Date: 2016-04-08 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com
Well, you have to admit, it would be much more interesting, even as Rome burns. I'm sort of tired of "Game of Thrones".

Date: 2016-04-08 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com
When I was a child I got to visit Rome with my family; we got a tour of the Coliseum and the tour guide told us the story about some Roman Emperor, cant recall who, but here's the story.

This emperor saw that the crowd loved and adored the victorious gladiators; he wanted that love and adoration; so he decided he would get into the ring and fight. But he didn't want to risk actually getting hurt ina fight, or worse, losing, so, he would fight opponents who had their hands tied behind their backs; or no weapons, or other weak and destined-to-lose opponents.

But the problem with this is that the audience got bored and didn't enjoy it. It's no fun watching a fight like that. So, one day, the audience BOOOOed the emperor as he was slaughtering someone who couldn't fight back. So what does this emperor do?

He jumps into the audience AND STARTS MURDERING THEM.

The other side of the audience starts cheering, as THAT is a show!


Lesson: Don't be that audience. Cheering on as your own are ripped to shreds. Not cool. Not cool.

Date: 2016-04-08 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dexeron.livejournal.com
Sounds like Commodus, but I don't recall anything about him ever killing audience members.

Date: 2016-04-08 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com
You mean, you aren't hoping for something juicy to come out of Hillary's e-mails, thus giving the nomination to Bernie and hence saving the Republic?

Date: 2016-04-08 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com
No, I am not. I, like many Americans, are sick and tired of hearing about her damn emails.

I want her to lose because she is a milquetoast moderate centrist, who leans in whichever direction the wind is blowing.

I want her to lose because she is untrustworthy and plays politics like a game. Because she thinks voters are stupid and don't remember where Bernie was in the 90's fighting for healthcare. Because she thinks merely being a woman makes her not part of the establishment. Because she claimed DOMA was to stop something worse--MEANWHILE--she didn't come around on the gay marriage question until 2013. So why the FUCK would you have done DOMA to "stop something worse" when you weren't in favor of gay marriage then.

I want her to lose because she is the worse candidate; not because of some nonsense "scandal".

Date: 2016-04-08 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com
Yeah, and in a general election, I would want her to win (vs a GOPer)

We aren't in a general election, so I do not want her to win.

Date: 2016-04-08 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com
Worth noting: "Want her to win" does not mean "I will vote for her"

If she loses NY in a general election, she done fucked up HARD. So I am not sure if, in a general election, I would vote for her or Jill Stein, or write in Bernie, or leave president blank (while voting for other, down ticket races)

Date: 2016-04-08 07:36 pm (UTC)
garote: (machine)
From: [personal profile] garote
That reporter on the far right looks like an illustration out of the original Alice In Wonderland :D

Date: 2016-04-09 05:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peristaltor.livejournal.com
Makes sense. The media has been Red Queening the entire debacle, running their mouths faster just to keep up with the crap.

Date: 2016-04-09 10:39 pm (UTC)
garote: (machine)
From: [personal profile] garote
There's a "human centipede" gag in there somewhere, I think...

Date: 2016-04-10 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peristaltor.livejournal.com
A gag would stop the process, I think.

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