There is a good summary in Kos which describes just what we are facing this year. It is not a normal election.
For the unobservant, what's happening this November is just another in two centuries of mid-term elections. The press is already dusting off their talks from past cycles, ready to note how the numbers of each party in the House and Senate have been altered. They expect to devote an hour -- maybe two -- to highlighting what these changes say about the popularity of the president. They may go so far as to discuss how the results affect the fate of some bit of legislation (but don't count on it). You can bet that have some absolutely spectacular new charts prepared to show poll results and the rearrangement of seats in the legislative chambers. ...
More important even than the election of Barack Obama in 2008. Because the ideas put forward by men like Glenn Beck are not "just like fascism," they simply are fascism. It's the idea that personality can outweigh facts, and that force can author "justice" as well as any law. It's the conviction that those with hard-won knowledge are dangerous, and need to be overruled by "common sense." It's the view that history has an unfortunate bias, one that can be adjusted with a careful "correction" of the textbooks. It's the doctrine that only a portion of the populace is Real Americans deserving of liberty, and the rest must be dealt with as enemies. ...
We've been told, and polling data reflects, an "enthusiasm gap" between those who saw Barack Obama into office in 2008, and those who want to unseat him. Those massing on the right -- the birthers, Beckers, and baggers -- smell blood in the water. They've already seized the Republican Party and they mean to seize the nation. Somehow, for those not part of that movement, this election remains just another election. If that's going to change in the few short weeks that remain, it's going to have to be because some were willing to work, to raise the alarm, and to elevate what's at stake beyond a squabble between "left" vs. "right."
I agree. It is not about holding up Obama's popularity. It is about pushing back American fascism wrapped in the flag and waving a cross. Somehow our electorate must wake up, unless they really want to see the truth to Orwell's 1984.
Consider some of Dog's tormentors from the right, and read what they say.
- you may not like it but what we are doing is protecting this nation from people who want to throw away everything that makes it good.
- We ARE a Christian Nation Yes, we let other people live here and we let them worship whatever false gods they choose.
- Liberals are traitors and should have their citizenship revoked and shipped to Mexico where they belong with their brethren.
- Every prson should worship the military and its members as the heroes they are.
From embryos to health care, from a failed laissez faire ideology to changing history books to suit a mindless belief, our religiosists and their wealthy handlers have been campaigning for a very long time. Do you want to live in a fascist christianist state? If not, get out our voters. |
