Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Is the GOP a "White Supremicist" Party?

I repeatedly have been seeing this charge in the comments section of many left-wing editorials and blog posts, especially since the Ground Zero Mosque problem came into the National Awareness. While that fact that this claim is being made does not surprise me, it is not because I believe it to be true. I'm not surprised because I don't believe the Left has much ammo left in it's arsenal, and our society rightfully considers a charge of bigotry to be amongst the most damning.
What the left does not understand is that we on the right know our hearts. We know how much hate we feel towards members of other races, other religions, other beliefs than those we hold. And therein lies the problem for the left.
The problem is that, although there are prominently publicized exceptions, the overwhelming majority of the right knows that they hold NO CONTEMPT of any kind at another for the things we are assumed to. We do, on the other hand, hold great contempt for an accusation of racism falsely aimed at us. These most recent charges of bigotry surrounding the right will now be the straw that breaks the camel's back, resulting in massive gains in both the House and Senate come November.
But the right needs to devise a plan RIGHT NOW, TODAY, to address the concerns of those members of minority groups that also prefer smaller government and less intrusion into their lives. Candidates must universally understand that their candidacy is a contract with the GOP to go to every opportunity presented to them to make the case for traditional American values in venues attended by those who either disagree with us or do not understand what the right REALLY is all about.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

How the World Sees Us

Pick a country, any country. Now ask yourself, how do I feel about the leader of that
country?. I probably have no idea who it even is. Now why would anyone think that who is US president might be of interest to the average citizen of the country you originally picked? Some Sherpa milking his goat is asking himself, “I wonder what is up with don’t ask don’t tell?” But we are told repeatedly how Obama was going to repair our World Image. But that presupposes we have an image problem in need of repair.
But here’s how the US was viewed by the rest of the world for the last 50 years: (with Eastern Euro accent) “Oh! America! Bang Bang! Cowboy! Betty Grable nice gams!” That’s how it was from Woodrow Wilson right on up through Kennedy, and Reagan, and right up to Clinton. Then it became “Oh!! America! Bang Bang! Blow jobs! Monica Lewinski gives head!”
Thank God GW Bush came along so we could get back to “Oh! America! Bang Bang! Cowboy! Betty Grable nice gams!”
But now we have Obama in office and suddenly the world is saying ( in Oxford accent) “Ah, well, you see, Obama has been at the forefront of the global movement to a green economy, and he hates Israel, to boot!” You’re putting me on, right?
What that guy is really thinking is every four to eight years, those bastards change sides over here. “How can I love the US when this week they give Bin Laden stinger missle, next week they try to kill him with bigger bomb?” So, yeah, when I hear about Obama improving our international image, I have to giggle…