The geriatric crowd is going to huge in the next election I think. My younger son goes to pre-school at a place that also has a seniors day center in it. I am amazed at how politicized these people have become just in the last 6 months. Most of them couldn't have cared about anything when I first me them, and they are really polarized now.
Makes me kind of happy, and kind of scared at what the democrats will do with all the power. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Verizon, WTF > > Welcome to the world of dreamland... > > Why is everything Bush's fault Jerry? > > Here's a good piece from the WSJ describing you to a T! > > Many of my friends ask me why I criticize President Bush, > when they feel he is trying very hard to protect America and > stand up for the American people," writes one Patricia Bruch > of Amherst, N.Y., in the Buffalo News: > > It makes me nervous that the president ignores Congress so often. > Everything makes me nervous lately. I dread turning on the > news or reading the paper. I certainly don't feel safer > because of his war on terror. > > I guess my mother says it best. Whenever the president > comes on TV, she sighs and says, "I just wish he wasn't there." > > Me, too. My friends may think he loves America, and he > probably does, but I will continue to criticize him because > my life under Bush has become very stressful, to say the least. > > This is not an angry piece; the tone is quite civil, and > Bruch actually offers some specific criticisms of the Bush > administration that are at least plausible. It sounds as > though one could have a reasonable, adult conversation about > politics with her. > > And yet. The piece does capture, in a milder form, something > of the psychology of the Angry Left. Bruch doesn't seem to > hate the president, but her distaste for him is, in her > description, something of an unhealthy > obsession: "Everything makes me feel nervous lately." > > We witnessed a far more severe case the other day. An old > lady was standing at a bus stop, wearing a button that said > YES, I REALLY DO HATE GEORGE W. > BUSH. Another old lady walked up to her and said, "Right on!" > The first old lady replied, "Well, at least I still have the > right to wear this button." > The tone in which she said this suggested not that she > recognized her good fortune at living in a free country, even > if she doesn't care for its current leadership, but that she > fears that her freedom to wear obnoxious buttons is in > danger. This is a totally irrational fear. > > Whatever the merits of the underlying political viewpoints, > people who feel nervous about politics all the time or who > are consumed with hate are suffering from a certain lack of > perspective. There is no reason to think that those on the > political left are inherently more prone to this sort of > problem. Richard Hofstadter's "The Paranoid Style in American > Politics" was, after all, largely an essay about the American > right circa 1964. As we suggested Tuesday, this seems to be > one of the hazards of being out of power politically. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 9:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Verizon, WTF > > Michael, welcome to the world of the new republic. > > In Bush and his supporters' dreams, citizens have no rights, > businesses have all the rights, and the courts will be > stacked so that any case will be decided for business over > government over people (if indeed the law even gives you the > right to sue anymore. congress is passing more and more laws > to make businesses and the government immune to any lawsuit > whatsever.) > > Not that the top Democrats are much better, but at the moment > anything is better than the "business is always right" mantra > of the current administration. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193529 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
