THE TOTAL REJECTION OF THE "PARTY OF NO" IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS...
THERE IS THIS NOTION IN THE MSM...THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TOO STUPID TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BULLSHIT AND REAL POLICY... OR THAT VOTERS CAN'T TELL A LIP GLOSSED FOX NEWS "BIMBO-PUNDIT" FROM A REAL POLICY PROGRESSIVE, PhD...OR NOBEL WINNER...
I DON'T THINK SO...
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS PUT ON A FREAK SHOW THIS YEAR...WITH THE HELP OF THE FOX NEWS...RUSH...AND THE SO-CALLED MAINSTREAM MEDIA...THAT WAS HORRIFIC...
THESE PEOPLE WERE JUST DIRTY LIARS AT EVERY TURN...NOT EVEN THE PRETENSE OF BEING ENGAGED IN THE REAL CONCERNS OF PEOPLE STUCK IN THE BUSH/CHENEY DEPRESSION...
AND THE TWO DISMAL "LOST WARS" OF THE BUSH YEARS...
PEOPLE WILL REJECT THE BULLSHIT... THEY CAN TELL BULLSHIT FROM REAL POLICY...
THESE SO CALLED "TEABAGGERS" WERE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF ANGRY OLD WHITE GUYS WITH "E.D."....AND THEIR GRATEFUL WIVES... YET THEY WERE TOUTED AS A "MASS MOVEMENT" ....
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN REPUBLICAN "POPULISM" THAT ARE "FOR REAL"... BUT NOT DANGEROUS TO PROGRESSIVES....
THE "PALIN FAD" AMONG MIDDLE AGED LESS EDUCATED WOMEN...?
THIS TOO WILL PASS...IT'S A POP CULTURE EVENT...NOT A REAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT BY ANY MEANS...
THE QUESTION IS WILL THE WALL STREET WING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BUY INTO THE PALIN ... FOX NEWS..."POPULISM"... WHICH IS DEEMED SOMEHOW..BIZARRELY PRO-WORKER...BUT YET ANTI-UNION...ANTI-SAFETY NET...ANTI-HEALTH CARE...AND PRO-WALL STREET?
IN SHORT, ARE THE UNINSURED REALLY GOING TO RALLY AGAINST OBAMA HEALTH CARE?
ARE THE UNEMPLOYED REALLY GOING TO RALLY FOR WALL STREET AND INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL...AND AGAINST PROGRESSIVES?
OR ARE THESE "PALIN POPULISTS" GOING TO REALIZE THAT THEY CAN RANT AND HATE WITH RUSH...UNTIL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE...!
OR VOTE DEMOCRATIC...AND ADOPT A SOLID PROGRESSIVE AGENDA...WHICH WAS THE REAL WORKING CLASS AGENDA ALL ALONG...
EVEN IF IT WAS STARTED BY SOME "SMART PEOPLE" ON THE COASTS...!
DEMOCRATS WILL WIN SEATS IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS...
AND SOME VERY VERY HIGH LEVEL REPUBLICANS WILL BE DOING "A RICK SANTORUM" ON ELECTION NIGHT 2010...
POSTSCRIPT:
SOME REPUBLICAN GAINS IN STATE HOUSES CAN BE EXPECTED...BECAUSE LOCAL TAXES EFFECT THE WORKING CLASS MORE THAN FEDERAL TAXES...WHICH MOST DON'T EVEN PAY...EXCEPT FOR FICA... DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ARE "IN BED WITH" THE POWERFUL PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS IN MOST STATES...AND THE ORDINARY PEOPLE SIMPLY CAN NOT AFFORD THE "CADILLAC WAGES AND BENEFITS" OF STATE AND LOCAL UNIONIZED WORKERS...
