So, I know this has nothing to do with politics, but was anyone else a little too entertained by the Google Doodle for the past two days. It’s this really funky guitar, and I swear I cannot stop playing it. I even figured out how to play a few songs on it (these are the keys that play Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music… Asd adad sdffdsf dfgdgdg fghhgfh gasdfgh hsdfghj jdfghjk kjhf lk a).
Alright, fun time is over. It’s time to get down to business! Oh, I’m just kidding. Politics can be really fun if you make it that way. For instance, this morning I was watching CBS, and I see Newt Gingrich all over the news. I was like, “Hey, it’s not Anthony Weiner. Maybe something new is being reported on in the political world”. Apparently all of Newt Gingrich’s senior staff quit on him and left in mass exodus. He and his workers were not seeing “eye to eye” with the direction that the campaign was headed. It was reported that his entire team in Iowa also left the campaign. If Gingrich can’t even get his advisors to agree with him, how is he going to run this country? It’s not like the nation can afford to have the entire cabinet against the direction of the president’s vision. I know that is a very highly unlikely situation, but I was just trying to exemplify what happened between Gingrich and his staff. Now, Gingrich had a shaky start to begin with, and the fact that a ton of his advisors just up and left will not really help his cause. I really do not see this man lasting for long. He already had that glitter incident in which a homosexual man rained glitter upon the potential GOP nominee. What the pranksters were aiming to achieve was indeed achieved. They did make Gingrich look like a fool. Did you know his wife left along with his advisors? Yeah, apparently she was angry after she and her husband went on a private cruise with his friend who just so happens to not only be female, but a model as well. Really? When you’re in a race, you are supposed to be careful. You can’t cover up your past, but by not doing the same dumb thing again; at least you can pretend that you’ve “changed”. I really do not know what goes through people’s minds sometimes.
Anyway, between 2012 election news, foreign relation problems, the debt ceiling, and Weiner, I haven’t really seen that much culture war buzz in the media. I was a smidgen surprised to see an article about a workshop for aspiring gay politician workshop on the NY Times website headlines. It wasn’t even one of those little blurbs at the bottom of the page. No, it was almost the headlining story. This was second to Gingrich. Now, I am not going to talk about my personal views about the culture war out of this (in reality, I don’t want you to know whether I’m conservative, liberal, or whatever). That is a can of worms that I choose not to open, and this is simply not the venue for me stating my particular political stances. No, the thing that I will comment on regarding this article is my complete and utter shock that this was made one of the most important articles. It’s not the fact that it’s about gay aspiring politicians; it’s the fact that it wasn’t a national issue. It’s something that happened in Pittsburg. The media has been pumping up a lot of scandal and potential, potential GOP nominees (*cough* Sarah Palin *cough*). (Really, why did she make a movie to promote her image if she wasn’t planning on runnin?) I am actually really proud that the media is moving away from scandal a bit and really digging into the issues that people care about. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there used to be more of that, yes? I know the media is just trying to promote what they feel the American people want to read about, but I’m pretty sure that people like variety, too.
Okay, so I may or may not have spoken too soon. According to POLITICO (and every other news source I looked at), Alaska released a bunch of Sarah Palin’s emails. The e-mails are from the first half of her governorship. The most interesting things in the e-mails are some death threats and a question regarding Palin’s beliefs in the dinosaur/human coexistence theory. Overall, nothing juicy or scandalous was revealed. At least there was nothing that was not already known by the public. Ok, enough is enough. Sarah Palin needs to stop mooching off the press and make a decision (or at least make her inevitable, probably-already-decided-upon decision known). Seriously, is she the only thing that can be reported on right now? Why is she the head story on POLITICO? Now, I know that I rant about the media all the time, but it’s getting ridiculous. The point of this blog is to update my followers on the day to day workings of the US government. Seriously, is the Senate doing anything important? Anything at all? Something that the media wants to make a headlining story would be good. How’s the debt ceiling crisis going? I personally would like to know. Is anyone reporting on it? No. It just irks me. Oh, well. You never know. Next week might be better. I am really hoping that there will be some new policies. That is the kind of stuff that is really important because it affects the common citizen. Things like taxes affect the common citizen, not scandal. That’s just gossip. *Insert disappointed sigh here*.
Well, I am going to stop now. Good evening, keep ticking, and stay informed!
Sorce-a-palooza!
Nice. I missed that news report i cant believe that all his people left him like that . try killing his campaign hope. He might as well drop our now and save his people some money if your staff quits you in the middle of primaries you might as well stop. This isnt the West Wing you dont have a tv director saying ok everyone leave and he will still win. Mr. Newt is history and saddly if he is out then trump might think bout truely comming back.
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