What the hell kind of people are these on tv?
People who spend a whole night mocking community organizing, in this case, helping workers after they lost their job, as not a REAL job. People who repeatedly tell outright lies as political deception because they can get away with it. They said Biden got less votes in the primaries than Palin got in Wasila, Alaska, that is just not true! They said that Obama would raise taxes on average American workers including blue collar workers, but I don’t know too many blue collar workers that earn over $603,000, so that is just not true!
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These people who take pride in chants of "Drill, Drill, Drill" as if oil is just as good as renewable energy. These people who take pride in a disdain of science. These people who repeated the refrain over and over again that they would never not be proud of America. Really. Native Americans, slavery, Abu Grahib? NONE of that would make you question being proud of America, even if only for the moment? These people who all of the sudden are feminist and offended that we would question the experience of a woman running for office. It’s not like there aren’t other women who are more qualified and we may just prefer those women!
These people who denigrate passion and progress. These people who condemn nuance and thoughtfulness. These people who think they can somehow make it seem like Barack Obama is an elitist even with his story? These people with the gall to attack celebrity even though almost every major celebrity every to hold major political office has been a Republican. These people of bluster. These people who almost take pride in hypocrisy. These people without a message. These people who want to win regardless of cost or consequence. How do they get there? How does one grow up to be a chest-beating, screaming, proudly unthinking radical?
Can we please, in this election, finally issue a resounding defeat to the politics of playing down to the American people, of offending the world to score points, and playing to our worst instincts? Can we?
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