Post by bootsynaples on Nov 9, 2012 19:33:54 GMT -5
I'm seeing Americans posting photos of our Flag hung upside-down because the President won reelection. They say it means "Naval sign of distress.”
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Let me tell you something: you are not on a battleship, you are a manager at McDonalds in Follansbee, WV, and you are in fact, a lunatic.
I've avoided “spiking the football” over a great night for the President and for common sense in the Senate –
Richard Murdock and Todd Akin deserved more than a loss. But I've held off, because I respect many patriotic Republicans who work hard to make this country a better place and simply disagreed with who should be Commander in Chief. That’s fair and healthy. I also have lost elections before and I know how terrible it feels.
The following jaw punch is not directed at common sense Republicans, nor does it condone radicals on the Left. It is directed at the right wing fanatics who put party before country, conspiracy before reality, and ideology before science and intellect.
To Tea Party Patriots and hardcore Religious Engineers:
Republicans lost because their party leadership and most candidates feared you, listened to you, and looked the other way on important issues as you picked the dumbest, craziest nominees. Nominees like Murdock and Akin, or converted otherwise sensible, experienced candidates to Crazy Town ...like Romney.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting limited government. I do. There’s nothing wrong with believing in God, the Golden Rule, or wanting to reduce abortions. I do, too. But you've taken it too far and scared people you may have otherwise persuaded.
Smart people can lose. But smart people always learn. You didn't lose because you “weren't conservative enough” or because the country has become full of lazy “takers” who don't want to earn a living.
You didn't lose because of Hurricane Sandy or because Chris Christie hugged the President on TV – they were both doing their jobs.
You didn't lose because of a liberal media, liberal college campuses, liberal polls that were “weighted to Democrats” (mostly because they were accurate), or because of “election fraud”… actually, that probably benefited you this time.
No. You lost because your policies, tone, conspiracies, rigid inflexibility and irrational rhetoric helped align enough moderates, swing voters, and minority groups whom otherwise could be persuaded by Republicans, to align with Democrats and a beatable incumbent.
It’s not that you didn't get your message out, it’s that we all actually heard it and it made us sick.
There isn't a mandate for Democrats in this election. Liberalism wasn't rewarded in this election. However, calm pragmatism, compassion, working together, compromise and sincerity were rewarded. Some people may not have agreed with President Obama, but more felt he was sincere and that he understood their daily problems, fears, and dreams.
Sincerity is the only thing in politics you can't fake. You can't teach it. No matter how shiny a candidate’s bio is, how smooth he is, or how perfect the gray hairs rest on his temples — any average Joe on the street can spot a BS.
Now look....you pass amendments to ban flag burning and then hang it upside down when you lose and election? There’s a hatred inside of you that burns in a way that scares most of us normal people.
Corporations spent billions on TV adds and herded republicans and other believers like sheep. They tried to discredit Barack Obama for everything from being a “Godless communist” — to his “being born in Kenya and hatching a secret plot to take down America” — to Obamacare’s “death panels and job killing regulations” -
YOU still lost.
After having a Senate Republican Leader state that his party’s top priority in Congress was to make “Obama a one term President” and a House of Representatives that blocked everything he tried to do and then had the brass to criticize him for “not getting anything done” YOU still lost.
After attacking gay people who want equal protection under the law (BTW, I'm referring to the 14th amendment to the constitution, I know you forget most of the amendments after the 2nd one)....YOU still lost.
After attacking the Hispanic community who’s grew tired of being spoken “at” like criminals...after attacking low income women who rely on Planned Parenthood..after attacking trivial things like PBS that children and adults enjoy.... YOU still lost.
You can read me the constitution, but you clearly don't have a practical understanding of what you've read, heard on television, or forwarded to your entire email list of like minded xenophobes.
This country is great because our founders were smart enough to limit the government’s power and give the people enough freedom and authority to correct their own mistakes in pursuit of a “more perfect union” Our founders were utterly brilliant and sophisticated. I don't like to speak for them, but I doubt they would have been friends with Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin. Those people would not have made the guest list at MT. Vernon or Monticello.
But let’s be clear, our founders weren't perfect. They owned slaves. Only White male property owners had a say in things. Women, blacks, native Americans, and other constituencies had to wait for an American dream and in many cases, are still waiting and working for it.
Be a real Patriot. Look at that flag you've hung upside down. Look at what you've done to it and what that means. Thousands of our bravest men and women, braver than I, just lost limbs and in many cases their lives so that Iraqis and Afghanis could vote however they see fit. I did that on Tuesday and so did you. That’s what that flag stands for – equal access to a process, not a guarantee for any of our desired outcomes.
A country that defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and bin Laden won't crumble because the guy you wanted to be President got beat.
You lost. Now learn from it.
...
Let me tell you something: you are not on a battleship, you are a manager at McDonalds in Follansbee, WV, and you are in fact, a lunatic.
I've avoided “spiking the football” over a great night for the President and for common sense in the Senate –
Richard Murdock and Todd Akin deserved more than a loss. But I've held off, because I respect many patriotic Republicans who work hard to make this country a better place and simply disagreed with who should be Commander in Chief. That’s fair and healthy. I also have lost elections before and I know how terrible it feels.
The following jaw punch is not directed at common sense Republicans, nor does it condone radicals on the Left. It is directed at the right wing fanatics who put party before country, conspiracy before reality, and ideology before science and intellect.
To Tea Party Patriots and hardcore Religious Engineers:
Republicans lost because their party leadership and most candidates feared you, listened to you, and looked the other way on important issues as you picked the dumbest, craziest nominees. Nominees like Murdock and Akin, or converted otherwise sensible, experienced candidates to Crazy Town ...like Romney.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting limited government. I do. There’s nothing wrong with believing in God, the Golden Rule, or wanting to reduce abortions. I do, too. But you've taken it too far and scared people you may have otherwise persuaded.
Smart people can lose. But smart people always learn. You didn't lose because you “weren't conservative enough” or because the country has become full of lazy “takers” who don't want to earn a living.
You didn't lose because of Hurricane Sandy or because Chris Christie hugged the President on TV – they were both doing their jobs.
You didn't lose because of a liberal media, liberal college campuses, liberal polls that were “weighted to Democrats” (mostly because they were accurate), or because of “election fraud”… actually, that probably benefited you this time.
No. You lost because your policies, tone, conspiracies, rigid inflexibility and irrational rhetoric helped align enough moderates, swing voters, and minority groups whom otherwise could be persuaded by Republicans, to align with Democrats and a beatable incumbent.
It’s not that you didn't get your message out, it’s that we all actually heard it and it made us sick.
There isn't a mandate for Democrats in this election. Liberalism wasn't rewarded in this election. However, calm pragmatism, compassion, working together, compromise and sincerity were rewarded. Some people may not have agreed with President Obama, but more felt he was sincere and that he understood their daily problems, fears, and dreams.
Sincerity is the only thing in politics you can't fake. You can't teach it. No matter how shiny a candidate’s bio is, how smooth he is, or how perfect the gray hairs rest on his temples — any average Joe on the street can spot a BS.
Now look....you pass amendments to ban flag burning and then hang it upside down when you lose and election? There’s a hatred inside of you that burns in a way that scares most of us normal people.
Corporations spent billions on TV adds and herded republicans and other believers like sheep. They tried to discredit Barack Obama for everything from being a “Godless communist” — to his “being born in Kenya and hatching a secret plot to take down America” — to Obamacare’s “death panels and job killing regulations” -
YOU still lost.
After having a Senate Republican Leader state that his party’s top priority in Congress was to make “Obama a one term President” and a House of Representatives that blocked everything he tried to do and then had the brass to criticize him for “not getting anything done” YOU still lost.
After attacking gay people who want equal protection under the law (BTW, I'm referring to the 14th amendment to the constitution, I know you forget most of the amendments after the 2nd one)....YOU still lost.
After attacking the Hispanic community who’s grew tired of being spoken “at” like criminals...after attacking low income women who rely on Planned Parenthood..after attacking trivial things like PBS that children and adults enjoy.... YOU still lost.
You can read me the constitution, but you clearly don't have a practical understanding of what you've read, heard on television, or forwarded to your entire email list of like minded xenophobes.
This country is great because our founders were smart enough to limit the government’s power and give the people enough freedom and authority to correct their own mistakes in pursuit of a “more perfect union” Our founders were utterly brilliant and sophisticated. I don't like to speak for them, but I doubt they would have been friends with Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin. Those people would not have made the guest list at MT. Vernon or Monticello.
But let’s be clear, our founders weren't perfect. They owned slaves. Only White male property owners had a say in things. Women, blacks, native Americans, and other constituencies had to wait for an American dream and in many cases, are still waiting and working for it.
Be a real Patriot. Look at that flag you've hung upside down. Look at what you've done to it and what that means. Thousands of our bravest men and women, braver than I, just lost limbs and in many cases their lives so that Iraqis and Afghanis could vote however they see fit. I did that on Tuesday and so did you. That’s what that flag stands for – equal access to a process, not a guarantee for any of our desired outcomes.
A country that defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and bin Laden won't crumble because the guy you wanted to be President got beat.
You lost. Now learn from it.
