Last Tuesday, we began pushing back. The Susan Sarandon crowd believe that this is, simply, THEIR country.
It's not. But neither is it "our" country. It's a system, and all sides can participate in and shape that system. The Al Frankens thought they could jsut spout their grabage and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Now they're terrified. Because they see the cornerstone of their philosophy, abortion, could be endangered. The problem with most liberals is their thinking has no dimension BEYOND "abortion on demand". It's been said that abortions went down under Clinton; I have no idea if this is true or not, and it wouldn't move me an inch if it were true, because this society is so much more than who is in the WHite House. But the Libs live in their little bubble of libs and celebs and think that as long as they control the seats of power, they can dictate how this country is shaped.
The reason they're so scared is because all of their powers--persuasion, comfortable speaking in front of cameras, entertainment, money, money and more money--are nothing against people who do not like some directions this country is heading in. And the libs believed those people were powerless.
Wrong.
In the voting booth, you, me, and all those Hollywood stars have exactly the same amount of power, and that is the ONLY place where significant choices are made--not in Hollywood offices, or on stages.
They're scared because they blasted us and W with everything they had, thinking it would stop us from voting out of hopelessness. It didn't work. They are up late nights now, thinking "But all of this power I have is...meaningless when it comes down to where it MUST be of use."
Simply put, the Hollywood elites and Libs treat the American population like we're fools, easily duped by the glitter those folks find so enticing. And the "fools" just did the unthinkable--we thought for ourselves.
That terrifies them. Because they don't respect us. They feel like zookeepers, keeping all these stupid animals penned up and laughing at our helplessness...and they're just starting to grasp that we knew how to open the cages all along.
Darkwolf!! Great writing. Keep it up. I'm going to copy and keep that. I am always trying to impress on others the enormity of the forces that were arrayed against Pres. Bush and his conservative base. You put it well. Thanks.
Abortion went down during GHW Bush's term. It continued to go down much more slowly during Clinton's administration, even reversing the downward trend and going up one year. There are no nationwide statistics available yet for the year 2000 on.