How Do You Cast Your Vote When You've Only Got a Few Bullets Left?
In the real world—where adults sometimes live—people are forced to make tough decisions. There are no righteous men or women living in the real world, only your fellow humans struggling to get by. Yes, even cops, dwell in low places and use lowlife scum as informants out of necessity. Where else are you going to find informants, if not amongst the cities downcast and reprobate? That is the real world, my friends. Not found inside some Howdy Doody, happy, bullshit, slogan that can fit on the back of a postage stamp, filled with spiffy adjectives that were chosen to motivate.
Manipulate is more like it.
Sometimes, politics is similar. Because there is no shortage of scum to be found in the political classes, leaving semi-honest, more or less good people to have to make a choice and ask the hard questions.
“Which scum is less scummy?”
First, they list the assets and liabilities of each candidate like some two-bit bookie, laying off a bet. Or, maybe some half-baked mob accountant trying to make the numbers work so they don’t find themselves wearing a cement overcoat at the bottom of the river.
That’s the struggle.
Now, in this “Real” world, there are no good guys. There are just guys and gals. Some are better than others, even if the margin is slim. You play the odds, anyway, because if you don’t, you have no hope of winning. Hopelessness is a beautiful woman with the personality of a cobra. You’ve always got to remember, beauty isn’t everything. In fact, in politics, it’s nothing at all.
So you wait and cogitate on the issues, and then you ask yourself “Who is most deeply connected to the Washington Mafia?” If you can answer that question, maybe you’ve got a shot.
But then some good two shoes comes along and says, “Hey, what about a 3rd party?”
A third party? Are you kidding me? A 3rd party ensures only one thing—that the Washington Mafia wins. There is no other answer. You might as well fire the few bullets you’ve got left into the ground. Then what? With your ammo spent, the Washington Mafia will be on you like a hungry wolf on a tiny, little mouse.
“Yeah. But you can’t win anyway! So you might as well make a statement!” Says some rube.
“Make a statement!” For what? I ask? No. I say, don’t be a chicken shit. Load your weapon. Point it straight and true….and then fire. That way, if you go down, at least, you went down fighting.
All you’ve got to do is answer that one question “Which one of these “Candidates” has the biggest ties to the Washington Mafia?” Then, you’ll have your answer.
And then maybe, just maybe, you’ll live to fight another day.
Mark Magula
Manipulate is more like it.
Sometimes, politics is similar. Because there is no shortage of scum to be found in the political classes, leaving semi-honest, more or less good people to have to make a choice and ask the hard questions.
“Which scum is less scummy?”
First, they list the assets and liabilities of each candidate like some two-bit bookie, laying off a bet. Or, maybe some half-baked mob accountant trying to make the numbers work so they don’t find themselves wearing a cement overcoat at the bottom of the river.
That’s the struggle.
Now, in this “Real” world, there are no good guys. There are just guys and gals. Some are better than others, even if the margin is slim. You play the odds, anyway, because if you don’t, you have no hope of winning. Hopelessness is a beautiful woman with the personality of a cobra. You’ve always got to remember, beauty isn’t everything. In fact, in politics, it’s nothing at all.
So you wait and cogitate on the issues, and then you ask yourself “Who is most deeply connected to the Washington Mafia?” If you can answer that question, maybe you’ve got a shot.
But then some good two shoes comes along and says, “Hey, what about a 3rd party?”
A third party? Are you kidding me? A 3rd party ensures only one thing—that the Washington Mafia wins. There is no other answer. You might as well fire the few bullets you’ve got left into the ground. Then what? With your ammo spent, the Washington Mafia will be on you like a hungry wolf on a tiny, little mouse.
“Yeah. But you can’t win anyway! So you might as well make a statement!” Says some rube.
“Make a statement!” For what? I ask? No. I say, don’t be a chicken shit. Load your weapon. Point it straight and true….and then fire. That way, if you go down, at least, you went down fighting.
All you’ve got to do is answer that one question “Which one of these “Candidates” has the biggest ties to the Washington Mafia?” Then, you’ll have your answer.
And then maybe, just maybe, you’ll live to fight another day.
Mark Magula