Rush Limbaugh, a ranting redneck disguised as an "expert" pundit, has voiced the hope that our President fails in his undertakings. Well, Mr. Limbaugh, you had better pray that doesn't happen.
What causes such hate? And, why do so many people listen to it and agree with it. I think this is another case of the "dumbing down" of American. So many people don't want to read, to listen and to think for themselves. These folks would rather have intolerant, fundie preachers and right wing, arrogant reactionaries TELL them what to think. That is such a shame. With the election of Barack Obama, I felt that our nation, as a whole, had taken a leap forward in our social, political and personal development. I now have to realize that there are many that didn't take that leap with the rest of us and are going to do all they can to pull us back.
My husband's boss is one such person. He admitted he doesn't read the newspaper or much of anything else. Yet he came into work, yesterday, ranting that Obama was going to "make the USA spend billions of dollars to pay for abortions in other countries." He obviously has not read the "Global Gag Rule" or understood what it is all about. He also spouted off about "socialized medicine" being "one step towards (insert shudder here) communism!" Funny, isn't it, that Canada and the UK haven't gone that way and they have had social healthcare in force for many years?
I still take heart that many of my brother and sister Americans have passed the stage when they see the Red Menace behind every bush and don't trust anyone who is different from them without first examining the issue. Maybe, just maybe, one day the people who are like my husband's boss, will either join in or die out.
