Let Them Go Naked?!?!

Okay, yes, I've ranted about personal blogs going political all of a sudden before. And I know this will probably get me some comments from those who are very anti-Bush-- but. I have to say something cause I'm furious! I'm breaking my own self-imposed rule here because my freakin God. My family lives in Florida, and Mississippi, and my best friend's family, and my best friend lives in Alabama where the hurricane is right as we speak. So this is personal to me. Hurricanes are devastating, and especially in areas where the building standards aren't as high as in the states like Jamaica & Granada.

When a hurricane hits, and you lose everything you have, food and medical supplies and generators are veryimportant. YES! Send those! But so are other things. Teresa Heinz Kerry said, of the relief efforts for the Caribbean:

"Let them go naked". . . Teresa Heinz Kerry, encouraging volunteers as they busily packed supplies Wednesday for hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean, said she was concerned the effort was too focused on sending clothes instead of essentials like water and electric generators. ''Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids,'' said Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. ''Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes.''

Now, I realize that for the most part her advice is right. Send food, send medicine, generators. Don't just try to clean out your closets from all the junk and think that's enough.

But that is the most ridiculous thing to say! Can you say Marie Antoinette!!? Let them go naked!?!

People keep excusing her for these kinds of bizarre speeches, saying "oh, she's quirky" and "outspoken" and another news article I read said "she says the darndest things." At the same time, people get outraged when Bush makes a flub because he's apparently not very good at reading teleprompters. Well there's a big difference between a mis-step and something like this. This woman would be our first frickin' lady? Can you imagine the kinds of things she would say about other tragedies? And this is when you're speaking to a group of people who may very well have family in this area who lost lives, and homes, and means of making a living.

We as the U.S. are so worried about what other countries think about us, and this woman is clearly not willing to be a less outspoken person, so she won't be a nice, presentable first lady. And there's the fact that presidential hopeful Kerry is married to a person who thinks this kind of thing is appropriate to say. Let me tell you, when you're married to someone, you share their general world view, and you may not always agree with them, but you share much in common. Kerry has the sense to keep his mouth shut, but then, what is he saying when people aren't around? How do you really feel?

I don't want to vote for either major candidate. Seriously. I don't know who the hell to vote for. I don't want to disappear from the polls, so I'll have to make a decision eventually.

But for God's sake people, look at this objectively. Especially when you're considering things like the Iraq war-- Kerry wouldn't do it all that much differently at this point. Yes, there are other things he's saying he would change. But you can't "Monday morning quarterback" Iraq-- you've got to deal with it as it is now.

Alls I can say is: Be very careful if you're thinking "anyone but Bush." I'll admit, I voted that way for Clinton long ago against Bush Sr. I didn't like Bush Sr., and while I wasn't really sure about Clinton at the time, I thought "ick. NOT Bush." But it's not a good way to vote.

Because the only "anyone" available, and his family, sound like first class asses to me.