Everyone Else’s Political Pygmalion Presents:
The Deathrace to the Whitehouse
So we know that it is the government’s version of the Kentucky Derby going on, and everyone has their own horse in the race. This time around, it is a longer race than ever. Hilary kicked things off by deciding that it would benefit her to start campaigning 6 months before the traditional start of the presidential campaigning season. She was wrong. But she did succeed in having a hand as a catalyst to several states moving their campaigns earlier. Not a bad amount of hell-raising for someone who claimed a mere two month prior to have no intention of ever seeking the presidency.
But that isn’t our true beef. People with obvious political manuevering for the sole reason of getting power isn’t anything new. Neither is the extreme vitriol being aimed at members or the other party. American does have a history of brutal political manuevering, although certainly less than some other countries. What does seem to be new is that now with blogging, email forwards, and social sites like Digg.com every member of the public can now play in the mud.
This has become more pronounced than ever with John McCain’s choice of VP, Sarah Palin. From the moment her name was spoken a hailstorm of accusations, ridiculous internet memes, and complete lies raining down the internet. Obama and crew (meaning the Mainstream Media) took over a week to adjust to the surprise choice, but the bloggers, Huff-ers, Daily Kos-monauts, and Diggers were pumping out propaganda that made the National Enquirer look like Encyclopedia Britannica almost overnight.
Yes, Everyone Else knows that you don’t like Republicans, any Republicans. Yes, we know that you think that putting an R next to your name means that you hate children, want to force everyone to go to church, and hunt down all homosexuals. You (meaning liberal bloggers) are also wrong. You are wrong in the same way that Obama is not a secret Muslim, and Democrat congressmen don’t want to secretly convince children to become gay. The two parties simply represent two different ways of approaching government. Do you really think that Republicans want to make children starve and murder homosexuals? Of course not.
But if you’ve been reading the liberal blogs, you might think that is not the case. For instance, did you know that Palin secretly did not have her most recent child, but was covering up for her daughter’s secret pregnancy? You can tell this is true by a picture taken 2 and a half years ago. Sarah also broke up the marriage of her husband’s former business partner by having an affair with him. She also wants to break up the US government by succession, destroy the environment, and is a far right-wing maniac.
As maybe you guessed, all of this is not true. In fact, it has all been clearly disproved. But it doesn’t matter to many of the bloggers. Veritas? Que es veritas?
Goerbels once said (and no we don’t esteem him) that “If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.” Unfortunately, some liberal bloggers take to that win-at-all-costs mentality, that says even a lie is OK if it hurts the other side.
Congratulations Kos-monauts, Huff-ers, and Liberal Diggers. You are on the Wrong Side of the Issue.
