For the longest time I've been watching the right wing get nuttier and nuttier and wanting to scream because they say things like "Obama is Hitler,"or say things about gathering arms, lock and load, and Congressmen writing Birther bills. And Congressman Joe Wilson shouting out "You Lie" as blatant disrespect of President Obama.
And gradually it's gotten worse. Whether it's Orly Taitz who keeps filing ridiculous motions and gets fines she feels she doesn't have to pay because it's all part of the "Obama Conspiracy." Or the escalating racism from people in state government.
Yesterday, when Facebook actually had those questions about wanting to assassinate President Obama, I wondered if we'd finally reached that point where the dog whistle was now blatantly out in the open. After all there was someone who created that poll and the people who voted to assassinate our President so I thought we'd crossed that line.
I was wrong.
Thanks to John Cole of Balloon Juice for providing this link so I didn't have to read all the garbage the Right Wing spews.
Here is the passage from that column that showed me what the Right Wing is really doing:
Imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the Constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation. Skilled, military-trained, nation-builders would replace accountability-challenged, radical-left commissars. Having bonded with his twin teleprompters, the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech-making.
This is basically calling for the military to overthrow the government. That is treason.
They've tried to overturn the election by claiming Obama isn't a legitimate President because he wasn't born in this country and it's not working.
Now they're actively calling for the equivalent of a regime change in our government. And this has happened in almost eight months. If they're this insane now, what will they do in the next three years?
I've realized that the new plan of the Right Wing was to get even closer to the line of sedition, treason, etc. because they know nothing will happen to them. This creates the idea that they are RIGHT and UNTOUCHABLE and the media is only too happy to reaffirm their power.
And if someone actually grows a pair and not only challenge these evil people but toss them in jail, that's the real goal so they can claim that everything they said about President Obama and the government is true.
And this is because the nutters ARE IN POWER. There is talk about how this fringe is scaring people from the Republican party but we have to face that this movement is right wing but it's also Libertarians gone crazy, PUMAs that were willing to switch parties and vote for John McCain rather than have an African American President (though the words they used were not as polite), and the Larouchians. Joe Wilson is raising big money and Rush and Glen have sky high ratings.
They are WINNING the battle and until we take them seriously, they'll continue to win.
We can't depend on people's sense of decency anymore. They have proven they will do ANYTHING to void the election.
They've made it clear this is a war.
We've been demoralized because Obama is not the liberal we were hoping for and has the need to come to a consensus with "bipartisanship" even though the Republicans are so petty. We're demoralized because the Democrats in Congress and the Senate are acting like they lost the election.
We need to mobilize anyway. We could have a Sanity Summit. Or a Truth Squad that counteracts the lies and misinformation the SAME DAY.
We showed that boycotting and complaining about Glen Beck made over 30 sponsors cancel. We are not powerless!
The Right's real power is in their ability to use their anger in a way to activate the people to ACT. We can do the same.
We need to do the same or we've already lost the war.
Update: I've changed the paragraph about the Republicans being so petty so it makes sense. That's what I get for writing the diary so early in the morning!