We Built It!

I have become so disillusioned with the state of American politics, I almost don't have the energy to blog about the election this year.

Republicans have been telling us for almost four years now how mad they are that Obama has not quickly fixed the economic catastrofuck that they created under eight years of George Bush, and so you would think that they would have a large cache of ammunition to use against President Obama.

But instead they chose to focus an entire rally around misquoting the President who merely remarked that everyone who has been successful in America owes a debt of gratitude to the infrastructure, roads, bridges, Internet, police, troops etc who created an environment in which these people could be successful.  It is a pretty simple concept, and is clearly true.  One finds it hard to imagine that Google would have enjoyed much success if its founders had been born and lived in China for example.  And I'm guessing Facebook would not have taken off if Mark Zuckerburg had been born in Iran.

America has long been famed as the land of opportunity, but now we are expected to believe that the 'job creators' are successful simply because they magically made it without any help from society or another human being.  That's a whole new level of arrogance right there, for sure.

Once again we face an election which is going to be tight.  An election where vote rigging in the name of 'preventing voter fraud' is rampant, as are the donations from the billionaires who can now use unlimited funds to buy an election, and presumably own the candidate if he is elected.

All over the country the racists, the poor, the sick, the under educated, and a slew of other people who stand to gain nothing from a Romney administration are lining up to vote for a man who represents the worst traits of a politician.  A smooth talking, old white dude, who will say anything to get what he wants.  This isn't a man of sound judgement (he is a cult member after all), with honest ethics and a clear vision for the future.   He is a shill for the Republican party.  A party that has moved to the extreme right of the political spectrum, is going after women's rights in an unprecedented way.  And in the wake of numerous killing sprees recently has reaffirmed their belief that the right to bear arms, authored in 1791 means open season for assault weapons with no limits on magazine size.

It is truly frightening that so many Americans are considering voting for a man who is promising to pursue the same failed economic polities of the Bush administration to include trickle down economics and tax cuts for the super rich, all while gutting important programs that protect the middle class.