Wary and Weary
I almost posted a verbatim copy of some telling “point-counterpoint” from the Standard Times last week. The case for McCain was spelled out in West Texas terms and I though it was hilarious in some ways. The gist was, “Obama can't win, he ain't gonna win, and that's all there is to it.” The main thrust of that position was founded on the belief that the only people backing him are lefties and liberals who are “ashamed” of America. And, as all good people know, those pansy-ass folks are losers from the get-go who don't appreciate how good it really is to live in McCain's land of the free, home of the brave.
It is essentially what is often whispered in the low hills of my own state, where urbanized week-end turkey hunters who may be accustomed to deeper soul searching are greatly outnumbered.
Written by the big dog of the Tom Green County Republicans, after painting McCain as one of our country's greatest heroes, in the lower half of that opinion he finally offered something other than his own say-so. He listed out some generic conservative fears about Obama's smooth-talkin' facade authored by Thomas Sowell and sorta said, “Now if ya don't believe me, ya gotta believe that guy cuz he's smarter'n most of us.”
True, in my opinion. Sowell is as smart as they come.
He's also blacker than most of us. No hidden codewords implied by the honorable man from Tom Green? It sort of reminded me of my dad who in the late 60's would go on about black agitators and say something like, “Hell, even the niggers at work don't like that loud mouth.”
Well, yeah, Dad, that's what they had to say around you.
As this ugly campaign moves on, I keep hearing earnest news people asking about how Obama's people respond to this bold attack and that. How can the Obama campaign swing the pendulum back, how can they balance all the fear, ignorance and false internet accusations that he somehow attracts? As if it is somehow his inherent patriotic duty to do so.
Honestly, that's not my concern. I don't hate McCain and I don't really care that his circle of Kovian Mercenaries have obviously decided to pronounce every Obama strength as if it actually were a weakness. As one who recalls childhood rather clearly, I don't find the tactic unusual or remarkable except that it garners such a high wage for those who manage it. (If I only knew then what I know now.) But I am convinced that at some point in every young Kovian's life, a stern mother figure chastised her brood with the dire warning, “You don't want to eat that candy, son ... it's too sweet.”
What pisses me off is that stupid people actually believe this nonsense and they look for educated others to confirm it. This tells me we don't need campaign reform in this country. What we really need is VOTER reform. This wide-spread public virus of honoring the pragmatic, practiced words of self-serving statesmen or blindly purchasing whatever crap we are sold is shameful and downright embarrassing to me. Whatever happened to “buyer beware,” motherfuckers?
Yes ... it does bother me that fish oil salesmen like those in the Rep Party choose to use Tom Sowell's words to boost company profits. I respect this guy Sowell for the way he does things. I understand what he's saying. He actually takes the time to read between the lines, tries to make empirical sense of shit, then generally bases his arguments on factual evidence. All the toadies of the world could do worse than read this guy.
And I think if you read Sowell you'll find an instructive toolkit for arguments against Obama along with studious, extensively described reasons why the minimum wage is the greatest evil ever levied on the world's community of civilized nations.
Isn't it odd, then, that after reading Sowell I find myself even more certain? Suddenly, I don't care if Obama is a closet lefty with no moral backbone, a secretive Muslim waiting for his chance to eliminate capital gains cutbacks, turn oil windfalls into public charity and generally ruin this “robust” economy we now enjoy. Thanks to Sowell and the dubious leaders of the GOP attack machine, it's not about ambiguous change in government, hero worship, diplomatic flip-flops, cutting the defense budget, Iraq or even the Canadian threat of socialized medicine. Now, I know why I will vote for Obama.
As an American voter, I just don't want to be embarrassed anymore. At least not for a while. Isn't that enough?
Cheers,
Mb
It is essentially what is often whispered in the low hills of my own state, where urbanized week-end turkey hunters who may be accustomed to deeper soul searching are greatly outnumbered.
Written by the big dog of the Tom Green County Republicans, after painting McCain as one of our country's greatest heroes, in the lower half of that opinion he finally offered something other than his own say-so. He listed out some generic conservative fears about Obama's smooth-talkin' facade authored by Thomas Sowell and sorta said, “Now if ya don't believe me, ya gotta believe that guy cuz he's smarter'n most of us.”
True, in my opinion. Sowell is as smart as they come.
He's also blacker than most of us. No hidden codewords implied by the honorable man from Tom Green? It sort of reminded me of my dad who in the late 60's would go on about black agitators and say something like, “Hell, even the niggers at work don't like that loud mouth.”
Well, yeah, Dad, that's what they had to say around you.
As this ugly campaign moves on, I keep hearing earnest news people asking about how Obama's people respond to this bold attack and that. How can the Obama campaign swing the pendulum back, how can they balance all the fear, ignorance and false internet accusations that he somehow attracts? As if it is somehow his inherent patriotic duty to do so.
Honestly, that's not my concern. I don't hate McCain and I don't really care that his circle of Kovian Mercenaries have obviously decided to pronounce every Obama strength as if it actually were a weakness. As one who recalls childhood rather clearly, I don't find the tactic unusual or remarkable except that it garners such a high wage for those who manage it. (If I only knew then what I know now.) But I am convinced that at some point in every young Kovian's life, a stern mother figure chastised her brood with the dire warning, “You don't want to eat that candy, son ... it's too sweet.”
What pisses me off is that stupid people actually believe this nonsense and they look for educated others to confirm it. This tells me we don't need campaign reform in this country. What we really need is VOTER reform. This wide-spread public virus of honoring the pragmatic, practiced words of self-serving statesmen or blindly purchasing whatever crap we are sold is shameful and downright embarrassing to me. Whatever happened to “buyer beware,” motherfuckers?
Yes ... it does bother me that fish oil salesmen like those in the Rep Party choose to use Tom Sowell's words to boost company profits. I respect this guy Sowell for the way he does things. I understand what he's saying. He actually takes the time to read between the lines, tries to make empirical sense of shit, then generally bases his arguments on factual evidence. All the toadies of the world could do worse than read this guy.
And I think if you read Sowell you'll find an instructive toolkit for arguments against Obama along with studious, extensively described reasons why the minimum wage is the greatest evil ever levied on the world's community of civilized nations.
Isn't it odd, then, that after reading Sowell I find myself even more certain? Suddenly, I don't care if Obama is a closet lefty with no moral backbone, a secretive Muslim waiting for his chance to eliminate capital gains cutbacks, turn oil windfalls into public charity and generally ruin this “robust” economy we now enjoy. Thanks to Sowell and the dubious leaders of the GOP attack machine, it's not about ambiguous change in government, hero worship, diplomatic flip-flops, cutting the defense budget, Iraq or even the Canadian threat of socialized medicine. Now, I know why I will vote for Obama.
As an American voter, I just don't want to be embarrassed anymore. At least not for a while. Isn't that enough?
Cheers,
Mb
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