I think I have mentioned before that, the Republicans, after 8 horrid years of Bush, pretty much knew that '08 just wasn't gonna happen and they simply fielded a team (a veteran and a rookie) and set their sights on the proverbial next year. As a lifelong Cub fan, I certainly understand this and have grown quite used to it. By "used to it" I mean tired of it.
However, instead of drafting new players and rebuilding, they continued to not only dismantle their own team but they kept on trying to demolish the country. And they blamed it all on the new guy.
The expectations for Obama were high but none were higher than the republicans who (derisively) deemed him "The Messiah". I recall reading posts immediately after November of '08 and before January '09, deriding the then president elect for "not having done anything yet". Amazing but true. George Bush was, you recall, STILL president then. In their haste to present Obama as a "King", a "Dictator" and even a "Fueher", they believed their own fantasies about him being totalitarian and DEMANDED immediate results.
They had left the country in such turmoil that no one could easily clean up the mess over night. That's why they didn't run serious candidates then. They knew they weren't gonna make it.
So they became the "Party of No" and splintered off into the Tea Party who picked up gun nuts and Nazi's along the way and a few Libertarians and independents as well. And they continued to stymie Obama at every turn because his failure would be their victory in 2012. Now THAT is a political philosophy. It's like setting your house on fire and deciding to put the fire out by flooding the basement.
And now they are setting their sights on November and taking back the house and all, ensuring them of the White House in '12. It seems kinda imperative to do this because, well, you can only fuck the country up so much before you realize, "Oh boy- we fucked this country UP!" So, they can't wait for '12 and must act NOW!
Good luck with that. Should they prevail in November, I for one am going to DEMAND, instant satisfaction. In fact, taking a cue from them and that they are so certain of victory when the leaves have fallen, I WANT IT NOW!
"What??!! You haven't done it YET??!! Fuck you I want my country back NOW!!!!" My coffee party comrades are already buying up ammunition, supplies (coffee amongst them) and getting ready to "take back America...." NOW!!!
My thanks to FOX and the teabaggers for setting the bar this low. You all can "Remember November" now. I promise you, we will learn from it and remember it later.
Be careful what you wish for!
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As soon as Palin opened her mouth I was convinced that the GOP chose her with the idea of failure at the forefront.
It is impossible to believe that they chose her in the interest of winning the '08 election.
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That being said, and the '10 election aside, I will be curious to see who they put on the ticket in '12, their choice will show their actual intent, and keeping a keen eye on the "state of the nation" at that time will be the real giveaway.
They knew the pile of crap that was waiting, and they didn't want it, lets see how big that pile is as of Jan 2012.
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The irony in the tea-party splitting the GOP is priceless, and not just a little bit funny.
-Annie
OMG! the Coffee party! I LOVE IT!!!!!
You are right though, to this day the only ones who ever called Obama a messiah were the GOP. They will deny it of course, like they do everything.
I am praying they do not gain control again in Nov are we will be doomed!
I can't take credit for the "Coffee Party". I think there sorta kinda is one and I may have seen it on FB. But, yeah, America has to wake up and tea just doesn't get it. The teabaggers are at *best* more of the same from the Bush years and at worst, worser!
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