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Well, some of us can walk and chew gum at the same time. And we can recognize our enemies no matter WHAT colors they wear. Fascists or quislings, it hardly matters. Those who work against the interest of Americans and the Constitution, or are granted the authority to work on our behalf but do NOT, are not given a pass.
"Do Not Pass Go."
The People are tired of the war. They're tired of being lied to, and led around by their short-hairs. They can accept a little bullshit from their elected representatives--most people see it as par for the course. But eventually the crap piles up too high to ignore the stench and all but the dumbest can see it for what it is.
The Republicans don't value families. They don't care if a father or mother has to work two jobs apiece to make ends meet because of their economic policies. They don't care if every kid in America is a latch-key kid. They don't care if there's anyone around to help them with their homework, or to play ball with them in the afternoons. As long as they grow up knowing how to spend themselves into debt and drive the economic machine with their production and consumption, they'll know enough to get by.
The Republicans don't care about winning the war. They just want to fight it, and hopefully manage to wrangle a deal to get their already filthy hands on all the oil they can suck out of the place. Thousands of dead American troops, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children are simply acceptable losses if the black gold flows into the waiting arms of those who have supported this administration all along.
The Republicans don't care about the environment. They don't even care about their own grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will have to live in whatever fucked-up biosphere their permissive corporate policies and negligent regulation will leave to them. They'll be gone and who gives a fuck about kids they don't even know yet, right?
The Republicans don't give a damn about ordinary Americans. They don't care if Joe Sixpack DID vote Republican in the last election. If their cronies and buddies can make an extra buck by outsourcing Joe's job, all they have to do is tell Joe that the immigrants and gay marriage will make his life even worse, and Joe will vote Republican again, even if he has to crawl twenty miles to get there because he can't afford the gas anymore.
How in the hell has a bunch of rich motherfuckers who've never wanted for anything important, who've never had to wonder how they were going to feed their kids, never had to wonder how they'd pay their medical bills, never had to wonder how they'd be able to afford to fix their car, never had to wonder if they'd be able to find a job when the local factory shut down, EVER manage to convince a sizeable portion of the voting public that they'd EVER do anything to make their lives better?
Because they talk shit with the best of them. They make up phrases and words that sound important, that sound like something you should be paying attention to, but they're meaningless.
"Family values." Oh, please. Family values from people who don't value families?
"Compassionate conservativism." There's nothing and never has been anything compassionate about conservativism. It's all about "I've got mine and FUCK you."
Rich Republicans don't give a damn about the working class, the middle class, or anyone who isn't on the guest list for the next society wedding. They don't care if you have a job, a way to get to that job, food for your children, decent healthcare that doesn't put you in a pile of debt, a chance for a better life for your children, or whether the planet will even be inhabitable in 100 years. They won't be here, so what the hell does it matter to them?
They don't even give a shit about their own descendents. Does anyone honestly believe they give a damn about OURS?
It makes me want to vomit every time I hear some rich-ass pundit talking conservative trash. Rush Limbaugh? A fat rich guy who broke the law with complete impugnity and has the nerve to talk down to millions of people who work harder every day than he EVER will in his whole life. Bill O'Reilly? A rich puke who pretends to share the values of the ordinary American who couldn't find his own morals with a pack of bloodhounds and a GPS device. Ann Coulter? A scrawny rich woman who writes the same damn book over and over again saying the same thing: "liberals suck." Gee, Ann...if the devil had a daughter, would he name her after you? You claim to be a Christian, but if that's Christianity, you can have it.
I could spend ages talking about the creatures inhabiting this administration alone. George W., the scion of a wealthy oil family whose alleged service to this country goes back generations. A family that has certainly gained more out of the deal than the rest of America has. Dick Cheney? The man is padding his nest egg at Halliburton and just waiting to leave public life so he can live in the lap of luxury and spend ALL his time shooting caged birds and the occasional lawyer. I could go on, but why bother? These people have scammed all of us--cheated and (to quote John Mellencamp) "swindled" a bunch of honest decent folks into believing they gave a damn about them.
Now what are we looking at for the next Presidential race? From the Republican side--a bunch of insolent, rich motherfuckers with the morals of a pack of alley cats fighting over the last fishhead in a garbage can.
Fred Thompson played an asshole on Law and Order, a political hack who cared less for justice than political expediency. Why do I have the feeling that he wasn't doing a lot of acting in that part?
Rudy? America's Mayor? There's no doubt he used the hard work of the rescue workers to propel himself onto the national stage. He has about as much right to be President as would a rabid squirrel.
I can't even bear to consider any of the other Republican candidates. Rich, selfish, and indolent, they have nothing to offer any of us except utter destruction of everything America is supposed to represent. More lying, more corruption, more reverse Robin Hood policies that steal from hard working Americans to line the pockets of corporate fat-cats.
These rich Republicans are a festing boil on the ass of America. They all might say they want to deport the illegal immigrants, but there's just one burning irony in that...the illegal immigrants couldn't help but be better for America in the long run than any one of those Republican pricks who'd like to be rid of them.
If any of our prospective candidates can't beat any one of theirs hands down, this country is in even worse shape than we think it is. All it takes is a willingness to tell the truth and stop feeding us with more bullshit from the political crapeteria.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. There's no point to playing nice with these people. If you're going to fight, fight to win.
Or Do Not Pass Go.
And, of course, there's my criticism of our Dems in Congress.
"Dear Congressional Democrats:"
The Republicans want one-party rule. We all know that. Their bag of dirty tricks is so deep, we may never find the bottom. Over the past several years they've done everything they can to marginalize and demonize true Democratic and liberal values. They've never ONCE stood up to condemn anything said by Limbaugh, Coulter, Savage, Medved, Malkin, Hannity, or any of the myriad other right wing "pundits," for that matter.
And, forgive me for saying so, but many of the things these people have said have been far more disquieting than a single ad taken out by Moveon aimed at General Petreus. Was it mildly offensive to the General? Perhaps. Did it deserve any time on the floor in Congress? Not a minute.
Had you people any sense, you would've researched some of the things all these folks have said over the last few years and thrown it RIGHT BACK in the Republicans' faces. "Where was your condemnation when this person said THIS?"
What we observers can't figure out is what's behind your inability to fight back effectively. We don't know if you simply don't know how (we DO, but you don't seem to want to listen to us) or if you're being threatened in some way that takes the wind out of your sails every time. We're out here in the blogosphere trying to figure out what the heck you're doing.
The GOP is morally bankrupt. They have, en masse, covered for one of the most blatantly corrupt and misguided administrations in American history. They, in turn, have been covered by the veritable army of right wing pundits who have as much right to call themselves "journalists" as Hitler's own master of propaganda.
WE see this. Why can't you?
What you need to do is learn to turn the argument back on the Republicans. Every time. It's not as though you don't have any ammunition. Your ammunition stockpile grows larger with every passing day. Their economic theory is a disaster, their self-righteous "morality" is a hypocritical lie, and their tactics are just plain disgusting. They show NO respect for the Constitution and try to hide their disdain for it by hiding behind the flag--as if the flag is in any way more important than the Constitution on which this great country is founded.
When you won the majority, I wrote an opinion that warned that you would find yourself under a more critical eye than any Democratic Congress in American history. That we'd be watching and questioning your every move.
Is THAT why net neutrality isn't getting any traction? Are you in the process of selling us out, of trying to help silence our voices out here in the hinterlands?
Tread carefully. The natives are growing restless. You might not necessarily like our tactics, but WE know how to fight. There will come a time when we will decide you're not interested in, or capable of, representing us. Despite the lockdown on the primary selection operated by the Party bosses, we here on "the fringes" are growing our own grassroots operations.
Tempt our disgust at your peril. You CAN be replaced. And if it keeps up, you will be.
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