Thursday, September 16, 2004
Shades of Purple
At first, I liked the idea presented in this article: he doesn't want to be a member of a "blue" state or a "red" state, he wants to be purple. I thought it was going in the direction of Obama's Convention speech (have I mentioned how much I love this man?) - we play Little League in the Blue States, and we have gay friends in the Red States, etc.
But then it takes a turn for the bad, blaming Democrats still pissed about 2000 for splashing a little "red" into his otherwise "blue" opinion about Indecision 2004. The author says it would be much easier to oppose Bush if the Democrats weren't so fanatical in their dislike of Bush, suggesting relocation to Canada and other countries with leaders less idiotic. He wants to hear "moderation" from the Democratic camp and less rampant ABB-itis.
As justification for the Democratic misguided sense of reality, he quotes the statistic that 51% of Democrats think that "U.S. wrongdoing" helped cause the World Trade Centers to collapse and says that therefore Democrats essentially agree with bin Laden - cue Cheney and the terrorism quote. (For anyone who wonders, I am boycotting the use of the term "9/11" to refer to the events that happened on September 11, 2001. We don't refer to the events that happened on December 7, 1941 as "12/7" because it makes no sense. Anyway.) Personally, I don't really understand why so many Americans continue to think that we DIDN'T help create the environment that led to the undertaking of such a massive act of terrorism.
Caveat: I would definitely put myself into the category of Democrats still pissed about that stolen election and our appointed President. However, I am also stunned that so many Americans seemed to have missed the memo about why many countries see us as the Great Satan.
For starters, let's look at Americans like Alan Bloom, Jerry Falwell, et al, who make their living telling other Americans why our country is driving the bus to Hell. Add in a healthy dose of Unilateral tramping/Colonialism/Disrespect for all things Foreign, and duh, people hate us.
Furthermore, many people, myself included, do not think the Dems have done enough to illustrate the many problems with the Bush administration, to "demonize" Bush as the Republicans have been "demonizing" Kerry. Of the two campaigns, the GOP has done much more successful demonizing, so, Mr. Richard Cohen, by your logic, you should be MORE gloriously blue, not red-splashed purple.
But then it takes a turn for the bad, blaming Democrats still pissed about 2000 for splashing a little "red" into his otherwise "blue" opinion about Indecision 2004. The author says it would be much easier to oppose Bush if the Democrats weren't so fanatical in their dislike of Bush, suggesting relocation to Canada and other countries with leaders less idiotic. He wants to hear "moderation" from the Democratic camp and less rampant ABB-itis.
As justification for the Democratic misguided sense of reality, he quotes the statistic that 51% of Democrats think that "U.S. wrongdoing" helped cause the World Trade Centers to collapse and says that therefore Democrats essentially agree with bin Laden - cue Cheney and the terrorism quote. (For anyone who wonders, I am boycotting the use of the term "9/11" to refer to the events that happened on September 11, 2001. We don't refer to the events that happened on December 7, 1941 as "12/7" because it makes no sense. Anyway.) Personally, I don't really understand why so many Americans continue to think that we DIDN'T help create the environment that led to the undertaking of such a massive act of terrorism.
Caveat: I would definitely put myself into the category of Democrats still pissed about that stolen election and our appointed President. However, I am also stunned that so many Americans seemed to have missed the memo about why many countries see us as the Great Satan.
For starters, let's look at Americans like Alan Bloom, Jerry Falwell, et al, who make their living telling other Americans why our country is driving the bus to Hell. Add in a healthy dose of Unilateral tramping/Colonialism/Disrespect for all things Foreign, and duh, people hate us.
Furthermore, many people, myself included, do not think the Dems have done enough to illustrate the many problems with the Bush administration, to "demonize" Bush as the Republicans have been "demonizing" Kerry. Of the two campaigns, the GOP has done much more successful demonizing, so, Mr. Richard Cohen, by your logic, you should be MORE gloriously blue, not red-splashed purple.
