from “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats
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….and not just in Congress
Posted: August 6, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: Capitol, Capitol Building, Christian, congress, Conservative, conservatives, conviction, Democrat, democrats, election, elections, ethical, ethics, evil, good, liberal, Libertarian, moral, morality, morals, passion, passionate, poetry, US Capitol, William Butler Yeats, Yeats
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Campaign 2012: ain’t nothin’ but a racism ‘thang
Posted: October 6, 2012 in philosophy, politics, UncategorizedTags: Campaign 2012, code words, coded, Conservative, democrats, dog whistle, election, fear, Governor Romney, liberal, Obama, politics, President Obama, Presidential race, race, racist, republicans, Romney
Anti-racist-rally-Sydney-2005-Dec-18-small (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Have decided to stop pretending and keeping mouth shut to avoid confrontation. Have decided that the Liberal ‘Obama criticism = racism” argument isn’t about honest Liberal folks opposing allegedly racist Conservative opponents nor is it a cynical game devised to boost the concerned, worried, and traditionally low black vote, as bewildered and/or angry Conservatives maintain.
It is a racism thang, folks, it is worrisome, and it is cynical – and it will succeed if folks don’t wake up and hear the dog whistle.
It’s not about distraction, folks. The dog whistle is tuned to one fever pitched group – the stupid.
Stupid people vote and they convince others who to vote for when they themselves are convinced they must. (more…)
All the best deceptions – the republican national convention
Posted: August 29, 2012 in philosophy, politics, UncategorizedTags: democrats, diversity, foo fighters, mitt romney, paul ryan, race, Republican national convention, republicans, tea party
Democratic Ticket: Seymour & Blair (Photo credit: Cornell University Library)
And so a political Party, terrified and angry over a failed administration, slings political red meat and celebrates its heroes; balloons fall and music blasts the celebrants. The newly energized party offers to a tired, worried, and tense nation the arguments for change and hope after years of economic difficulty. A young vital, slightly mysterious newcomer seeks high office and the opposition calls him out on his supposed extremism, questioning his past and his motives. 2008, Democrats, and Barak Obama? Not even close.
This week politicos, pundits, and wannabees drool over the Republican Party National Convention and the choice by its Presidential candidate of Paul Ryan as his running mate. Perhaps, as some argue, there indeed has never been a more sharply drawn line ‘tween the parties. Perhaps, as some argue, never have the differences been so clear or the choices so fundamentally pure. Perhaps this convention is a snooze fest, clear-cut in its predictability post the Ryan pick.
Perhaps not, at least not in how the Democratic party will respond. Let’s do a bit of prognostication, shall we? (more…)
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