Republicans Buy Paperbacks, Too, So, What Gives?

Where has everybody seen Admiral William Fallon, General David Petraeus, Lord High Commissioner General Michael Hayden, Jamie Leigh Jones, Representative Ted Poe, and Erik Prince before? If you guessed in the works of Robert Ludlum and John Grisham, respectively, give yourself three bells. These fuckers walked right out of the pages, man. Millions of those pages don't get moved without lots and lots of Republicans buying them in bulk, and while messers Ludlum and Grisham certainly self-identify as liberal Democrats, the Republicans reading their books are not rooting for the villains by any means. When they read those novels, they are rooting for Fallon over Petraeus and Hayden, and they are wondering if George Clooney is old enough to play Fallon. Similarly, they are rooting for Jones and Poe over the evil Prince.

Why then are Fallon and Jones & Poe big-time blog heroes but barely register out there in Churchland and MSMville? Shit, Poe is a Republican who signed the Defense Of Christianity amendment last week. The archetypes fit the entertainment. This should be a slam-dunk. Not only is it not a slam dunk, but also very few people know who Fallon is and too many people are ready to blame the victim in the Jones case.

Sometime before 2004, I believed there was a popular movement millions strong lining up to be the 2nd person to kick any of these filthy Republicans when they fall. There have been too many of these situations -- who's Valerie Plame? -- come and gone and completely forgotten. I draw one conclusion. Should large portions of the MSM step back and describe Bush's administrations words and deeds accurately using even the most cordial criteria, all hell could break loose. I don't think so, but that's what "they" fear, anyway. I think there would be a generational shift in power slightly leftward and otherwise it would be business as usual. All the goofy FCC Christian crap would cool off a bit, some people would be called to account for these barbaric wars and there would be a huge surplus of American flag pins and yellow ribbons in garage sales in every state. Revolution, even of the bourgeoisie, would not take place. I believe that the USA is headed for terrible social unrest anyway when the dollar finally falls through a hole in the floor. Facing the truth about these past seven years might make that social unrest merely 60s-like and not a slow-motion Holocaust. What's to lose?

What is to be done?

Something, I hope. Should a Republican or Obama get elected president, there is not a single country on Earth will be safe from a newly-confident military of the Theocracy Of Sam.

Here's a idea. I make the disclaimer that I don't advocate this because I like my skin and my head and I like having a Blogger(tm) account. But if you wanted to seize personal control of the narrative and feel empowered without having to do something so disruptive as expatriating, try this. Take a deep breath, exhale, mumble to yourself "not afraid," then bite down hard and say: "Fuck The Troops". Congratulations, Pinocchio, you're a real boy now. Whether you agree or disagree with that sentiment you have freed yourself from the constraints that have been imposed upon you by the MSM, the Party, and the Church. It sounds a little crass and awkward the first few times but after a minute or two, it becomes amazingly empowering this, si o no?

What's the matter? Where's everybody going? Was it something I wrote?

[Late addition by proprietor: I see from the one comment that refers to this little exercise that my point is going to be proven by the mere fact that no one who reads me (!) is willing to do it. Let's clear a few things up and maybe it will be a little easier. I wrote that I am fond of my skin and my head and I'd like to keep my blogger (tm) account, thank you, so please assume that this is for entertainment only. I SUPPPORT THE TROOPS more than I support my own miserable existence, mmmkay? But for the cynics out there and I'm not one of them, please google "silver-haired grannies" and "multnomah county" and see how the other side employs the "signifier" of your fucking troops. Urgh.]

In for a penny, in for a pound. And a day without trashing Barack Obama is a day without sunshine. So, let's take off Obama's face and get to the real mask beneath. Where, son, do you stand on the Jamie Leigh Jones case against KBR? Where do you stand on the important economic issues of the day? No answers. Well, I suppose he doesn't need them when he's got people like Ezra Klein writing this shit.

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_counterpunch_campaign

Did Klein forget that Hillary Clinton is ahead by an average of 18 pct points? If there's anyone out there who really thinks that Clinton "can't win," please step forward. I will do as much evens with you as you can handle. All you can eat. Surely, evens must appear a pretty sexy price to you given that you think Clinton "can't win" the nomination. What to make of this business of Oprah Winfrey choosing your candidate for you? Is that how it's going to be? When Obama appointing the self-loathing gay homophobe, gospel singer Donny McClurkin, to be the public face of the South Carolina Obama effort, some white liberal journalists excused it because "homosex-U-alit-it-y" was "prob-lem-AT-ic" in the "Black Cum-Yoon-IT-y." Sorry, no sale. A bigot is a bigot is a bigot. That's hardly practicing the "politics of hope." This is, however, beside the point. If homosex-U-alit-it-y" is as "prob-lem-AT-ic" in the "Black Cum-Yoon-IT-y" as the press says it is, then one would assume conventional images of masculinity are very much celebrated in that cum-yoon-IT-y. OK, I'll play along. Who, then, in the Obama campaign came up with this idea that having Obama's cock and balls tied up with Oprah's apron strings was a real, real good masculine image to present? I mean REALLY? This isn't my trip because I'm not a homophobe but I was told to weight racism as more significant than homophobia and excuse Obama for being such a bigot because of that. So, he's made himself fair game on the masculinity question. I think he's lacking. Contrast him with Barney Frank who's super-butch when it comes to supporting what's right. Obama cannot be a pissy little scold and be the macho guy in the race at the same time.

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