Scum

I'm watching Meet the Press and thinking about Gilliard. I'm looking at Mary Matelin and James Carville and it occurs to me that neither of these people believe in anything. All they care about is winning, whatever that is. The actual issues mean nothing to them. What a pair. Completely soulless. It's all about winning the argument. The substance of the issues means nothing to them.

What a terrible way to live your life.

Say what you want about Gilliard. He was a guy who believed what he said, and cared about the issues, which is a whole lot more than I can say about these two clowns.

Boy, I miss the guy. I've missed him for a while now. This whole business came on so suddenly, and then just wouldn't go away. One day he's feeling bad, and he goes to the hospital. Days turn into months and then all of a sudden you're scared to death that he's not going to make it. Then this shit. Fuck, I hate this.

I guess I've wandered off topic, although I'm not sure what my original point was. I guess it was something about how Matelin and Carville don't give a shit about anything except their bank accounts, and Gilliard was, on the other hand, awesome.

That's really oversimplifying things, obviously. I'm not trying to make Gilliard into a saint or anything. I thought he was full of shit a lot of things, but I never doubted his passion, or his conviction. And more often than not I agreed whole-heartedly with him.  But you always knew where he stood. I don't know why that's such an anomaly these days, but it is. Tell me where James Carville stands on the issues of the day. Or Mary Matelin? What do you think it would take to get them to amend their opinions? Do you think it's more than a phone call, saying "It would help the party if you said this..."?

Anyway, I think that's what was in my head.

I miss Steve Gilliard very much.

And fuck the fucking Yankees.