The Paradox of Conservative America

For 8-28 years (depending on whether you count Clinton, which is entirely justifiable), those of us of the left-of-center "persuasion" have had to deal with the conservative-right's continuous attacks of us being "kool-aid drinking liberal douchebags" or "asshole liberal fags" or of supporting "Obama the fag"; the list of insults and idiocies goes on and on like an overcharged Energizer bunny. Few of these attacks are in any way kind (indeed, this has only gotten worse since Ann "complete nutcase" Coulter unleashed"how to talk to a liberal") The point remains that, for the last 28 years, since the beginning of the neocon movement, conservatives have enjoyed nothing more than unleashing the scope for variety within the English language upon liberals, socialists, libertarians, and just about anyone who disagrees with the ultra-fascist ideologies of Rush Limbaugh & co. (which is effectively everyone outside of the Bible Belt).

Granted, the left has not sat idly by and allowed such abuse to go unpunished. Bill O'Reilly begot Al Franken, who begot Keith Olbermann. Yet the fact remains, that the last three decades have seen North America rot in right-wing purgatory.
When Bush stole won the elections of 2000 and 2004, liberals went ballistic. How could a man who thought our prime minister was Jean Poutine win not one, but TWO consecutive elections without having broken a few laws (the fact remains that he didn't). When the left went crazy about this, what did Conservative America do? Oh, they told us to "sit back and reap the whirlwind of democracy". They told us, over and over again, that "the people have spoken", and that GWB won 'fair and square'.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008, that all changed. That night, we truly saw the people speak ('bout bloody time, if you ask me!). Not only did the libs handily win Congress and the Senate, but Barack Hussein Obama became the first democrat nominee for president to win the popular vote in a very, very long time.

At the very least, this has given me an opportunity to watch, with glee, as the fascist right makes complete asses of themselves. I watch them do exactly what they claimed liberals did for the last three decades. They have accused the dems of being Muslim Nazi Socialists, of loving Hitler, of using the UN to rig the election, of ballot-stuffing, of allowing illegals to vote, of turning the country over to Bin Laden, of crucifying Jesus, of allowing martians to invade our planet, of every-conceivable-conspiracy-theory-and-slur-on-the-goddamn-planet; and it has been extraordinarily fun to watch. Here's a sample to all who are interested.

"GG Obama... you racist fuck.. you won..

now open up the borders.. let all the mexicans in...legalize them.... give them all tax payers benifits.. and have them vote Democrat"

"Obama is a radical Muslim who will turn this planet over to Adminijad and Bin Laden"

When we - the liberals, libertarians, socialists, and democrats protested Bush's policies, we did so with legitimate reasons. Conservatives, they don't need those. They threw logic and rational thinking to the wind long ago. They do exactly what they claimed we did for years.

It's fun to watch paradox in motion.