{"id":824,"date":"2004-10-19T00:16:45","date_gmt":"2004-10-19T00:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=824"},"modified":"2020-11-05T19:28:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T00:28:29","slug":"vote_people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=824","title":{"rendered":"vote, people&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-paragraph\">with the presidential elections only weeks away, its time to get partisan yo. many of the major news publications came out with their endorsements this past week\u2026such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/10\/17\/opinion\/17sun1.html?ex=1255665600&amp;en=4273d1a9760f9069&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ny times<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/globe\/editorial_opinion\/editorials\/articles\/2004\/10\/17\/kerry_for_president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boston globe<\/a> for kerry, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/chi-0410170332oct17,1,3673281.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chicago tribune<\/a> for cunt\u2026i mean bush (all via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gothamist.com\/archives\/2004\/10\/18\/endorsements_come_14_days_before_the_election.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gothamist<\/a>). while i generally stay clear of politics, and would rather have the two candidates over for a rockin\u2019 movie nite with beer and <i>atomic wings<\/i>, i thought id take the time to give our endorsement to a candidate. on behalf of the crew at <b>m3ntal contraband<\/b>\u2026me, cow, bear, and sheep the intern\u2026we whole-heartedly endorse the democratic nominee john f. kerry for president. mainly because we see eye-to-eye on 80% of his policies\u2026but in actuality because we just think bush is a fucking idiot. like ridiculously stupid. no seriously, i dont understand why people keep saying \u201c<i>dont underestimate his intelligence,<\/i>\u201d because the dudes got some serious m3ntal deficiencies\u2026and im probably already <b>over<\/b>estimating his intelligence. aside from the fact that english was my second language and i seem to have a better grasp of it than bush, his faith-based logic and really really flawed environmental, foreign, scientific, and economic policies are destroying the fabric of our country. i am however rather impressed with the speed at which he completely and utterly destroyed the respectability and credibility of the u.s. in the international community. fucking record-breaking\u2026why is this fuck our president again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-paragraph\">for an interesting look into the (relatively empty) mind of our good president, the <i>ny times<\/i> has a lengthy (but enlightening) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/10\/17\/magazine\/17BUSH.html?ex=1255665600&amp;en=890a96189e162076&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11-page article<\/a> on the major events that shaped george w. bushs life\u2026from indirection in his youth, to his spiritual rebirth as a freaky born-again christian, to becoming the inept president of the most powerful country in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with the presidential elections only weeks away, its time to get partisan yo. many of the major news publications came out with their endorsements this past week\u2026such as the ny times and boston globe for kerry, and the chicago tribune for cunt\u2026i mean bush (all via gothamist). while i generally stay clear of politics, and 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