On the Contrary

Well we have been inundated by fat white conservatives from South Carolina (or maybe transplants from the North:  See Don’t Blame Rednecks for Newt’s Win) talking non-stop about how they are going to take back the country, stop the massive government spending, and of course, dismantle Obama care.  And Newt, who they just loved because he got in everybody’s face and put them in their place, got their vote.  But as I watch all of this, I can’t help wondering if this is the last hurrah of people so out of touch with the real America and our needs, that they are tricking themselves to think they are selecting the next president.

I am beginning to wonder if the conventional wisdom is completely wrong about a sitting president with over 8% unemployment getting re-elected or as the conventional wisdom goes, not getting re-elected.  I think the more we see of the these selfish little people, who may I add, Newt represents perfectly, the more Americans will recognize a small mostly white, I got mine, go suck eggs crowd that is so not our future.  Most people are figuring out spending isn’t the issue, tax collection is.  The debt isn’t the problem, jobs are.  And of course on the healthcare thing, most people are just starting to understand what is protected and don’t want to give it up again.

No our country, thank goodness, is not reflective of these fat old white people.  Where we are vibrant, it is a very diverse crowd that cares little about conservative social issues, much less about more transfer of wealth to the wealthy.  They want a place that expands their opportunity, not limits it with small thinking.  I think conservatives are living too much in their own echo chamber while the rest of us are seeing what they are really made up of, selfish little people who are holding on to the past at the expense of our future.  Doesn’t mean Obama has the answers, but he is at least awake and is the only hope for not returning to the 19th century.

So I guess my advice is quit watching the news and despairing as you listen to these mindless creatures.  I think the nation gets it, and the more they debate and campaign the more our fellow Americans figure out exactly who they do represent.  November is in the bag.  We need to focus on the Congressional races, because to make change we will have to upset the filibuster and the control of the House by conservatives.

Oh, and one last thought about Newt taking on the “liberal press”.  His much repeated attack on the press for focusing on his dalliances was loved by the conservatives.  It may be what won him the election.  And you know I would agree with him that I could care less about his sex life or his failure to keep his commitments to his wife.  I care about the economy and what the candidates offer.  But that question wasn’t for me.  It was for all the conservatives who scream family values at us and then want to force their religious beliefs down our throats.  It was highly appropriate in that electorate.  The fact that they don’t care about their “family values” tells you all you will ever need to know about their values.  They are whatever they need to be to get what they want.  Do what ever you want and then repent.  The devil made me do it.