Remember me? SunnyDayDJ, the irreverant/irrelevant Republican Moderate? Well, guess what ladies and gentiles, I quit.

I fucking goddamn quit.

When I left Governor Bush's office 2 months ago, I was on the inside looking out, feeling comfortable, being happy with spin and pomp. Then, Terri Schiavo happened.

"James, we need a line that doesn't sound too... dead. We need a catchphrase."

"A catchphrase?"

"For the Governor. He needs a closing line for his press releases."

I thought for some time. Jeb wanted her to be kept alive. I went to my boss. "Well, there's some old Roe v. Wade gibberish about erring on the side of life."

Great.

The party, from Jeb, all the way to the President, recycled this "err on the side of life" crap into the ground. Personally, I was hoping they'd pull the plug. I was indifferent to her suffering because I believed her suffering didn't exist.

And that's when it happened.

Jesse Jackson and the Governor walked out of his office, shook hands, and made their way to the press conference. And Jesse Jackson said, "Err on the side of life." And I sat, as I watched my party play the irony game of whoring themselves out to look moral. To look better than the other guys, when they knew no matter what they did, they'd be in control.

And this woman who died so long ago became an issue for both sides, and I felt like this... well, for the first time I realized I was a paid liar. A hitman for policy points. A letter writer for a dyslexic politica, where Democrats sound Republican and Republicans just sound fucking crazy.

So I did, I quit, and I went to consult. Surely a firm would hire me. Nope. Instead, I'm with a nonprofit. We do good work. We build health centers for the underserved populations of Florida. We're federally qualified and granted. And I get to be a part of this small team, apolitical in nature, making a difference for the people that need it.

I still think Dean's a fucking maniac, Hillary's a bitch, and Bill was a liar. But now, they seem party to kin with the opposite side of the isle. Frist the liar and thief, Bush the rodeo clown getting the bull to folow him instead of that cowboy Cheney... Nader's a fucking nut, too, you ideological tarts.

No, no parties for me. No attachment.

Rod Smith, a Democrat will be running against Charlie Crist (wtf) and Chris Gallagher (wtfomg) for Governor next year in Florida. I'm voting Smith. He's fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I met him at a party before he was planning a run, and we talked shop. Good guy.

...

Good guy? You bet. I'll vote/work/sing and dance for the good guy.

<-- independant

Who will you caucus with?

I don't know yet.....

I will cock you with whoever you please.

* <-- independent

Republicans make me giggle, and Democrats are too far right for me.

spelling, schmelling

Unless I'm the one making the correction, of course.

:bows:

I pretend I'm NDP.



Oh, Canada, my not quite home and not so native land

:curtsies:

I don't know how anyone with your soul could work in government for any significant period of time, for either party, and not come out of it disgusted with the whole rotten mess.

I'd been wondering just this weekend when we might see you in this forum again. Good to see you still seeing things clearly.

*actually thought of the communist vote out of desperation >_<*

Whoa, I'd vote for him.



OK, enough of the jokes. This is one hell of a way to make your first post here in a long time. Welcome back, James.

Political parties suck ass. I think one of my first posts in N&D was saying if I was supreme overlord of the US, I'd ban political parties.

ouch

You started a catchphrase used to the ground by famous people? You ought to be a celebrity.

I read Roe v Wade just for fun recently and remembered thinking "hmmm... wonder if they pulled it from there..."

It's a small world.

After all.

How come this picture of an elephant pops up as the first image when you do an image search for GOP?

good guy? do they even exist?

It's an informal symbol for the Republicans, and the donkey is the respective symbol for the Democrats.

In political cartoons, it's common to see those two animals represent each party.