Tina Dupuy

Howard Dean told a group of Coloradians today that he was a ‘metrosexual’. Which is basically saying youre straight but gay friendly.

He said this to a group of people in Colorado!!! Remember that Colorado in 1992 was the only state in the union that the VOTERS passed a law to legally discriminate against gay people. That’s like wearing a PETA t-shirt in Texas. Speaking against the Patriot Act at a conference of DEA officers (think about it). Or being at a KKK rally and saying that mix marriages are what make American great. Thank you for not being political and just being a metrosexual.

I made a joke about the anti-war protesters in Berkeley while in San Francisco – oh sure they preach non-violence – but wait till you make fun of them and then they want to kick your ass.

He’s not a ‘C’ student. He actually did well enough in school (without his daddy’s help) to be a doctor. I think this speaks well of education. I think he should have signs on all colleges around the country,”Deans for Dean.” Okay, so it’s not ‘laugh out loud’ funny but this is a blog (the most unpolished form of publication save graffiti) and I could do a lot worse.

Okay, I live in Los Angeles. A couple of weeks ago the grocery stores and busses went on strike. Not wanting to cross a picket line, Ive gone only to Trader Joes (theyre non-union). Because of the strike Trader Joes is a madhouse. The shelves have been picked bare like Y2K actually happened. There were two little old ladies fighting over a package of goat pastrami. It was ugly. And on the drive home – the worst traffic Ive ever seen.

On top of that there was a heat wave. In the triple digits way into Oct. Then the fires started. Now there’s a blacker haze over the city. My sinuses feel like Ive sucked on an exhaust pipe. And there is STILL the worst traffic Ive ever seen.

So I have spent 3 times as many hours in my day in traffic. My radio doesnt work even though I have new speakers (I cant figure it out), so I just sit and read bumper stickers. I need to talk about these bumper stickers. “War is not the answer.” War isnt the answer? Well neither is a BUMPER STICKER! If you want to be political – write your congressman – because a stickers is not cutting it. Im tired of the ‘Save the world’ bumper stickers on cars when its obviously NOT meant to be sarcastic. “Read the Bible” “Think Green” “Join Ah-nold” Has there ever been anyone in the history of the Universe whose mind has been changed by one line of print on glossy sticky tape? Has anyone ever decided to PRACTICE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS because some jerk that just cut you off has that on their car?!? Do people get moved emotionally by seeing Calvin peeing on different things? NO.

Ever known someone that ONLY says things theyve heard on television or movies? Theyre like a parrot that has been subjected to all of Mike Myers movies. “Yeah – Baby!” That’s what bumper stickers are – theyre fundamentally from their very premise HACKY! COME ON – SAY SOMETHING ORIGINAL PEOPLE!!! For my sake – please – my stupid radio wont work!!

According to Bush’s speech to reservists and National Guardsmen (people that are awaiting orders to ship off to Baghdad) in New Hampshire, the war in Iraq is going,”A lot better than you probably think.”

This is leadership in its finest hour. I hope this becomes his campaign slogan. “George Bush 2004, A Lot Better Than You Probably Think.”

It’s like the producer of Gigli telling all of their investors,”This movie is a lot better than you probably think.” Ah, it kind of has to be true.

Bush’s entire tenure is marked by the ‘kind of true’. You know – fuzzy math. He kind of won an election. He kind of was a war hero. He kind of ‘helped’ the economy. He kind of got international support for the invasion of Iraq. He kind of destroyed Saddam. But really, not really…you know. That made more sense than you probably think.

Im addicted to the Democratic Debates. I watched the one last night. First – Judy Woodruff needs to sit down and stop blocking camera shots of candidates and making the whole event feel as awkward as her gape. Unless youre going to hold up score cards are poke the candidates that are boring – SIT DOWN.

I have no party affiliations. The republicans are FOR the death penalty and AGAINST abortions. The democrats are AGAINST the death penalty and FOR abortions. It’s really all the same dribble after a while. The republicans used to be for small government – but the Bush Administration has the largest government in the history of the country and stands on platforms like more Big Fat Wars – that are blatantly Big Government.

You know why fucknuts get elected in this country? Because all we have are two fucknuts and they cause extreme political apathy and the majority stay home on voting day. What we need is a candidate that doesnt make people want to vote for them but makes people want to VOTE. That’s the only good thing I can say about Arnold. Yeah, he’s a puppet and up there on the fucknut meter – but at least he got people to the polls. Yeah, he’s a trite HACK, but at least he impassioned a majority of voters to actually VOTE.

Im swaying towards Howard Dean. I like what Al Sharpton does to the debates, but I’d never vote for him. I like Dean because in the debate with the Black Caucus, when asked what his favorite song was, he chose some obscure song he possibly really preferred than a song that had a political message in the title. Because the other candidates are stuffed shirts saying things you’d expect from a stuffed shirt. It’s because people that have never given money to a political candidate have given Dean $20 bucks or so. Which makes his campaign more like a NPR or PBS pledge drive – commercial free with an independent spirit and a full of words that Bush would have to look up.

So everyone should vote next year because the political process ‘is a lot better than you probably think’.