Ah, Progress

Molly was kind enough recently to share a heartwarming story with me relayed to her by two dedicated volunteers going door to door to get out the vote. The lady of the house answered the door and was cordial to the campaign workers. When they asked her who she thought she would vote for in the upcoming presidential elections she yelled back in to her husband to inquire who they were voting for. This piece alone intrigues me as I cannot imagine my spouse ever deferring to me in this manner, nor do I think she should just for the record. At any rate, the reply came immediately from within, “We're voting for the nigger”. The woman unfazed by this answer repeated it to the campaign workers “We're voting for the nigger”.


That's how badly the Republicans have fucked up. People who find us a lower life form are planning to vote for one of us to lead them. Is this a great country or what?

As disheartening as it is, to know your fellow citizens think of you as less than human, it is not so disheartening that I can't take comfort in it, knowing our fellow citizens will turn to us in a time of need—truly desperate need, apparently. That I can write that is further testament to how badly the Republicans have fucked up. As humiliating a vote as it is, I'll gladly take it. If you can't win on your merits, win on their faults. As the Raiders say, “Just win, Baby. Just win.” The nigger president is still the president.