Revenge of the Naderians II: This Time, It's Personal

Call me blinded by incandescent rage, but my other senses are in tip top shape and I detect the sharp tang of the Naderians in the current raucous incoherence of the PUMAs (Party Unity My Ass; a small step down in class and a considerable step down in patriotism from SEIU (Suck Eggs, Iococca. USA!)). As before, the commitment to empty principle over the well-being of actual, living human beings threatens to land the country in the Republican lap. McLoin's lap. As noted earlier in this blog, better is better than worse. Almost by definition, in fact. Holding out for the perfect and uncompromised manifestion of one's principles is a long wait in a democracy.

Although, in fairness to the dewey-eyed Naderites, they voted their (I would argue, unconscionable) conscience; the current crop of PUMAs don't seem limited to Nader-style rigidity. Some of them are apparently just Republicans with a strong sense of gender loyalty:

"The Hillary Democrats are moving on---to John McCain. You see, this is what the Obama coalition of rich white liberals and racist blacks doesn't understand: the Hillary Democrats don't subscribe to the crackpot social causes of the new left; they never did. They're FDR Democrats, not LBJ Democrats. They have no interest in placating racist blacks, illegal immigrants, Islamists, gay activists, environuts, etc. They're in it for good jobs, for fair taxation of the wealthy, for healthcare, and for proper regulation of industry."

Passing lightly over what fair taxation for the wealthy means here, I struggled to split the hair between African-Americans' support of an African-American being racism, while women's support of a woman is simply a laudable effort to shatter the glass ceiling. The way I was able to do it was to look closely economic and sociological data to reassure myself that there are no barriers to upward movement for African-Americans. This comforting conclusion, coupled with a reminder that historically African-Americans have never really faced the kind of systematic discrimination women now face (women only make 77 cents on the male dollar! Never in history did African-Americans face that kind of inequality!) and a close look at my income bracket, finally allowed me to wipe the tears of frustration from my cheeks and vote Republican.

It's about time I was fairly taxed. And that goes double (metaphorically, of course) for my capital gains.