The Political Idiocy of Independents

In regards to Massachusetts, throughout the coverage of the campaigning there, I kept hearing something. It's not necessarily a "blue" state; it doesn't have a massive Democrat population. It has a massive Independent population. I kept hearing stuff like, it's a referendum on Obama, it's this, it's that. It's that Independents wanted to change they didn't get, and so are mixing it up.

And through all of that, I couldn't help but think to myself. Most independents are stupid. Not unintelligent or anything like that; no, politically stupid. There are some like myself and like Sen. Bernie Sanders; while we are not part of any political party, we know what we want. Both he and I follow a political philosophy; we're both democratic socialists. But I think many independents, like most of those in Massachusetts (or at least it seems like most), are not politically knowledged. I remember on TV some person said, basically, they actually do keep up on the issues and actually do pay attention to the politics.

DO you? If that's the case, then why vote for someone like Brown? He is NOT change. He is just another freaking Republican. The change here, hopefully, is the Obama Administration and the rest of the Democrats shape up. Now if Massachusetts voted for him, for that reason; as a message. A kick in the Democrat's nuts, to get them going, then I apologize. But I doubt that, I have to say. I'm going to quote something from the comments of Huffington Post. It was on an interview with Keith Olbermann and Arianna Huffington.

One person responded with:

"Keith Olbermann's act is exactly what folks are tired of and why the Kennedy seat (yes, the Kennedy seat) went to the Republicans.

Independent's want change - just not the change the progressive left believes we need. Don’t believe me? Ask the folks in New Jersey, Virginia and …. Now Massachusetts"

Then another replied to him, saying:

"I thought that's what independents said they wanted in 2008? They got what they wanted (BO has KEPT the vast majority of his campaign promises) and now you lazy people want something else.

Indies are the problem with electoral politics in this country because they whipsaw eveyone else who stands for something but needs the indie vote.


How is bailing out big banks and big insurance and cutting deals with big pharma a progressive left agenda? How is sending 50,000 more troops to Afghanistan (WITHOUT paying for it) something an indie (much less a teabagger) can support?

Stop flip flopping. Make up your mind what you want and commit to it for more than 12 months."

And he has a point. Someone else said on TV, that when things are bad, people blame who ever is in office at the time, and vote for the other guy. That is what makes you people idiots. This stuff was Bush's fault, the bank's fault, the real estate market's fault, etc. and shall forever remain their fault. You CANNOT blame Obama, and still be rational. No, what you can criticize is a lack of progress, of course. But are you people stupid? We have went into almost another Great Depression, or something close enough. You think a magic wand is waved and it's all fixed? It takes time! I know you're losing jobs and stuff, I know that. But do you honestly thing by sticking more Republicans in office, it'll help? NO! They'll just do the same bullshit that they've been doing for the last, whatever, years. Tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts. It's all they know how to do!

And when the Republican fucks up? Back to the Democrats! I think this line really says it best: "Stop flip flopping. Make up your mind what you want and commit to it for more than 12 months."

You guys wanted progressiveness. You voted for Obama. Was he as progressive as ANY of us wanted? No. But Republicans? They will never be so. Okay, figure this. Conservatives don't want to expand government, they don't want to reform, they don't want to to this, they don't want to do that. So how does anything change? It doesn't. Nothing will ever change under Republicans, except maybe public alienation. Wire-tapping, anyone? The PATRIOT Act, hm?

These independents; they really don't freaking get it, I think. We are fucked. When the Republicans are put into a corner, what do they do? Ethnic cleanse the party of moderates, because they're not "conservative enough." WOW, such change, alright. So eventually, you'll get a party of nothing but hardcore conservatives. Yeah, wow, alright. Remember, that's what you elected, Massachusetts. As for the Democrats, they're too fractured. They have everything from socialist and strong liberal, to conservative. Of course the party is something of a fail; they can't agree on anything, just about, even though they try. But at least they DO try. These are our two fucking parties, and they both suck hard. Both choices are awful, independents. You can have a party of nothing but haters and who refuse to change anything (or make it more conservative) and when ever the other guys are in office, absolutely refuse to cooperate and will stall and obstruct and bitch at every possible moment. Then you got a party who can try to change something, but breaks down into infighting, who's balls haven't dropped yet, and when they have a majority, sucks at using it.

When shit doesn't go your way as soon as you want it like a spoiled child, stop switching to the other person, and stick with who you have for a while, god damn it. Because you are acting like spoiled children; I know your pissed, but America is in a sinkhole, and it'll take a while to crawl out off. You cannot expect it to happen in a matter of months; hell, to truly recover, don't be surprised if it takes several years, or even a few presidencies. That's just the kind of mess we're in right now. And honestly, as long as we continue to have only two parties, this same kind of shit will not change.