whack on the side of the head

Whack on the side of the head!

While I was getting ready for work this morning, listening to NPR, I had a “whack on the side of the head” moment as they expounded upon the successes of Sarah Palin and also the newly elected Republican aka Tea Bag Party candidates.

Sister Sarah, yesterday, began to share her views on the Federal Reserve and it’s participation in the economic recovery or lack of recovery. I have determined that Sister Sarah must have a savvy group of educated helpers who actually do read more than the Wasilla Gazette and who can see more than Russia from their front steps. Sister Sarah must also have a translator to decipher words with more than two syllables and words that sound so Washington-ey and Government-ey and educated-ey and this same person must spend frustrating hours teaching Sister Sarah how to pronounce them and place them into one of her runny and endless sentences.

I am convinced that Sister Sarah is making a move for the nomination of President, and has to sound more intelligent than the perception of her former (prior to making millions) self and show some kind of insight as to the business of government. She has the sarcasm, the, I could care less patronizing voice and the wink down pat, but she needs to sound somewhat informed, but not too informed as to make the less intelligent lemmings of the Tea Party think Sister Sarah has an Ivy League education or even a high school diploma.

Sister Sarah when not on the Discovery Channel or a hired comedienne for FOX Pac News or sitting in the audience of Dancing with the Stars, or inciting people to use their second amendment rights if the ballots don’t work is canvassing the crowd for more Mama Grizzlies and more Moose Hunting Soccer Moms to promote her desires to be President. But her most successful attempt at reaching out to the millions of morons who want easy answers, less responsibility, more choices to blame others for their own short comings is her hiring of a ‘20 something’ individual to Tweet her inane and irresponsible responses to current events. Sister Sarah (or her handlers) has discovered a gold mine in communication via Twitter. Keep it brief, keep it cryptic, and keep it coming. How 2010!

The “whack on the side of my head” moment is just that…why don’t the Democrats stop trying to tell the whole story when slang, short hand and short sightedness work better, quicker and deliver the needed results with greater success. Most Americans are always in a hurry, too few want more than a 30 minute segment on any issue and most people never want a point just a point of view. Sister Sarah is a whiz at doing nothing but making nothing seem so important. She can, with a quick Tweet diminish any fact and replace truth with innuendo. When this tactic is employed by Sister Sarah and her Palinettes, the Dems then in defense have to roll out their talking heads and provide a very bored society with a dissertation that make many roll their eyes and change the channel. And the best thing about the Tweet is if it is found to be wrong it can be deleted as if it never ever once was written. Speak the lie, lie you ever said the lie and let the lie linger in the minds of those who care little or less about facts and real. Duh!!!!! Who knew the Palin army of reclaiming America was so bright?

And speaking of lies, I am sure many of us remember months when the only topic on the tips of the tongues of Americans was Health Care Reform. One group of legislators and politicians the Dems, were trying to present to the American public the facts about this new Health Care Initiative. Another group of elected officials and their millionaire silent supporters were busy debunking any truth and using any kind of lie and fabrication to misguide and foil any attempt in honest discourse. Mandatory abortions, death panels, health care for illegal’s were promoted and primed by all sorts of Republicans none based on truth all based on fear, loathing and falsehoods. And the Health Care Bill was delayed, demolished and weakened. Those who needed no more than a holier than thou soap box preacher to persuade or dissuade them found great company in the likes and lies of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the assorted nest of vultures of Republicans and Blue Dog Dems. And the lies prevailed.

And the arrogance for truth by the Republicans aka Tea Party Brigade continued.

There was the speech by Shirley Sherrod at the NAACP benefit being deliberately edited to create the illusion Ms Sherrod a government employee was practicing anti white racism. There were the selected videos released by two conservative activists using hidden cameras to elicit damaging responses from low-level employees of ACORN in advising the two activists (dressed as a pimp and his ‘ho’) how to hide prostitution activities and avoid taxes. And there was the claim by Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona that rising violence along the US Mexico boarder has led to headless torsos turning up in the desert with the culprits being all the illegal Mexicans coming to Arizona.

And as Sister Sarah would say, ‘doncha know’ it worked, the lies and fabrications causing all kinds of knee jerk reactions and responses about the mistruths and suddenly non issues became prime time news targets. And the Republicans aka Tea Bag Brigade controlled the news and set the priority for discourse and discussion. They were able to create problems and never once held responsible for fixing any problems whatsoever.

Another “whack on the side of the head” moment for me, the Dems should follow the course of the other side of the aisle colleagues and just shout out loud unreal problems and embellish them move on to the next phony bull shit item when pressed for facts and call it news and news worthy. Just make the damn thing up as they go along remembering that if it is found to be false they can blame all the incorrect facts on the “lame street” conservative press.

If only I had come to these “whacks on the side of my head” prior to the mid term elections and sent them to the Democratic National Committee we would not be facing a Congress of people bent on bullets instead of ballots, creating hearings on Obama’s birth certificates, debunking global warming, letting the rich remain rich and isolating any and all minority groups. Who knew Sister Sarah and her gang of Tea Bag Goons were so damn creative and smart. Duh!!!! Fight on Progressives no truth all lies. New slogan for President Obama, “lies you can believe in”.