Politics, Simplified, But Not.
Mood:  quizzical
My husband just said the most brilliant thing I've ever heard, so y'all have got to hear it. This is his blog too, although he is too lazy to keep a blog and therefore you've got to hear it from me.

We were discussing politics and political views over dinner (this is probably happening all over the country even as I write, and if you're meant to believe my governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, such discussions cost him two weeks of nooky), and got into details of various issues.

So we brought up embryonic stem cell research, and how we're against it (no creating lives just to destroy them, oh no, that's playing God, and that we are absolutely not meant to do), and abortion, and how we are pro-choice (historically, abortion is going to happen whether legal or not, and if abortion is illegal rich people will just have their daughters fly to Switzerland and do it anyway, and is that just? It's the poor ethnic minorities who will be dying or injured in illegal clinics, not the wealthy privileged. And if abortion were outlawed, who would take care of these unwanted babies? Not wealthy Republicans, that is for sure. And we are here to tell you that, because we are comfortable Republicans, and you know what: If you have a baby and don't want it, we are absolutely not going to bring it up for you. Sorry, but we've got our hands full with babies we produced on purpose.)

And I pointed out to Ben that people have told me that if I am pro-choice I must be in favor of legalizing murder, too, because it's the same thing, and how can I be such a hypocritical hypocrite? And furthermore, how can I be in favor of the death penalty (which I am), because killing is killing no matter what? Yet I believe in the death penalty, because I think that when you kill, you forfeit life. I was in favor of executing Andrea Yates. Systematically drowning babies? I think she should be drowned, and like her oldest son, the one she drowned last, she should be given a few opportunities to run away and to say "I'm sorry!" just before she goes under water for the last time, just like Noah. I think that would be just, for her to suffer the way her children did.

Yet people say to me: If that's what you think, then why shouldn't people who get abortions be put to death? And that is a moral conundrum. So I can say only Yes, I see your point. But at some juncture we've got to balance the equities.

But this has gone into a rant, and I'm probably going to get hate mail for this post. But I miss my point. My point was originally what Ben said to stop me dead in my tracks: "The Republicans and the Democrats both want to kill you. They just differ on when they should do it." Meaning: The Republicans will preserve your life at any cost until you are born, whereupon they will desert and/or kill you, whereas the Democrats will kill you before you're born, but if you manage to get born, they will support you at taxpayers' expense for the rest of your life, even if you refuse to work, or if you kill people, or what.

Oh boy. In the words of my middle-aged Jewish friends: What a world! I will be glad when this election is over, whichever way it goes, and we can get back to the business of being Americans again. God bless us all, Republican, Democrat, and everyone.

Okay, I just got an insanely exciting phone call that my good friend Amy just had her baby, so I will say: Welcome, Tobey Charles Westcott. You are so loved and wanted, you could never imagine. Congratulations Amy, and good night all.