They say that breaking up is hard to do...

An interesting quote from a story on CNN.com this morning, "Southern women breaking up with Bush."

"Still, some Southern women remain stalwart supporters of the president and the Republican Party. At a watermelon festival in Chickamauga, in the mountains of northwest Georgia, substitute teacher Clydeen Tomanio said she remains committed to the party she's called home for 43 years.

"'There are some people, and I'm one of them, that believe George Bush was placed where he is by the Lord,' Tomanio said. 'I don't care how he governs, I will support him. I'm a Republican through and through.'"

Wow. This is just as crazy as Katherine Harris' asinine comments that our leaders are chosen by G-d. (I can't wait for November, when G-d sends her packing, then.)

This crazy idiot actually believes that GWB was placed into the Presidency by G-d? And she doesn't care "how he governs," she will support him no matter what??

So if he starts ignoring the Constitution, spying on innocent American citizens, shipping captured enemy combatants to Syria so they can be tortured, she'll still....oh wait, I guess so.

How do you reason with, how do you have intelligent political discourse with, people like "Clydeen Tomanio"?

The simple answer is you don't, you can't. If she's committed to support George W. Bush because she believes that G-d put him in office....well, then she's a moron beyond hope, and wish she and those like her would stay the fuck home on Election Day.

And if there are many more people like Clydeen Tomanio, then America is beyond hope.

Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. The CNN article points out that for many Southern women, the bloom is off the rose when it comes to Dubya. Women in the South have been some of Bush's biggest supporters, at least until now.

We're finally seeing that, even in Dixie, the Repugnicans obsession with prying into people's private lives -- harping against gay marriage, abortion, etc. -- is backfiring. People care more about their paychecks, about the cost of gasoline, about affording a college education for their kids, than they do about peering into people's bedrooms. From the article:

"'I care about job security and education. The things I hear the Republicans emphasizing in their campaigns are not things that affect me or my family,' said [Sandy Rubin, a] 39-year-old mother of two."

Maybe there's still hope. Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball," an excellent political analysis site from the University of Virginia, is currently predicting Democratic gains in Congress this fall -- a gain of 3 to 6 seats in the Senate, and 12 to 15 seats in the House.

Of course, the Dems need six seats to take the Senate, fifteen to take the House. Things need to break exactly the right way for the Democrats to take control, it would seem. Of course, this is early September, and there are still two months left for President Bush's approval rating to plummet even further, dragging the rest of his party with it.