A Bunch Of B.S. About B.S.

In the just published issue of Rolling Stone, historian Douglas Brinkley interviews President Obama.  While poking fun at his appeal to children ("I do very very well with 6 to 12 year olds"), Obama is quoted as saying, "You know, kids have good instincts.  They look at the other guy [Romney] and say, 'Well, that's a bullshitter, I can tell.' "

Get ready for the shit-storm of righteous right-wing indignation sure to follow.  All those upright moral blue-noses, the "values" hypocrites, the conservative Christian Fox-bots will be outraged, shocked, disgusted, etc. by the fact that the President used one of the Seven Words You Can't Say on Television*.  Ooh, the Prez said a "bad" word -- a definite sign of the Apocalypse.

Some people feel any use of profanity is wrong and signals a limited imagination.  I say those people can go piss up a rope!  Oh -- was I wrong to say that?

Here's a wake-up call for the Pollyanna prudes:  Most people curse, at least occasionally.  Personally, I like a President who can act like a regular human being.  (And many could curse a blue streak.  LBJ and Nixon leap to mind.)  We know that Cousin Barry can cuss, drink, smoke, sing, dance, and tell a joke, just like so many of us.  He can hoop a little bit, is a genuine sports fan, and fills out a NCAA bracket every March.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, can't or won't or is religiously prohibited from doing any of those things.  What does a Mormon do for fun, anyway?

A little salty language now and then from our Commander in Chief is not a bad thing.  And hell, Obama's right -- Romney is a bullshitter!  We must respect the truth.


*Defined in the great George Carlin's 1972 "Class Clown" album.  Click the link. 
http://youtu.be/lqvLTJfYnik