While I dislike stupid people because they’re not too bright, I do have some sympathy for them because I can pretend they don’t exist. Not so with politicians. While I can pretend they don’t exist—it’s just pretend because they make laws that affect my life.The saddest thing about stupid politicians is that weren’t stupid before they decided to run for office, they became stupid when they decided TO RUN FOR OFFICE. Just look at the candidates running for president. Unlike me, who is prepared to say anything if it feels right, politicians won’t say anything in case it turns out to be wrong. The only words that come out a politician’s mouth are those that are put there by the marketing department of their political party—except for former governor, Mike Huckabee, who ignores everything his people tell him to do.
This man is a leader. He’ll say anything, anywhere, anytime if it seems right—even if it costs him 43 million votes. That’s right, this man knows that because every straight American will vote for him, he doesn’t need the gay and lesbian vote.
Quoted in Politico, Huckabee told homosexuals to vote for somebody else because they live “an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, (that) we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk.”
He also said he cut taxes for everybody—except Hollywood celebrities who already have too much money and can afford to pay more. But rather than put the money into consolidated revenue, he said he’ll charge movie and rock stars a special “health levy” when he's elected president. Good job Mike. Everybody knows celebrities don't pull their weight and can afford to give more. He said “multimillionaire celebrities, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna and others who are pushing for more AIDS funding (will) be encouraged to give out of their own personal treasuries increased amounts for AIDS research.”
Former Madison Mayor WI, Paul Soglin, is another politician prepared to speak his mind—even if it causes his staff to have heart attacks. I’m of course referring to his call for the mercy killing of cyclists.
On Waxing America, Soglin said that cyclists cost the economy millions of dollars in hospital bills when they fall and damage cars during snowstorms. But showing some compassion, he said it’s OK to ride a bike during the first snowstorm of the season “because every one gets a little giddy and reckless with the season's first major storm,” but if cyclists decided that they had such a good time and want to do it again: "Society has the right to take action," he said. “The bicyclists who braved the week's second storm should be taken out and shot. “Spare them and the poor driver, when they skid on treacherous streets and slide under the wheels of a truck delivering fresh vegetables.”
But the real leader is Salisbury Missouri, Mayor Joseph Fehling, who politely asked a police officer to disregard the towns drink driving laws and then fired him when refused to go along with his suggestion. Fehling, who knows that drunk drivers don’t kill people—cars do—told police officer, Bill Wright, that since citizens don’t like being stopped by the police, he shouldn’t stop them unless they’re committing a major crime.
Fehling said it was OK to drive drunk on minor roads where children play, but if citizens drove drunk on the highways leading out of the city, they were fair game. When Wright questioned this policy, Fehling him that he didn’t have a clue on how things were done in Salisbury because: “there have been no policy changes in the city.”
The rest of the police department sprung to the defense of Wright and declared that they would play the grinch and arrest any citizen that followed the mayor’s advice. Police Officer Don Mitchell said: “I will continue doing my job. When I make a traffic stop or have an incident where I show up, I'll make decisions for the best outcome. Drinking and driving, you are going to go to jail.”
However, Fehling, had the last laugh when he called a special, unannounced, closed council meeting and laid off Wright for “budgetary reasons.”
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