Dixie - In Memoriam
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As many of you may know, my dearest and closest friends, are Liberals. Not just 'moderate' Libs, but full-blown, black helicopter, Bush-is-a-puppet, Liberals. Their political views are slightly to the left of Desh. I have found, we have a much better time together, when we can avoid political discussions of any great length, and I generally go out of my way to avoid political topics, because I know any such conversation is going to end in a fight.
Most of the time, my diligence in not bringing up or furthering discussions on politics, is enough to get through the weekend without any serious rifts in friendship, or hurt feelings. This weekend, it was almost impossible to avoid the topic of politics. I now have permanent teeth marks in my tongue. I endured 40 hours of almost non-stop Liberal pontification on politics, and avoided losing a single friend, but I have to say, the pinheads are starting to worry. The market crash seems to have them completely baffled. Oh, they are still poised to elect Obama, but you could sense this tone of uncertainty now, which wasn't present just a month ago. The 'confidence' of 'thinking about tomorrow' is starting to wain, as they begin to realize, tomorrow brings us a big steaming shit sandwich.
They kept prodding me for my 'opinion' of the election, asking if I planned to vote for McCain, asking what I thought of Palin, If I supported the bailout, etc. It was like we were in a Star Wars scene, and I was Yoda... I now know how Charles Krauthammer must feel. All I can say is, the Liberal base doesn't seem as 'energized' as they once were. They are beginning to second-guess this whole thing, and wonder if their particular viewpoint might be just a tad bit extreme. Whether this will translate to a low turnout for Obama on election day, remains to be seen, but it certainly didn't sound encouraging for Obama.
Now, I realize, these are Alabama Liberals, which I explained to one of them, isn't much different from a mainstream Conservative in California. But, still, there was this definite sense of uncertainty among them. I ran my theory past them, about the current market crash being the result of 'rich folks' fears of an Obama presidency, and believe it or not, I didn't get a single disagreement. Oh, they raised the typical pinhead points about the need to "do something about fraud!" But, my response was simple, when have we NOT done something about fraud? Last I checked, the Enron guys are still in prison. Prosecution of fraud, is not going to fix the problem or solve the mess. The fundamental problem being, rich people afraid of an anti-capitalist administration. Pinheads really have no solution for this problem, and it shows.
As I said, the level of concern and worry is apparent. You can tell, they are genuinely concerned about what lies ahead, and seem to be resigned to the fact we are about to be in the midst of 'hard times' in the days to come. Oh well, at least we'll have a liberal government, that should be comforting! Liberals are very resourceful at figuring out how we can all survive... they were contemplating how we could all move in together and form a commune, grow our own food, pitch in together to make the mortgage payment, etc. You may think I am kidding, but they were dead serious! We're going to have a liberal government, and no one will have a pot to piss in, but it will all be okay, because we will have liberal government! I tell you, it's a 'mental disorder'.
The undertones were bleak, we had a great time as always, we drank whiskey and played guitar, signing Bob Dylan songs 'til the wee hours of the morning, but there was this constant feeling of despair and hopelessness over the future. I guess you have to become completely 'hopeless' in order for 'hope and change' to take hold. It is only from the perspective of hopelessness, you can truly appreciate hope, and welcome change. The pinheads are there! Gloom, despair, and agony on me!
Most of the time, my diligence in not bringing up or furthering discussions on politics, is enough to get through the weekend without any serious rifts in friendship, or hurt feelings. This weekend, it was almost impossible to avoid the topic of politics. I now have permanent teeth marks in my tongue. I endured 40 hours of almost non-stop Liberal pontification on politics, and avoided losing a single friend, but I have to say, the pinheads are starting to worry. The market crash seems to have them completely baffled. Oh, they are still poised to elect Obama, but you could sense this tone of uncertainty now, which wasn't present just a month ago. The 'confidence' of 'thinking about tomorrow' is starting to wain, as they begin to realize, tomorrow brings us a big steaming shit sandwich.
They kept prodding me for my 'opinion' of the election, asking if I planned to vote for McCain, asking what I thought of Palin, If I supported the bailout, etc. It was like we were in a Star Wars scene, and I was Yoda... I now know how Charles Krauthammer must feel. All I can say is, the Liberal base doesn't seem as 'energized' as they once were. They are beginning to second-guess this whole thing, and wonder if their particular viewpoint might be just a tad bit extreme. Whether this will translate to a low turnout for Obama on election day, remains to be seen, but it certainly didn't sound encouraging for Obama.
Now, I realize, these are Alabama Liberals, which I explained to one of them, isn't much different from a mainstream Conservative in California. But, still, there was this definite sense of uncertainty among them. I ran my theory past them, about the current market crash being the result of 'rich folks' fears of an Obama presidency, and believe it or not, I didn't get a single disagreement. Oh, they raised the typical pinhead points about the need to "do something about fraud!" But, my response was simple, when have we NOT done something about fraud? Last I checked, the Enron guys are still in prison. Prosecution of fraud, is not going to fix the problem or solve the mess. The fundamental problem being, rich people afraid of an anti-capitalist administration. Pinheads really have no solution for this problem, and it shows.
As I said, the level of concern and worry is apparent. You can tell, they are genuinely concerned about what lies ahead, and seem to be resigned to the fact we are about to be in the midst of 'hard times' in the days to come. Oh well, at least we'll have a liberal government, that should be comforting! Liberals are very resourceful at figuring out how we can all survive... they were contemplating how we could all move in together and form a commune, grow our own food, pitch in together to make the mortgage payment, etc. You may think I am kidding, but they were dead serious! We're going to have a liberal government, and no one will have a pot to piss in, but it will all be okay, because we will have liberal government! I tell you, it's a 'mental disorder'.
The undertones were bleak, we had a great time as always, we drank whiskey and played guitar, signing Bob Dylan songs 'til the wee hours of the morning, but there was this constant feeling of despair and hopelessness over the future. I guess you have to become completely 'hopeless' in order for 'hope and change' to take hold. It is only from the perspective of hopelessness, you can truly appreciate hope, and welcome change. The pinheads are there! Gloom, despair, and agony on me!
