Posted on 03/31/2008 3:40:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
There are major differences between liberals and conservatives, and that’s why I never know what people such as Barack Obama are talking about when they speak of bringing us all together. And I suspect that Jeremiah Wright’s surrogate son doesn’t know, either.
For instance, if I support the surge in Iraq and you insist on bringing the troops home by next Thursday, what’s our compromise? Bringing our troops only partway home? Say as far as the Canary Islands?
If you’re in favor of same-sex marriages and I happen to think the whole idea is a very silly joke, where’s our common ground? Doing away with opposite-sex marriages?
If I believe in capital punishment and you don’t, what constitutes a midway point between our positions? Only executing convicted killers whose last names start with the letters between A and M?
One of the most unpleasant things about liberals is the way they tend to place the politicians they endorse on pedestals. Frankly, I have never understood this phenomenon. How is it that so many people turn into besotted teenagers once they decide to vote for someone?
I’m not saying that I don’t like some politicians more than others. I like those who vote the way I want them to and I dislike the ones who don’t. But when you get right down to it, most politicians on either side of the aisle are pretty mediocre human beings. What is their great accomplishment, after all? These are people who have devoted their lives to convincing other people to hand over their hard-earned money so that they can get or keep a job that essentially consists of spending other people’s tax dollars. Often enough to keep the tabloid press occupied, these palookas are caught taking bribes, using drugs and getting involved in sex scandals. In other words, they often behave like the rock stars they aspire to be, even though they can’t sing, cavort around a stage or play a musical instrument.
Politicians, unlike cops, firemen and members of the military, are not called upon to do anything dangerous, heroic or the least bit self-sacrificial. Instead, they build up fiefdoms on your tax dollars, go on junkets around the world, receive the sort of health care only millionaires can dream of and the sort of pensions no working stiff can even imagine.
If they deign to place their names on ghost-written books, millions of you will rush out to buy them, and if they manage to give a speech, also ghost-written, that doesn’t put everyone into a coma, they’re hailed as great orators.
I swear, when I see the ladies gazing up at Hillary Clinton, adoration shining in their eyes, or at the hordes of born-again left-wingers gathered to watch Barack Obama transform water into whine, I feel grateful that I don’t know any of them.
It’s not because I’m a conservative that I haven’t mentioned John McCain. For one thing, most Republicans have no illusions about him. Many of them will vote for him in November for one very good reason; namely, that their blood runs cold at the mere thought of either Democrat being the next commander-in-chief. For another thing, conservatives tend to be realists, and just about the only politician who really excites them is Ronald Reagan, and he’s been dead since 2004.
I don’t happen to think it’s a coincidence that left-wingers are much more juvenile than conservatives when it comes to making idols of politicians. As psychiatrist Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr., points out in his new book, “The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness,” liberals are very much “like spoiled, angry children. They rebel against the normal responsibilities of adulthood and demand that a parental government meet their needs from the cradle to the grave.”
For over 35 years, Dr. Rossiter has diagnosed and treated more than 1,500 patients and examined nearly 3,000 civil and criminal cases as a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. Regarding the sort of liberalism being espoused by Obama, Clinton and their devout worshippers, he states: “A social scientist who understands human nature will not dismiss the vital roles of free choice, voluntary cooperation and moral integrity, as liberals do. A political leader who understands human nature will not ignore individual differences in talent, drive, personal appeal and work ethic, and then try to impose economic and social equality on the population, as liberals do. And a legislator who understands human nature will not create an environment of rules which over-regulates and over-taxes the nation’s citizens, corrupts their character and reduces them to wards of the state, as liberals do.”
Dr. Rossiter goes on to say that the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization; satisfying infantile claims of entitlement, indulgence and compensation; augmenting primitive feelings of envy; rejecting the sovereignty of the individual and subordinating him to the will of the government.”
Take that, Hillary and Barack! Take that Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi! Take that, Harry Reid and Charles Schumer, Chris Matthews and Barbara Boxer! Take that, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Keith Olbermann and John Murtha!
In summation, Dr. Rossiter writes: “When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious.”
At the risk of burying you all in psychological jargon, suffice to say that the good doctor agrees with my own diagnosis: Liberals are cuckoos.
Interesting.
I have experienced lean years. I have lived in the penthouse ... I have been in the basement. Either can happen with hard work and one or two bad decisions or one or two good decisions. Note the hard work was still the common denominator on my way to the basement or to the penthouse.
But the joy is, right now we still have the freedom (eroding quickly) to go to any level or achieve anything our passions, intellect, and hard work will support.
Dignity? Such a misunderstand word. There is no dignity in a handout if passion,intellect and hardwork is not present. 50 year olds now moving back in with Mom and Dad?? I don't care how one gets to that point ... what a slap in the face.
Yes bad things do happen to good people. And sometimes through no fault of the individual. I would also say the no fault situation is quite rare.
Take away everything I own right now. Leave me with my experience, passion, intellect and work ethic and I will make it on my own thank you. More than likely I'll make it back to the penthouse.
There is a cost. Men and women are dying to give us that freedom. And when I look at that ... I dare not squander what is before me.
There is no dignity in an undeserved handout. There is only one thing that breeds .... covetousness .... and the need for a bigger handout. Liberalism thrives on the concept. It is a powerful tool the liberal loves to advance to the masses. It builds a powerbase for a few and keeps the masses always demanding a few more crumbs.
Liberalism is the ultimate mental disease. It is crippling our nation more and more each passing day.
Waike up ammeeeerica .... and get off your butts.
Well said.
BUMP!
There are major differences between liberals and conservatives, and that’s why I never know what people such as Barack Obama are talking about when they speak of bringing us all together. And I suspect that Jeremiah Wright’s surrogate son doesn’t know, either.
For instance, if I support the surge in Iraq and you insist on bringing the troops home by next Thursday, what’s our compromise? Bringing our troops only partway home? Say as far as the Canary Islands?
If you’re in favor of same-sex marriages and I happen to think the whole idea is a very silly joke, where’s our common ground? Doing away with opposite-sex marriages?
If I believe in capital punishment and you don’t, what constitutes a midway point between our positions? Only executing convicted killers whose last names start with the letters between A and M?
Surely this writer understands that when Obama and other liberals speak of “bringing us together” that they truly mean forcing US, to agree with them, by whatever means are necessary
Excellent commentary!
If the government started distributing “safe” versions of heroin and cocaine to every household in America, what do you think would happen? I believe we’d have two political parties: Heroes (H) and Cokes (C). Independent wackos who didn’t want either drug would be marginalized and harassed, and have their kids taken away by family courts.
Once there’s a pusher government in place, most people become users.
So. What are you doing with your stimulus check?
Hells bells, our MeCain Republicans will even introduce and sponsor liberal legislation with Liberal icons like Ted Kennedy.
There is no need for Liberal Democrats to even consider compromise.
Then people will have to invent some. Sorry, but I believe most folks are liberals (i.e., piglets to the gubmint sow). They just haven't been completely assimilated yet. Or as the old joke ends, "We're just haggling about your price now."
born-again left-wingers gathered to watch Barack Obama transform water into whine...
That really sums things up quite well. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
But there are also those that are so prideful that they WON'T take help. After what I experienced (I was one of them that was to proud to take help ... after all I had been in the penthouse) they/we are just as bad. Help comes in many forms by the way.
It was the most humbling thing I have ever done .... but an unsuspected source saw potential and convinced me to swallow my pride and take what he had to offer as an investment, not a handout. Oh ... I've repaid that offer many times over. ... to the one that rescued me and to those I have come across as well. Most of all I learned a valuable lesson. Yupper .... I've misjudged people I have helped .. the smart one will fool you. The sad thing is, they are so smart andso convincing that they could make a million times more on their own if channeled correctly. Those never learn. But I learn ... I've become a pretty good judge of character. And I have benefitted from that.
Stimulus check? That's a laugh. I'm too successful to warrant getting any of my own money back. We're going to need to send that to some welfare clown for an LCD TV.
>> “...why I never know what people such as Barack Obama are talking about when they speak of bringing us all together.”
Reagan brought us all together on the right. It can’t be done from the left.
...”Surely this writer understands that when Obama and other liberals speak of “bringing us together” that they truly mean forcing US, to agree with them, by whatever means are necessary.”...
My long-standing thesis, too. All of the drivel about Barack Hussein Obama “bringing us together” is just that - drivel. The only way he can “unite America” is if about 50% of the electorate gives in, accepting his far-left views. There can be no doubt that the left would not be willing to come to the middle, so we are stuck. And preferably so, if you ask me.
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