...It's an epic brawl between the heaviest of heavyweights (click title to entry - thank you). As in 1945, when Harry S. Truman first proposed a national health-care system, the battle is on between a Democratic White House that wants changes, and conservatives and health-care industries that oppose them....
A lot of the anger expressed by right wing voters is cultural. A man isn't a man unless he's out to kill off the opposition. No lie.
On a right wing radio station they are now playing this as their theme, "...I hope this sparks a revolution...."
Today, going down the road was a black pick-up truck with North Carolina license plate CN1761, with a slogan written on the rear cab window of the truck stating, "When the revolution begins you better remove the Obama bumper sticker from your Subaru."
The issues surrounding the loud mouths at the town halls have to do with culture and not politics. It is why no one can ever 'reach' these people while expecting any American to be reasonable. They are 'locked into' a culture they want and will live within that culture forever. It is about masculinity and femininity and the roles they play in their own lives.
No sense to try. Nothing will move them and they will be a ball and chain on the USA forever. The people that are the movers and shakers in this country that want health care reform, climate policy and are brave enough to stand up for change will have to overcome the 'old culture' of the Republican mind speak. They will never change. They love to hate and they love to think about killing other people that aren't rubber stamped out of the same mold. I would not under sell their ability to actually kill others either. I believe some of these bubbas and that's what I wrote, bubbas are so 'invested' into their cultural roles and identity they would be forced into carrying out their threats, form militias and seek to demonize the government.
Yep.
They are cowards, hide behind an identity rather than living a real life and are too scared to allow change to enter their lives. These same jokers will bankrupt a country in order to save their sorry hides for the greed they sought under a 'user friendly' president.
Real 'jerks' that wouldn't know compassion or logic if it big them in the behind actually still do live and thrive in the year 2009 in the USA. Morons. Basically. They are easily swayed and follow any populous moment they can identify while stereotyping everyone along the way. Amazing this is the year 2009 and we still have Americans that can't get out of their own way to find progress to the future. Absolutely amazing.