…is a country with its head firmly stuck in reality.

But for real perspective on what we’re up against vis a vis our ignorant, complacent populace, see Harper’s Magazine’s editorial “A Quibble” (unfortunately not available online). Our illiteracy, anti-intellectualism and laziness are topping all previous generations’, and only Obama stands between us and a continued downward trend. The writer of the editorial is himself pessimistic.

Is Obama savior enough? Is he merely a pause in our descent or the beginning of a reversal?

A financial crisis isn’t the only one facing us. Impossibly enough, our educational crisis (for what else can you call a populace that votes against itself, time after time, but STUPID?) is even bigger.

Instead of “love thy neighbour” it’s “do unto your neighbour before your neighbour does unto you.” Instead of Unions, middle class wages, universal health care and industrial jobs you get a frantic race to the bottom – all so that the top 1% can EARN more yearly income than the bottom 40%. A race to the bottom so that the top 1% can OWN close to 65% of all the wealth.

WHY do NORMAL Americans LET THE TOP 1% DO IT…SIMPLE…The RIGHT has convinced at least 52% of the bottom 98% that the American Myth is what they should aspire to.

The American RIGHT isn’t the problem – the American LEFT is the problem for not being able to convince their own WORKING CLASS, MIDDLE CLASS brothers and sisters that for ONCE in their shitty lives they should vote for THEMSELVES instead of the 1% that OWN their hearts, minds, and sorry asses all because they’ve put the American Myth ahead of their children’s education and health care.

Obama gives us a BRIEF 4 or 8 year window to try and reverse the minds of American’s fools.

As to the RIGHT thinking the LEFT has won the battle to frame the “Labeling” of concepts and people…this cycle…for the first time in well over a generation…they are correct…FINALLY we have defeated the penetration of Right Wing Radio.

For YEARS their lies and misinformation went unchallenged day after day, week after week, year after year. Now we CRUSH them – every single day we nip their lies in the bud. Maddow, Stewart, Olbermann, Colbert, Maher and others tear their distortions to pieces. The Amercian people – the American LEFT FINALLY have the tools to desrtoy the LUNACY of Right Wing apologists.

Four or eight years – that’s all you Americans have to change your future, to change your children’s future.

Good luck – you’ll need it!

And any human being who thinks Bush II was a good president, even while in objective terms we enter what might be another Depression, is either a) stupid or b) lying to themselves and in danger of having their heads explode.

75% of Republicans have a positive opinion on George W. Bush.

75%!

GOP = Lemmings.

Oh right….

They political figures are sold on perception (remember people thinking that Bush would be a great guy to have a beer with) so it is natural for society to “rebel” against this notion and seek some truths that can only be found when you take some characterizations to the extreme.

hat I mean is, the Saturday Night Live, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher mentality has prevailed.

Advantage: Reality.

(Actually SNL and Maher are pretty flawed if relatively reality-based. J-Stew’s very good, with and Onionesque record.)

They’re not?

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It’s even more depressing reading the entirety of Nordy’s column, because after his hysterical exegesis about Jon Stewart’s mind control powers, he goes on to discuss such weighty issues as mocking some Indian guy with a scatalogically funny name, Hugh Hefner’s dating habits, and giving a hearty “F*** you” to retiring Sen. Voinovich. Christ it’s as if the entire staff of NR are 4th graders on South Park.

So….Say it often, say it loudly….and say it *again*–Why Do Conservatives Hate America?