Hal - Deliberately Basic

Pray For More Expletives to Keep us Awake

At last, we have interesting politics. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) accused Senator John McCain (R-AZ) of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations concerning illegal immigrants. McCain told Cornyn, “Fuck you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room.” I do like a plain spoken man, even if he is a Republican.

Dirty politics is not new. Thomas Jefferson hired James Callender, a yellow journalist of his time, to slander Alexander Hamilton. Myriad examples of actual fighting among political figures abound in American history. Fist fights in Congress, beatings in bars, and slander of every ilk is common, so a mere “fuck you” is minor by comparison to some incidents that have occurred.

Nevertheless, I don’t remember hearing this exact expletive used in public by a politician before. More than likely it has, I just never heard it. McCain probably lost some of his followers using language like this, but at the same time, gained a few replacements.

Now, let’s move on, and hope things get really nasty. We have a long, long way to go before the election, so I beseech all the candidates to make it become even more interesting. My personal favorites for a good fight are Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. Giuliana, a true New Yorker, could probably peel paint with a fine blue-aired diatribe. And Hillary, wouldn’t it be wonderful to see her shuck her jacket, roll up her sleeves, and bitch slap Giuliana? Oh, yeah. This could turn out to be a fine election year after all.

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