Tuesday, October 14, 2008

We've entered topsy-turvyland

Remember the "Al Gore's a liar" campaign? The oft-heard accusation had no basis in fact, but sheer repetition caused it to lodge in the American consciousness.

Same shit; different party. Sarah Palin does not believe in "abstinence only," and she is not a Dominionist Christian. Nevertheless, those ideas have lodged in the left-wing brain, and not even a surgical operation will dislodge them.

Why is it suddenly acceptable to wear "SARAH PALIN IS A CUNT" t-shirts? No-one (thank God) would dare to wear a shirt emblazoned with the message "BARACK OBAMA IS A NIGGER." In fact, no-one would feel comfortable wearing a shirt bearing the value-neutral message "BARACK OBAMA IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN." Yet lefties now consider "SARAH PALIN IS A CUNT" to be high fashion. I'd love to hear someone offer an excuse for that exercise in hypocrisy. Strained rationalization is my favorite form of humor.

The left has turned into an emetic morass of human sewage. When you go into the voting booth, picture the faces of the smug, haughty young creeps seen in the photo above. They represent the new Democratic party. They are the reason why this lifelong Dem said adios. If you reward the Obots with your vote, you are saying: "I want the Democratic party to keep acting like that."

Obots would have us believe that Palin's alleged attempt to get rid of a bad-apple taser-happy state trooper is worthy of infinite investigation. Ah, but if you bring up Obama's efforts to change Illinois state law in order to give crooked cronies a chance to grab some taxpayer dough, we're told that that little matter is unimportant. Nothing to see here; move along. Kos and Josh Marshall would support Duke Cunningham for president if Duke were a Dem -- and chic-ly black.

This election is bizarre. The media pundits have ignored political sins that would have killed the chances of any previous Democratic candidate. I suspect that after the election -- if Obama wins -- the chicanery in Illinois will suddenly become an acceptable topic of conversation. It may even become an idee fixe, like Whitewater -- except in this case, the sleaze was and is real.

The Democrat have embraced a campaign that mixes low smears with a cult of personality, fanaticism, religious intolerance, unfettered and nearly psychotic sexism, naked appeals to racial solidarity, knee-jerk rationalization of obvious corruption, election fraud, a purchased media, Chicago-school economic advisers, contributions from shady sources, unfulfillable promises of low taxes and an implied continued reliance on our ever-growing debt to foreigners. Meanwhile, John McCain condemns the bailout of Wall Street fat-cats and damns the legacies of Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush. McCain proposes offering direct help to homeowners facing foreclosure. Obama, in a troubling display of ideological inflexibility, has consistently nixed that idea; he wants the bankruptcy courts to rule the day. Think about it: A man who has switched positions on many, many issues won't change his stance on that. Why?

The parties have completely reversed position.

I
haven't changed. I'm still a liberal. But the political world has shifted around me.

Don't call my vote for John McCain a protest vote, although there will nevertheless be some pinching of the nostrils. For all of his faults, McCain is the better candidate -- and, no matter what the prog brainwashers would have you believe, he has run a far more honest campaign. Neither candidate is a liberal, but -- if we discount Obama's lie-filled rhetoric -- McCain is the more liberal of the two. I suspect that he may be another Eisenhower -- a get-things-done military man who will choose economic pragmatism over a strict laissez faire ideology, thereby infuriating the hard rightists.

Not many years ago, progs commonly observed that, on economic issues, Ike stood somewhere to the left of any current Democrat with a shot at the office. That observation remains true -- yet the progs don't say that any more, do they?

45 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amen! This is the single best post I've read on any blog during this nightmarish election cycle. I'll be eagerly voting for my first Republican on Nov. 4th.

Anonymous said...

Joe:

You are right to call out these "RatFucks" that have taken over and "Destroyed" the Democratic Party. I can not believe what I am seeing and hearing. "By any means Necessary" seems to be the mantra of these "Animals!"

Last night I went to my county democratic office to pick up some signs for the "Down-Ticket" candidates I am supporting.
As I walked in, I noticed a "Hillary Nutcracker"
prominently placed in the window for all to see.
I asked "WHY" the fuck would the Democratic party" display that piece of trash in their office ?
I was met with laughter! Fucking laughter!

I then told the woman that was manning the office, what she would think if I walked in with a "Obama is a Nigg!@#$ Shirt on? She looked at me with disgust and called me a RACIST!

I will send you a picture of this "Doll" in their window if you would like.

Needless to say......I left the Dem Party for good last night!

Joseph Cannon said...

rd62 -- by any chance, can you give me the phone number of that Democratic office? Or at least can you tell me which county?

I think an interview with a representative there might prove interesting to the readers...

Anonymous said...

i would never, ever. ever, ever, ever, consider voting republican, joe. and i believe you're not suggesting that either by your posts. the "progressives a.k.a. libertarians, a.k.a. contrite republicans" have infiltrated our once noble party. i'm casting a vote of defiance but never would i fathom giving my vote to a republican nor should any other true "liberal" democrat. vote green or nader as i'll be doing my third time this coming election, hopefully. i've got not much else to say but to consider voting for a republican is sheer lunacy in my eyes even if you are pissed at this hideous election cycle.


jersey shore dude

DarkGravity said...

"Strained rationalization is my favorite form of humor."

Mine too. Trying to get a logical explanation out of them is impossible. All they do is repeat the meme of the campaign. "Bush III."

Faux progressives + Faux liberals + Faux feminists = No longer a Democrat. Thank God.

Joseph Cannon said...

The hell of it is, you KNOW that the progs will go after Obi full bore a few months after he takes office.

Remember how The Nation printed all those right-wing anti-Clinton smears? (I'm thinking especially of Cockburn's column.) And in that era, The New Republic published so much anti-Clinton material that some wags started to call it The Newly Republican.

Anonymous said...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Jake_Tappers_questions_answered.html?showall

dont know how reliable this link is, but says woman who created t shirts is a self described libertarian voting for obama.

jersey shore dude

Anonymous said...

Periodlically out nation gets caught up in inexplicable insanity.

In the Seventies we had Disco and polyester leisure suits.

This year may be even worse than that.

Joseph Cannon said...

jsd, you make a point I've made for months. Today's Democrats ARE NOT DEMOCRATS. They are Libertarians. They applaud Obama precisely BECAUSE he refuses to help homeowners. I'll say it again: The libertarian movement, having done all the damage it can do via the Republicans, has now switched over to the Dems.

Perry Logan said...

Imagine the look on their faces when Obama reinstates the draft.

There is no doubt that the Democratic Party is now firmly under the control of misogynists, and I'm as grossed out by these images as anybody.

But we should remember, should we not, that the Republicans are the masters of dirty tricks, Rovean politics, Swiftboating, and deception?

All is not what it seems in an election year--most especially when the Pubs are behind and getting more desperate by the minute.

Mike J. said...

Another great post! I think the Eisenhower Republican take on McCain is exactly right. His political views were probably formed in that era, he sat out the 1960s either in the military or in POW camp, and as a result he's always been out of step with GOP mainstream because he is a throwback to an earlier era of conservatism.

Anonymous said...

yes....

Do me a favor though...

1. My daughter works there so please keep the name out of it. If you would like, I can get a picture of it "Today" for you so you can post it. I was going to do the same today. I will give you the "Scoop" on it as you have more readers.

I will send you the picture tonight, I just need to know how you would like me to send it.

This is the office displaying it....

Will County Democrats

815- 727-1313

Let me get a picture of it tonight before you call them. I do not want them to take it out of the window before "we" have proof they were displaying it okay?

OTE admin said...

I haven't left the party; the party has left ME.

Anonymous said...

I would vote for McCain if he were pro choice. He is not. So, I have no real choice in the voting booth.

I just heard Biden say he is anti-gay marriage, so I can't vote for Obama/Biden. McCain surely isn't pro gay marriage, so I am really stuck.

Here we go again, I guess. That said, no one can convince me that Republicans can do anything other than ruin things.

McCain was "okay" until the crazy whackjobs got a hold of him.

I also fervently disagree with any sexist crap from the Dems. I saw enough of it during the primary.

I may just write Hillary's name in.

Anonymous said...

Hear, hear, hear! Great post. Voting for McCain is the only option, because we need to ensure that Obama loses. I'm all for voting for Dems down-ticket, but where the Presidency is concerned, this is no time for taking a stance of moral purity divorced from real-world consequences. To save the Democratic party from what it has become, Obama must lose, and that can only happen if McCain wins.

After that, there'll be much work to do, but there will be hope. If Obama becomes President because too many PUMAs vote third party instead of McCain, there will be no hope of ever cleansing the Democratic party of that "emetic morass of human sewage."

Anonymous said...

Joe, thanks so much for this post. I've been choking on the Sarah Palin is a C**T tshirt for a couple of days now. It finally pushed me firmly into John McCain's arms, so to speak.

NYSmike said...

Left right after the DNC GAVE Obama the nomination. Calling Bill and Hillary racists is my reason for never being able to back Obama.

Anonymous said...

"The hell of it is, you KNOW that the progs will go after Obi full bore a few months after he takes office. "

YEAH, they will. Because ultimately, this sick bastards do whatever MSM TELLS them to do. They're not Democrats, they're not liberals, and they might be libertarian, Joe, but their hallmark is authoritarianism. Blind, unthinking, authoritarianism. Mommy and Daddy and the talking heads prefer Barack this year, so Barack it is.

Cathylee said...

You could not have painted the picture with more painful precision. I continue to be shocked and repelled by the virulence of the hatred for Governor Palin, literally shrieked at me daily. And almost to a person, it is the women who are carrying this hate-drenched torch...over email, in person, on the telephone. Had the democrats, especially the women, behaved like this at any time in the last three or so decades, I'd never have registered to be one.

In my life, I have only ever heard that word used as 'the c-word', with its full incarnation being uttered only twice in my hearing.

And now its emblazoned on shirts?

Nice job, dems.

Fiery Side

Anonymous said...

I agree 100 per cent. The silence from Jeralyn at Talkleft and the silence from Taylor Marsh speaks volumes. When you do not speak out against this filth..you are condoning it. We have finally answered the question of which is more important: race or gender. Women like Jeralyn and Taylor are more than willing to be returned to "cunt" and "bitch" status in order to get Obama elected. When they get their wish, and their boss pats them on the ass and sends them for coffee..they will realize it..and it will be too late. I, for one, will have NO sympathy for them.
Jon

Anonymous said...

Jen, I find it offensive when you use the word "bastard". I was born out of wedlock (a trip my mother took to the barbados when she was young) and that's how my mother's family would call me.

Katherine said...

Good post, agree with it completely. I honestly thought we were the "good guys" but now so many "good guys" have gone insane, like they've let go of some basic grasp on their humanity.

Were they always like this, I wonder? Deep down, they were just waiting for any groupthink authoritarian siren call to put on a c*** t-shirt and shriek down anyone who disagrees? Honestly, I think they think they deserve this, deserve eight years to wreck the country with their groupthink "because Bush had his eight years, get used to it." I actually saw this taunted at another poster on a blog. I was aghast. This whole ugly, smearing, baiting campaign was about... getting even? Getting to hold the reins of the handbasket to hell?

Funny thing is, these thugs think they're marching into history. And oh, they are, indeed. Just not in the way they think.

Anonymous said...

Great post! You describe it so well! I have been a Democrat for 28 years (with an interval as Independent -- I loved Jimmy Carter but not so much as President). Ethics is very important to me and I thought it was important to the Democratic Party. I feel like I have fallen down a rabbit hole and into an alternate universe. Still have not quite decided what I will do for the Presidential ticket (McCain, not vote, Green Party), but McCain is looking better and better to me.

djmm

Anonymous said...

It is SOOOOO not okay to call anyone a CUNT unless you're stuck in Los Angeles traffic!!!


Ms. Vandal.

Navid said...

"I haven't left the party; the party has left ME."

I think Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz said much the same thing back in the '60s. Such fine upstanding folks they are, too.

Joseph, I haven't commented on your blog before, but I've read your posts pretty regularly for the past several years, here and on other sites like Uruknet.

It's disturbing to see your disgust for the words and deeds of Obama's cult-like followers drag you over to the dark side.

I mean, have you takan a look and listen to what the McCainiacs have to say? The videos are all over the place, man. Just go to AfterDowningStreet or Crooks and Liars for a taste.

Most of these fine, salt-of-the-earth, "hard-working...white" folks would have felt right at home at the Nuremberg rally or an online equivalent (Little Green Footballs, the Jawa Report, Gates of Vienna, etc.)

This is who you're linking to arm-in-arm? How many of them do you think oppose a war with Iran, like you do?

Man... vote for McKinney or Nader, or don't vote for president at all, but don't vote for Rove, Kristol, Frum, etc.

Think about it, man. I hate to have to pull a cliche out of my gluteal region, but don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Anonymous said...

This has been pretty much standard behavior for this campaign from the beginning. They threatened, bullied, cursed, cheated, and lied to active members of the Democratic party who were not early and subservient foot soldiers to the cause. Class, race, sex and religion are used to divide and conquer. I have no idea who will win this election. I am not voting as I abhor Republicans, but I will not reward a party that treats people this way.

This bullying behavior by the slack-jawed and dweebie acolytes of Sen Obama may be having an unintended consequence. There is a 80% hangup rate for political polling this year. The normal rate is 50%. It seems that calling prominent citizens racists, and private citizens that and other equally degrading slurs has driven personal political discussions underground. Not only are people not talking to pollsters, and I suspect lying to them as well when they do, they are only talking to their most trusted confidants. Who wants to ruin friendship or goodwill over Sen Obama? To the average person he isn't worth fighting over. So no one knows the true numbers and where campaigns need to direct their resources. They have been pissing in the wind.

Anonymous said...

Man... vote for McKinney or Nader, or don't vote for president at all, but don't vote for Rove, Kristol, Frum, etc.

There are two, and only two, people who have a chance to become the next President. It's either Obama or McCain. There are no other possibilities. The only question of practical importance is which one of those two it's going to be. The sole de facto effect of any vote cast, for anyone, will be to help one of those two and impede the other.

If Obama is unacceptable, then we must support McCain. A PUMA vote for a third candidate instead of McCain increases the risk of Obama winning. We don't have the luxury of posturing for the sake of our own feelings of moral superiority.

That would be true even if McCain were, in fact, a continuation of the Machiavellian Bush/Rove politics. Which he's not. It's Obama who is more like that, if anything.

OTE admin said...

I for one am not going to vote for McCain and probably no candidate out of reasons of principle, but I can understand why many Democrats will vote for him so as to deny Obama the White House.

Obama is a total disaster for Democrats. I am praying for a Democratic loss so the party doesn't face sure losses in 2010 or 2012.

Edgeoforever said...

Well said.
I was so going to enjoy the GOP-ers becoming obsolete and Democrats coming back! For almost 8 years I waited for this. Only to find out that they can be even worse!
Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.

Anonymous said...

All the Democrats should go after stupid people wearing stupid t-shirt or we all condone it. It should be denounced in every blog, every newspaper, any broadcast by all Democrats or otherwise, we support the t-shirt TWO stupids kids are wearing.

Why don't you go after your fellow McCain supporters who claim "Obama is an Arab!" and who shout "terrorist !" at Palin's rallies ? Why the double standards ? Obama supporters needs to be perfect while you dismiss the ugliness of McCain's campaign ?

What you're saying about Obama (how bad he is, he's a republican or a neocon in disguise) is exactly the same crap I heard in the 90's about Clinton. There's always a group inside the Democrats who are not happy. So fucking what, he's winning anyway.
The Republicans also have their "not happy people", the kind of people who thought the Nazi were soft on crimes.

Nothing would satisfy you anyway, so why should we bother with the hysterical PUMAs, you will always find something to bitch against. So we simply and politely ask you to go fuck yourselves.

Anonymous said...

Navid

The problem is voting for a 3rd party canidate, especially in a "battleground" state is essentially giving the vote to Obama. THat's the issue, here, which is keeping Obama from office because I think alot of people are worried about just what's going to happen if (when?) he becomes POTUS.

I'm in a similar situation, I really dislike alot of McCain's stated policies, and actually prefer some of what Obama puts forth, but I'm so disgusted by other aspects that I"m going to be forced to vote for McCain. My only solace is that my state of PA looks to be pretty firmly on the Obama side, so I can give my vote to a third party as an attempt to give them more clout in future elections.

I just don't know how we got to this point, where all of our choices are laden with bucketfuls of suck. Both parties put forth revolutionary canidates with plenty of right things to say, and both parties' true mavericks were overlooked so we can have more of the same.

Anonymous said...

I am surprised you are voting for McCain, with all of the very similar filth his Followers spew. How about more support of third party candidates? Will they do WORSE than McCain? I never thought I'd be thinking this, but "what party do I want in office in January?" On another point, I enjoyed your blog more when you allowed those with different views to comment. Now it just seems, primarily, a blog for Cannobots. I mean this in no disrespect, I have been reading you for 3 years, and will do so in the future, your ideals are what brought me here, and I will stay. There are a lot of jerks out there in the world, and I'd hate to see you get so worked up about something both sides seem to do. We all know DU and Kos are for the extreme left (or right, a la libertarians), and don't represent the views of most dems. Just my two cents... Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

I don't know, Navid, but it seems to me that there would be 2 or 3 times the number of nasty 527 ads against Senator Obama, if Rove, et al were solidly behind Senator McCain.

I think the Rove gang allowed Senator McCain to be nominated, despite the fact that he is not one of them, throwing a bone to the more rational side of the Republican Party. Why? I think they thought this year was a Democratic year and that he would lose, setting up an inexperienced Democratic President (and yes, I think all along, they preferred Senator Obama for a variety of reasons) for an administration which will have to cope with problems we have not seen since the Depression. If the Democratic administration failed, this would set up the right wing of the Republican party nicely for 2010 and 2012. And Romney or Jeb Bush would be my guess. (I also suspect George W. Bush had to promise Jeb Bush would not run in 2008 to get McCain's support in 2000. McCain grins but looks like he is handling dog poop every time he is with President (GW) Bush.
Just my opinion.
djmm

sarainitaly said...

oh my god! i (heart) this post! fantastic!!

(ok, that sounded kind of valley girl-ish! haha)

Anyway, it was fanfuckintastic!

Anonymous said...

Mega dittos Joseph - Those Demoncrats and their ugly divisive tactics make me sick. At least Senator McCain is running a respectful campaign - he even called Obama "decent" even though we all know he's a secret terrorist.

Anna Belle said...

The reason Obama wants it to go through bankruptcy court is to protect the interests of his running mate, Biden, who is beholden to credit card companies. He and his sons have turned their state into a toxic playground for all kinds of credit card companies. He has to make sure those companies maintain their bottom line, even if it means people lose their homes in the process.

Also, he's a neoprog, which is just a neocon with a D- behind his or her name.

madamab said...

This was a great post, Joseph. It perfectly encapsulates the disillusionment I feel over the descent of my Party into misogynist and racial hysteria.

They call it "Obama For America" because there is nothing, NOTHING Democratic about these disgusting freaks.

My vote is going to McCain, and you're right, he IS the better candidate this year. He's even asking Bill and Hillary for economic advice.

Good for him.

2Truthy said...

Navid,

Agreed! I expressed the same opinion yesterday about going over to the darkside when Nader and McKinney offer solutions and the comment wasn't posted.

Anonymous said...

Annonymous said: "Why don't you go after your fellow McCain supporters who claim "Obama is an Arab!"

I saw the video of that "incident" you are referring to. McCain HIMSELF took the microphone away from the woman, looked directly at her and said, "No, he's not." McCain went on to tell the audience Obama is a decent family man.

So my questions to you are: When have you EVER seen or heard of ANY instance when Obama told his supporters to tone it down?

Have you EVER seen or heard of ANY instance when one of Obama's spokespersons, campaign staff or field offices apologized for or EVEN acknowledged the sexism, threats, or violence Obama's supporters engage in DAILY?

Find ONE instance where that happened and post a link. We're all waiting...

PGH said...

JUST DO IT!! We can not allow this misogynist thug and his cronies into the white house or the Dem party is Finished!!If he loses, he and his henchmen will be so discredited that with HRC's leadership, we can regain our party...So just hold your nose, close your eyes and pull the lever for McCain/PALIN....He's not bush,He's very moderate for a republican and is very willing to oppose his own party and work with dems....He and HRC actually respect each other, while HRC & obama hate each other's guts!!..So Don't WASTE your Vote!!..........Excise this cancer which has taken over our party.....


BTW: Go to YOUTube & check out the excellent 4 part video by Gigi Gaston about the massive fraud, threats & intimidation against HRC supporters in the primaries & caucuses...It's called: "WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED"..

Navid said...

Actually, VivaPUMA, McCain's retort to the woman who said something about Obama being an Arab, was "no, ma'am. He's a good, decent, family man."

If you can't figure out the not so hidden subtext there, you're either blind, dense, or merely adept at pretending to be blind and/or dense.

Mick said...

Look at it this way...

If you vote McCain, conventional wisdom says that you're going to get some Democrats in his administration anyway. Heck, the guy himself nearly left the Republican party ten years ago.

Anonymous said...

Why write off the entire Democratic party instead of just recognising that these idiotic morons are employing shock tactics (which have clearly worked) with tasteless, offensive fashion?

I think the majority of mature-minded Dems would be just as likely to jump the curb and run these people over as anybody else.

I know I sure would. 50 bonus points!

Anonymous said...

B - remember four years ago when the Dems were falling all over themselves with excitement that Kerry might ask (or did ask?...never quite sure on that) McCain to be his running mate? How that was going to be a real "poke in the eye" to the Bushies and how it would pull all the moderate Rs in?

Anonymous said...

Anon @ 6:54 - I think the majority of mature-minded Dems would be just as likely to jump the curb and run these people over as anybody else.

Really? You think so? How'ze about Barack have a very public Sistah Souljah moment with these cretins?

Crickets....