Rethuglican Simple Mindedness Continues

Email Print posted by psyche2 09/05/2008 04:38:45 PM EST

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Am I being too crass, or is it uppity when I

say that I continue to see evidence of limited cognitive abilities and small mindedness throughtout the republican party? 

When Gov Palin made her speech the other night, I was not supprised to hear cheers from the crowd when she said "PTA".  Don't get me wrong, I am a firm believer that parents must devote a large measure of their time to make sure their children are being educated properly.  But "PTA"? Is the PTA part of "No Childs Behind Left" or something?  Is it a carefully calculated republican operation with undercover parents that are going to stop the next 911?

The cheers evinced by the delegates were generated by sarcasim, silly jokes about lipstick and "stirafoam" pillars. Please, someone show me how the "substance" (HA) of these statments relate to the needed leadership this country has been deprived of for the past eight years.  As I stated on the chat the other night, I believe if the rethuglicans rolled out a manican with a tape recorder with a voice calling hogs the delegates would have been delerious with devotion to the party and the manican.  The simple mentality would have been even more impressed if a live hog had come on stage, especially if it were wearing "lipstick".  You know, like the difference between "Hockey Moms" and "Pit Bulls". Thats not to demean hockey moms, the statement is an attempt to glean any relevance whatsoever as to difficulties confronting our country NOW.  Has anyone looked at the stock market today?  Has anyone noticed that unemployment has reached 6.1%?  It is actually higher than that.  Its all in how it is calculated. In Mich it is over 8%. Did any of either speech offer any concern about markets around the world tanking?  The dollar being worth a denar.  Well, it has begun to strengthen some over the last week or so but it still won't buy what it did even 6 months ago. 

Ok, I am aware that Gov Palin was given the speech and directed to deliever it to the faithful.  This enhances my point.  The powers that be... speech writers and those that review them etc. are themselves aware of what goes over well in the party.  I dare say, if the speech had revealed any substanitive issues, the group for the most part would be dumbfounded (punn intended).  We got the same old shit.  "Cut taxes".  The crowd went ape shit. The middle class, (whats left of it) in the delegations cheered to a fever pitch.  They are still unaware that when a rethuglican says tax cuts, they mean for the top 1%.  Maybe I am exagerating some but you catch my drift. The burden continues to fall on US the working people. 

This phrase has been beaten to death but I am going to say it again.  "Voting against their own interest."  This, my fellow TURKS is the essence of stupidy.  Hence... simple mindedness.  Desertpear posted a link the other day that broke this phenom down well.  It was emperical evidence supporting the theory that people vote with their emotions not with logic, or rational thought.  It happens in both parties but in my opinion more prevelently in the conservative corner.

Man, I got tangential there didn't I.  WTF.  Although I am preaching to the choir, at least I feel better offering my thoughts.  Thats right, liberals / progressives have that ability..... to think.

 PEACE!!!

 

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You are right. The appeal to emotions, especially negative ones like fear, is continually used by Republicans because their ideas are bankrupt. They are controlled by the rich who tell them to cut their taxes and of course they do. The fear and religion cards play into this and I can see the corporate fatcats laughing all the way to the bank. These social issues don't affect them. If their daughters get pregnant they can fly them to where they can get a quiet abortion while they push to get rid of all health care programs for Americans other than for profit private insurance. The deregulation they got led to the S&L disasters, Enron, and now banking and mortgage crisis while those in charge skimmed off their millions and billions and left the taxpayers holding the bag for bailouts. Unfortunately many do vote against their own economic and other interests here. This is another reason they don't support education - an educated populace would see through the lies. They need dumb out of work people to sign up for the volunteer military so they can support their military industrial corporate profits, again with tax dollars that are not even included in the Federal budget but off the books. Wherever you look, it's all about the bucks for the top few and their pandering to the religious right and fear and race cards make it all happen.     

by stanski on 09/05/2008 05:49:43 PM EST

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I've been venting a lot lately too.  It's like Republicans are truly from another planet to me.  But what bothered me about their convention speeches the most was how they went on the attack, with no real attempt to bring Americans of both sides together.  And the reliance on blatant FEAR tactics, esp. with the 9-11 footage and scary music.  and drill baby drill...oh, there is just too much to vent about, truly.

by desertpear on 09/05/2008 11:18:49 PM EST

I saw that too Psyche (none / 0)
I'm trying to figure out if announcing that Fannie and Freddie would indeed need the bailout, taxpayer financed, was left until after the convention on purpose or if it was a result somehow of that jobs report. It seems like the jobs report stunned everyone, but come on, wouldn't Bernanke and Paulson have more information than us?

Certainly Fannie and Freddie could have been bailed out a few weeks ago, right? The process was inevitable. To announce it the day after the convention ends? That just seems suspicious to me. But I guess I would like to be naive and still believe that Paulson wouldn't play politics with trillion of dollars and American lives and livelihoods at stake. I even hope someone like OneHitKill or KenTX can prove to me why I'm wrong on this one, I really really would. I don't want to believe the leaders of my country would be that shortsighted and vindictive and partisan. Right, and McCain ain't partisan, suuuure, sure, I buy that one.

And I'm not talking about Paulson giving Fannie and Freddie a chance to raise capital or waiting for their share price to increase or going to congress for the blank check when I say explain it to me.

by tiggerporn on 09/06/2008 02:11:12 PM EST

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