Posted on 01/31/2005 8:41:03 AM PST by Gypssy
(Sorry for this long vanity post, my first)
Something struck me this weekend in the midst of the momentous Iraqi Elections that had never occurred to me before re: Liberal Democrats…..it must really be hard being a Liberal right now.
I love my son and his wife but…they are Liberals or at least are wannabee Liberals. In my heart I do not believe they are but want to be with the elite crowd of cool people, but nevertheless, they say they are Liberals.
First, let me say they are very young…just out of college. Secondly, both are above average intelligence in fact very high IQs. But in the game of life, they would ride the short bus.
My son (James) is very well read and very smart . I’d think this even if I weren’t his Mom. He is definitely someone you would want on the line if you were on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” or “Jeopardy”. He loves reading about any and everything, politics, history, science, football and Nintendo. He also appears to be a deep thinker.
Now, my daughter in law (Allie) is very sweet and appears to be mild mannered from what I can tell. I actually think she is not political but because she is married to my son, she must act like she is to get along with him. She wants to be political because it is cool and her husband and their friends are liberals. She is very much against abortion so it does take some doing for my son to convince that she can be anti abortion and still be liberal. But he pulled it off! He has convinced her that liberals love unborn babies too that is why they abort so many of them. But Allie is the type who really does want to be a Liberal because she really craves to fit in with her friends…and her husband.
Ok, on to the story……
Saturday night, they came to visit and I was happy to see them because they are working a lot lately and we hadn’t seen them in a while. It was a nice visit as usual and my son sighed that nothing exciting was going on in the world lately and he was bored and was looking forward to the Super bowl. Nothing going on in the News????
I was surprised because I was very aware of the Iraqi elections that would start that same night. I asked him if he was serious because something history changing was about to happen and the news was all a buzz all day talking about the elections. He said “oh yeah…….”. Oh yeah???? I couldn’t believe it!!! He really appeared to not see that of any significance. He is a political and history junkie, for God’s sake! I didn’t press the issue but looked at my husband and we did that eye sharing “aren’t they so naïve” look.
Because we argue so much about politics, I didn’t want to get into any discussion of politics. But I was also naïve because I didn’t see the Iraqi elections as political but historical. Brother, was I was wrong. I knew at that moment that it was to him and therefore must be to all liberals. I came to realize that everything is political to liberal democrats.
Another example, we cannot talk about sports unless it is political. My son pulled for the Boston Red Sox because they were from Boston, home of John F. Kerry. St. Louis Cardinals played them in the series and that is our home team and he pulled for the Sox!!!!! He had gone to several Cardinal games that same year and he was pulling for the Sox????
Upcoming Super Bowl: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New England Patriots….there in lies a dilemma for my son. The Eagles Black Quarterback comment resulting in embarrassing Rush Limbaugh and caused him to loose his dream job as a commentator for ESPN and Patriots are from Boston, home of John F. Kerry. He is not sure which he should be for. We can’t discuss McNabb unless he brings up the drug addict Rush Limbaugh. Of course he does think the evil genius behind the New England Patriots, Bill Bellicheck is the Carl Rove of Football…..so you get my drift.
I could go on and on about any and everything that one can discuss in the way of small talk. As a result, it has made it very unpleasant for me to enjoy my son’s company anymore. Mostly, we are left with talking about my sister’s sad life on welfare or which season of the Sopranos is the best or arguing about whether David Carradine’s lisp in Kill Bill 2 distracted attention away from the fact that he was a villain. But even that sometimes results in a political view. Could Tony Soprano be Republican???
It occurred to me that everything is political now…even food. Red state people do not like Thai or Japanese cuisine or do they just like bologna and BBQ. He thinks I am an anomaly because I am red state and love all forms of ethnic food. In fact he thinks I am a Blue State person trying to act Red!
On to the point of my story…….
They came again to visit for a short while on Sunday and we had the news on (Fox News of course) and as it should be, everything was about the Iraqi Elections. Dancing Iraqis, Happy Iraqis….My son sat and watched it and said nothing. I looked at him and he looked sad and very humble which is not something he does well..humble. I looked at his face and it occurred to me that he was sad because he couldn’t be ecstatic about this historical event!
He loves history and he was missing out of the most significant event of his young life. He was sad that he couldn’t talk about it, discuss it and be happy about it or argue about it. It really made me sad for him until my husband started hailing the bravery of the Iraqis and my son spoke up ….. well no Sunni’s voted, so there will be a civil war. It’s no big threat to for them to go vote in Shiite areas. My husband politely told him that Sunni’s did vote even though a small percentage but higher than expected.
That let me know that he had been paying attention to it and even finding problems with it like a good Liberal. I couldn’t help but notice the look on his young, naïve and sad face as he watched the Iraqis celebrating before his eyes…holding up that purple finger. Allie asked him, why are their fingers purple, which immediately let me know that she had no clue or knowledge of anything about the election but she knew that Teresa Kerry could speak 5 languages. I was really sad for him…as I have said because this would normally be something that he would be talking about and debating. But he had to act as though it were not significant. How sad……….
But now, I have a new understanding of the Liberal mind. They know it is historical, they know they should be celebrating something historical, but their bitterness over George W Bush winning his second term cannot allow them to see clearly. I am not as frustrated with them as I once was but actually feel sorry for them now.
But, I am disgusted with their politicians. They are supposed to be leaders and represent the people. It is clear that they do neither.
If it helps, I think there is a good chance they will grow out of this. The tide of history has changed. I do not believe that any intelligent person can watch freedom and democracy and peace spread around the planet without wondering "Why does my side always lose? Why does life get better in those parts of the world where my side loses? Could my side be wrong?"
Yes, they have turned wounded pride and the shame of being wrong into a way of life. It must be difficult indeed.
However, I am not at all pleased by it. It is very disturbing to see so many people who know they have been wrong stubbornly re-create reality in their heads, regularly, to fit their desired version of events.
Well said. I think many of us here can attest to the loss of friends and family for the Great Sin of supporting Bush. Sounds like you're doing a good job keeping it together. Hold the fort, in a few years he'll come to you with a grin and say "I can't believe I acted like such a Moonbat back then, sorry Mom".
In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
And, squatting, he held his heart in his hands
And ate of it. '
'Is it good, friend?'' I asked.
''It is bitter-bitter,'' he answered.
''But I like it because it is bitter,
and because it is my heart.''
This is what it is like to be a liberal today.
If their conspiratorial nonsense had even an ounce of truth to it, the left would be able to tell us which slate the Americans wanted to win and rigged it so they would.
He should root for the Eagles!!!!!!!...and so should you.
Don't lose hope for them, they're young. But be aware, people don't change without pain. So when you see them in pain, point out where they're wrong. It's your duty as their mother. You have more influence than you know.
Next time you have that conversation, my suggestion would be to say, "Rush Limbaugh never pointed his finger at me and say, 'I did not have an addictive relatiosnhip with those pills'".
The liberals are waking up to find themselves, yet again, on the wrong side of history. Maybe this will be what's needed for many of them to realize they've been fighting for the wrong side?
As a historian, this makes me sick. But these people are the FEDERALISTS of the 21st century---out of power, and rapidly disintegrating into oblivion. I honestly won't be surprised if within 10 years there is no longer a Democratic Party as we know it. It's getting that close. Now, that's not all good, because we need competition in our system to keep each side straight.
Either that remark is intentionally sarcastic, or it completely doesn't add up.
1) Democrats push further Left and become irrelevant.
2) Libertarians grow in influence.
3) Republicans maintain dominance.
This would give us two choices:
1) A party that likes small government very much, and is a little too socially liberal
2) A party which doesn't like small government as much as it ought to, but is socially conservative.
Don't worry about them yet. There's still time. When I was 22, I used to go to Jackson Browne concerts and even wore a No-Nukes T-shirt. I used to think Jimmy Carter was a good president. I even donated to some save-the-whales foundation.
But I'm OK now.
Don't worry about them yet. There's still time. When I was 22, I used to go to Jackson Browne concerts and even wore a No-Nukes T-shirt. I used to think Jimmy Carter was a good president. I even donated to some save-the-whales foundation.
But I'm OK now.
The Elian Gonzalez betrayal was the perfect example of the difference between the Rat Party and we Republicans. Our outrage for sending an orphan boy whose mother literally gave her life for her son to breath freely was forced back to a brutal dictator by the Rats. The Dems threw everything at this boy including breaking the law and an American family’s door down at gunpoint to throw this helpless boy back to slavery. Conversely President George W Bush has risked everything while being called every name in the book to bring Freedom to 25 million enslaved human beings. One 10 year old boy sent back to Castro’s prison island vs 25 million saved from Saddamn’s torture is Democrat vs Republican.
The Dems say they are for Freedom from all dictators however their actions defy their words. Not one time in the past half billion freed slaves have they been on the right side of history. How difficult is it to wish Freedom for an enslaved people??? The truth is that they say they are for freedom, but they are only against dictators who are friends of America, while supporting every dictator that hates America. This is what happens to you when you believe any means justifies your ends.
America and especially the Military has made one of the greatest accomplishment in history. They have freed a people who was tortured and brutalized under a madman to be given their freedom with no expectations. These people would be shot for marking ballots the way they did. The soldiers who freed these people and gave their lives for this cause did it for the most noble of causes. They went in to protect our Country and World from the greatest terrorist dictator on the face of the planet and to free the people while attempting to establish Democracy. They met and exceeded all of their goals. These soldiers are heroes for all times and deserve our deepest respect and congratulations. Their families must be busting with pride.
Any political party in a democracy that cannot accept the joy and value of millions of people voting freely for the first time in their lives has lost it’s perspective. The joy and happiness on the Iraqis’ faces should be evident enough, but the Rats have to turn it into an attack on Bush’s policy. How difficult would it be for this Party to say they may have been wrong about the election and the freeing of 25 million people was a great thing for our Troops whom, they “support.” The very least they could have done was to acknowledge that the terrorists are evil and our Troops are the Freedom Fighters.
The truth is that the CommucRats do not want freedom for other countries or even this Great Country. Their ideal utopian model is fashioned after Communist China, Cuba and Russia even though they knew they were evil, the ends justified the means. Like China they see it as a great equalizer if everyone is dirt poor as long as the Inner Circle (them) is taken care of. If you take a look at the clinton Inner Circle you could see the formation of their form of gummit. They wanted to eliminate private healthcare while raising taxes to redistribute income and sending the middle class to poverty. Meanwhile, the Inner Circle that survived all became multi-millionaires.
This Party does not want Freedom for anyone. They opposed the bringing down of the Wall, the Vote in Nicaragua, the Protection of Elian, the Overthrow of Saddamn and have been completely exposed by the vote in Iraq. What people have they ever stood up for who are oppressed?? This is a Party that is an establishment devoid of any values or ideas other than the blind obsession of power.
George W Bush and we Republicans were right about the people of Iraq also yearning to breath freely. We are the Party of optimism and willing to take on challenges bigger than ourselves. While the Dems continue to wallow in the quagmire of failed ideologies and broken programs, we are working to make the Greatest Country in the World even better. If a Political Party does not want Freedom for the oppressed of the World it does not want Freedom for America?
While we ride with the Angels in the Whirlwind they are mired in the tar pits of Vietnam. Thanks to the Rats, Elian Gonzales is a slave again under the murderous dictator Castro while under GW fifty million former brutalized and raped slaves are voting their own futures and feeling the cool breeze of freedom. Perhaps one day we will see the statue of Saddamn replaced by Lady Liberty holding her Flame High for all the World to Dream.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighting Soldiers
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