As time goes by, I'm less and less amazed at what the American voter is capable of,  and more concerned that people are lacking in common sense when it comes to decision making.  The swift boat thing from the last election is enough to attest to the voter's lack of good sense . . . and you guys have the gall to think a pigeon is dumb?  The dumbest pigeon I know wouldn't have gone for a ploy that obvious, so the next time the term birdbrain comes up, don't look at me.

Swift boaters - yeah, the guys who gave us George instead of John with their dirty, underhanded attacks on a fellow swift boater.  As it turns out, over 3,500 guys served in Vietnam as swift boaters, and only 250 of then actively got involved in the campaign to save George.  Some numbnuts lawyer named O'Neill was a ringleader . . . a guy who turned out to be a monumental liar.  He accused Kerry of loading up his service record, which he probably did to some extent.  It's politics, remember, and all candidates load up their records.  But Kerry didn't lie near as much about his service record as did this O'Neill guy.

And as for the swift boaters, the entire operation was financed by the Republican party.  And the dumbass public bought it, or at least enough to cost Kerry some badly needed votes.  And it was all a bunch of lies from a pack of guys who never served with Kerry (only 11 out of their total membership of 500).  Many more former swift boaters stood up for Kerry, but not these right wing jerks. 

So, why bring up something that's over with and done?  Well, because another election is coming up, and we've already got these guys running around out there saying, "I just can't see my commander-in-chief being Obama.  He's got no military experience, isn't suited for the job."  And boy, is that a load of crap.  The last thing in the world we need in the White House is a military man.  We've had 'em, and they've all mostly been bad.
And as for the so-called independent groups that support certain candidates for president?  From their very base they are liars when the put the label independent on themselves.  The only thing most of them are independent of is the truth . . . especially in the case of cowardly attacks like came from the swift boaters.

Like I pointed out, the vast majority of swift boat veterans didn't support this group and shouldn't be judged by their actions.  But a majority of the voters did vote for George Bush, giving us another four years of misery in government.  And if you're one of those people, they got your goat. Yeah, that was a big time gotcha, dumbass!  You fell for it, you sucker.  My advice to you is - pull your heads out of  your asses and take a close look at these independent groups manipulating your vote.  Maybe a few of you retards might make the right choice next time.

Polly, 3/2/08