What is with some conservatives in this country? Yesterday, I'm sitting in the car, waiting for my partner at the drug store and listening to a favorite Country music radio station. During a break, the DJ starts talking about President Obama and the stimulus packages. He didn't get too specific, but it was obvious from the tone of his voice that he thought Obama was making a big mistake.
So I flip the station. Play music, cowboy, and leave the politics to someone else. But I can't find anything I like and end up on a talk radio channel, notorious for its conservative views. I'll bet you can't imagine what they were talking about! What else, but how Obama is flushing this country down the toilet.
I shut the radio off. Because earlier in the day, I had heard reports about nutjob Rush Limbaugh continuing to get attention for saying he wants Obama's economic plans to fail. And on the way to work, I heard other radio DJs spouting off with their views about the economy.
Enough! Sure, it's America and you have a right to your opinion. But, first, if your job is to play music on a radio station, then I don't want to know your politics.
Second, why all this venom against Obama? He's trying to DO something, people! And give the man a chance--he's only been in office just over 1 month! If there's one common thread in all these various comments against Obama, it's that he's "Communist" or "Socialist," or that he's against "free enterprise" and "capitalism." Best of all: "Obama's going to take away our freedoms!"
Really? So riddle me this, idiots: When your buddy Bush was in office for 8 years, pray tell what happened? When conservatives controlled the country for at least 6 years, what happened? Don't get me started. And what solutions are conservatives offering?? Nada.
Look, I don't care what label you slap on Obama's economic plans. All I care is that it works. Same with health care. Call it Satanism! Call it Dadaism! Why does this matter? We are in serious trouble, and the conservatives just want to argue about abstractions and semantics. This is proof their ideology has run out of steam.
So I've turned off my TV in the mornings. Should've done that a long time ago. As much as I feel like I need to stay up to date, especially for freelancing work--screw it. I can't take the negativity. Just someone call me if the world explodes or something. And the next local DJ that goes off on politics is getting a call from me.
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