Cheering up the evildoers

The lowly Gleaner is on a reconnaissance mission to take the pulse of voters in some of the other mostly rectangularly shaped states 'round here.

In an admittedly futile push back against the ephemeral nature of the medium, or in an act of unmitigated vanity, or both, some excerpts from a few older, er, previously published Gleaner posts will be resurfacing over the next few days.

From "Yet another ranting churchy guy enchants the viewing public," March 15, 2008.

...War Party Rep. Steve King has summed it up over and over — and over and over and over as he smartly capitalizes on his maiden appearances in non-Iowa media — the terrorists will be "dancing in the streets" if Obama is elected president.

Talk about belaboring the obvious. Any fool can see the terrorists want nothing more than for the United States to be led by a multi-cultural, multi-racial president whose very election in and of itself would not only  signal a dramatic break from American policies of the past and assure nations on every continent and in every corner of the world that the U.S. isn't batshit crazy anymore, but also shatter some of the core assumptions about America that inspire hatred among entire generations of Arabs and Muslims.

If John McCain is elected to continue the Bush administration's policies, by contrast, then the evildoers would most definitely not be dancing in the streets. Well, except for the initial demonstration heralding the continuation of Bush administration policies and hence a perpetuation of the glorious ongoing struggle against the great satan or whatever they're calling us that day. That'll probably involve some dancing. And continued Bush-McCainism will make it easier for evildoer movers and shakers, on a going-forward basis, to attract recruits and rally popular support for killing Americans and attacking people or institutions perceived to be America sympathizers. So that should guarantee the occasional street dance during the course of a McCain administration. And a McCain victory in November will prompt evildoer leaders to dance, cheer and squeal in delight in the certainty that McCain, like Bush, will continue to puff up their image as global historical players to an exalted degree that is far out of proportion to their actual significance. Nothing boosts a fundraising campaign, after all, like press clippings of the president of the United States saying over and over again that your cause is nothing less than "the transcendent challenge of the 21st century."

But yeah, other than that, the evildoers would much rather have Obama as president.

Comments

[dave404]

Gleaner, Enjoy the more perfectly geometric states while you can as Bush/Cheney begin bombing Iran soon (gotta help McNuts get elected).

From today's Jerusalem Post

bushtobombiranbeforeendofterm

[texexnv@gmail.com]

WTF?!?

[Reno.Muse]

When do we get to hear from the remaining Nevada Superdelegates about their decision for endorsement?

Is Cortez-Masto afraid to piss people off in case she runs for Governor? If that is true, then she needs to give up her SD status.

[Adrian]

Hey! I agree, if Obama is elected our image across the world will be given a new chance. I was browsing through a bunch of political websites and blogs (mostly liberal ones) and I came across your blog and find it to be very interesting. There are a bunch of others I like too, like huff post, and other news sites like politico. Do you know of any that cover politics and the environment? I saw earthlab.com which has mostly environmental info but some politics. I took EarthLab.com’s carbon calculator (http://www.earthlab.com/signupprofile/). It was pretty easy to use (and it doesn’t make me feel guilty after I take it). Are there any other blogs you would recommend? Can you drop me a link to your favorites or any ones with green info?