Please, God, save me from your followers
There are some days when I think, "yes, we're going to do it, we are going to rid ourselves of George W. Bush." Then there are day's when I overhear some linthead (usually the day after one of the debates) tell another flat-earth type, "I like Bush, but Kerry seems too smart, Bush is tough and consistent - he never changes his mind."
Being "Consistently Wrong" is seen as a very positive trait amongst his supporters. Bush's total lack of curiosity and intellectual depth is seen by these people as some sort of "strength" (too much Brain Power and reading just clogs a man up - it's hard to see things in only two colors, black and white, if exposed to the grand palette of colors, is it not?).
The most obvious pattern that I see in my daily life is that the Democrats, and this is especially true down here in the south, are seen as a party of big city, morally corrupt, intellectual weaklings. Why else would Democrats care about the rights of GAY people for instance, if they weren't in some way, sort of all gay, deep down, themselves?
Same goes for Guns and God. The Gun is the symbol of macho dumb strength. Any half-wit with a few fingers can fire off a gun. There is a large segment of our society that bases their entire self-worth on the high caliber of their gun(s), the size of the engine in their truck ("it's a HEMI son!") by how far they can keep any semblance of intellectual stimulation at bay (being ill-informed is seen as a character trait).
As for their pissed off God, in the new-rights view of the cosmic order, God is a very angry white man concerned only with the 2nd amendment, his "fenced in area" and lower-taxes for the wealthy (it is always baffling to me how these dimwits, pulling $7 dollars an hour at Wal-Mart for instance, are so intrinsically opposed to institutions that want to actually help them; like labor unions, the idea of universal healthcare, higher minimum wages, etc.). The GOP, who could care less about the plight of these people, except during an election season, has done a bang up job of convincing POOR Southern people that they are somehow being better served by voting Republican. They were able to do this by corralling them into the SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE wing of their house. The Ralph Reed's of the party keep the lemmings in line while the true conservatives, the corporate giants who are the brains of the party, continue to raid the government larder by weaving an intricate web of corporate loopholes that fit their agenda, while their angry little foot soldiers get all riled up about Guns, God and Gays and now, Terrorism.
It does not escape this writer's attention that many folks in my neck of the woods equate Bush's never-ending "war on terror" with a religious crusade, thinly veiled under the guise of "helping", as if some hickory-smoked hilljack in Eastern Tennessee really cares about the "freedom" of the poor Iraqi people. These intolerant, hate filled "Christian" scumbags, folks wouldn't piss on their neighbor if they were on fire for fear of giving something of value away and getting nothing tangible in return, and yet they seem to care so deeply about the peril of Iraqis? Since when?
There are a few of their number who actually express publicly what they all really wish would happen, which is the total destruction of the Arab (or non-evangelical Christian) world. There is a good reason why there are more Southerners in our armed forces who are dying to do Bush's bidding than folks from anywhere else and it is not for the college money I can safely assume. The chance to take out a few unbelieving heathens in the great crusade is reason enough. For instance I heard this asshole named Michael Savage (I think that is his name. If you want to freak yourself out and know what the other side is thinking, tune in occasionally to their preferred medium, talk radio), anyway, I heard him get all worked up the other night about how he thinks we should just do the world a great big favor and put the "Bees" in the air "I want to hear the bees: over Syria, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq." (B-1 bombers) and let um quickly annihilate all those pesky Islamic nations once and for all. Hate speech? You betcha.
Do the flat-earth/hate freaks eat it up? Oh yeah, and they still might win this thing in a few weeks. It will be a sad day for America if this happens.
Being "Consistently Wrong" is seen as a very positive trait amongst his supporters. Bush's total lack of curiosity and intellectual depth is seen by these people as some sort of "strength" (too much Brain Power and reading just clogs a man up - it's hard to see things in only two colors, black and white, if exposed to the grand palette of colors, is it not?).
The most obvious pattern that I see in my daily life is that the Democrats, and this is especially true down here in the south, are seen as a party of big city, morally corrupt, intellectual weaklings. Why else would Democrats care about the rights of GAY people for instance, if they weren't in some way, sort of all gay, deep down, themselves?
Same goes for Guns and God. The Gun is the symbol of macho dumb strength. Any half-wit with a few fingers can fire off a gun. There is a large segment of our society that bases their entire self-worth on the high caliber of their gun(s), the size of the engine in their truck ("it's a HEMI son!") by how far they can keep any semblance of intellectual stimulation at bay (being ill-informed is seen as a character trait).
As for their pissed off God, in the new-rights view of the cosmic order, God is a very angry white man concerned only with the 2nd amendment, his "fenced in area" and lower-taxes for the wealthy (it is always baffling to me how these dimwits, pulling $7 dollars an hour at Wal-Mart for instance, are so intrinsically opposed to institutions that want to actually help them; like labor unions, the idea of universal healthcare, higher minimum wages, etc.). The GOP, who could care less about the plight of these people, except during an election season, has done a bang up job of convincing POOR Southern people that they are somehow being better served by voting Republican. They were able to do this by corralling them into the SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE wing of their house. The Ralph Reed's of the party keep the lemmings in line while the true conservatives, the corporate giants who are the brains of the party, continue to raid the government larder by weaving an intricate web of corporate loopholes that fit their agenda, while their angry little foot soldiers get all riled up about Guns, God and Gays and now, Terrorism.
It does not escape this writer's attention that many folks in my neck of the woods equate Bush's never-ending "war on terror" with a religious crusade, thinly veiled under the guise of "helping", as if some hickory-smoked hilljack in Eastern Tennessee really cares about the "freedom" of the poor Iraqi people. These intolerant, hate filled "Christian" scumbags, folks wouldn't piss on their neighbor if they were on fire for fear of giving something of value away and getting nothing tangible in return, and yet they seem to care so deeply about the peril of Iraqis? Since when?
There are a few of their number who actually express publicly what they all really wish would happen, which is the total destruction of the Arab (or non-evangelical Christian) world. There is a good reason why there are more Southerners in our armed forces who are dying to do Bush's bidding than folks from anywhere else and it is not for the college money I can safely assume. The chance to take out a few unbelieving heathens in the great crusade is reason enough. For instance I heard this asshole named Michael Savage (I think that is his name. If you want to freak yourself out and know what the other side is thinking, tune in occasionally to their preferred medium, talk radio), anyway, I heard him get all worked up the other night about how he thinks we should just do the world a great big favor and put the "Bees" in the air "I want to hear the bees: over Syria, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq." (B-1 bombers) and let um quickly annihilate all those pesky Islamic nations once and for all. Hate speech? You betcha.
Do the flat-earth/hate freaks eat it up? Oh yeah, and they still might win this thing in a few weeks. It will be a sad day for America if this happens.
posted by Unknown at 10/11/2004 11:34:00 AM
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