I'm apparently a terrible, awful person.

[liberalmuse]

77. Not at all...

Yesterday was an eye-opener. A bump is one thing, but to see what appears to be everything slipping away is another. Yes, I'm more than a bit worried. I'm just wondering how one poor debate from Obama could do this, when all we've seen is gaffe after gaffe from Romney. Really??

One answer is that America is hell-bent on self-destruction and wants to see the final conclusion of what started in with Reagan - let's see how long it takes self-absorbed, greed-infested assholes to self-destruct and fuck up everything around them. The other is that we're being played by the corporate-owned media which is exaggerating the "debate swing" in Romney's favor, which is where I'm leaning. The other, and most insidious is that the money behind the media is hyping the swing in poll numbers so it'll be close enough to steal.

It could also be that everything is bullshit and Obama will easily win a 2nd term. To be honest, there is too much at state for me to be calm right now. A Romney presidency would be an unmitigated disaster for this country and for much of the civilized world - just like Bush's was. Will the US survive yet another round, Part III of "Pigs at the Trough"? I think of the effect it would have on so many people having ACA pulled back and Medicare decimated. We know too well all the wonderful things Republicans are itching to destroy, and Big Bird is the least of them. Then there's the Post Office, more libraries (many closed under W), and finally, the middle class. We can't afford another round of these cretins in the White House and it is mind-boggling that this election is so close. Or is it?