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Formerly Not So Much. . .the daily musings of a 26-year-old PYT whose self-love is superceded only by her obnoxiously endearing ability to remind you at all times just how fabulous she is. Guys too stupid to realize how lucky they are to be graced with her presence? Woman with 4-pack abs climbs onto the elliptical trainer next to her? Arrives at Chick-Fil-A at 10:37, only to learn she has missed her opportunity for a chicken biscuit? She throws all these setbacks off with disdain. . .after all, have you SEEN her??

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Politics aren't REAL, you know

Oftentimes, it seems that people get into heated debates with those they respect, like, and even their most intimate soulmates about. . .well, who they voted for in the presidential election, for instance. I think it's key to really remember at these times something that has only come to full development in my mind recently. . .POLITICS AREN'T REAL.

A comment from another blog referred to one of the presidential candidates as a man "whose stance on both national and world policies varies according to his audience." I just laughed. . .hello? EVERY politician's does! If you really think that that vast majority of politicians don't change to suit their constituents. . .well hell, that's not just about getting elected, it's about a politician's first and foremost duty: pleasing his constituents! To really think that one choice over another is BETTER, more LOYAL, more HONEST, more RIGHT, whereas the other guy is WRONG. . .that's just crazy. You're forgetting. . .let's say it together. . .POLITICS AREN'T REAL.

There is no ideal candidate. There is no politician who's always going to stand for all the beliefs you hold dear, or even most of them. There is no politician who wouldn't switch up a stance to better suit his constituency. . .maybe not outright LIE, but at least VARY a position he's taken before. There is no perfectly idyllic slap-happy political Mickey Mouse who's going to take any of us away to "My Personal Magic Kingdom of Perfectly Reflected Ideals." And even if he did, you'd be the only one living there!! But we have to live in a country with OTHERS, with DIFFERENT ideals. . .so. . .

Here's a suggestion: stop standing for candidates. THEIR beliefs are not WORTH your defense. There are no REAL, TRUE, CONSTANT, STEADFAST candidates. There are only your BELIEFS, your STANCES, those IDEAS to which you reverently adhere. There are only your ideas about what's right and wrong, and no politician adequately embodies that. Stand for YOUR ideas, YOUR beliefs, YOUR morals. And YOUR beliefs ARE worth defending!

Once you talk about BELIEFS, not CANDIDATES, you'd be surprised how often you can agree with likeminded people (which probably most of your friends and loved are) that you feel more or less the same way about abortion, gay marriage, the economy, the war on terrorism. That is, even if you disagree about which piss-poor excuse of a politician is going to fuck up the country the least, bearing those ideals in mind. And if THAT'S all you're arguing about, you're only arguing over which picture perfect White House family paper doll cut-out looks the LEAST ridiculous wearing your ideals. And they both look pretty ridiculous*

*(Wearing MY ideals, at least, but MY ideals involve both candidates wearing stunning Bob Mackie sequined gowns with feathers protruding garishly in a scintillating cascade of fabulousness as they walk down the aisle in a faux paper doll committment ceremony to celebrate their love for their same-sex, opposite-political party partner. . .but that's just *me*.)

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