Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Rattlesnake Shake

710 are on a roadtrip for part of the week. 

We may be a week or so too late for great fall foliage colours, but still a get away is a get away, right?

We are driving, so we are in the middle of Pennsyl-fucking-vania.  

We are on a lot of backroads, by choice, and you would not be shocked to see the number of BLOTUS signs. Sometimes a dozen per lot. 

It was easier to take a picture of one of the roads we were on rather than the multitude of signage. Each time we saw a Harris sign, we pointed an announced it. I think we only had that opportunity 7-8 times. 

I honestly do not get it. These small towns we went through, most with not even a stop light and barely an intersection, are just some of the most abject poverty places. There are no businesses there of which to speak. The one and only grocery store we saw was boarded up. 

Is their hate of minorities so large they'll vote for this guy?  Imagine my shock and awe when I saw a "I Stand with Israel" sign in Brockway, PA. 

Is there a possibility they think he'll save them from the trailer missing a few windows and the broken down car on the side yard? I mean, what is the draw here? 

The GOP has been quite vocal about how to cut aid to people - be it food stamps, healthcare, education and the like. You know, the services these people use and need. 

I just do not understand. 


....and speaking of small town shit. We are shacked up in the Holiday Inn Express. I do feel smarter. At least smarter than the front desk lady. 

When checking in:

Mariah (hand to g-d):  "I see you requested the king suite". 
710: "Correct"
Mariah looks over to me and back to 710
Mariah: "you know that only has one bed" 
710: "I'm aware"

I was kind of surprised that happened. Kind of not. 

Back in - gasp - the 80s(!), when we'd travel, depending where we were, only one would go to check in. Times were a lot more uncertain then. We have not had to deal with a hotel staff's homophobia for a long long time. But then I remembered where we were and all the signage we just had seen. 

When we got to the elevator we both just burst out laughing, with neither of us referencing why. We both knew. 

So yes: Election 2024 is about nothing but hate. At least on the GOP side. 

Prove me wrong. 



Song by: Fleetwood Mac

2 comments:

Travel said...

Lets overwhelm them with LOVE,

James Dwight Williamson said...

I Don’t Disagree. Mariah doesn’t think you and 710 look like stereotypical gays. Mariah is an idiot.