Reply #16: You're God Damn Right I Did It [View All]

[Cats Against Frist]

This election isn't about the cult of personality of a president. This election is a grudge match between the centrist and more sensible liberals and the infected-with-extremist right. Who can win the most centrist voters and eek out a victory?!

The best way to get voters is to tell the truth. Most people discussing this have no perspective but their own narrow minds -- left and right -- and are caught up in some serious ideological hoke that has nothing to do with governance but an idealistic "workers paradise" vs. "personal responsibility" model -- neither of which is credible or relevant to the classically liberal ideals upon which this nation was founded.

I hate to espouse the Constitution like a Bible -- but just spend some time reading the writings of the framers -- it's all there -- the role of God -- the role of virtue -- decency -- human rights. Then read some Enlightenment philosophy and the de Tocqueville rag on democracy.

We're not giving our framers enough credit for the rather brilliant government they created -- and we're trashing it through extreme ideologies of the left and right and how they intermingle with government. This battle isn't about GOVERNANCE, it's about fighting a cultural war between religion and modernity. This battle should take place OUTSIDE of government. The plan for government is already there -- in the Constitution.

The GOP extremist ideologues need to cheney themselves for the way they are treating our Constitution and our nation. The party leaders used to know better than this, but they've sold their souls for votes. Liberalism would have easily won, if they hadn't mobilized the Evangelicals -- ONE THIRD OF WHOM ARE VERY MUCH CANDIDATES FOR THE LOONY BIN.

I know this sounds weird, and maybe I'm stringing things together incoherently, but it is late, late, late, late.

It's not about Kerry. It's not about Bush. It's about the GOP absorbing their extreme right into their mainstream. They've given us all the ammunition that we need -- they think they're being so smart getting the "Democrats on Record" for who is for gay marraige -- but what THEY'VE done is put THEMSELVES on record for who is willing to try to play fast and loose with our most cherished document for political games and delusional votes. Just barely half the people in the country supported this amendment anyway.

I have a feeling they will end up destroying themselves, and in their desperation end up making themselves look like a caricature. Kerry and Edwards need to be careful with this, though.

Sorry, I'm rambling.