I have mnore than one friend- in fact, I have about eleven, i believe- who will start an argument with me and just as I’m about to make a salient point, will change the subject or disapear. It irritates me no end, and they keep on doing it. The most recent one concerned the democrats vs republicans. And it began with a discussion of the moral turpitude of Senator Foley.

Let me be clear on this. I don’t give a flying fuck if it’s a republican or a democrat, if they do wrong, they have done wrong. If the wrongdoing is actionable, they should be punished. And let me be exquisitely clear on this point: I don’t give a flying fuck on earth if the ruling party sacrifices cats to Baal, so long as they govern correctly.

A lot of people make the mistake of assuming because I disdain the moral turpitude of top leaders among democrats, this is the reason I dislike them as politicians. Nothing could be further from the truth. I dislike Democrats because they govern poorly. They have a history of governing poorly. Their personal pecadillos have no concern for me other than as a human being. Foley put together legislation that will protect a LOT of kids. His work as a senator is not bad. His value as a human being? well, maybe bankrupt.

For all the things Democrats and Republicans do alike, it is not what their personal lives tell me (though it is often a good indication of the content of their character) but what they do in office that makes me like or dislike them. No democrat has shown me (other than perhaps Joe Lieberman) that they have what it takes to be in power in this country,. How they go about GETTING the reins of power is indicative of how they’d rule, and it’s all bad. No, maybe the republicans aren’t a lot better. But they’re better.