'Tis the Season.....When the People of Southwestern IL are subjected to MO Political Ads

Before I begin this post just let me be clear about one thing: If you expect me to actually know what I am talking about you are in the wrong place. But then again if you wanted fact based information you would be watching the Daily Show.

I know very little about this guy.His name is Tommy Sowers and he is running for Congress in the 8th district of MO.  I am not in his district so I have no Constitutional obligation to know anything about him. But after seeing my first campaign commercial featuring him I would say we have a definite winner here!

The ad featured a pickup, a Bible and a gun. (I haven't seen such pure marketing genius since Carrie Underwood's first single included Jesus, a car and a baby) And it wasn't just any old Bible either. It was the one he took to Iraq. If that is not enough to win in Missouri I am sorely mistaken. I knew nothing about him but I was intrigued. Turns out he is a Democrat from Rolla.

 I wonder if he saw me in Annie a few years ago. But then with those elements in the ad he doesn't strike me as the musical theatre type. Still he is cute as the dickens (oh god I am talking like them now after only one commercial).

He is running against and incumbent so I am sure he is facing an uphill battle. Still it is  nice to see a Democrat with enough sense to appeal to Missourians' basic needs.

You will have to excuse me if I sound bitter. But I have at least ten weeks to go before I am no longer subjected to listening to political ads from MO. Nothing makes me prouder to be from IL  more  than seeing the political ads from Missouri. They don't call it the Show Me State for nothing. But hey! We did show you and you still put that Talent idiot in office a few years ago.

If By Liberal.....

A couple of friends shared this on Facebook and I wanted to repost it here:

If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties - someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal,” then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.” ~ John F. Kennedy, 1960

And isn't it sad that so many Americans find these values "offensive" today?
 
I remember a time when liberals and conservatives were  civil. When men like Charles Percy and Everett Dirksen served as Republican senators from Illinois. and conservative voices like William F Buckley were eloquent as opposed to being  bullyish or clownish like the leading spokesmen for the far right is today.

The Constitution is Hard

In today's New York Times there is an article about the lovely and demented Rick Lazio who has finally found an issue with some legs he can run on for governor of New York, the Ground Zero Mosque. He's against it of course.

Why are the right wingers so successful at finding these hot button issues that are so hard to disagree with? Should these people build their community center here? No. No. A thousand times no!

Do they have the right? Yes! Because we have this silly little thing in our constitution called freedom of religion.

I wish we could get over 9/11. Not forget it, just get over it. But there are too many people who can still reap a political benefit from it to let us heal those wounds. They prefer to leave the sores open so people forget the real issues in a campaign, Issues that matter to people. That way you have a better chance of getttng people to vote against their own interests, don't you Mr. Lazio

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/nyregion/23lazio.html?hp