What I have learned about politics - IMPORTANT!

From a wise friend:

What I have learned, or relearned, in the past 4 years. Some are obvious, some are not.


1) A good chunk of our population doesn’t care at all what a candidate says. He can say he is going to raise your taxes and redistribute your wealth. He can say he is going to force you into a socialist system (of course calling it something else). He can say you will lose some of your rights of what you can listen to, and how you can get your news. He’ll come right out and say it. And people will still vote for him as long as he has more charisma, showmanship and style than his opponent. It worked for Kennedy almost 50 years ago, it still works now. Face it, if Obama looked and sounded like Dennis Kucinich, but with Obama’s exact words, beliefs and intentions, he would have lost the election in a landslide.

2) Most black people will always vote for a black candidate. You can call me racist if you want to. But before you do, be aware I have no problem voting for a black candidate, if he was suitable presidential material. Naysayers can suck on that one for a while.

3) Some bullies from grade school never grow up. That’s the only explanation for what was said about Sarah Palin, her family, her shoes, he clothes, her glasses, her interests, her accent, her intellect. These commentaries are not worth my time to repeat; but it shows very clearly that sick individuals who hate a woman because she is successful and good looking are out there in great numbers. Note that the worst commentaries always come from the ugliest women.

4) Feminism is no longer about womens’ rights to vote, work, or get equal pay for equal work. It’s about abortion. If you changed nothing about Sarah Palin save for her having a D after her name and being pro-choice, she would be held up as the perfect, modern feminist. No questions about her abilities or background would have been asked.

5) If you’re stupid enough to question my statement in #4 above, please state one interview, comment, suggestion, assertion from anyone, anywhere at anytime, on the background, abilities, and experience of one Geraldine Ferraro. Ms. Ferraro had only a bit over 5 years of experience in Congress before her selection as VP running mate for Walter Mondale. Before that, she was a lawyer and a teacher. (lest anyone forget that Palin was on the city council for 4 years, a mayor for 6 years, and a governor for 2 years). No one ever asked Ferraro about her “hubris”. Did I miss her being made fun of on SNL? On late night television? No one asked how she thought she could possibly take over the presidency if Walter Mondale died. Nobody said anything except about “history being made”—even thought she didn’t do anything particularly remarkable herself. Nobody commented on her eastern accent, her hairdo, or her family. Nobody heard hardly a peep from Ms. Ferraro since then, until Fox gave her a slot. The fact that she could be an analyst at any news outlet and not bring up this bit of hypocrisy is further proof that for liberals, winning is everything and honesty and valid assessment is nothing.

6) Blacks will continue to get preferential treatment, lest we hurt their widdle feelings. Oh, I am not even talking about affirmative action. But the nation will wring its hands when someone leaves a tiny noose in a tree or on someone’s door—cries of racism and despair and calls for police action will come from hither and yon. But it’s perfectly alright to hang an effigy of a white woman. Oh, a few local news stations will carry it, and maybe Fox. No one else cares---just like the blacks that almost beat three white girls to death in Long Beach a few years ago, while calling them “white bitches”. Remember, you can’t be racist if you are not white!

7) Most “news agencies” aren’t simply in the tank for the left; they are propagandists for the left. Most journalists are liberal; the alphabet networks have been liberal for years. So hardcore are these people, that when they can’t dig up dirt on someone, they just make stories up (Rather). So frightened and shrill and dreadful these people are, that when an innocent man asks a simple question, they attempt to discredit HIM! (Joe the Plumber) CNN tried to discredit his licensure. Obama contributors used state computer systems to run checks on him to see if he owed anyone money, and then published the results. The press will absolutely look the other way as much as they possibly can on these stories, and now it’s to a point that is truly laughable.

8) If you are a well-connected liberal, you can force companies to take risks and bad loans, then when those organizations fail, you can claim you were trying to regulate them! You’ll get a pass on this from everyone but one or two guys on Fox. It is beyond belief that Barney Frank and his cohorts are not run out of town on a rail. Perhaps Mr. Frank would like the riding a rail concept a little too much, but that is another issue. Whether you lie on national TV about your ACORN associations (Maxine Waters), you have money in your freezer (Jefferson), have sex with interns in the White House (you know who), or participate actively in and have acute responsibility for one of the worst financial disasters this country has seen (Frank, Dodd, the rest), you get a pass if you’re a liberal. If you make up damming newspaper articles out of whole cloth you get a nice retirement package (Rather). If you make up lies about conservatives and the President, you can make a movie out of it and have liberal senators line up to sit with you and watch it on opening night. (Michael Moore). You can accuse the President of lying, holding back information, and blame everything short of the holocaust on him, and your maniacal remarks, if reported, are soon buried. However, if you’re a conservative and you play footsie in a bathroom stall with someone, well, you’re finished (Craig). Remember, if you’re gay AND a liberal, not only can you play footsie in a bathroom, you can have a gay prostitution ring run out of your home by your prostitute lover, and get re-elected time and again, with the news agencies glossing over these issues as much as possible (Frank, again). Remember, however, none of these things are as bad as playing footsie in a bathroom!

9) If you’re a liberal, and don’t try to save your drowning girlfriend—or even call for help—and if you stay in the Senate long enough, you’ll be called a “Lion of the Senate” and lauded over all your great work. (is there something in the drinking water in MASS?) To paraphrase Eastwood, Kennedy is lion of my ass.

10) Most of the contributors and remarkers on alphabet soup network websites, CNN, yahoo, youtube and even IMDB are morons. The statements from the left are appalling; the right lately doesn’t even seem to be able to block punches effectively.

11) Speaking of Morons, if you promise people something they don’t deserve, they will vote for you.

12) Yesterday at a bar, there was a loose conversation going on about the Fairness Doctrine, and this toad said Rush Limbaugh SHOULD be forced off the air. I am not used to having a beer, but I was out of town, and I am usually not looking for a fight in a hotel lounge. But I said hell with it. I put $200 on the bar, and I said to the guy—a total stranger—you don’t have to like Rush, but if you can tell me ONE specific incident on his show where he was wrong about his facts, he could keep the $200. The guy was stunned and just changed the subject. I kept it on the bar for a while, then took it and left. It was one small laugh in the pit of cr@p of last night. I learned that people have big mouths until they are forced to produce. Let’s see how big a mouth our President Elect has 12 months from now.

13) I promise you one last thing. The next time someone insists Fox News is solely right wing and “anything but fair and balanced”, I am not even go to argue the point. I am just going to bash them in the throat and let them gag. I have NEVER seen a group of newspeople be so professional, upbeat, not losing a step, non-editorializing, and even going overboard with the compliments to Obama and the campaign after the election. So, next time someone says that to me, the next thing they are going to say is hi to a liquid diet. I will also strangle the next person who blathers on about “truth to power”. Good Lord.