WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE? - Democratic Underground

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Tue Apr-03-07 10:34 PM
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WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE?

What Kind of People?
By Nancy Greggs

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE talk about the sacrifices necessary to win a war, while they, their family members and their friends are reaping the financial profits generated by that war?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE find it necessary to lie about and/or cover-up their activities, while at the same time insisting those activities were perfectly legal and aboveboard?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE claim that they will tell the truth, but steadfastly refuse to do so other than behind closed doors, and not under oath?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE swear to uphold the Constitution, and then look for ways to circumvent it, ignore it, even dismantle it?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE think the loss of American freedoms is of no more importance than the loss of an American city?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE put the bottom-line of corporations above the welfare of their fellow citizens?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE who have never served question the patriotism of those who have not only served, but have done so with honor?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE dismiss the needs of the poorest, while catering to the greed of the richest?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE hold themselves out to be Christians, while spreading the very intolerance and hatred that is contrary to the teachings of Christ?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE send American soldiers into combat without sufficient equipment, and at the same time talk about Supporting the Troops?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE place themselves on a platform of fiscal responsibility, while plunging the country into unprecedented debt?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE accuse their opponents of being spineless sheep, as they rubber-stamp political policies without thought of the consequences, or even a modicum of oversight?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE choose aggression over diplomacy, and then decry the inevitability of conflict?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE trot out personal responsibility as a talking point, but never fail to blame someone else for their own shortcomings?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE pour billions into an unwinnable war, but pinch pennies when it comes to those who are fighting that war at their behest?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE see a potential terrorist in every Muslim, but never see the potential danger in a crazed Christian preacher who sanctions torture and assassination?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE accept political office on the basis of serving their constituents, and then ignore the will of those constituents completely?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE say one thing and do the opposite, while accusing others of hypocrisy?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE brag endlessly about their own patriotism, while using their political power and resources to thwart the will of the People by supporting questionable election processes?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE?

REPUBLICAN PEOPLE.

A recent Pew Research survey shows that voters who identify themselves as Democrats are far greater in number than those identifying themselves as Republicans.

I wonder why.

Maybe because the American citizenry has finally had enough of THAT KIND OF PEOPLE destroying their country.

After all of the deceit, the manipulation, the spin, the excuses, the photo-ops, the obfuscation, the hemming and hawing, the think tanks, the pseudo-philosophy, the faked Christianity, the legal wrangling, the PNAC predictions, the voter intimidation, the skating, the skewering, the swiftboating, the fabrications, the false promises, the no child left behinds, the fightin' over theres, the accusations of treason, the screeching, the flailing, the hiding, the stammering, the faulty reasoning, the dumbing-down, the arrogance, the petulance and the God damned out-and-out lying ... it all comes down to one simple thing:

The American citizenry has finally had enough of THAT KIND OF PEOPLE destroying their country.

Amen to that.

Amen.