Tea Party Billboard Equating Obama To Hitler & Marx Covered Up, Wiping Memories Is Next
I guess after claiming that there are no racists in the Tea Party, and than cutting off one of their factions, the next thing to do was to take care of that pesky billboard.
I have to admit that I'm a little surprised; one of the Obama's advantages when running for president (other than that the Right Wing and the GOP had planned to run against Hillary Clinton and had to start from scratch, and the fact that Bush was very unpopular at the time) was that those who wanted Sen. McCain to win had no idea on how to attack Obama without looking like racists. The emergence of the Tea Party gave the GOP and conservatives the ability to do just that: while established politicos could clap and smile at the antics of the Tea Party, this new group was allowed to stumble and bumble through their collective outrage. The media didn't dare criticize the Tea Party early on because they were convinced that these people were just plain frustrated Americans with (at best) a loose affiliation to politics in general and our two major political parties specifically. As such, they could push the envelope.
It also didn't hurt any of these groups that the McCain/Palin campaign introduced us to the new code of "socialism = scary black man in the White House."
Combine these elements with the Jonah Goldberg-inspired "Liberalism = Fascism" bullshit, and that billboard going up was inevitable.
So what the surprising thing, then? That many of these groups tried to avoid using racial language and elements in the 2008 Election only to embrace it like a alcoholic with a bottle of vodka for the 2010 Midterms.
In short: The 2010 Republican Party has no new ideas, operates on a made-up philosophy, couldn't completely derail President Obama's agenda (not for a lack of trying, mind you), and has decided to team-up with race-baiters in order to try and win back Congress.
If only they could actually articulate how they would make the country better, and what sacrifices the American people would need to make to get there, the progressive/liberal side might take them more seriously.
I have to admit that I'm a little surprised; one of the Obama's advantages when running for president (other than that the Right Wing and the GOP had planned to run against Hillary Clinton and had to start from scratch, and the fact that Bush was very unpopular at the time) was that those who wanted Sen. McCain to win had no idea on how to attack Obama without looking like racists. The emergence of the Tea Party gave the GOP and conservatives the ability to do just that: while established politicos could clap and smile at the antics of the Tea Party, this new group was allowed to stumble and bumble through their collective outrage. The media didn't dare criticize the Tea Party early on because they were convinced that these people were just plain frustrated Americans with (at best) a loose affiliation to politics in general and our two major political parties specifically. As such, they could push the envelope.
It also didn't hurt any of these groups that the McCain/Palin campaign introduced us to the new code of "socialism = scary black man in the White House."
Combine these elements with the Jonah Goldberg-inspired "Liberalism = Fascism" bullshit, and that billboard going up was inevitable.
So what the surprising thing, then? That many of these groups tried to avoid using racial language and elements in the 2008 Election only to embrace it like a alcoholic with a bottle of vodka for the 2010 Midterms.
In short: The 2010 Republican Party has no new ideas, operates on a made-up philosophy, couldn't completely derail President Obama's agenda (not for a lack of trying, mind you), and has decided to team-up with race-baiters in order to try and win back Congress.
If only they could actually articulate how they would make the country better, and what sacrifices the American people would need to make to get there, the progressive/liberal side might take them more seriously.
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