Get you hip boots and umbrellas out, America,here comes the shit-slinging republican far right. Now that most conservatives realize they have no winners in this horse race their only recourse is to take to the low road, a path they know so well having paved and repaved it for decades.
The appeals to the ignorant among us, the GOP base, are coming at us at an alarming rate and intensity, destined to increase exponentially should Obama win the nomination.The noise machine was quick to pounce on Michelle Obama's statement concerning her pride in America. For the record, she daid...
"For the first time in my adult life I am really proud of my country because I feel like hope is making a comeback...not just because Barrack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."

She did not say she was never proud of America, she simply stated she was really proud, a matter of quantity, not quality. The next morning we get Cindy McCain's deliberate distortion of Michelle's statement, no doubt prompted by her hubby's handlers since Cindy has never been known for her opinions on anything. The flap was augmented and spun to distraction by the frothing attack dogs of conservative talk radio, those darlings of the Rovian kennels who take their marching orders from the White House.
Last Friday on the Bill Maher Show we were assaulted by Jack Kingston, a true son of the south, who accused Obama of being un-American because he didn't put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem. The idiot should have known that one places one's hand over one's heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. He then observes that Obama doesn't wear a "made in China" American flag lapel pin, as if adorning the body with our national symbol automatically imbues one with true patriotism like those magnetic ribbons which displayers claim demonstrates their palpable support for our troops fighting and dying in an unjust and illegal war.
A few days later the Kingston bumbles his way onto the Dan Abrams show to make the same lame claims. As Abrams points out that Kingston is not wearing a pin, the segment evolves into a comedy skit much to the chagrin of the petty plowboy who, had he any sense of propriety should have been embarrassed. He merely whines that he doesn't see the connection between his attack on Obama and his failure to be sporting the much ballyhooed lapel pin. I can only hope that he is not the best Georgia has to offer.
Since the far-right bigots know better than to attack Obama for being black or even "halfrican", they find new fodder by invoking Obama's middle name...Hussein, Hussein, Hussein!! His name is Hussein and his last name rhymes with Osama!! See, America, he's a Muslim plant, an Al-Quaeda operative lying in wait to subdue us.
Sadly, those who buy into this crap have already been subdued by their own ignorance and fear, a fear hand fed them by the Fascist Bushies who have learned from history that fear is the most effective method of influencing and controlling the ill-informed.
Obama is a Christian and anyone who would fear him because of his name is hopelessly mired in the 13th Century.
This won't work this time, Rove, even though you have deceptively urged your minions to refrain from attacking Obama on race or religion for fear of being seen as the racists and bigots you really are.
We are in an electric, high-stakes campaign for the soul and future of the Republic. We will have a Democratic President, presumably Obama, in November. Let us hope that voter fraud will be minimalized and that we will not suffer another "attack" in the form of an October surprise when Bush and Cheney realize their regime is over and that the possibility of accountability will find them in the witness stand and eventually in prison for their numerous crimes.
Only though vigilance and a growing sense of political awareness will we be able to stave off further assaults on our freedoms and the specter of martial law promised us by a cowardly, would be dictator.
Ribet...ribet.

I have heard nothing more frightening or disturbing than this latest blather from Mike Huckabee.Speaking at a rally in South Carolina, a jewel in the buckle of the "babble belt", he boldly states his desire to change the Constitution to be more in line with "god's" word. Here at last is the rotten fruit of the mindless evangelical movement that began in the 70's. The real horror is that there are millions of these cyborgs who vote and would be as happy as a Taliban freedom fighter to usher in a true reign of terror by imposing a social order based on the dubious edicts of some mythological diety. Those of you demented beings who believe that the bible is anything more than a compilation of oft revised fairy tales present a clear and present danger to the stability of the Republic. Why does Sharia law frighten you but similarities expressed in the bible fill you with rapture? If this is not a battle cry for all rational, secular humans to rebuff the religious right I don't know what you are waiting for. I would be very willing to take up arms against a regime whose guiding principals had any association with "the word of god". Deliver us from evil!!!

In biblical parlance, the United States is an iniquitous country. Our citizenry is superficial, callous, ignorant, bellicose, greedy, selfish and oblivious to the very real horrors confronting humanity in today's world. Our collective attention rises merely to the banal plateau of shopping and entertainment. There is little or no national concern for what is occuring in Iraq, Darfur, the entire African sub-continent; barely even for the declining quality of life of the average citizen. Only recently have some of us given credence to the scientific community's inescapable conclusion that global warming is real.
In an era of unprecidented ability to transmit and receive information, Americans seem to epitomize the "monkey trilogy", see, hear, speak no evil. We have turned a blind eye to our own humanity and as a result, we can see no one else's humanity. George Bush is the perfect president for these times and these Americans. We, like him, have elevated incuriouness and unawareness to sacramental status.
It is unclear why so many of us are so "proud to be an American". Pride in what? Your SUV, you mortgaged home, your dyslexic, dysfunctional, self-centered children? Perhaps you're proud of our educational system that has plummeted to frightening depths. Do you take pride in an economy that more resembles feudal Europe than the promise of "rising boats" that gave hope to the generations in the post WWII boom? If your pride is merely predicated on the fact that you were born in America, you truly are mindless.
There is one shining source of pride in which one may bask as an American. Against all odds and a fascist regime, we still have the right and the obligation to question authority and express our dissent against the abuses of power. This last election illustrated the effectiveness of dissent. Take pride in your right of dissent and exercize it.
We are a culture in decline, but not because of abortion rights, women's rights, or gay rights. At our own peril we ignore human rights. If there were a god, she would be quite disappointed in us and probably more inclined to blast America than bless America. Ribet....ribet

With a flash of his pen and an inane signing statement, Herr Bush has now become Supreme Leader with powers as sweeping as Kim Jong IL, Idi Amin, and Josef Stalin. You and I no longer have habeus corpus standing if this dictator determines that we are unlawful enemy combatants. He or his designate can decide if you and I can be disappeared forever with no possibility of redemption, i.e. a judicial review. Bush has now attained far-reaching despotic powers while the media,with few exceptions, remains silent. Americans, in general, go on blythly watching their vapid television programs with no bang of shock and awe, rather a whimper of indifference, a tacit approval of the death of 200 years of civil rights protections. This is a very black day for the Republic from which we may never recover.
Then there's torture. The Supreme Court ruled against the Bush regime so our Fearless Leader called upon his boot-licking whores in Congress to change the law. You and I have no legal challenges should Bush come for us. This is tantamount to the enactment of the Enabling Act in Nazi Germany which allowed Hitler to mount the throne. The rest is ugly history. We have become a totalitarian state and our disinterested citizenry permitted it to occur. It is painfully clear that too many Americans do not deserve the precious freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. We appear unworthy of the great experiment that our founding fathers purchased with their blood and the blood of all who strove to secure a nation with civil liberties and assurances of protection from despotic kings and tyrants.
Rest in peace, if you can, America. The torch of the Statue of Liberty has been extinguished and the "Shining City on the Hill" is now merely a tawdry shopping mall. Ribet.....ribet

Who but the most selfish,dimented,manipulative,and reckless pedestrians could still support this renegade president and his vile administration.35% of those polled recently approve of torture, ignoring all expert testimony concluding that torture does not provide reliable information. The tortured will say anything to stop the pain. Those who support torture are, indeed, tortured, twisted people.
Add to this deranged constituency the "rapture" crowd. Now here's a nutty segment of society that literally believes their mythological Jesus is soon going to descend, corporally vested, from somewhere in space, hang suspended above the earth like some supernatural marionette and gather in all those who voted for him as god of all creation, then dismiss the rest of us to hell!! These people can't wait for the total destruction of the earth and all who dwell upon it, merely to substantiate their ridiculous, perverted, sick, theological nonsense.Don't we prohibit the insane from voting? More frightening, King George is a rapturist,which could explain the dangerous,irresponsible, belligerent policies that this junior dictator has inflicted on the world at large, and the humiliation and shame he has laid on the United States, whose once respected standing in the world has fallen to an all time low.
We understand the selfish motives of the rich who have no social consciousness. There are some compassionate wealthy among us, but they are generally Democrats. Naturally, most very rich will vote for anyone who can save them vast amounts of taxable money. They villify social entitlement programs and at the same time feel it is their divine right to avoid paying taxes. Royalists are not psychologically complex.
The one group of Bushies that are the most enigmatic are the working poor and the ever-dwindling middle class who consider themselves "values voters". Just exactly for which friggin' values are you voting? The Republican propaganda mill knows exactly how to pull your strings. Why what is more threatening than same-sex marriage and abortion? Couldn't possibly be Bush's illegal and criminal invasion and subsequent rape and pillage of another sovereign nation!Nor should the continuing assault upon the middle class be of any concern to you who are barely getting by. The Bushies know what turns you on. Just wave a few flags, hoist a cross or two, rattle off acouple of bumper sticker slogans and tell you over and over again that liberals are the reason you are still poor The fact is, you are still poor because you vote for people who are commited to keeping you poor. You vote against your own best interests because you have not given any critical thought to what is really happening in this country. You would rather believe than know. Belief leads to reaction, knowledge leads to action. You prefer to listen to your pastor rattle on and tell you to vote for god's annointed and the party of values; family values like pedophilia, graft, lying ,tortue, hate, the subordination of women, racism, and blind nationalism.My, my, your god must be really proud of you.
There are millions of Americans who simply have not taken the time to understand that this president is the worst in history and by degrees is usurping all power unto himself, eliminating all of your civil rights granted by the Constitution, a document with which King George wipes his gigantic ass.25% of you will follow this jerk wherever he leads. You are a lost cause and can never be reasoned with. But the remaing 75% must open your eyes and ears and try your best to feel a spark of patriotism. Vote Democratic ,even if you have to hold your nose.
"Now is the time for all good men(and women) to come to the aid of their country". This regime must be vanquished. Ribet...ribet