Tonight, when Bush delivers his party acceptance speech, instead of pelting the TV with the last of the season’s heirloom tomatoes, we have the option of engaging in some good ol’ fashioned civil diobedience. Way left radio talk show host and author Al Franken is urging us all to organize our political angst into The Great American Shoutout, to take place the moment Mr. President steps to the podium. Groups of people all over the land will put down the remote, throw open the windows and join together in one earthshaking “fuhgeddaboudit!” Of, if that New Yorkism falls flat on your tongue, shouters are encouraged to customize their epithet according to locale. You can find a shout party near you or go it solo, but leave those tomatoes alone.
Yo, Yenta!
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hey, as a jewish vietnam vet, i don’t like kerry because of what he said about me when he was younger. i never shot anyone or even saw a vc. i don’t like bush but i like kerry even less. plus, i think bush is better for israel and jews than kerry would be.
david
Yes, I think they both suck. We should scream at them both.
I agree but Bush’s platform is backwards since their platform is denying the civil rights of certain minorities ( **cough** gay people **cough**) … any administration that steps on people’s civil rights is scarier than anything I know. Plus Israel is an ally in the region, ANY president will see it fit to protect an ally. Dont worry about Israel, we’ll always take care of our own.
Al Franken is one funny jew!
Bush is bumbling, no doubt. And if not for us being in a time of war, civil liberties and environmental issues should be the focus of this election. But all you need to do is read what Saif Qadhafi (yeah, Muammar’s son) said in his interview for the September issue of GQ. He praises Clinton’s handling of conflict in the Middle East and says Bush has got to go. Oh, he also says that though Libya isn’t doesn’t have democratic rule just yet, they’ll get there real soon. Right.
politicians suck!