I have two beautiful boys. Some nights during bed time, they are scared that there are monsters that will come into their room. At first, I took a little fairy dust (gold glitter) and sprinkled it around their beds and told them that this would keep the monsters away. This didn't work because what if the monsters had wizards as friends and those wizards had more powerful magic than my fairies???? (this was from a 4 year old).
Then I started talking to them about monsters. What do they look like? Why are they mean and want to come into your room at night? Once we started talking about monsters, they weren't so scary. Now, my boys feel a little sorry for monsters...
We are talking about the monsters that will be coming into our bedrooms. The Swift Boats, the Roves, and Pundits are causing us to worry. So let's talk about the monster, the Boogey Men and Women.
- The Boogeypeople, Rush, Sean, Ann, Laura , The Usual Suspects
"He becomes a myth, a spook story that criminals tell their kids at night. "Rat on your pop, and Keyser Soze will get you." And no-one ever really believes." - Verbal
These are our Keyser Soze's. In days gone by, these boogeypeople used the airwaves to scare people, appeal to the most crass and vile parts of people, to divide this country into groups that fear each other. Then a funny thing happened on the way to the GOP Convention. These monsters weren't able to cajole, taunt, scream, or berate their "true believers". The boogeypeople had annointed one, but the "true believers" choose another. What is worse, the annointed one didn't even finish second, he was a distant third. If these boogeypeople can't control their flock, how can they control those that are in the light?
- The Machine
"See, Mr. Gitts, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of... anything! " - Noah Cross Chinatown
There is the Republican machine that is able to find the deepest darkest secrets, the skeletons, the buried sins. But after looking at the machine, being able to inspect the schematics that we once thought was something of the most evil steampunk nightmare, we realize that the machine doesn't feed off our weakness but our strength. When the machine attacks our strength, we need to stand up forcefully, truthfully, loudly and with conviction own our strengths for all those to see us. The machine is nothing more than a clown house mirror, that tries to distort the best of us. We can't let the mirrors distort us.
- The People
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." Scout Finch
We fear the people. We fear the people because we are afraid that their vision will clouded by the Machine and ears will be deaf because of the boogeypeople. But we know better and we have empirical proof. Look at the people that have come forward these last 45 days. Look at the people that have gone to the voting booths and the caucus halls across this country although the Machine distorts and the boogeypeople wail. We need to trust the people with the truth, and although some will fear the Machine and boogeypeople, most will come forward and stand up for the truth. They will see through the lies and bile.
These are my three monster that I wanted to talk about. They have gone away and I can now dream. Any monsters that out there that need to be brought out into the light?