the gloves are off

the bombardment of campaign literature continues and it is of note because of its relative rarity...the politics of this city, county, district, state are so utterly predictable that virtually no politician finds any sort of campaign expenditure a necessity...except when an incumbent dies/retires...then it becomes an imperative...

a couple of outstanding things about this...first i found it hanging from my front doorknob when i cam home from work yesterday and the ritual of political door knocking/glad handing must surely contravene the governor's executive order about "social distancing"..and secondly, why haven't i heard of this guy? i am not a fan of politicians which is exactly why i pay some attention to what they do and say...never heard of him...haven't seen a sign or billboard with his name on it ( there are mcdermott signs all over the damned place...especially in porter county...probably hobart too ) and yet he has ( it says ) the resignee's endorsement...perhaps he feels that cachet negates the need to campaign...and he may be correct...

mcdermott, on the other hand, not only has signs all over, he keeps sending me epistles telling me how many people think he's a great guy and multi page ones telling me why he thinks he's a great guy...he will have to pardon my skepticism...especially about the narcissistic stuff...

meanwhile mara candelaria reardon has engaged in what, for this particular county, must be the ultimate political slur...she called mcdermott a "former republican"...hence not only slime, but slime with no political loyalty or ( gasp! ) integrity..she is either oblivious or thinks i am stupid...or maybe both but who cares what this doomed campaigner thinks? whomever gets the nod from the polity will play the BAU game or be tossed out in 2022...no one stays long in the house by bucking institutional imperatives...there are no outsiders in the house...this gem comes to me from something called the "voter protection project" ( when was any politician interested in protecting a voter? ) with a retuen address of 401 32nd avenue south, suite 303 seattle washington...the pathways of political money are various and convoluted...nixon got busted by two crime reporters following the money and pols have been covering their tracks with increasing complexity ever since...who knows...perhaps the climate in washington state is friendlier than hoosierland...or maybe "suite 303" is located in a vacant lot...either way it is removed from the gritty post-industrial realities here...and those are exactly why tom and mara want to leave...better opportunity in whoretown.

alexander's bagman whores

"despite a long and deep recession, the collective personal wealth of congressional members increased by more than 16% between 2008 and 2009. the study ( by the center for responsive politics) also indicates that a significant number of members own shares of major players in the health care and financial services sectors, which were the subject of major reform legislation during the period. the finding, based on financial diclosure data released earlier this year, paint a wealthy bunch in congress with more than half of all memebers-261-millionaires."
cnbc 11-18-2010

"the most popular investments among congressional members reads like a who's who of the most poweful corporate political forces in washington d.c. companies that spend milllions, if not tens of millions of dollars each year lobbying federal officials."
center for responsive politics

what a stunner!!! the whores are bailing out corporate entities they hold stock in with public funds to save their own assets...who would have thought such a thing possible when we have such a fundamentally sound constitution? wherever that rat bastard hamilton is he is giddy with the success of his little project launched in deceit, misrepresentation, and bald-faced venality in 1787...it has evolved into a finely honed and well oiled ponzi scheme that even alex wouldn't have dared to dream of...$90,000 stuffed into a freezer is chump change when you're dealing with quantative easing and toxic assets...congress is a cesspit of lawyers and defrocked clerics with the authority to write legislation...of course they have to be bought...they are the one weak link in the dreams of corporate avarice so they have to be brought on board...whiskey...strumpets...greasy bags of cash exchanged for votes during trysts in the swamps around whoretown on moonless nights...whatever it takes...this is what molds the highest political offices and informs our view of government..no wonder people are pissed...the whole diseased sump reeks to high heaven and the low rent scumbags want us to belive thay are "for main street"? deep in denial and terminally out of touch with the national reality they are far more concerned about how to co-opt and corupt the freshmen coming into their midst on the crest of a new wave of "voter anger" than with the fact that most voters would rather set them on fire than hear one more bullshit excuse...it's a hard dollar selling your constituents as well as your soul...life's tough enough when the only shadow you cast looks like a corporate logo and the word "whore" keeps bleeding though the make-up on your forehead no matter how thickly you cake it on...but when people form your district start showing up armed to the teeth and raving wildly about immigrants and the tyranny of taxation it takes the joy right out of political life...nothing is simple anymore...or straightforward or honest either...fuck these people.