The negativity escalates from the McCain/Palin court as more and more of the amorphous independents continue—at least according to thepolls—to decamp over to Obama’s side. I wonder if they’re genuinely confused as to why? The reason is in the systematic stupefication of the American electorate. Most Americans are lazy voters, we all know that. But the Karl Rove campaign style has, for years, been turning that general laziness into outright ignorance. The GOP couldn’t have cared less why Bush got the independent voters in 2004, just that he did. But ignorance as to the hows and whys of anything make it impossible to then repeat the experience.
When Bush won the 2004 election, his supporters swooned. Anyone who claimed that Bush voters were played, were stupid, or who voted for the wrong reasons were told this was the real America and the rest of us had better shut the hell up. Those same voters are now streaming Barack Obama’s way. The far right can’t believe the average America, the real America, could be so phenomenally stupid as to vote for the black guy with the scary name. Well, the far right and I finally agree on something. Because I couldn’t believe the average American to be so phenomenally stupid to vote for the guy who invaded the wrong country.
In the earlier stages of this election, I was quite critical of Obama, comparing him to Bush in some ways. I wanted people to vote for someone not based on charisma, but on real experiences like I believed HRC had. Didn’t happen that way, but I didn’t really expect it to. Presidencies are won and lost on personality, charisma, and perceptions. I think we’re getting lucky in that the personality, charisma and perceptions are founded upon some real intelligence, drive, education, and qualifying experience.
What I’m cracking up over is that the right is now frothing at the mouth over the behavior of the majority of Americans. Folks, these are the same voters you were swooning over four years ago. They are independent, unpredictable, and unreliable. You loved them four years ago, and you hate them now. Four years ago they had supposedly seen the light because they voted for your guy and now you denigrate them for exactly what you loved about them. They didn’t see the light with Bush and his cronies. They liked him and wanted to have a beer with him.
The current tactics of the McCain campaign will only drive these voters further into the Obama camp. Small towns are not the only pro-America areas of the country. The Democratic areas of Virginia are not a fake part of the state. Obama is not the sand.
I hated them four years ago and I still hate them now. Because while they will most likely put Barack Obama in the White House, I don’t trust who they will put in there next. Because we got lucky that there is actual intelligence, education, and diversity of experience behind the charisma. But we weren’t lucky four years ago and we might not be lucky four years from now. But at least I’ll get a breather (fingers crossed) for four years while I continue to vent about the idiocy that is this great country.
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