So what do you do? You go to bear bars anyway, WITD, and shrug off whatever grief you get. Then you remind yourself that until bear bars came along, the big, hairy guys you like got tons of grief from the twink crowd that dominates most gay bars.
I’m sure you’ll receive an avalanche of e-mail supporting ITMFA [Impeach the Motherfucker Already] lapel pins, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. While the prospect of seeing ITMFA popping up here and there is indeed heartwarming, I must pan this project. The popularity of “santorum” may lead you to believe that ITMFA will succeed, but even if the entire population of the US were exposed daily to ITMFA merch, it would not lead to the impeachment of the MFPOTUS — which, as you know, would at the very least require a majority of Democrats with backbones in both houses of Congress, something not bound to happen anytime soon. So all the ITMFA signs are bound ultimately to become depressing reminders of the actual impossibility of the motherfucker getting impeached already. I, for one, do not relish being reminded daily that Bush is still in power.
— Johnny Boy
The mail has been overwhelmingly pro-ITMFA, but I have no illusions. It’s unlikely that ITMFA will be as successful as santorum, and I don’t expect that it will result in Bush being impeached. The Republicans who currently control Congress have demonstrated repeatedly that they put party before country, and I sincerely doubt that the Democrats have the ability or the guts to take the House or the Senate — but I’m writing ’em checks just the same.
And I’m going to push ITMFA anyway. With or without ITMFA lapel pins, JB, we are reminded every day that Bush is still the motherfucking president. His image and his voice are unavoidable, and the results of political incompetence are on display everywhere.
You asked if your readers would wear ITMFA buttons and lapel pins. I would!
I work as a scientist at a large university, and every day I see firsthand the frustration of faculty, staff, and students with our current gun-totin’ (but apparently not gun-aimin’) administration. ITMFA would give us a unified outlet for the expression of our frustrations, and maybe, just maybe, it would give some sense of solidarity — especially necessary considering we have three more whiskey-soaked years until we finally get another fucking vote.
So, where can I buy them, and how fast can they be shipped?
— Dyke for Trimming Bush
You hit the nail on the head, DFTB: spotting an ITMFA button, bumper sticker, or lapel pin will serve as a morale booster for folks who are made despondent by the prospect of three more years of Bush — and those folks, recent polling shows, amount to 67 percent of the country. Hell, I know for a fact that it will be a morale booster: I gave a speech last week at the University of Missouri, and folks showed up wearing ITMFA shirts and buttons that they had made themselves, which boosted my morale.
