Posted on 08/25/2008 2:34:22 PM PDT by bestintxas
In the run-up to the opening of the Democrat convention Monday evening, I listened to the usual Democrat politicians being interviewed on the Sunday shows and it did not take long until it occurred to me that I was, in fact, watching a group of automatons who had been programmed to say “change” as often as possible.
It was nauseating. It will be nauseating. If I could get the Democrat National Committee to send me a dollar for every time the word “change” will be uttered between now and the end of the convention, I will be able to retire in comfort.
All elections are about change. That is to say, the party in power wants its supporters to vote against change, i.e., to elect its candidates to further its agenda, and the party out of power wants its supporters to vote the current rascals out so the Great Work of America can be transferred to their greedy hands.
Let us understand that what passes for government in Washington, D.C. is entirely devoted to dividing up the money that taxes and other levies accrue to that drained swamp. The party in power, the majority, gets to spend the money to the benefit of its constituents and special interests. The minority party is mostly just flat out of luck.
It has far less to do with governance than simple piracy, extortion, and connivance.
Sen. Barack Obama, a man who has possibly spent less time in the Senate chambers than previous elected members who had the misfortune of dying soon after taking office or possibly en route, has managed up to now to wage a brilliant campaign based solely on “change.”
He has fashioned himself into a messiah who is going to chase the money changers from the sacred halls of Congress,
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Remember that it’s not just “change” but also “hope”.
And remember that “this is our time!”. “This was the moment the planet began to heal, and the rising oceans retreated”
(not sure if I got that quote exactly, but you get the obligatory reference to global warming)
The only change will be from the Republican brand of socialism and totalitarianism to the Democratic brand of socialism and totalitarianism.
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