Alright, I've about HAD IT with the troglodytes who have taken over the GOP, I really have! The really sad (no, *pathetic*) thing is they have no idea what hypocrites they are, and how they are nothing more than the right-wing version of the far-left kook fringe cult of personality that got Obama to the national stage. Oh, wait, they are different in one respect though--they've already revealed themselves NOT to be remotely interested in inclusiveness, not remotely interested in even TOLERATING differences of opinion on social issues, and because of their hard-core "purist" ideology on this front, are rapidly alienating people like me and leaving us without anyone to vote for at all.
It's a rough day when someone like ME finds myself unlikely to vote for a conservative candidate because I simply cannot abide their positions on social policies, but that's what it is because no longer are we dealing with candidates who are just "pro-life," that would be FINE, so am I! Now we're dealing with "You must be for the criminalization of abortion AND (here's the kicker) must find the notion that gays have the right to marry as threatening as terrorism.
(sound of the buzzer) EXCUSE ME????? WTF?
Sorry, can't go there with you.
And no it doesn't matter that people like Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh haven't specifically pushed for hard-core anti-gay legislation in their OWN records in public service, they are pushing for it NOW and they are backing candidates who DO, and they are sending out signals that any candidate, any voter in fact, who doesn't is not a "real" conservative. They have become as bad as the people who forced Joe Lieberman to become a third-party candidate, only they are the ones creating the third party.
There's just one problem....There aren't enough conservatives to split us into two parties! However "conservative" the nation might be, our people are not being well-served by either the GOP *or* the Palinotologists (or Paulians). They are all forcing us to make Faustian choices: align with their bigotry and ignorance, shunning science and civil rights OR align with fecklessness, frivolous spending, corruption and self-loathing. Oooooh, how to choose??
Puke.
Meanwhile, the punching bag is NEWT GINGRICH??? Seriously? The man is not only one of the smartest men in the GOP, he is one of the most realistic. I'll grant you, he should have gone farther to sound the alarm during the Bush years, but if you look at what we've got, for people to call him a "hack" while they label Sarah Palin a "visionary" is downright insane. That's like calling Obama a visionary and labeling Joe Lieberman a "hack" on the left, and I'm pretty sure the average conservative would balk at THAT.
Sarah Palin is the worst kind of cynic. She is using the media she loves to hate to shamelessly self-promote, even going on OPRAH of all places, and instead of LEARNING what she needs to know to truly help this country get out of the hole its in, she's decided her role is to be the conservative Evita. Well bully for her and shame on us for falling for it, but I'm crying foul. She does NOT represent ME or my interests, not by a long shot and I wish she'd go away so people like Paul Ryan can get the attention he so richly deserves.
Posted by insomnomaniac at November 2, 2009 3:25 PM | TrackBack