I'm tired of snarky comments.

[NoodleBoy]

I guess most people aren't, though, because it seems like there are plenty of still-not-funny Bush jokes being made up, clever ways to denigrate conservatives, Republicans, and, in some cases, anyone who disagrees with the clever super-opinionated person, rants about how badly the country, the government, or the Democratic Party is being run, tirades against elected officials and their supposedly traitorous actions against either the country or the party, and hollow near-threats made to no one in particular about the upcoming election, and, sometimes, any election in particular.

I really live for the meat of the game-- not the buildup toward an indictment but the indictment itself, not the hemmings and hawwings of superbly polished politicians rousing up their base but the actual, physical action everyday people can accomplish, not the rhetoric for or against a certain bill or certain candidate or certain nominee but the policies that are developed and pursued and how elected officials and confirmed nominees effect the process around them.

I'm excited about the upcoming election because of the new faces we'll bring to the game and the older ones who will be strengthened by them. I'm excited everytime a candidate brings out a position paper or policy proposal and look forward to seeing those enacted. I'm excited by the potential of our new precinct committeemen, School Board members, and city, town, and county officials who hold a huge degree of influence over American government but rarely get noticed and are often scoffed at for not making a huge jump from private citizen to federal elected official.

I'm not looking forward to the jokes that will be made, being full of a sense of arrogant pride that, hey, this time around, mine's bigger than yours, or believing that all of the problems of the world will be solved (or made entirely worse) because of the outcome of this election.

I don't think I'm alone in this feeling either.

[Sherman A1]

1. Agreed

I don't think personal attacks against Bush or anyone helps anything. I am all in favor of a good joke (and that is always in the eye of the beholder), but calling someone stupid or whatever isn't a joke, it is an insult and what purpose does it serve? Just as the insults we have seen of late across this board regarding certain issues in the news haven't really been helpful. I am all for criticizing ideas and taking them apart, by offering alternatives, but just to call someone a name doesn't really help anything. It's about the issues not the person. I am hopeful that November will change things a bit, we will see.

[Exiled in America]

2. Personal attacks takes time away from real attacks like these:

Bush is a liar.
He is a criminal.
He is incompetent to handle his office and is an embarassment to the American People.
He has utterly failed at every aspect of his job and he ought to be impeached.

See - pointed, but TRUE. No need to name call. :)