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Sometimes, It's Too Easy

September 7, 2006 11:41 AM

"There are some people, and I'm one of them, that believe George Bush was placed where he is by the Lord. . . . I don't care how he governs, I will support him. I'm a Republican through and through." That's what Clydeen Tomanio had to say about the President in a CNN article about how Southern women are moving away from Bush.

I'd like to sit here and parse out the logic - or lack thereof - of the statement. But it's just too sad. Instead, I'll ask some questions:


  1. How is it that Ms. Tomanio knows that God or Jesus or whatever put W in office? Is she claiming to have some sort of T1 connection to God? I don't get it.

  2. Is her unwaivering support of the President the result of the fact that W was placed in office by God or of the fact that she's a Republican?

  3. What can it possibly mean to say that she doesn't care how he governs but also that she's a Republican through and through? Shouldn't she at least care that he govern like a Republican? Let's say that I, a Democrat, ran for President, but called myself a Republican. Let's say that I took all the stances that a "good Democrat" would take. Let's say I was vehemently against all of the stances that a "good Republican" would take. Let's say I got elected and governed like a Democrat. But I called myself a Republican. Would this woman still not care how I govern, as long as I'm nominally a Republican? It seems to me that the essence of being a Republican is supporting a certain group of goals and methods, rather than being on the team that happens to call itself the Repubicans. This woman's statement evinces, in my opinion, an attitude that I have derided on numerous occasions. Namely, she's a Republican on principle, meaning she just likes calling herself a Republican, rather than a person who has independent views that happen to align, for the most part, with those of the Republican party. And that's just stupid.

  4. Finally, and most frighteningly, how many more people are there, on either side, like this woman?


Man, some people are stupid.



6 Comments


Utah said:

First of all, nobody gets anywhere without the blessing of the good Chuck.

September 7, 2006 1:16 PM



tRJ said:

[H]ow many more people are there, on either side, like this woman?

I, too, would be interested to see how many people would call themselves "party line." I suspect that there are awful lot of people who blindly vote Democrat or Republican, regardless of what the candidate actually stands for. It's a shame really.

September 7, 2006 1:38 PM



Ismael Tapia II said:

I agree completely. It's too bad when anyone does this. It's simply stupid to vote the party line without regard to the candidate.

September 7, 2006 2:06 PM



Vice said:

Go on and hate while you can. I for one am proud of Mrs. Whatsherface for having principles, believing in those principles, and holding firm to those principles no matter how nonsensical they are. My whole problem with the idiot community is lack of conviction. It's all well and good to be wrong, and to be blatantly wrong about everything, and to be irrationally afraid of listening to an opposing viewpoint. But too many among us fold in the face of superior "logic" or "common sense." I say to hell with the wafflers - if you're a moron, entrench yourself in a stronghold of moronicism. Hellz yeah!

September 7, 2006 3:40 PM



New Guy #3/Minglei said:

Hit counter + 1.

September 9, 2006 12:41 AM



Vindicated said:

I once knew Ms.Tomanio, yes I now feel vindicated. Comments like the one she volunteered to CNN are only the surface of the stupidity which comes out of her. She is not only delusional but in my humble opinion - why is anyone even giving her the time to talk?? The CNN reporter must have been in a hurry to get out of Georgia nd just found the craziest person in the bunch.

June 12, 2007 1:10 PM



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