That giddy sense of euphoria is a dizzying thing. When I sit down and truly consider the fact that we as a country - by a majority that could not even remotely be argued - elected the nation's first African-American president, swept away much of the moldy evangelical, hate-spewing representatives of the GOP from the House and Senate, legalized medical marijuana in one state, and shot down potential abortion notification propositions.....I get a little misty-eyed.
The one downer? The sore losers of the GOP support base. Even those higher-ups in the party cannot seem to accept they have been roundly bitch-slapped, instead focusing on emoting a "sour grapes" attitude, talking about how much higher taxes are going to be, how "we shall see", and "history will tell", etc., et-fucking-cetera.
Here's the thing, my Republican friends (whom I must throw a disclaimer about right here: I love you all to death, but y'all need to wake the fuck up.....):
- Taxes were going to have to go up regardless of who was elected. Doubt me? Then consider the events that have led up to this momentous time: Two failing - yes, failing - wars which are costing approximately ten million (or was it billion) American dollars per month when one of the countries (Iraq) has a 90+ billion dollar surplus in it's coffers. This is in combination that the American public as a whole DO NOT WANT TO BE DEALING WITH THIS FUCKING SHIT ANYMORE. Wonder why your little bitch-boy Bush's approval ratings are so low? Well, outside of not being able to balance any sort of budget or speak without stumbling over the simplest of words/phrases, he keeps insisting these two wars are "winnable" when the reality is that the Taliban has regained power in Afghanistan because he decided to fucking "double-down" with Iraq and now no one, NO ONE, wants us over there anymore. Our credibility as a country has been driven into Hell. We need to pull out of both countries and let them each figure the shit out for themselves. If they need help, they can ask us and the U.N. But otherwise, get the Hell out. If they all kill each other, well, would that honestly be a horrible thing? I mean, seriously, that's all WE are doing! Let them do it to each other themselves.....at least THAT way no one can blame America for their bullshit.....
- The single largest "bailout" (which, by the way, runs contrary to everything a supposedly "free enterprise" Republican like John McCain actually believed in.....) of the nation's financial institutions. This also amounts to a form of socialism, whether you wish to accept that or not, and was NOT proposed by either Independents or Democrats; it was the brainchild of the figurative head of the GOP for the past 8 years, George W. Bush. And before anyone starts pointing fingers at Obama and other Democrats for signing off on it: there really was no other choice. While the Republican contingent had their own reasons - perhaps more financially motivated with special interest abounding - the Dems felt they needed to provide something to the American public in the way of relief. The biggest problem now? Banks are taking advantage of it and tightening up their loaning restrictions when the entire plan was meant to loosen their purse strings and allow for an easier flow of cash to the public, which would then - in turn - assist in bolstering the stock markets worldwide.
- When Bush came into office, Clinton - love him or hate him - had left the country with the largest budget surplus in American history. By contrast, Bush - a member of a party traditionally known to be conservative in their spending - not only wiped that surplus out, but created the single largest budget deficit in American history. Way to go, Neocons!
- Because the bailout is not being applied on the level it should be, people are still losing their homes and the value of houses is continuing to go down. This means that Obama - working with the government as a whole - will now have to re-examine what was drafted and apply some sort of aid package to stabilize the housing market and keep citizens in their homes (which, by the way, will not go over well with any or all of this nation's banks and credit unions because it will force them to back the fuck off; anyone speaking on behalf of a bank/credit union will tell you "Well, see here: we don't LIKE foreclosing on any property because it means we then have to turn around and take a loss on it when we end up selling it at auction or to an individual at a greatly reduced price point....." Yeah? Well, that sure as fuck doesn't stop you from DOING it, now does it?)
Taxes were going to have to go up regardless. These same people will also move through the next four years, criticizing Obama's each and every move monthly if things don't move fast enough for them, not taking into account that their own party, the GOP, have left this country in such a shithole that it will take at LEAST two terms to clean up the mess and perhaps bring things to something similar to an even keel.....
And if Sarah Palin is supposed to be the GOP's future for 2012, all I can say is "Hallelujah!" because THAT particular approach will do nothing but ENSURE that Obama has two terms. Maybe we can adjust the Constitution to give him an extra term.....
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