I mean it. I'm done. I truly believed the blood vessels on the side of my face had receded back to normal. With the election of a Democratic Congress and President Obama, the smoke would no longer be bellowing from my ears. I could breath again- a deep sigh of relief.
Oh what a fool- a sweet liberal naive fool I am to think we would all come together- like our president wished.
No red states or blue states- but The United States of America.
I want this president to fail.
Remember that? How horrible that was! Who could claim to love this country and wish the president to fail? Despite the fact that Bush stole his presidency, I did not wish him failure. Especially after 9/11. Of course, he failed on his own, but that failure made me angry.
Yes- I was angry because my president was failing. For eight long years I joined the voices of those who were screaming, "Why are you doing that, Mr. President? You are destroying this country." Again and again and again.
And our anger showed at the polls- slowly winning back the House and Senate- over time- as more and more voices were raised. "Just what is your problem, Mr. President? What have you done to this country?"
But I never heard the hate that I am hearing today.
Even at his angriest, Keith Olbermann always called Bush 'Sir'. Even at his worst, the media still afforded that man the respect due him because of the office he held.
Not the hate I am hearing today.
I don't listen to Rush or Savage or Beck, but I have family members who do. I don't watch Hannity or Beck or O'Reilly, but I have family members who do. And these family members are so brainwashed into hating what they are told to fear- and what they are being told is that somehow, even after a two century old tradition of holding elections in which the majority of the people choose their leaders, President Obama staged a coup. He has a regime. He cannot be trusted to keep us safe.
Every day I check in at Media Matters
http://MediaMatters.com. And every day it gets worse and worse.
Nothing about policy. All lies lies lies and now blatant hate hate and hate.
Lies and hate speech that is already stirring up the masses- those who already had their own beefs can now justify their actions- and those who are clearly scared out of their minds are being called to revolt- to take back the country from this horrible horrible man who, depending on the time of day, is a Socialist, Marxist, Communist, Racist (with a deep seated hatred for white people) and oh my God, don't look but, he's black.
I declare war on hate. I'm getting t-shirts. I have had enough. I'm e-mailing congress- MSNBC, CNN, Fox, and any one in my address book.
I declare war on hate. No more.
My first general will have to be Senator Colburn. A great hat tip to you Sir. Let's declare war on hate.
My defense minister is Rachel Maddow, for she too has declared war on hate.
I wish I knew how to do all those linky thingies, because ending this diary with The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" would be be cool. So sing amongst yourselves.