"The more noise, the bigger the repudiation in November."
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/3/16/14326/4974Casual Thought
by Geov Parrish
Fri Mar 16th, 2012 at 01:43:26 AM EST
I've had my differences with some of the things Obama has done in office, especially in civil liberties. But the invitation his campaign extended to Republicans to launch their War on Women ™ ought to rank as one of his greatest achievements. It's penetrating now even to the lowest-information American just how fanatical, and misogynist, and ignorant, and authoritarian, the current crop of Republicans is. And no amount of finger-pointing by Dems would have conveyed this with an ounce as much impact as the Republicans themselves trumpeting who, and what, they are.
That this happened before an election in which, in a normal year with a struggling economy, Republicans would be in good shape to seize all three branches of government, is a public service that ought to get Obama's face on Rushmore. The people now driving the Republican bus have always been scarifying, intolerant zealots, but now a lot more people know it. I hope they continue to stand, noisily, for what they believe in, despite the temporary damage to thinking people's sanity it entails. The more noise, the bigger the repudiation in November.
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It's not like Obama planned it this way. The wingnuts simply can't help themselves and end up overreaching every.single.time. Elections like 1994 and 2010 and the consequences thereof need to emphasized to every single person whom claims that a.)there is no difference between the two major parties and b.)voting doesn't make a difference
The Dems are far from perfect in a lot of respects but the Dems spent the previous two years in office trying to reform the health care system, staunching the bleeding from the 2008 meltdown, etc. NOT trying to defund Planned Parenthood and introduce a rash of anti-abortion/anti-contraception bills. This kind of stuff only seems to happen- or get significant prominence- whenever the Repubs are in charge. People ought to have learned this by now. Preventing this kind of junk from even being seriously considered would be so much easier than having to waste actual time debating it after the elections are over.
they don't care about most peoples' wallets outside of their rhetoric. Remember, some of them actually feel like most of us pay too LITTLE taxes and the "bane of taxes" Grover Norquist didn't have any problems with refusing to extend the payroll tax cut (presumably, because it would affect mostly non-wealthy individuals). And yes, they definitely want government in women's vaginas and people's bedrooms in general. 