SOCIAL: politics is a filthy business

[Mike Kosim]

What cracks me up is how many of these lawmakers are in horrible,  
confining, life choking, bowel-churning, excruciating, and unhappy  
marriages!  Then they turn around and say they want to defend the  
sanctity of it all.  Huh... you mean like how Senator Larry Craig  
defended his marriage in the men's restroom?  Or how Eliot Spitzer  
defended the sanctity of marriage as he BONKED A HOOKER? (no offense  
to prostitutes).

Marriage has become this weird holy grail or maybe windmill?  Marriage  
isn't easy, and here are some people that love each other enough to  
give it a shot.  Stop getting in the way!  It's hard enough already.   
Give two people some slack!  Are people really convinced that marriage  
as an institution has feelings and needs to be protected?  Marriage  
will be fine, I promise!

Perhaps.  If you are in an unhappy marriage and aren't allowed to  
admit it because your public persona requires perfection (Hence the  
$600.00 haircuts, thankyouverymuch Mr. Edwards) Maybe then these  
fragile truces within mansions (otherwise known as D.C. marriages)  
require the force of law so that the illusion can be maintained.   
Narcissists.

I'm not even touching the whole "marriage with goats" argument against  
gay marriage.

Wuh.  Hope everyone had a great historic voting day!
mike






On Nov 4, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Aparna Seetharaman wrote:

>
>
>  I don't even know why I'm doing this, but in all fairness, both
>  Yahoo! and Google have been running these ads.  Essentially, its
>  about freedom of expression. The right to purchase ads on an
>  open bidding system being afforded to all.
>
>  I fully agree its disgusting, but its the price we pay for the
>  freedom we enjoy.  At least thats what I tell myself to get to
>  work everyday.
>
>  That said, it seems to me no Democratic politician thinking
>  of running for President has the courage to redefine marriage.
>  Sadly, it still constitutes political suicide.
>
>  I wish the No folks had also bought ads for the last few days...
>  <sigh>
>
>  Go vote for all of us GC/H1 visa holders with no voice. Enjoy the
>  free Starbucks coffee with your stickers!
>
>  (fyi: I work for Yahoo! and if I could vote, I'd be a vehement NO  
> on 8)
>
> Gobama, GoDeep,
> -Aparna
>
> --- On Tue, 11/4/08, Gretchen Larsen <gretchenlarsen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Gretchen Larsen <gretchenlarsen at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: SOCIAL: politics is a filthy business
>> To: social at deeptrouble.com
>> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:27 PM
>> I'm personally appalled...and yet I don't know that
>> I really expected anything better.
>>
>> So I went to the "Yes on 8" website the other
>> day, i sometimes like to read up on what the other side is
>> saying.  i was on the site for less than a minute -
>> couldn't stomach the dribble I'd gotten myself into
>> - but since then I've been getting "yes on 8"
>> popup ads in yahoo and when I go online, ugh.  as if that
>> wasn't enough - today's popup had a picture of both
>> mccain and obama saying "at least they agree on
>> something" and "marriage is between a man and a
>> woman" as if obama supports the prop.  if you click
>> the ad it goes to a page stating that all candidates and
>> their running mates agree - with pics of palin, mccain,
>> obama and biden and quotes from all 4.  of course
>> they're only bending the truth because technically they
>> are saying they all define marriage as between a man and a
>> woman...more ugh...but on election day they are implying -
>> heavily - that the obama-biden ticket endorses their
>> measure. ugh, ugh, UGH!
>>
>> the really sad thing is the quote from Biden, I'm
>> guessing was said in opposition to measures like Prop 8
>>
>> "Neither Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a
>> civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support
>> that."
>> —  Sen. Joe Biden, Vice Presidential Debate,
>> October 2, 2008
>>
>> here's the ugliness:
>> http://www.protectmarriage.com/app/webroot/four/
>>
>> I guess there's far worse out there, but i still think
>> this sucks!
>> I already called and reported it to the obama folks, but if
>> any of you guys are online and want the screen captures let
>> me know and I'll send them along.
>>
>> gobama!
>> no on 8!
>> yay for Tom!!!
>> and a big woo-hoo for all of you out there fighting the
>> good fight to get out the vote and be active in our
>> political process!
>> cheers,
>> G
>>
>>
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