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This Is What It Sounds Like When Doves Cry

The Presidential Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty, also known as the Democratic candidates scratching each others eyes out to appear more religious for that hot evangelical/liberal cross-section of the population (and what cross-section is that, by the way? Probably entirely made up of people who masturbate to Emerson books). Fuck, isn’t this the 21st century? I’m tired of the requirement for national politicians to believe in superheroes from outer space just to appease the illiterate electorate. I expect my leaders to act like leaders, instead of paupers begging for handouts from the Catholic Church:

There are 3 other videos of this shit on YouTube, I couldn’t bear linking to them anymore. Anyway, my point is that everytime a duplicitous Democrat talks about how much GOD means to them, I feel like diarrhea is being splattered all over my mouth. Because really, do you think Hillary fucking Clinton believes in God? Bull shit, she’s too smart for that and so is Bill Clinton. And I’m sure she’s figured out that if there is a joke on anyone via God, it’s on her for marrying a man willing to stick his shlong in the nearest wet hole available. I’d estimate Hillary believes in God as much as she believes in the Latino electorate. And what the fuck ever happened to separation of church and state? People in Turkey believe in secularism more now than Americans do.

White People Who Feel Sorry For You

Just when you thought life couldn’t get any better, rich white people are here again to save the day! First they put Bill ‘Persistent Vegetation‘ Frist in charge of the One Vote ’08 campaign, and now this! A wonderful video where over-privileged people come together for a few minutes in front of a camera to let you know, dear pathetic peasant, just how very sorry they feel for you! You know, for being born and all.

My Head Just Exploded

Via C&L and FireDogLake, I learned of One Vote ’08. As described by famous Hollywood Actor Matt Damon, One Vote ’08 is a campaign to reach voters and make the fight against global disease and extreme poverty a key issue in the 2008 presidential election. While I praise the idea of making global issues at least on the agenda for future elections, I’m really baffled by the choice of One Vote to team up with Bill Frist (says their page: “We’re kicking off the campaign with a press conference on June 11th at 11:15am with Senators Tom Daschle and Bill Frist”).

Frist was a physician and is a former Republican Senator from Tennessee who was for a time the Senate Majority Leader. Apart from his years of public service, Frist is most known for his lack of knowledge regarding the transmission of HIV: In a December 5, 2004 interview on “This Week with George Stephenopolous”, when asked whether HIV could be transmitted via sweat or tears (a suggestion made in a sex education study funded by the White House), Frist refused to reject the possibility, even though the Centers for Disease Control state that, “contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV.”

Now, I’m no doctor, but I’m almost positive that HIV is a sexually transmitted disease, yet somehow, Frist, a medical doctor, wasn’t sure how HIV/AIDS was transferred. And here we are, Frist joining the One Campaign to raise awareness of global disease and poverty when AIDS is at the forefront for international concern, especially in Africa. Needless to say, AIDS has ravaged Africa both physically and economically, with resources being consumed by overwhelming health burdens created by the epidemic:

Inhabited by just over 12% of the world’s population, Africa is estimated to have more than 60% of the AIDS-infected population. The economic impact of AIDS is noticed in slower economic growth, a distortion in spending, increased inflows of international assistance, and changing demographic structure of the population. There are also fears that a major long-term drop in adult life-expectancy will change the rationale for economic decision-making, contributing to lower savings and investment rates.

Bill Frist, a politician who doesn’t know how HIV is transmitted, is on a campaign to make ‘global disease and poverty’ a national issue. Couldn’t One Vote have found someone more knowledgeable?

I’m In Love With A Stripper

Apparently it’s real fashionable now a days to call attractive wives of candidates ‘strippers‘! In the Post-Imus media world, this is called having an Imus moment. What this means is that insulting blacks is off the table, and apparently not so sly gendered comments about tit size and the age differential for our famous future presidential couples is not the greatest idea either. Unless, that is, you’re trying to get your nuts stomped on.

White People, Cultural Hegemony Over Everyone

Thank you Andrew Sullivan, your used Etan Thomas comb is in the mail.