the everyday adventures of sabrina

Mainstream 2004:

As Republican former Governors, Senators and public officials, we urge our party to renew its allegiance to the proven, common sense values which unite America.

Instead of partisan ideology – which increasingly has led moderates to leave the party – what’s needed is a speedy return to the pragmatic, problem-solving mainstream. Here’s how the President and Republican-majority Congress can send that clear signal to the nation:

    Stop weakening environmental law – and once again protect our air, water and public lands as Teddy Roosevelt and other great Republican leaders intended;

    Restore fiscal responsibility – with “pay-as-you-go” budget discipline to end record deficits that jeopardize economic growth;

    Put the health of millions first – and clear the way for embryonic stem cell research;

    Appoint mainstream federal judges – and respect the Constitution;

    Make America safer – and protect cities and towns, still vulnerable three years after 9/11, by securing chemical and nuclear plants and shipping containers;

    Rebuild our alliances with real partnerships and restore Americas standing in the world.

By returning to the mainstream in these ways, our party can regain the trust of a divided nation and earn a vote of confidence in November.

this is a much better statement of what my aborted rant yesterday started out life as.

hometown represent:
The Peoria Pundit
The Community Word – Peoria’s Neighborhoods Newspaper, Since 1977
Merle Widmer’s PEORIA WATCH

i’m sure there are more. these got me started, though.

i am much relieved to learn that i am not the only one who thinks that fantasyland being hocked on ebay is noteworthy. however, i would go farther and say that the damned thing ought to be forcibly redecorated as a condition of sale, as it’s easily the ugliest damn thing on farmington road. whatever happened to the era of the sly, unnoticeable exterior for adults-only attractions — like the elegant-in-comparison swinger’s world? i swear to god i thought that was a square dance shop when i was little (you know, “swing your partner ’round and ’round” . . . ah, shut up, you had stupid ideas when you were a kid, too). and there was no tacky, glaring, ugly-ass neon-purple paint to persuade me otherwise, either.

i’m going to count to ten, and by the time i finish, all you jackass campaign people out there had better have figured out some way to tell me i should vote for your guy because of some positive aspect of his own character, instead of why i should vote for your guy because the other guy’s a fuckhead. okay? do you think you can handle that? or do we need to go back to kindergarten and relearn the “if you can’t say anything nice” lesson?

also: i hope bill is okay. i still like bill, and i shall be very sad if anything happens to him.