scary monsters

In almost every creepy, spooky horror movie the creatures are either created by some mad scientist, some rogue self proclaimed savior of the world, or the remnants of a tormented bullied, confused childhood. They either try to reclaim their nasty childhood from perceived villains, they try to manifest more power than those who created them or they feed off of the negative energy in which they find themselves.

As the viewer we often times hear ourselves saying look what you have done, now are you happy, supplying evil with evil intent only leads to monsters, or didn’t you think this would happen!

Many times the creator of the monsters think they have done something with altruistic intent, only to find that altruistic is confused with ignorance or idiocy in their warped minds. There are double standards abound as the scientist or mad men say that what I am doing is evil but what you have done to me is more evil. Or the wrong I am doing by creating this monster justifies the wrong you have done to me.

Many times as the viewer, we watch the horror movie knowing that in the end the monster will die but often times in this very non creative culture in which we live, the monster is saved so it can cause havoc in parts two or three.

Within the cadre of candidates running for the opportunity to represent the Republican/Tea parties are people who if really scrutinized as to the type of platforms, biases, and bigotry they spew are like monsters we find in the movies, and created by people who seem to thrive on hypocrisy, hate, and small mindedness. Gingrich, Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Paul would wield little to no power if in fact those who have created them did not feed negative energy to this group of people who would rather divide then find consensus, who use religion as weapon rather than peace, and who flip flop depending on whose bigotry and bias they are embracing.

Whether its encouraging 13 year olds to work so they buy ice cream…explaining that poor people want to be poor because it is easier... placing an electrical fence on the Mexican boarder… telling Gays if you want to marry then marry a straight person… deciding a government at any size is too big, except if you are a woman… permitting the market to act as God and deny or accept your request for health insurance… refuse to buy into global warming because your lobbyists will not contribute to your campaign… telling kids that when they are 21 they can vote, or insisting the last 10 years of tax cuts for the wealthy have done anything but keep the rich richer…the creatures running for president of this nation only become scary because of those who created them and provide them with life.

Many times as we watch apocalypse movies, a comet shattering the Earth, aliens decimating the Earth, zombies running roughshod, we immediately realize that what is scarier then earthquakes, buildings collapsing or tsunami’s is the inhuman, selfish, angry behavior of humans to humans. Many times as we watch those movies we sometimes think it would have been easier to have perished with the first comet or the first laser blast or the first flood then watch insane men and women treating their fellow neighbors as animals and less then. Many times we watch as most selfish of intentions become the bet human emotion these lost souls can offer.

The presidential campaign for the nomination from the Republican/Tea parties is scary. Instead of reaching for a common denominator it seems that the people running for office are digging deeper and deeper for the ignorant, the angry, and the isolationist. It seems these men and women have been created in the image of those who want no compromise, no communication no consideration of anyone who is not 100% in their own mold. it seems that these monsters reflect and America without democracy a constitution, freedom and equality for all.

It seems counter-intuitive to be afraid of the creators of the monsters as we seem to think it is the monsters who will do the damage. But in this country the monsters are only strong because of the people who with malice, a malignant mind set, and mean spirit make them survive.

I am afraid of the Republican/Tea Party candidates but I am terrified of the infested, infected and insidious core of Republican/Tea Party primary voters. Be afraid, be very afraid.