Faith in people, no faith in people
Aug. 15th, 2010 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserSomething good and something annoying!
Here in California, we have two folks running for governor. Meg Whitman, Republican, CEO of Ebay, and Jerry Brown, who has been in the CA political system for 50+ years.
Meg Whitman has not only never once held an office of any kind, she has not even voted in the last 40 years. But of course, the insane teabaggers are all big on "political outsiders" at the moment, so she's a popular right wing person. (Experience? Who needs experience! It's better to have none!)
Meg Whitman has now spent 104 million dollars of her own money on political ads. For months now, it's like there is no music on the radio, just her commercials. No one needs laundry soap or fast food either, at times it seems like nothing but her commercials on TV.
On the other hand, I haven't seen one single commercial by Jerry Brown. Not one. Ever.
Their standings, as of this morning?
Meg Whitman 44%
Jerry Brown 43%
HA! So maybe, maybe I can have more faith in California residents. Maybe. Meg Whitman said the most horrible things about non-right wing people when she was going for the Republic nomination, I can only hope everyone else remembers it as well as I do. She supported Arizona's racist immigration laws! Don't forget that, Hispanics of California!
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The less good story is about this mosque that they're trying to build at ground zero. I had really, really thought that Americans understood that not all Muslims were terrorists.
Muslim:terrorist::Christians:KKK members
I really don't get this blind hatred, this lashing out without thought at others...
Edit: I've used the same shorthand that the news and such is using. It's far from just a mosque. It's a whole center, including rec things (basketball courts) and buildings to study in. It's also not exactly at ground zero, but close to it.
Here in California, we have two folks running for governor. Meg Whitman, Republican, CEO of Ebay, and Jerry Brown, who has been in the CA political system for 50+ years.
Meg Whitman has not only never once held an office of any kind, she has not even voted in the last 40 years. But of course, the insane teabaggers are all big on "political outsiders" at the moment, so she's a popular right wing person. (Experience? Who needs experience! It's better to have none!)
Meg Whitman has now spent 104 million dollars of her own money on political ads. For months now, it's like there is no music on the radio, just her commercials. No one needs laundry soap or fast food either, at times it seems like nothing but her commercials on TV.
On the other hand, I haven't seen one single commercial by Jerry Brown. Not one. Ever.
Their standings, as of this morning?
Meg Whitman 44%
Jerry Brown 43%
HA! So maybe, maybe I can have more faith in California residents. Maybe. Meg Whitman said the most horrible things about non-right wing people when she was going for the Republic nomination, I can only hope everyone else remembers it as well as I do. She supported Arizona's racist immigration laws! Don't forget that, Hispanics of California!
---
The less good story is about this mosque that they're trying to build at ground zero. I had really, really thought that Americans understood that not all Muslims were terrorists.
Muslim:terrorist::Christians:KKK members
I really don't get this blind hatred, this lashing out without thought at others...
Edit: I've used the same shorthand that the news and such is using. It's far from just a mosque. It's a whole center, including rec things (basketball courts) and buildings to study in. It's also not exactly at ground zero, but close to it.
