Politics is a mean and nasty game.  "It's not tiddlywinks" goes the cliche.  People who aren't good at the game or who aren't willing to play by its dirty rules should get the hell out.

Personally I don't care who the Democratic nominee is.  I have only one question I need answered - Can you beat the fucking Republicans?

I don't like what I am currently seeing and hearing from the Obama camp.  Whining about your opponents tactics is a losers game and we don't need any more losers.  It's time for Obama to fight fire with fire or get the hell out.

When it comes to campaigning, the Clintons are the closest thing the Democrats have to Republicans, i.e., they play to win and don't give a fuck what they have to do to beat the crap out of their opponent.

As good as they are at the game they are a distant second to the best Republicans at running a mean and nasty campaign.

If Obama and his strategists are not smart enough, tough enough, clever enough, experienced enough to counter the campaign tactics of the Clintons then they aren't going to beat the fucking Republicans and at the end of the day that's what matters to me.

I'm tired of righteous losers and can't bear the thought of another Dukakis or Kerry bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Now that the Dems have caved to more fearmongering (I didn't say it, Jim Webb did) by the Cheney/Bush regime it seems an appropriate time to remind people of Milton Mayer's remarkable history of Germany from 1933-1945 through the words of the "ordinary people" - "They Thought They Were Free - The Germans 1933 -1945".  Using remarkably insightful and restrained interviews with "ordinary Germans" Mayer tells the story of how, little by little, crisis by crisis, a totalitarian regime was created.  Below is one of the most insightful reminiscences by a Professor of Middle German recounting exactly how the regime took shape.

Whether or not you like his politics or whether or not you like his methods, Rasmussen called the 2004 election on the nose and his daily numbers on consumer confidence routinely show where the better known indexes will be heading in the future.

So when Rasmussen's daily approve/disapprove takes a 7 pt plunge over three days, it's a good bet the better known polls will be saying the same thing shortly.
 http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

That's the good news.

So keep this in mind as you watch the polls over the next few weeks and make a wry smile every time you see one that puts Bush up by "x" with a 48% total.

Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the handbook used to diagnose mental disorders most frequently. APD is generally considered to be the same as, or similar to, the disorder that was previously known as psychopathic or sociopathic personality disorder.

It is characterised by a number of symptoms:

    * Failure to conform to social norms or lawful behaviors
    * Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
    * Irresponsibility, impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
    * Irritability and aggression, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
    * Reckless disregard for safety of self or others
    * Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another.