Yesterday, I warned you we’d see a lot more “blame the victim” stuff coming out of the press, to rationalize Obama’s (and the Democrats’) abysmal poll numbers. And as if on cue, here are a few choice bits from Eugene Robinson Friday column:
“Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue.”
“This isn’t an ‘electoral wave,’ it’s a temper tantrum.”
“The American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats.”
We love you, too, Eugene.
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Don’t they usually wait until after they lose to trot out the “spoiled brat” meme?
Seriously worried, looks like.
Looks like projection on the part of Monsieur Robinson to me.
“People don’t like Obamacare! WAAAAAAH!”
I dunno ’bout you, C-Dub, but, I don’t want to be left in a janitor’s closet either as the new ‘rationings’ begin. Kinda grody to the maximus.
Funny thing about that temper tantrum–I’m on the West Coast right now, celebrating my birthday, and my sister’s birthday, with family. Several other members are in from out of town, and we’ve of course been chatting about politics. I’ve managed to keep myself from getting kicked out of the house by mostly listening (I know–shocker!), and have been quite surprised by the disgust being voiced. These are people are are bleeding heart liberals, and are absolutely interested in seeing the Dems tossed out of Congress, for starters, and are very clear that the system is corrupt to the core.
At one point, an old family friend, who has known me for 38 years, turned to me and told me to run for office. I laughed and suggested I had too many skeletons, and that I had considered it, but didn’t want to put my family through the crap storm that would result. Later on, I mentioned that Ray Bradbury was concerned about the possibilities of a revolution, and she turned to me laughing and said “That’s what you’ll do! You can lead the revolution for us!”
But underneath all the joking, I was clear that everyone’s concerned. Even my died-in-the-wool Obamanaut brother-in-law is feeling rather resigned about how things are going. Not like he’ll vote any differently in November. He’s too invested in the Dems and Obama. But he’s clear that a lot of people are really pissed off; way beyond “temper tantrum” state. He’s actually hoping Sarah runs in 2012, because he thinks that’s the only way for the Dems to have any chance at keeping power.
He’s right, of course. But he’s betraying a fundamental misunderstanding of her, and the Tea Party movement. He still thinks it’s about the power and the political prestige. He doesn’t get that “Hope and Change” is a two-way street. And there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Obama did it the wrong way. He thought image over substance would work. And his sycophants bought into it. And establishment Republicans are stuck in the same paradigm, which is why Paul Ryan has gotten so little traction inside the beltway. If ‘Pubs sweep into power in November, and then pull the same crap with earmarks, power brokering, crony capitalism, and swimming in the swamp rather than draining it, then they’ll have proven to the rest of us that they simply don’t get it.
I’d just about bet my house that if that happens, the Tea Party movement will actually coalesce into an actual third party, with actual candidates on ballots. And Sarah Palin will be the head of the party. Not as a candidate, but as a king maker. That’s her role. She totally gets it, even if few others do. She’s damned good at it, and gets how she can be the lightning rod for all the shit the press is throwing at her, while the actual candidates get to develop their platforms and win elections.
It’s not a temper tantrum. It’s a paradigm shift. Get on the train or get out of the way.