Rou

I swear to God, I'm sick of it. I'm so fucking sick of it, that I'm breaking my long standing moratorium concerning politic-centric posts.

When I discuss politics, I'm pretty moderate. I fully support come conservative motions, particularly small government motions. And some liberal, particularly social values. In general, I actually think about an issue before I step into it. Part of my thinking about it is actual genuine discussion about it. Get opinions, facts and impressions, take them and use them to guide my thought process.

Of course, over the last six years, many of the political discussions have focused on Bush. I don’t like Bush much. I won’t lie about it. I don’t think the country has improved because he’s our leader. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say I think we’ve taken a few steps back.

When I discuss whatever the political flavor of the day is with my neo-conservative friends, we seem to fall into a pattern. I bring up a topic, say... the NSA wiretapping, and within a few minutes, the only thing they want to talk about it is Bill fucking Clinton. Cries of ‘But Clinton did’ this and ‘Yeah, but Clinton did’ that. Drives me up a fucking wall.

My goal is not to discuss the previous 42 presidents and particularly not the last one. I could give a flying rats’ ass how Bush’s support of Terri Schiavo was much like something Clinton did. Nor did I feel like comparing current military recruitment levels with those of Clinton’s era. Likewise, there is not a single iota in my body that sees the relevance of the Lewinsky perjury when compared to a discussion of Bush’s claims about WMD.

Quite frankly, I’m sick of it. So, here is my official rule from here forward. Any attempt to derail an discussion of the current President’s policies by comparing them to non-similar policies of ANY former President will result in my immediate and total discounting of your point of view on the subject. If the Presidents involved are Bush and Clinton, that brush off may overflow into all of your political views and not just that lone topic. Further, I will strongly recommend, to your face, that you should perhaps consider dying in a fire. For the good of the species.