They are terrified of this.
I have a lib "friend" that referred to Bush's administration as a "reign of terror". I wrote an email that said this:
You go wherever you want to go, you say whatever you want to say, you write what you want to write, eat what you want to eat and go to work every day - wherever you please - without fear of arrest because of your political convictions. This is a reign of terror? My God, I wonder what those who lived under Saddam or Papa Doc would say about your "reign of terror."
I think this type of madness is what has us so divided. When there is a logical difference of opinions, fine, we can all live with that. But reign of terror stretches it a bit, don't you think? I don't hate Obama - I just think he's a Marxist, and in my America Marxism doesn't play. But I will say this - he's not trying real hard to hide it. All the warning signs are there, and if the electorate chooses to hide behind the skirts of the MSM, they will get the government they deserve. Make no mistake, he is promising change and he will deliver it. I will not like it - but you may. He will, however, never be my President, never have one ounce of my support, or a single drop of sweat from my brow.
I will not work for him; I will go to the ends of the earth to avoid contributing to his utopian society which punishes the most productive and rewards the least. I will pray that his unilateral disarmament will not result in the destruction of American cities; I will pray that Israel is spared nuclear holocaust at the hands of a madman mullah with whom we shall diplomatically "engage"; I will continue to watch with horror as the Islamicization of Western Europe speeds on to its inevitable conclusion and wait for the first tell-tale signs to show up on our shores.
I will note with disgust the advent of a one-party United states, as the Republican Party is effectively legislated out of existence. How? Continue to create a dependent class - a class dependent upon Democrat largesse. Further solidify this "base" be making tens of millions of illegal aliens citizens, or simply give them the right to vote by judicial fiat.
I will wonder when the willing suspension of free speech under the guise of the Fairness Doctrine and the criminalization of "hate" speech will be enacted. I will wonder if our new "national police force, funded and equipped as well as our military" will enforce these "hate speech" laws. I will wonder what happened to the America of my youth, where my right to free speech trumped all other rights, including your right not to be offended by my remarks. I will wonder if the return of the draft is inevitable as re-enlistments decline, as they will when a dispirited military is called home from Iraq, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, so that the likes of Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Schumer can speak of Bush's Failure instead of America's Success.
Ah, yes. Life under Obama, the One, the Messiah. Your president, not mine; I want no part of it. Good luck.
Here is the response I received from this 58-year-old KosKid:
Democrats believe in supporting our president, regardless of party (look…enough of the Dems supported GWB to allow him to take us into an illegal and bankrupting assault on Iraq…his “reign of terror”); you have made up your mind already that you will not support in any way the next president of the United States, Obama God willing! What happened to the America of your youth?
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!? this was pre-election, and he was already nervous that Obama would be in for the same treatment they gave Bush. Did they think they operated in a vacuum? I must be in the twilight zone...
I want to save your answer to your lib friend. It was very concise.