Free Press, Free Elections, Bah Humbug

When elections degenerate to the point of the candidates accusing each other of various degrees of insensitivity, it is time to scrap the whole thing. What is even more maddening is when the charges of
"hypocricy" are thrown around.

This, of course, brings me to the case of Haggard (not Merle, although God knows he has had his share of scandals). As any of my readers know, I consider Protestantism a devilish disease, and Protestant heresiarchs worthy of harsh punishments.

However, I take no joy in watching this nonsense about whether or not Haggard was doing really foul things with a homosexual prostitute, or whether he was just buying his meth from him. I want to see a Prottie heresiarch leave his job because he finds Truth. I want him to say, "I am sick of pretending to be the Pope. I want to be part of the Church Christ founded."

I especially don't want to see the charges coming from a homosexual prostitute and drug dealer whose newfound sense of the common good just forces him to breach client confidentiality (what ever happened to honor among thieves? I guess it does not apply to sodomitical dope pushers) a week before an election where Haggard has been working for a ballot measure.

What is worse is that these charges are being taken seriously as part of the dialog of ideas.

Whoever said that Democracy is the system where the voters get what they deserve (along with Menken's addition that they get it good and hard) is right, although the idea is not often enough seen to its fulfillment: the bad results will happen in the poorly selected administration, sure, but ultimately the center will not hold, and I don't want to hear any whining when the Authoritarian Restoration takes over.

You people had your chance, and blew it worrying about Allen's macaca, Haggard's sodomitical meth salesman, and on and on and on.

In Oakland I am designing a T-Shirt that says "He's Not My Mayor."

Perhaps I should change it to "It's Not My Liberal Democracy."