Election '06; part 2nd
What I'm trying to understand, for purposes of my own continued mental health, is why it is that I so strongly sense that this election is going to be different from others. The difference, shorthand, as I see it, is that for the first time ever 1/2 of this country is nuts, or rather, lead or influenced by those who are nuts. Not people of a different persuasion, not people of different values. Nuts.
What I'm going to use as my illustration is Abu Grahib. That was gratuitous insult, it was an embarrassment, we expect more of our soldiers. But was it torture, did it make us the new jailers after Saddam, did it make us no different than he, did it deserve months and months and months of coverage? Three days would have been plenty, with occasional follow up. But again and again and again it was thrown before the American public, forcing the embarrassment, and all the time with the charge that it was torture. Same with Gitmo, same with all charges of American brutality and arrogance and denial of liberties.
Does any sane person believe any of that?
There is absolutely no end to the charges made by the left and no end to the coverage given by the media. The problem is none of it is true. Does anyone actually believe any of this is actually that bad? Does anyone actually believe Gitmo is torture. The thing is, there is such a thing as reality. Sometimes it's obscure, sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's difficult and only becomes clear with time, but it is there. People can have different values and react differently but it is there, the real, and you can not month after month say Abu Grahib was torture and not be nuts. But this is where live MSM and the Democrats. Month after month. Nuts.
Do you think nobody notices?
This anyway is why I think this election might be different. It's one thing to hammer your opponent when you've got him in a corner, but when there's no corner but merely abuse, ridicule, and allegation, after a while it seems silly, it's watching some misshapen animal snarling over the scent of a dead horse, while horse and rider are off to the field somewhere with battles to be fought. But the barking and snarling doesn't stop.
It's my feeling that after a while the public begins to recognize that the old dog has a problem.
So this election might be different. The dog has gotten on everyone's nerves and has created ill temper. That shows up in the polls. But it is ill temper and short temper, it's not judgment. It seems to me that when it does come time to vote an unusually large number of people will recognize that Fido is barking at ghosts, and ignore him, and that could lead to a result somewhat different than expected... But what if it turns out that 51% of the people are just as goofy as the dog? I don't believe it, but... Wow!
--Of course I'm only arguing national tone, I'm not considering local factors. But I am saying there will be no wave for the Democrats. In fact, I rather expect there will be something of a counter wave, at least against their expectations. And since this is national, it seems it could be more pronounced in the senate than in the house.
What I'm going to use as my illustration is Abu Grahib. That was gratuitous insult, it was an embarrassment, we expect more of our soldiers. But was it torture, did it make us the new jailers after Saddam, did it make us no different than he, did it deserve months and months and months of coverage? Three days would have been plenty, with occasional follow up. But again and again and again it was thrown before the American public, forcing the embarrassment, and all the time with the charge that it was torture. Same with Gitmo, same with all charges of American brutality and arrogance and denial of liberties.
Does any sane person believe any of that?
There is absolutely no end to the charges made by the left and no end to the coverage given by the media. The problem is none of it is true. Does anyone actually believe any of this is actually that bad? Does anyone actually believe Gitmo is torture. The thing is, there is such a thing as reality. Sometimes it's obscure, sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's difficult and only becomes clear with time, but it is there. People can have different values and react differently but it is there, the real, and you can not month after month say Abu Grahib was torture and not be nuts. But this is where live MSM and the Democrats. Month after month. Nuts.
Do you think nobody notices?
This anyway is why I think this election might be different. It's one thing to hammer your opponent when you've got him in a corner, but when there's no corner but merely abuse, ridicule, and allegation, after a while it seems silly, it's watching some misshapen animal snarling over the scent of a dead horse, while horse and rider are off to the field somewhere with battles to be fought. But the barking and snarling doesn't stop.
It's my feeling that after a while the public begins to recognize that the old dog has a problem.
So this election might be different. The dog has gotten on everyone's nerves and has created ill temper. That shows up in the polls. But it is ill temper and short temper, it's not judgment. It seems to me that when it does come time to vote an unusually large number of people will recognize that Fido is barking at ghosts, and ignore him, and that could lead to a result somewhat different than expected... But what if it turns out that 51% of the people are just as goofy as the dog? I don't believe it, but... Wow!
--Of course I'm only arguing national tone, I'm not considering local factors. But I am saying there will be no wave for the Democrats. In fact, I rather expect there will be something of a counter wave, at least against their expectations. And since this is national, it seems it could be more pronounced in the senate than in the house.
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