Anyone have a cure for The Stupid?
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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And since it’s a preexisting condition insurance probably wouldn’t cover it if I did.
Naturally I misspell something in a thread on the stupid. Sometimes I think the universe has a built in sense of irony.
it wuoldn’t bee a stoopid thred witout speeling erors.
Though I’m pretty sure I can hear my copyeditor groaning somewhere in the distance.
Here’s a little thing that, oddly enough, made me feel better. I got a fundraising letter today from the RNC. It said, “Susan, Republicans like you… “.
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Republican. If their information is that far off the mark… well, I think they’ve got Teh Stupid.
its probably one of those mailings to registered Democrats, if it goes back to the Republicans they challenge your right to vote at the local polling place in November…saying you don’t live at your address.
The idealist in me says the ballot box; the realist in me says revolution; the cynic in me says hermitage/bomb shelter.
It’s a horrible cure, but it works:
War at home.
That’s how Europe got smarter.
I read to get away from The Stupid.
Currently, I’m reading Matthew R. Simmons’ book Twilight In The Desert, a study by an oil industry denizen on the conditions of Saudi Arabia’s oil fields and how they could be running out of oil.
Very interesting.
You can’t cure it.
You can only fight it.
I’ve got a remedy that helps. It’s called “Do Something.”
Way too many of my Democratic friends get freaked out and paralyzed by the latest poll, or any little tidbit of news that isn’t good for our side. I’m no exception– I struggle with the same feelings, but my cure is to do something, no matter how insignificant. Get a couple of new voters to register, send $20 to ActBlue, whatever…
This approach won’t solve The Stupid in the short term, but it’s a good tonic that helps us survive the moment, and it’s way cheaper than seeing a shrink.
that’s my cure, too. I’m headed for Obama headquarters to relieve myself of some Stupid.
Here we’re working on a series of cartoon ads mocking the ratpub incumbents. One idea:
Elephant holds taxpayer upside-down by one leg and shakes the guy’s pocket change out of his pockets. Caption: Republicans campaign for change.
Turn off the teevee and do something else…
Dems need to win the election, kick out blue dogs, and hold leadership accountable.
Now that Obama’s found a phrase that brings squeals from his opponents he’s got to make it his main campaign mantra. It’s the perfect metaphor for a Washington insider and tool of the lobbyists masquerading as a maverick. Obama shouldn’t apologize but use it in every speech. It nails McCain and Co. to a tee. As as added bonus, farm folk love the phrase so it could bring in some rural votes. ATTACK, ATTACK, and no apologies. It’s our only chance.