I was fed up with the actions and rhetoric of the left when Bush was in office, despite sharing many of their concerns. I’m fed up with the current tactics of the right, and share none of their concerns. And yes, sadly, I’m still fed up with the left. I’m having trouble understanding how we move forward from such insanity. President Obama answered the question quite diplomatically this morning, as he often does. Noting that there is a divide in the ‘tea party’* movement between the truly insane(birthers, etc…) and the more rational(deficit hawks, etc…) he thinks that there are inroads to be made to the latter, but admits the former are a lost cause. I happen to agree, if only because folks that are so susceptible to such obvious ridiculousness generally wed themselves to their insane ideas. Fortunately, generally large numbers of people do not buy into the insanity. Unfortunately, this time many have.
In light of this, how do Democrats move forward? Simultaneously relating to the increasingly violent factions of the far right and the more moderate voices doubtlessly require two separate messages and responses, yet what should either response look like? I hold out hope that more rational elements of all political persuasions will prevail when policy works as intended. When needed provisions of the health-care reform bill go into effect and formerly suspicious people see the actual good the bill provides and Stalin does not rise form the grave, hand in hand with Mussolini, and take control of the country, the wingnuts who have been arguing that would happen will look as foolish as their arguments actually are. However, we have an election in November, likely before many effects of HCR are noticed by the larger population, and majorities to defend in both houses. So what’s next? Other than not acting like wingnuts(seriously, people on the left…stop doing stupid shit…it’s not cute or helpful, it just makes you look as insane as the hordes of tax protesters who threaten violence.)
* I really, really, hate this name/term as it is undefined and sounds terribly juvenile, which, in all fairness, perhaps fits the situation quite well.
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