The polls this morning are a ‘disaster’ in themselves.  Perhaps Obama should declare a Nationwide Stupidity Emergency.  Romney actually a point ahead in some polls?  Shame on America if this is true.  Here’s a guy who says SANDY is a call to Ohio to vote him in.  Hey, I lived in Ohio.  That’s tornado country.  No more disaster relief there, if Romney gets it.

What in the bloody fuck is the matter with this goddamn country?  The dumbing-down of America by the Corporate Reich now has us on the edge of a real national disaster–the endorsement by the American electorate of The Company Store, which is selling the notion that every American will get some kind of shit-wage job, to replace Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment benefits, aid to the needy, education, and common human decency.  Americans are buying this?  The same tired Republican promise that they will be better off if the Rich are better off?  SHIT!

Let’s look at the Republican Party since 1960:

1960–Nixon, a moron, almost wins.  Then in the ’61-’63 period, we see the rise of the Conservative movement (John Birch Society, et al, telling Americans Jack Kennedy was a socialist and a traitor–no Muslims back then, only Commies), and the Conservative take-over of the Republican Party.  I know.  I was a Goldwater Boy–fifteen, still stupid.

1968–We get Nixon, the moron.  Here, perhaps the Lefties for McCarthy and Kennedy helped.  “I voted for Nixon in Protest.” was what a lot of my friends told me.  “You voted for whom in what?!” I replied.  Nixon.  Who gave us John Mitchell.  And Charlie Manson.

1976–Give us a break!  So we got Carter.  But only after the spectacle of Ronnie Reagan challenging Ford for control of the Republican Party.  Ford was not so bad.  Even Chevy Chase made us feel for him.  But he had to deal with the Conservatives by having Bob Dole as a running mate.

1980–Yes, the Great De-Regulator.  Kicking the door open for Corporate plunder, busting unions, cutting environmental programs, and otherwise acting like an addled old twit who still thought he was in a Bonzo movie–probably The Boys In The Boardroom told him he’d get that Academy Award.

1988–Old George Bush.  Hmmmm???  Well, at least he was dignified.  No hate shit.  But They brought in that asshole Ross Perot.  So we got another break with Clinton.  Golly–for eight years!

2000–Well, Part 2 of the Reagan Bullshit.  Only meaner.  And, of course, the Bail-Out.  Reminded me of those Lords during The Crusades.  

2008–And here we are with a Rich Fascist blubbering and lying with that tired “It’s the economy, stupid!” Republican line that seems to be the success story of the Rich and the Corporate Reich.  Are Americans that crass?  Sell out what’s left of American decency for a minimum wage job?  Have our kiddies mining coal for The Company Store?

Ugly, ghoulish.  War.  War on Blacks.  War.  War on Drugs (that was a good one).  War.  War on Gays.  War.  War on Women.  War.  War on the poor, the working class, education.  War on Democracy.

Come on, Americans.  Remember Hitler?  What he did after he finagled his way into power?  Look at Romney and look at what his Party comes out with–the HATE, the REGRESSIVENESS, the utter unabashed destruction through plunder of the soul of the nation.

1932-33.  Folks, it’s happening here.  The Republican Party has taken up the Swastika.  Don’t be good little Germans.

And don’t waste your vote–it’s too important.  Sorry, Roseanne, I changed my mind.  Maybe next time.  If there is a next time.

And to any and all Good Republicans left out there–YOU have a responsibility too.  History does not forgive collaboration.

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt.

(But now I have seen the light, folks.  The latest FOX News poll has Romney ahead in Vermont by 2 points.  Yeah…Bullshit, right?  Even as a joke.  Which leads me to believe that all these establishment polls are BULLSHIT.  After all, who owns the establishment media?  Yes, the Corporate Reich, the Romney people.  So, I’ve decided that all these close polls are, in fact, an attempt by the Corporate Media to manipulate the vote, and, perhaps, also cover for any ‘questionable’ returns where Romney’s computer/touch screen voting friends have their systems in place (like Ohio).  These bastards will do anything.

Close polls serve the purpose of encouraging bigger voter turnout (I would think–correct me if I’m wrong).  The bigger the vote, the more the computer Nazis have to fuck with.  And undecided voters like to vote for a winner, and believe their votes swing elections.  What I mean is, these national poll figures may be an attempt to encourage voters to jump on the ‘Romney Upset’ bandwagon.  I would hope they also encourage folks to come out for Obama.  Then there’s the Purist Lefties (Green Party, etc.) who have been aiming their message at the Democratic Party since 1968–“Unless you do it our way, you’re no different than the Republicans, so Take That!”

I think Simplify has it right about National verses State polls.  We shall see Tuesday night.  I hope Vermont gets the first call for Obama at 7:01 pm.  I meant in my above piece to Blow My Horn about the importance of this election.  There is a difference.  Even if, as the Purist Lefties suspect, Obama is a shill and a ringer, that’s no reason to endorse the agenda of the RICH and The Corporate Reich.  The message should be:  “Okay, Bamster, you got your second turn.  You’re a lame duck.  Go For It!  Pull this country back from the edge of the Fascist Abyss. ANYTHING!  Just Do It!”  

I have been hearing for decades that a totally Fascist America will bring about the much touted Great Revolution Against Capitalism.  Ain’t gonna happen.  They’ll use the Nuke Card if they have to.  Think of the dead, Lefties.  The Planet itself.  And all those who will suffer in the next 8 years of a Romney administration.  The only way to deal with the Capitalist Monster is to feed it the notion that there is more money to be made in the long term investment in good works, science, education, renewable energy, and a healthy and empowered population that will buy into a new and imaginative future that works on solving the problems of war, disease, and pollution so that our Planet will be rich with resources and some day be able to Come Out Of The Closet Of Its Galaxy. (Whew!-Long fucking sentence there.)  Plunder, war, stupidity, and waste will NOT leave us a profitable future; short term greed will leave nothing left on the plate, except ashes and the unburied dead.

But, hell, as George C. Scott said in Patton:  “Nobody listens to me.”  Are you Aliens up there listening?  HELP!  But don’t try to land in Arizona.  I know a nice spot in Walden and a guy who lives there who’d be happy to have you.

So…We Shall See.)