Another irony that always gets me is that for years and years, the media was always promoting this grand notion of some kind of ‘ideal’ politician who would come about and bring bi-partisan concensus and be clean and unencumbered by outside interests, and such. They’d always be harping on this kind of ‘ideal’ politician.
So, here comes someone who had solid bi-partisan legislative success in her state, fought staunchly against corruption (even in her own party), championed transparency, stood up to the liberal bugaboo of “Big Oil,” and was truly independent by not being under the thumb of special interests, Party machines, corporate or union interests, or anything else but the people themselves. Some one who rose up on their own individual merits, following the old Jeffersonian pattern. And wound up with a massive, almost unheard-of 80% approval rating.
Yep, here someone comes along that fits the template of what the media bigwigs were always proclaiming to desire... and they wind up going absolute scorched-earth, an all-out mission to destroy, all in order to protect the innate corruption of a slimey Chicago pol, and the sleazy status-quo Obama and his ilk represent.
well said