If you don't want Obama, send him to the land down under

8/29/2013

I’m not into politics. The reason being, to me all politicians are the same. No matter what they promise during their electoral campaign, you can bet your sweet bippy whoever gets elected will let down the nation.

I mean, what an insult to our intelligence to think we, the people of ANY country in the world, are stupid enough to believe a politician’s empty promises during an electoral campaign. C’mon, people! We all know a politician will sell their grandmother to the devil if it means they’ll get a few extra votes. And they’ll even throw in grandpa and the family pet if it means even more votes!

Now, I don’t know about my esteemed American friends (of whom I have many), but I have to smirk cynically when I see the big shows some of these political campaigners put on in order to become President of the good US of A. These shows rival anything Hollywood can come up with as far as I’m concerned. In fact, I think the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences (AMPAS) should introduce a new category to the Academy Awards--Best charade for good politician—and the Oscar goes to... Well, whoever puts on the best charade for being a good politician, who will keep all his/her promises to the population.

One good thing about all this is at least my Yankee friends get something in return for their vote—good entertainment. Not only this, but I believe voting in the US is not compulsory. God, you guys have it good! In Australia, we are FORCED to vote, and if we don’t we have to pay a fine. Grrrr...

So you see, this becomes a real dilemma for someone like me who doesn’t give a rat’s ass as to who wins because I know whoever becomes Prime Minister of Australia will be yet another wally (Australian slang for expressing the word “idiot” but in a polite way) with a bad case of megalomania and being a legend in their own lunchtime.

This finally brings me to the subject of my blog post—which is, if Americans don’t want their president, they should send him to the land down under. And make it quick, please. Our federal election kicks off on 7 September, and God help us— the candidate choices, like so many in the past, are akin to scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Now, ladies and gay gentlemen, please wipe the drool rolling down your chin. The babe pictured to the right is unfortunately NOT a political candidate. If he were, we wouldn't give a donkey's B-hind if he kept his promises or not. With looks like his, who cares, right?

So why, you might ask, do I think Obama should govern our banana republic? Well, for one, what more damage can he do than our own politicians, who can’t even recognise a good suit unless they’re being taken to court for abusing each other on TV? Oh, I’m referring to the cheap-looking suits they tend to wear. Ar, ar.

The second reason, AND the most important of them all, is this one: If all politicians are the same—full of empty promises—then why put up with one who could be typecast in a Hollywood movie to play a priest about to conduct an exorcism or one who’d make an excellent model for the sculpture of a garden gnome?

In conclusion, all things being equal, I’ll take Obama any day of the week and twice on Sunday. I mean, at least the guy is a cool dude, and as far as I’m concerned, rather sexy. Put it this way, I wouldn’t mind taking a ride on Air Force One with him ;)

So come election day, I will look up into the skies to watch out for Air Force One bearing our new, good-looking, cool dude Prime Minister, Obama. After all, good looks work well in Hollywood, so why not in politics?

I give you one guess as to the cool dude I'd vote for :)

6 Comments

Nicole Chardenet link

8/31/2013 07:01:15

Keep in mind that if you take Obama he will spy on everything you do and then lie about it :) I voted for him twice but like a lot of Americans am fairly nonplussed by him now. Although on the whole, I think I'd rather keep him and you can have one of our Republicans, how does that sound? Whom would you like? Sarah Palin? Michelle Bachmann? Ted Cruz? Rick Santorum? (After whom a particularly disgusting sexual repercussion was named :) Really, we've got plenty to spare...take several if you like! ;)

sylvia massara link

8/31/2013 08:55:52

Heheheeh. No women, thanks, Nicole. We had Julia Gillard over here, and she was bad. No. Only good-looking men in their early to late forties will suffice :)

Jeffrey Crimmel link

9/1/2013 03:03:13

I am a pro Obama and do not know where America is headed. He is trying to make America available for all the people while the mega rich in the form of the Republican party continue to try and stop things like health care, minimum wage to live on, right to vote, and the list goes on. Fundamentalist in the Religion game are scaring people into believing they will go to hell if they support gay rights, or anything else that they say Jesus would disapprove of. Politics is very divided and the Tea party has become the new KKK in a suit. Racism is far reaching and when the conservatives loose they keep threatening to leave the country. Maybe Australia can use another population increase. We have a few we would like to sent. Oh but you have health care and pay good wages and the church does not try to run the government. oh well

We are back in Arizona in Nov. after 2.5 years of trying to make Mexico work. Four books later now see if I can keep it up in the states. Talk later. Jeff

9/1/2013 03:04:59

Hehehehe, Jeffrey, you replied on the wrong post. I know you were trying to reply to this post, so I moved your comment to the correct place :)

Btw, we don't want you to send us any creeps over here with weird ideas, we have enough of them ourselves. But you are welcome to move to the land down under any time you want as are all my friends from the US. Imagine what a great author group we'd make; we could even form our own political party called "The Writers Party". Yay!

Gloria Antypowich link

9/2/2013 16:54:10

At first I wasn't going to comment on this...but I decided to put my two cents worth in--for what two cents is worth.

Looking on as an outsider--I am appalled at American politics at this time. Many see the republican party as obstructionists, and possibly they are. People who have roots that come from deep in Russia and the Ukraine (such as my husband) have heard through their families why they fought to escape the wonders of socialism. I'm not sure how many of us would choose to live in countries who are totally ruled by it even today...the promises and policies of equality among everyone rob people of the incentive to do something for themselves and eventually the whole society becomes poorer. Take a look at what is happening in Greece, Turkey, even France...the countries are mired in debt in a system that can no longer support the expectations of the masses.

I have no degrees in political sciences or world management or psychology, but I do observe people, and in our own country I have watched (and personally know) people who game the system, never working a day in their life because they know they will have their social assistance check every month plus all the medical benefits (medical, dental etc) that many hard working people cannot really afford (ie. dental).

Personally, I am probably more liberal at heart than hard line conservative--if I was in the US from what I see from here, I would be hard pressed to vote for any party...Republican, Tea Party, Libertarian or Democratic. The original intent of politics has gotten lost in not so much party values, as party POWER. In my humble opinion they (plus many other countries) need a political earthquake that shakes their political system from the core and brings it tumbling down. They need to start their systems of government all over again--setting up something that does not work solely on PARTY lines. Elected people should have to represent the interests of the people who elected them and they should be compelled to come to an agreement based on compromise between all representatives. (Idealistic, but I have been told that they do this in Switzerland--I have no proof of that though.)

I see President Obama as man who does not have the basic personality to be a political leader. I believe he is a warm, kind, humorous, family loving man who has a very big heart and deep down would like to make everyone's life comfortable; at heart I think he is a do-gooder (as I probably would be) and he was very well placed as a community organizer. He is good looking, is far more vibrant when with the Hollywood crowd who are high profile and fun, as well as his supporters and admirers, than where he is faced with opposition from anyone, anywhere. If you knew him personally, I believe he is a very cool man--pleasant to be around if you are his friend.

When he came on the political stage, the time had come in society for a well oiled machine to groom and thrust into the forefront a colored political figure. Obama was articulate, young, full of hope making statements and promises that he had no idea would be near impossible to keep once he was actually at the head of the government of what most consider to be the most powerful country in the world. He aroused the hope of people who felt oppressed, particularly colored people--I cringed when I saw a colored lady on TV ecstatically saying "He will make make my car payments and pay my rent,"(not a lie--this actually happened) and she, among many others thronged to support a man who idealistically believed he could change America and make their dreams come true.

But in hard reality, running a government is a huge responsibility (see how much grey shows up in Obamas hair 5 years later) and while there are many people who guide and direct a leader, in the end he his the one who smiles at the glory of his achievements or wears egg on his face for the parties failures.

Would I have voted for Obama if I were an American--not a chance. I believe running a government requires some business management sense and the personality to make decisions and stand strong on the world stage. Would I have voted for any of the other parties? From what I see, I have no more respect for any of them. Sadly, I believe we are watching the gradual decline of a strong and powerful nation--it has happened all through history, and misguided judgement, arrogance and greed are powerful ways to bring a country down.

At the end of my soapbox tirade--(I can't believe I've developed such strong feelings lately or been brash enough to voice them)-- from my point of view... you are welcome to Oboma as the leader of your country, Sylvia. As much as I truly believe he is a fun loving, nice guy, I hope you get him--he will be half a world away from our wonderful land.

9/3/2013 01:22:57

Wow, Gloria, well said. One thing our country has in common with the US, and the UK, is the social security. We have so many people taking advantage of the system: single mothers who have children just to collect single mother's pension and subsidised housing, the jobless young, who simply don't want to work, and many others who were raised with this mentality, and their children follow in their footsteps.

Meanwhile, the ones who really need it, like the middle-aged (when they are made redundant from their jobs and are no longer "employable" because the labour market doesn't want them; the ones with disabilities and part-disabilities, the elderly, and the list goes on--these people have to fight like hell and justify themselves to get help from social security. It's shameful this goes on.

The government ALWAYS seems to put the shonky, sly ones in front! Being in the field of human resources (when I'm not writing) I tested this theory. I went out of my way to offer jobs to the young (especially Gen Y), the single mothers (with lots of flexibility for working times so they can still look after their kids), and the long-term jobless (those who are following in the steps of their own families)--well, they were NOT interested in working. Why should they work when the government and our taxes support them? Some of them accepted at first, but only lasted for a very short time. When they found out they actually had to make an effort, get off their arses, and do some actual work, they quit.

Meanwhile, our medical system (which is better than the one in the US), plus other areas of our community, are going down the gurgler. These parasites (for lack of a better word) are bleeding our country dry, and the government let's them do it.

Obama might do better in a country of around 25 million population here in Australia than in a country like US, where the population is somewhere in the 250 million mark or thereabouts. Our politicians suck big time, and should be the first against the wall when the revolution comes! So I figure, if they are all going to suck, at least let's have a good looker like Obama :) Oh, he still looks good with grey hair. LOL

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