The title came from a statement Michael Steele made tonight on The Last Word, with Melissa Harris-Perry filing in. Perry started the segment on a subject near and dear to the hearts of many on Facebook who subscribe to any philosophy other than the Tea Bagger phenomenon. Perry, was speaking of the unsubstantiated 'facts' being bandied about by extremists, presumably the right wing of the GOP. Steele agreed with her assessment, that it has gone too far. As much as I wanted to like the argument being made, it was clear that they were just scratching the surface and the presumption the 'push back' as Steele applauded would help resolve the problem. As we already know, all push back does is create silence in absence of an appropriate 'talking point'.
The real issue as I see it is exposure. As long as candidates and elected politicians make stupid, ignorant statements they will get their 15 minutes of fame, sometimes in 15 minute blocks. If you have a fly in your home, you break out a fly swatter or a can of Raid. In the case of a politician, we have the power of the vote.
We can continue to listen and shake our heads, we voice our opinion and sometimes outrage. In the long term this to me is a waste of time. We will never agree with each other. There can be no compromise. The battle lines have been drawn. 10% are Tea Baggers on the right and 20% are Progressives on the left. This leaves 70% of the rest of us left to relative obscurity. A silent majority? The Presidency is not in question, given the current political climate, there is no chance a GOP candidate can beat Mr. Obama.
What can and should be done is the removal from office of every single member of Congress in 2012. The effort must be made to get out the vote. I could care less who is elected in the long run because three things will happen if they are gone. 1) The entire power base in government will be destroyed. 2) Idealism will replace ideology. The lobbyists will be rendered useless for months, if not years. 3) The message will be sent to all, do the peoples bidding or you will be replaced too. I would rather have 435 incompetent's representing the people than 435 incompetents serving everyone but.
Pay no attention to the ads. Pay no attention to the lies. Both sides lie. Pick a candidate who is not in office now. If no one runs, urge someone you know to run. If the Tea Baggers can do it, so can anyone. This is no time to be silent. This is time for action, time for us to use the one power we have as people to make change, the vote.
TOSS THE 435 IN 2012 - VOTE - NO EXCUSES
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