Ruckus Report: Analyzing Mary's Sanity

A lot of interesting things were said in this week of Ruckus, but we'd like to take a particular emphasis on a growing phenomenon that has piqued our curiosity. Using scientific methods developed while playing the Ruckus Drinking Game, we've determined that there is a steady and verifiable decline in Mary's sanity as elections approach, which is preceded by a sharper and more defined decrease in coherency.

For public safety we recommend that she be temporarily remanded to a room with soft padded walls at day 25.

Things may actually be going downhill faster than our fancy chart predicted. Take the Yoder/Moore debate discussion, where Mary alternates between reciting Moore commercials and coming up with increasingly bizarre reasons why Stephene Moore is the best thing since sliced bread. Trying to explain Stephene Moore's poor performance in her first debate, Mary would claim that the debate wasn't important and that "She's not trying to be a debater. She isn't a debater. She is a citizen."

Clearly the problem isn't Moore, it's putting Moore in a situation where she has to answer questions, because articulating your views is something that citizens don't do. It's also Steve Kraske's fault for writing mean things about one of Mary’s friends.

Things go from slightly crazy to disturbed when Mary, only a minute later, starts going on about how great Moore's other debate performance was. So... is she a debater or... not? Our only explanation is that Mary has suffered an election-induced break from reality.

Never mind that Moore has gone on the record saying she supports her husband's positions with only one exception (a bailout bill) and that Dennis Moore supported Nancy Pelosi in 97.8% of votes in the current Congress. She's still has what Mary calls a “true moderate perspective”, right? Is someone who disagrees with Pelosi on three issues a conservative? She should give Skelton a call and give him the good news, he might just get re-elected.

A more basic question is - why isn't Mary properly disclosing that she works for Stephene Moore? Mary has failed to do this in the past and has gotten called out on it, so she can't plead ignorance. Since she's an agent of one of the campaigns, her motives for avoiding disclosure can only be called unethical.

We can't tell if the other Ruckettes pity her or have just given up, because they don't seem willing to argue with her anymore - their few attempts were met with her making sound effects or trying to talk over them.

Good news for the Ruckus Drinking game: 22 shots, the game’s second best week. Fueled by a discussion of Kansas City politics that (once again) ends up attacking the Mayor without offering any solutions, there were two bingo's.