Scientists? What the hell is he talking about? Climate change? We ARE facing serious long-term issues, but of the fiscal variety. Hell, thanks to your boy, Barry, they’ve been fast-tracked to becoming short-term issues, quite possibly within the next couple years. And yes, we are “genuinely f-cked” with the current crop of politicians we’re stuck with since they have no inclination to deal with any of these problems.

Doughboy on December 27, 2012 at 11:42 PM

Being a good leftist Mattt Daaaamon thinks Gorbal Warming is the most pressing issue.

Instead, it’s all about the next election cycle. Those guys in the House don’t do anything now but run for office

 
Obama 2013!

“We’re at a point where politicians don’t really get any benefit from engaging with long-term issues. Instead, it’s all about the next election cycle. Those guys in the House don’t do anything now but run for office. So unless they can find some little thing that zips them up a couple of points in the polls, they’re not interested. There’s a consensus among scientists, though, that we face serious long-term issues. They’re saying that unless we engage with those issues, we’re genuinely f*cked. The way it looks, we’re going to wait until one of those big issues smacks us.”

is pretty much on the mark (save for the “climate” crap)….too bad he looks at things from entirely the wrong perspective. Yeah I know he`s a raging leftist anti-everything big nanny loving tool but he did lay out the current political “climate” (badddum-tiss) pretty well.

So he basically complains that the game is rigged and the fix is in, right after saying he voted for The Empty Pantload because The Empty Pantload would be able to further rig the game and make sure the fix is in.

CurtZHP on December 27, 2012 at 11:22 PM

Bingo.

He also complains that “Those guys in the House don’t do anything now but run for office.” Besides running for office, I wonder what Damon thinks that 0bama has ever accomplished in his life?

At least I liked “The Informant”.