GOP Corpse Lover
Photo by Ms. Bunchopants
The upside of sleeping with a corpse is the slim chance of an unwanted pregnancy. & The Republican Party of George Bush and John McCain is a freshly stiffened corpse. & How long will its members lie in bed with it?
A quick guide to William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily:"
Miss Emily is an inhabitant of the old guard Southern aristocracy, a single generation & removed from & the Civil War, she stubbornly clings to a world and way of life that no longer exists. Miss Emily is a victim of the twilight. Raised to believe in a world that & has rotted completely, but has not quite crumbled. & Even in the bloom of youth, she cannot find a proper suitor because there is no future for her kind. & Eventually, she makes the only marriage bed she can. Every night, shut away in a back bedroom, she embraces the corpse of a poisoned scoundrel - her lover. The townsfolk can all smell the rot, but can't yet admit Miss Emily's hideous truth. Instead, they slip out at night tossing quick lime around her house to hide the reek. Years pass and the reek fades. & The town goes on living with Miss Emily's terrible secret. & Not until she dies is the bedroom door broken down and the corpse, little more than a stain in the middle of the bed, is finally removed.
There is a damp odor coming from the house of today's Republican Party. Breathe it in...No to science. No to diplomacy. No to strategy. No to innovation. No to individual liberty. No to the Constitution. Yes to & torture. & No to intellect. No to reason. No to the internet. No to public health. No to open minds. No to new ideas. The stench needs to be knocked down and the Republicans are getting the quick lime out. Rumor mongering, fear mongering, anti-intellectualism, politicized Christianity, veiled racism and vulgar nativism are thrown around to hide the truth.
