Freakin' Blind, Part Two

So Karl Rove and George W. Bush aimed their toy megaphone at their invisible opponents and pushed the button and giggled as a voice that sounded disarmingly like Bill Clinton said: "What're ya? Freakin' Blind?" You see the idea is you aim this out the car window at inept drivers. Rove and Bush laughed like mad to think of Democrats as dumb asses plodding along in the passing lane.

Forget the ableism in the exercise: think about the ageism. If you think of your political opponents as bad drivers you are likely imbued with disdain for the elderly along with disdain for people with disabilities. It must be a southern white guy thing. Oh wait. I get it! You fought in the Supreme Court just to make certain that those old folks votes from Florida didn't get re-counted. I forgot. And weren't you guys originally for "State's rights"? Oh I forgot. "State's rights" when it suits you.

I keep on forgetting. The motto of the Bush administration is: "When it suits us." We will preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States "when it suits us." We'll put the displaced people of New Orleans back in real housing "when it suits us." We will  abide by international laws governing the treatment of prisoners of war "when it suits us." We will work to ensure that America's prowess in science is supported "when it suits us." We will unveil a fair, comprehensive, and timely energy plan for the nation "when it suits us." We will insist on fair voting procedures in all fifty states "when it suits us." We will appear on Rush Limbaugh "when it suits us." We will laugh like second rate school boys in a private academy and aim our little bullhorn "when it suits us."

Of course I'm some kind of malcontent. I'm "Freakin' blind." I'm with the elderly and the poor. I ride with them everyday on the mediocre public transportation system we're lucky enough to still have here in Columbus, Ohio. The very idea of public transportation is quaint in today's United States. It's as provisional as public education. I picture Rove and Bush snickering: "We'll let them eat cake. When it suits us."

S.K.

Comments

[Jennifer]

And today I went and voted for everything that didn't suit them and that suits me just fine. :)