Throughout the Bush Presidency (either Bush will do) there seemed to be this ethos that Republicans and conservatives were “real men”. Manly men. Not those “girly men” Schwartzeneger always talked about. Republicans were tough. Not just strong on defense, but also strong on offense. They did manly things like hunting and clearing brush. They were the ones with the big ideas—living up to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, another tough-guy, “give ‘em hell”, “win one for the Gipper” hero of the Silver screen and the White house. He had the vision and machismo it took to defeat communism, lower taxes and usher in a new age of prosperity for his beleaguered people. He dissected the world with a broad sword, not a scalpel. Now that’s manly. Hell, Sarah Palin was shooting moose from a helicopter back when Joe Biden was riding the Amtrak to the office. To put it bluntly, Republicans had balls. Conversely, Democrats were whiney little wimps who were afraid of their own shadows and complained about carpel tunnel syndrome. But since the election of President Obama this has all changed. I don’t know how else to say this… Conservatives are cowards.
You can’t tune to Fox News, or talk radio or the floor of the House of Representatives without hearing about how “afraid” they all are. As Glenn Beck tearfully put it: “I just love my country… and I fear for it.” Conservative bloggers are terrified of health care reform and claim the government is out to kill all the old people and take our children away. How often does a Fox News anchor or commentator start a segment with the words: “Scary news coming out of the White House today…”? More often than you’d think I suspect. I heard Rush Limbaugh say “scary stuff folks”, “it’s frightening”, “this is a nightmare”, “you should be afraid” or some variant on that theme at least a dozen times in a little over an hour. We’ve got right-wing pundits and politicians all over the media talking about how they are “under siege” and struggling to find the strength to “fight back”.
What a bunch of pussies.
If you’re offended by that then you are one of two things: You are either a feminist (in which case you are correct to be offended), or a conservative (in which case you are just being a huge pussy). C’mon… grow a pair guys (that includes you Palin). For some reason as soon as Obama took office you became “afraid” of everything. What happened to that good ol’ big idea mentality? That down-to-earth, man of the people, “real American” optimism and confidence? Where’s your unapologetic, righteous swagger when we need it most? This is America damn it! We are the big-dog, ass-kickin’, war-winnin’, 4-wheelin’ bad asses of the world. What the hell can you possibly be so damned afraid of? I mean, you’ve become so cowardly that your terrified of things that haven’t even happened. In reality, Obama hasn’t actually done anything yet. It’s become a pathological cycle of terror. No one is killing grandma. Homosexuals aren’t going door-to-door and destroying your marriage. Your children aren’t being forced into pagan sex cults.
The complete and total absence of any sort of oppression combined with your perverse belief in some giant tyrannical conspiracy can only be explained by the fact that you must be tremendous cowards. The only other possible explanation would be that you are intentionally attempting to terrorize the American electorate to the point where they become a frightened, unthinking, reactionary mob of mindless automatons that senselessly parrot your ideology so that no actual progress for the benefit of the country can take place, thereby solidifying your chances of an empty political victory in the next election so that you can maintain your power base by capitalizing on the ingrained fear and racism of an ignorant public terrified of the notion of a black man as President… oh wait.
Ohhhhhh. Okay. I get it now. Never mind. Nice move.
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