Monday: Wish You Were Here

Posted on July 7, 2008 by mawminc

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Pot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We’re just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

So Obama supporters, you think you can tell a messiah from a fake?  Can you discern “just words” from actions?  Can you tell medicine from snake oil?

Did they get you to dump Hillary, a proven progressive, for a ghost, someone whose positions we still can’t nail down?  Did they get you to trade your stands on Iraq, FISA, NAFTA, Separation of Church and State, Public Financing of Elections, Freedom to control your body… so they could court the right wing?  Did they get you to trade 8 years of prosperity, for empty words of change?  Did you trade the boring road of competency for a shot at being cool?

Oh How I wish… How I wish you were here with us.  We may be running over the same old ground, but we are transcendent.  Having seen clearly through the veil, we know we can tell heaven from hell.  So can you.  There is still a month left on the return policy.  You can still return your ghost and get a hero back.

Hurry, Hurry to the other shore.  Wish you were here.

Love,

Mawm

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45 Responses

  1. Texas Puma, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:07 am Said:

    Sigh .. I think I just fell in love with a blogger … Love the whole thing . Too bad Roger Waters supports BO … I do believe , however , the veil is lifting – thanks to this site and others (Pumas) who have made it their mission to expose the subversive reality that has imbued this farce of an election !

  2. tpt/ny, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:24 am Said:

    This was a GREAT POST!!
    Absolutely “spot-on”!
    Obama & crew just don’t get that “we” are the democrats that could’nt be “SPEECHED ” !!
    For “us” the person who approaches politics in a ,
    “DIRECT & STRAIGHT-FORWARD MANNER” will get “OUR”, RESPECT & POSSIBLY OUR VOTE !!
    Intimidation will just “PISS-US-OFF”!!
    THE VEIL HAS DEFINATELY BEEN LIFTED & ONCE
    YOU’VE SEEN THE TRUTH YOU CAN”T JUST “UN-SEE IT”!!

  3. peter anderson, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:26 am Said:

    So True. No Sanctions of Mass Destruction (not my phaseology).

  4. chatblu, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:26 am Said:

    tpt: Absolutely. Who are we going to believe? Obama or our lyin’ ears?

  5. B, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:38 am Said:

    Beautifully put.

    Thank you Mawm!

  6. captsfufp, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:41 am Said:

    It’s always good to read news from people that know him the best (Chicago Trib):

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0707byrnejul07,0,2090442.story

  7. john, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:44 am Said:

    Barack Obama has run an admirable campaign based on HOPE and CHANGE. A campaign that promises the American people a new level of transparency.

    Sign the Petition

    We the undersigned ask you to join us in demanding that Barack Obama show an official copy of his birth certificate to a reputable news outlet. It is a small request that should be welcomed by a politician looking to bring change to

    http://www.birthcertificatenow.com/

  8. Hillary-zilla, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:47 am Said:

    mawmimic

    The clinton people didn’t even know, we had a fund raising drive to eliminate Hillary debt. Some donations were going to her 2012 senate campaign.

    Is out coalition going to get any credit for the 4th of july fund raising effort and find out the amount raised.

    Frustarated

  9. Mawm, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:54 am Said:

    John, what part of an admirable campaign includes race-baiting and trashing the Clinton legacy? What part of an admirable campaign includes lying about your positions on FISA, NAFTA, Abortion rights, Iraq, only to change those positions when you feel like the nomination is sewn up.

    Obama ran the ugliest campaign I have seen, even uglier than anything Bush ever came up with.

  10. Mawm, on July 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am Said:

    Hillary-zilla, call the campaign and tell them you want your donation to go to paying down her debt. THey have to honor that, or give you back your money.

    As far as the credit for the fund drive, who else had a drive on July4th besides PUMAs? I can’t see how they didn’t know it came from us.

  11. Hillary-zilla, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:00 am Said:

    Thank you for your reply. To not inform them was …….

    They would have made a special site for us. ….. Well next time. And Obama going to do it. And it be front page stuff. ………..Frustarated.

  12. Hillary-zilla, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:03 am Said:

    Now Obama’s going to do it (fund raise, for clinton) and it will be front page stuff.

  13. regencyg, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:10 am Said:

    This is different from usual how?

  14. jules, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:14 am Said:

    Gary, you are a very talented writer. Here’s hoping they find their receipt and make an exchange before it’s too late.

  15. Hillary-zilla, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:14 am Said:

    We had a chance to strike. first.

  16. garychapelhill, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:15 am Said:

    She can’t be too obvious about having anything to do with us right now. I think the point of ending the donations with .08 was to let them know where it is coming from, so I wouldn’t worry about that. It will not get covered by the MSM, I don’t think anybody ever had any pretensions about that. Mawm, the title of the song got me thinking…. It could easily be (to Obama) “Wish you were her”.

  17. garychapelhill, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:16 am Said:

    everyone always wants to give me credit for other people’s work :) this one is by mawm, I’m sure he appreciates the compliment though!!

  18. Kim, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:21 am Said:

    Mawm, great post. I have been away for the holiday all weekend and am back at work. My notebook is down so I missed my daily fix at the Confluence while I was away.

    Has anyone spoken with RD about the HuffPost piece?

  19. ssmith, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am Said:

    Hello, fellow PUMAs!

    Last week, many of you reached into your pockets and generously gave what you could to help pay down Hillary’s campaign debt.

    However, the main contribution link at HillaryClinton.com had been redirected towards a different account. Instead of going to pay off her debt, it directed contributions towards her 2012 Senatorial campaign.

    If you have any doubt as to where your contribution went, you must contact the financial department at HillaryClinton.com and let them know where you had intended it to go!

    For them to be legally able to redirect your donation *back* into her debt fund, you must make your intentions *clear* to them.

    Here are four ways you can contact them, to let your intentions be known. Again, this is only for if you are in doubt. If you are confident that your money went to pay off her debt, then you need not pursue this.

    If you *are* in doubt, please contact (any or all) of the following, and encourage your PUMA contributing friends to do the same:

    Finance@HillaryClinton.com
    JMantz@HillaryClinton.com (Jonathan Mantz)
    http://www.hillaryclinton.com/help/contact
    phone: 703-962-8600

    Thank you, and I hope you had a great holiday weekend!

    Will Bower
    PUMA

  20. kiki, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:31 am Said:

    Mawm, I love this post!

    anyone who was around last night, sorry I posted an April article that I thought was current. d’oh! I plead exhaustion.

  21. Kim, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:31 am Said:

    So Kathleen Sebelius may be his running mate?

  22. jules, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am Said:

    Mawm, pls accept my apologies. You and Gary both are talented writers. :-)

  23. edgeoforever, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:33 am Said:

    I had forwarded my donation receipt to both those addresses
    mentioning the desire fund.
    Too bad we’ll now never know the amount of the drive.

  24. Mawm, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am Said:

    jules, Thats alright. Gary and I are really the same soul. We have just been reincarnated concurrently.

  25. madamab, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:36 am Said:

    Wonderful!

    Yes, Obamans, come to the light. We welcome the prodigal sons and daughters back into the fold…;-)

  26. edgeoforever, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:38 am Said:

    @mawm
    Thanks for saying it about the “admirable” meme. I can’t sign a petition calling this campaign
    admirable. Not just the Clintons, but we voters were slandered as racists and bitter.
    Besides the candidate himself was running as someone else than he now revealed himself to be – so what openness?
    So, while I understand the rhetoric flourishes (“Brutus is an honorable man”) I am too disgusted to go near that.

  27. Alexander Until, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:49 am Said:

    Seriously, what the fuck?

  28. Eriezindian, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:52 am Said:

    To Will Bower: FYI
    The number listed on your post re donations to pay the debt is, instead, a fax number. The telephone number from the Hillary Clinton website is 703-469-2008. I just called and was transferred to compliance, but had to leave a voice mail.

  29. caffinequeen, on July 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am Said:

    This post was the perfect way to start a monday morning! Thanks!

    http://caffinequeen.wordpress.com/

  30. garychapelhill, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:03 am Said:

    caffinequeen—read a few lines of your “fairy tale”…love it. I’ll have to read the whole thing after work You should read madamab’s trilogy of one act plays (starring Pat Johnson as Nancy Pelosi). Is it a trilogy yet?

  31. Pat Johnson, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:10 am Said:

    I also own a cape.

  32. caffinequeen, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:14 am Said:

    Thanks Gary! ! It’s currently a 4 parter! Kinda long but there’s just so much to work with! I’m tempted to write the ending without waiting for it tp play out. LOL!

    IMO Hillary will have to take over and lead the kids out of the forest leaving BO to sulk and drink cool-ade!

    I’ll check out madmab’s piece. Thanks!

    http://caffinequeen.wordpress.com/

  33. madamab, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:14 am Said:

    garychapelhill – I guess it’s a trilogy – there are three plays now. :-)

    Pat – although you ARE Nancy Pelosi, you can also be Michelle Obama in my latest. She is heard but not seen. Can you hum “Hail to the Chief?”

  34. Pat Johnson, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:24 am Said:

    Is congress back in session today? What a joke this body has turned out to be. Sky rocketing gas prices, a possible threat to bomb Iran, a shrinking economy, layoffs daily throughout the US, and they probably are considering holding hearings to choose up sides in the A-Rod divorce.

    My intuition tells me that they are very much aware of the PUMA movement at this point. I even noticed in one thread on HuffPo and a few other blogs that people are beginning to sign off with “PUMA” as their signature. The word is beginning to take root.

  35. kc, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:26 am Said:

    Excellent post–good work Mawm.

    Isn’t it ironic that only we low-informational dumb donkeys have critical thinking skills and those highly-educated types can’t see the scam. I speak in jest-actually all the Hillary people I know are educated–maybe we’re just not needy.

  36. Pat Johnson, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:27 am Said:

    I can do Michele Obama. Can scowl with the best of them. Not sure if she could vote for Hillary? Michele, not able to vote for The Mess. How about that?

  37. Pat Johnson, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:32 am Said:

    kc: I would like to believe that we are people who give much thought and consideration in our voting choices. My decision to vote Hillary, and I will fully confess as much, was based on watching her over the years and appreciated how dogged she was in her approach to issues.

    I think her likability, which has been trashed during the Clinton WH years, actually became more apparent as the campaign went on. She displayed humor, sensitivity, solutions, and vulnerability throughout and I came to see her as a true leader. Flawed, yes. But stalwart. The only choice for me.

    He never was on my radar due to his lack of experience but as time went on I became more convinced that his leadership skills were still in training and he lacked judgment. A total creation of the Chicago machine and the DNC.

  38. kc, on July 7th, 2008 at 10:50 am Said:

    Pat: Yes, I think you are correct in saying that we give alot of thought to our voting choices. One thing that has struck me through out this primary is the number of people, supposedly educated, who don’t consider the consequences of their actions. From Obama’s campaign and supporters trashing Hillary and her supporters (future voters that they will need) to the possible consequences of taking a chance on an unknown for the presidency. I thought we had just wittnessed the stupidity of that the last 7 years. too, we are older (I am anyway) and realize the gravity of our choice–the contrast between Clinton and Bush is the most obvious reminder that presidents do make a difference in our lives.

  39. Pat Johnson, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:02 am Said:

    kc: A lot of these educated people do no read like we do. We were raised with library cards, newspapers, magazines, etc. Today we find that circulation to these publications has dropped off radically and libraries are cutting back on hours due to the lack of interest.

    These educated people prefer to pick up their daily dose of news from blogs and 30 second sound bites. We dismiss most of the MSM due to the lack of substance where they thrive on that reportage because they are not required to think beyond what they are being fed. This is why when asked to name one legislative achievement of Obama they come up short. Glitter and gloss are what they seek since again they prefer to “keep it simple”.

    It explains a lot of why Bush was so able to get away with butchering the Constitution. Few people today could tell you exactly how government works. Add fear to the equation and you have a country in turmoil.

  40. Connie Graham, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am Said:

    Through my many years, I’ve met more people that just don’t “think” about politics or issues than those who do. Discourse or dissent, why that’s for the icky intellectuals or it’s unAmerican. That’s one of the many things that so great about this site. Not only interested, but INCREDIBLY well informed and with great discourse and the willingness to dissent. Gosh, people that are paying attention to what’s happening around them -whether it’s their state, DC or the rest of the world or all of them combined.

    But think about it – what’s the average % of people that even vote (for that matter what % of eligible people are even registered to vote)? Turnout is always higher in POTUS elections (like those that only go to church on Xmas & Easter). Personally, I think most people are so indoctrinated by the patriarchy (don’t worry, daddy will take care of you), that they figure “it’s not my problem.” The “Big Guy” has got it covered. Then there are those that figure their opinion/voice isn’t going to count (here in FL just 1/2 for every 1 person). After all, are we constantly admonished that politics and religion are NEVER to be discussed in “polite, social circles?”

    Divide and conquer has worked for 1000s of years. But, with the Internet, things……they may be a changin’.

  41. kc, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:06 am Said:

    Strange?????? From the Chicago Trib. article linked by captsfufp above–major Obama donors are GE (NBC) and Time Warner (CNN).

  42. NH, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:20 am Said:

    If Hillary Clinton contractually agrees to release her delegates in return for payment of her outstanding campaign debt, that pretty much eliminates the purpose and effectiveness of the Denver Group.

    It wouldn’t surprise me if Obama seeks an end run around the, no doubt, known demonstration expected in Denvers.

  43. kc, on July 7th, 2008 at 11:22 am Said:

    Gotta get to work —but, i think you are on to something Pat–about reading habits. Plus, people just getting news from the net is,imo, a problem because I think we all tend to go to sympathetic sites. Alot of Obama people that I have talked to did not have some critical info. about him. Well, see you all later.

  44. tpt/ny, on July 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pm Said:

    “kc”
    WOW !!
    Just like on the financial shows; should’nt MSNBC & CNN have to give a “DIS-CLAIMER” before each report??

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