeah. I'd love to get married, but right now, I'd rather, say, not be one of the zillions of people unemployed because of Bush's economy. So I could afford a wedding, instead of worrying about paying my fucking mortgage.
So please - take a minute to focus on what Bush doesn't want you to see. Watch the other hand.
