The "Real" America

Have you heard about this shit? Governor Palin (or "Sarah Stupid," as I like to refer to her) has been referring to small town America as the "real" America, with McCain's Senior Policy adviser, Nancy Pfotenhauer, (she looks like the female Joker) separating Virgina into northern Virginia and the "real" Virginia in televised interviews. Then, there's Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who wants the members of congress investigated to find out who is anti-American. Basically, it all sums up like this: If you're voting for McCain, you're a "real" American; Obama? You're anti-American. I agree with Jon Stewart, who said in his act this past weekend at Northwestern University: "If New York City was good enough for fucking Osama Bin Laden, it should be good enough for these people." You can see a tamer version of his rant on last night's Daily Show:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/40048/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-mon-oct-20-2008

You know, I don't usually get overly patriotic or wear my love for this country on my sleeve, but this is the last fucking straw. These people are hateful and need to be stopped. America's going through a rough patch right now, both internally and in the way we're perceived around the world, and it's because of these "freedom loving" motherfuckers, who just want to divide us even more. It disgusts and infuriates me that just because I want to vote for the liberal black guy and I have no real problem if gays want to get hitched and I believe that what a woman does with her body is her own fucking business, that means some will label me "Un-American." They're opposing the same freedom that they so easily tout as one of the virtues of this great country. It feels as though people like this are taking over the nation and that's not only painful, but it's sad. This is the 21st Century. We're supposed to be moving forward into the future, not slogging around in the past and trying to drag the rest of the country down. I feel sorry for real, honest to God Republicans, who believe in a more conservative way of dealing with things, but still want to move this country forward. The religious right has torn down a party that was once considered perfectly sane and has made Republican a dirty word and that's sad. Maybe we should split America into two nations and let the ignorant "real" Americans do their own thing, while the rest of us join the rest of the world as fucking adults.

Okay, rant over...for now.