Jeez, the stupid!

Ok, for reasons I won't explain, I was over at Roger Kimball's website. He should learn from Tucker Carlson: bowties do not make you smart!

He says:

I think Ms. Rabinowitz is right. Whatever else it is, this election is a referendum on two very different visions of America. Obama’s vision is of country crippled by sin; McCain and Palin’s vision is of a country fired by high ideals and expansive opportunity.

“You’re beautiful, I love you, now change.” That is Team Obama’s message. “You’re beautiful, I love you as you are”: that is the message of McCain and Sarah Palin. It’s the difference between the utopian–who finds himself disgusted with every real-world polity, and who finds himself willing, indeed, eager, to sacrifice real people for the sake of the ideal ones he wishes to create–and the simple patriot who says Yes to the family, community, and country in which he finds himself.

Most Americans, I believe, love their country for what it is–not what it could become if suitably socialized, taxed, neutered, and otherwise recast. If McCain-Palin can effectively articulate that message, they will win."

Well, Roger. I hate to tell you, but one can love one's country and disagree with it and want to change it. Also, please consider the fact that the Republicans who have dominated presidential elections since 1968 and who've controlled congress and/or the White House from 1996 to 2006 might be somewhat responsible for the various political and economic crises our country faces, crises which just might (justifiably) be ruining the Republican brand name. Given that John McCain has bent over backwards to conform to the religious right to get this nomination and "fit the brand," and that he has always bent over for Wall Street, are we supposed to forget what he stands for and where he came from? If Americans are making some connections that are entirely logical maybe you could do the same.

McCain may win, but don't hold your breath.

Could I also just say that your commenters--the ones who agree with you--make you look really bad. Now, I know that Republicans never use guilt-by-association methods (cough, Ayers, cough) and that you would never stoop so low, but can I just quote a few (my emphasis):

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he will absolutely win. the polls are always wrong, and exactly how many folks outside of the cities and college towns will vote obama?

mccain signs are 20-1 over obama signs in real America where i live

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LOOK AT THE CROWDS PALIN IS DRAWING-LIKE USUAL,THE HATE AMERICA MEDIA(THESE POLLSTERS ARE PART OF IT,THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THE MEDIA WANTS TO GET ATTENTION) IS TRYING TO SHOW THE COMMIE PIG OBAMA DOWN OUR THROATS. IM NOT MUCH OF A MCCAIN FAN,BUT AT LEAST IM PRAYING PALIN CAN SHOW HIM THE LIGHT.

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I know Senator McCain will win. I just want the patriots out there to realize what will happen when he is elected. It’s going to be mayhem. Just like Kenya.

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I do know that this is not the America in which I grew up, the America I learned about in school and the America my husband served with his heart and soul for 26 years. I want my country back. The socialists have taken over.

For those who contend the Republicans should have stopped the friends of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the Clinton administration - you need to go back and really learn what happened. Just because there is a majority of one party doesn’t always mean the majority wins. It also doesn’t mean that all Republicans are true conservatives.

The bottom line is that subprime loans are at the bottom of the economic crisis. Subprime loans were created by the Democrats as a socialistic effort to give to “the have nots” by taking from the “haves”. It “worked” for awhile and that’s what brought us to this point. However, we certainly can’t ignore AIG’s insurance of these pieces of crap bundled into bigger pieces of crap as to being a contributing factor.

Get it? You see, real Americans pray and never get subsidies, Republicans are never responsible for anything bad and even if they are then they are not "real" Republicans. Even if McCain wins, the socialist race war is here and we'll be just like those African countries because, well, America is no longer the good ol' country it used to be.

Oy.