"We hope he fails" ( a rant) - Democratic Underground

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Sat Feb-28-09 02:54 PM
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"We hope he fails" ( a rant)

John McCain ran for President beneath the phrase: "Country First", and lost, thank God.

So, our new Democratic President entered office with multiple daunting crises on his plate, created by the last administration, a Republican one, and left for him to clean up. There's the economic crisis, and the climate crisis, to name two. Then, there's Iraq/Afghanistan, and the healthcare crisis and yes, that's another damn fine mess Republicans made - starting with Nixon.

Our new President, only 30 days or so into his administration is however handling these crises adeptly, to say the least. The Republican response to his economic recovery package was no less than that of obstinate, spoilt children: "We hope he fails!" ; "We're not voting for THAT!".

We are in DIRE STRAITS here in the US economically. And it's worth noting at this particular time that no matter what the economic condition of this great nation (indeed, a mess they created themselves), Republicans were only concerned about themselves and their potential electoral standing in 2010 and 2012. No matter what suffering the American people are under due to Republican policies of the past 8+ years and no matter what the unemployment rate, number of newly homeless, the state of the banking and housing system, the state of our crumbling infrastructure, the state of healthcare, the state of the climate, or how much permafrost continues dwindling off Arctic ice shelves, or how severe and upredictable weather patterns are increasingly becoming, or how many more Americans and Iraqis are dead and maimed due to a rediculously expensive war-of-choice in Iraq - Republicans are only concerned with themselves.

Sort of like narcissistic six-year-olds. Spoilt, petulant ones, care about nothing but themselves, everything else be damned - EVEN their own country, it's people, and their own planet. Yes, THAT is exactly what got us where we are right now, as a nation - that Republican "ME first!" attitude.

"Country First"?

I don't THINK so! Like everything else these "Repetulants" claim themselves to be - or do - they make a lousy pretense of it - and that's about all. And the media, owned by their plutocratic, corporate counterparts, help them spin and fling their lousy, thin, transparent, pretenses. "Catapuling the propaganda" they have outright called it. They don't even TRY to hide the pretentiousness of it anymore because it's been so easy for them to sell to people.

For Reputulants, it's all about THEM and little else no matter WHAT. Just like any abusive spouse or partner or counterpart.

"We hope he fails!" - declared yet another one of them at CPAC recently, in regards to President Obama and his policies. Because for Gawd's sake if he succeeds, then the petulant, pestulant, Republicans will be kept out of power in our government for decades, possibly - after Democrats have once again cleaned up yet another monumental mess they've made.

Well, Republicans, YOU have already failed!

That's why we're IN this mess, far be it for anyone to point that out. And thus your resentment, anger, and petulance. You've no one to be angry at about your abject failures as a party but YOURSELVES. Period.

And you know, somehow, "Country First" + "We hope he fails" doesn't coincide, reconcile, or compute. The reason it doesn't add up is because the latter is Republicans' actual, true attitude about every dire problem this country faces right now, not the former.

When Republicans say "We hope he fails" what they're saying is:

1). We hope our COUNTRY FAILS. And our economy, and our people and their ability to survive and thrive in this country and on this planet, and our healthcare and housing system and yes, our military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2). We don't CARE if it does. We ONLY care about ourselves in 2010 and 2012 and beyond and how much power and money and influence we'll have and that's ALL we care about.

Hardly impressive. "Country First" (?) Obviously not.

With Republicans, my advice is as per always: IGNORE THEIR WORDS and their propaganda and their pretenses and watch instead, what they actually DO. Or, what they DON'T do. That tells us all we need to know about true Republican values.

How DID they act in regards to the stimulus? WERE they COOPERATIVE? DID THEY show any support? NO! They did not. Their spokesperson, Rush Limbaugh, got on the radio and declared: "I hope he FAILS!" So there you have it. No matter what they SAID - THAT is what they DID.

If you strip out all their propaganda and ONLY look at what they DO - the story their actions tell is not a good one, and those Republican "values" are what got us into the mess we're now in. A mess that, as always, is left to be cleaned up by a Democrat who really DOES put "Country First" and who doesn't have to talk about it and propagandize about or get the corprat-owned media to "sell" it to anyone.

A Democrat just DOES IT. And that's the difference.

Democrats actually PUT country first. They don't need to run around squawking under the false pretense of it. They just DO it.

And Republicans? Well, THEY have already FAILED, goddamn them to HELL and they are DETERMINED to take us and OUR country and our entire PLANET with them. Hopefully, the people of this country and President Obama can SEE that and are too smart to allow that to happen.