Remember when the liberal scolds were calling for a new era of civility? Politico’s Roger Simon had this to write
“Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together,†the president said.
Unfortunately, this seems one of the least likely results of the aftermath of the shooting. The divides in America’s body politic seemed to deepen rather than heal in the days following the tragedy.
That was January 12th. Flash forward to August 3rd, and we find out that Simon was correct: Obama bends to blackmail
A six-shooter lies gleaming on the table. There are five bullets in its chambers. You spin the cylinder and hold the gun to America’s head.
“Stop, don’t pull the trigger!†says Barack Obama. “We can’t risk America’s future.â€
“Aww, go ahead and shoot,†say the Republicans. “Maybe it will reduce the size of government … permanently.â€
And that was the debt ceiling debate. President Obama was not willing to risk a default that might ruin the American economy and topple the world’s financial system.
Rather uncivil language, eh? Add those to terrorists, extortion, sending in the SEALs to kill TEA Party members (this wasn’t the first time, either), hostage taking, etc and so on. What liberals are upset about is that they didn’t get 100% of their own way, and, as Ace points out
One thing I notice from a lot of leftists today (like that other columnist whining about “terrorists” earlier) is how quickly the left proclaims that democracy can’t work… when they lose a political fight.
Their entire definition of democracy (and government) “working” is “The left wins.” The moment the left does not win, democracy is ruinous.
We all know that they do not really like Democracy, because there are times they can lose. Think of the caterwauling post 2000 and 2004 presidential elections about “stolen elections” and such, yet, they made absolutely no moves to address what they said were the causes. Think Prop 8: Dems say they love direct democracy. But, only when they win. If they lose, words like racist, bigot, and so one will be thrown around as they march of to court. Obama himself has mused that it would easier to be a quasi-dictator.
Just imagine the vitriol from the Left when they lose the White House and Senate in 2012!
Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.
If its any consolation the left is whailing and moaning and gnashing their teeth that the rich didnt get the shit taxed out of them.
“The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.†Lenin.
They will just have to settle for inflation which is only hurting the poor and middle class because the rich can afford gasoline and groceries while the rest of us are struggling.
The Democrats OWN this economy and they are using ALINSKY to pick the target, (the rich) freeze it and turn the debate into those evil rich people are screwing us all.
They have no message. No concept of what to really do about anything. They simply believe that taxing the sheet out of the rich is the way out of everything.
But honestly in the end its not even about taxing the rich….its about turning America communist via crisis after crisis that THEY CREATED.
Its always been about no longer hiding their agenda. Its out in the open now and its up to America to accept or reject it, and Im betting on 30 years of public school and university brainwashing by liberal/progressive unions and professors that todays younger generation don’t even have a clue just how bad communism and socialism really are.
And that has always been their plan. In 2008 they lept out of the closet and they have been pedal to the metal every since.
and that is my word of the day.
“They’ve stolen the country!”
“They’ve taken America hostage and assassinated Lady Liberty shooting her gore all over your grandchildren”
“These Tea Party terrorists have hijacked the blood from your aborted fetal cells and have demanded that those cells fight and kick for life without any help from the government”
“These evil southern racist whites-only Republicans will demand all non-whites leave the country or face jail in a torture chamber run by a racist Arizona sheriff who makes prisoners work to pay for their own disemboweling tools”
“Racist anti-American unconstitutional Tea Party Terrorists will swim in your kid’s blood and brain spewage in order to return this great and grand Republic to the evil anti-human way of life in 2008.”
…. am I close?
[…] New Tone: Blackmail And Six Shooters We all know that they do not really like Democracy, because there are times they can lose. Think of the caterwauling post 2000 and 2004 presidential elections about “stolen elections†and such, yet, they made absolutely no moves to address what they said were the causes. Think Prop 8: Dems say they love direct democracy. But, only when they win. If they lose, words like racist, bigot, and so one will be thrown around as they march of to court. Obama himself has mused that it would easier to be a quasi-dictator. […]