so i met this woman on the internet, and we go out, and we go back to my place, and we get intimate, and i was on the computer a little later looking at The Onion, a very funny article about GWB's new "prayer guided missile", and she sees the pic of bush and says "god, i love that man!"
my goddamned blood freezes.
and the argument ensues. her love for GWB stems from GWB's high morals. my stomach is turning at this - my primary problem with GWB is his low morals - he lied us into a war. i tell her this and i learn something very interesting: not even a GWB lover will try very hard to defend him over his WMD lies to get us to iraq. even they know that gwb pissed down everyone's back and told us it was raining. he is nearly indefensible here, and bush lovers (this one anyway) will only make a weak, completely token defense on this count and then slink away.
but the rest is all moral all the time - no gay marriage, no abortion. and that's what really counts with the bush fans. those are the only things that matter. and he looks good in his cowboy hat and flight suit. and most criticisms of bush are batted away with a comparison to clinton. we actually had this exchange:
ME: "Bush has put us completely into hock to the chinese. they are holding our note, we dance to their tune. the money's gone."
HER: "well, if it wasn't for clinton, the chinese would not have missile technology!"
ME:"interesting, but irrelevant. clinton's not the president anymore. you have to defend your boy on his own merits."
it was like being on FOX tv.
now, i must say, i am to the right of most of you at kos. i voted for pat buchanan once. i voted for ross perot. i went to iraq voluntarily as a contractor and was originally in favor of this war. (i know, i know. one can never be too cynical, can one?). i AM
middle of the road, but the proto-fascists have pushed me over a cliff and into a centrism that comes off like raving leftism.
i work with Bush voters, and it's okay. i like some of them and we have good conversations and a working relationship.
but intimacy with an unreserved bush lover?
i can't. i won't. and this is my character fault: i don't think i can completely respect a bush fanatic. i think they are missing something. empathy, intelligence, foresight, something. and i can't see her anymore, i don't want to. i lack respect for her. and it is my character fault, not hers.
anyone else feel this way? has this happened to anyone else? are any of you intimate with a bushie? how can that work?
has it really come to this for me? for us? am i wrong?