So many hate voices in the air

It turns out, at least in the Northern district in upstate New York, that even a Republican candidate who's slightly moderate can so incur the rancor of her own party that they would support an uber-conservative independent.

Have the Republican radicals so taken over the party that their vitriol has seeped like some sort of poison throughout the fabric of American politics?

Obviously, yes.

How sad.

Now, today's gubernatorial races, which really should be wholly local affairs, are seen as some sort of referendum on the Obama administration.

Last week I heard some hate-radio host, still slabbering about "socialism" say that the government should leave the markets alone and the markets will police themselves.

Does anybody remember? We DID that! We let the markets police themselves, and they stole all our money, pissed it away until it vanished like the memory of our long-lost virginity!

I remember the frustrated opposition to the Bush administration - the Americans who dared speak out spoke out against these things:

War for oil.
War because the "bad man" had tried to kill Daddy the decade before.
Warrantless wiretaps.
Secret torture chambers.
Holding American citizens without due process.
Destroying the nature preserves.
Destroying the atmosphere.
Secret shady business dealings with Enron the year before they sent the US into recession.

but now! But now! It seems like ALL of America is in strong opposition to the Obama administration, for things such as

Wanting CEOs to take a pay cut.
Wanting all Americans to have health insurance.
Asking corporations to create jobs.
Asking corporations to be accountable.
Asking people to go back to school.
Asking our children to study hard.

Wow. Gee. Either those things really are bad . . . or we are just plain stupid.


You figure it out.

VG