No, We Won't Stand Down

"I’m a big believer in working with the other side of the aisle. Even if we’ve got a majority of Democrats, I think it’s very important to listen to Republicans, to respect them…I want to have a weekly meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders to talk about the economy, to talk about foreign policy, so that we’re actually trying to solve problems, away from the TV cameras, not trying to score political points.” - President Barack Hussein Obama, March, 2008         November 7, 2012            It’s like a bad marriage.           The pretty young thing marries a man she doesn’t love to save the family farm. And then, forgetting she never loved him, goes for counseling to see the reasons why the union didn’t work out.           But it isn’t any of that.           Hand-picked by the Republican Establishment, it was always going to be whom "they” chose. Primaries turned out to be a huge joke on us, a pure and simple waste of time. It didn’t matter what we wanted.           We thought we shouldn’t start a third party, couldn’t risk it for the good of the country because it would siphon away votes from a party we didn’t want to be a part of and, it turns out, wanted nothing to do with us. So we hooked our wagon to the only game in town, not knowing then they never had any intention of inviting us to the prom at all.           And we should have known. Despite the success brought to the GOP by the Tea Party in the 2010 mid-term elections, we were not "their” kind of people.           The ironic thing was these people were supposed to be on "our” side! But they were moderates and liked things the way they were just fine, even if they had to lose an election to keep the status quo.           In the past we let ourselves be ridiculed by classless morons like Bill Maher, Chris Matthews and Chuck Schumer as "tea-baggers,” when they knew better and should have acted with greater decorum, but we still held non-violent rallies and cleaned up after ourselves.           Okay. As the Irish say, "Among them be it.”           And why not vote for him? You get "stuff.” You want a cell phone, Obama will get you an Obamphone. You don’t want to work, Obama will give you welfare benefits. And don’t worry about the inherent tax hikes coming down the pike. If you don’t work, if you don’t pay taxes, you don’t have to worry. Your guy will just tax the "rich.”            Why bring up the fact that because of Obama and his inexperience with any semblance of national security, we have dead Americans on his list of accomplishments. Or that we have Navy SEALS who are sick to death of him, or an attorney general who should have the job of destroying race relations in the U.S. instead of overseeing any legal wrongdoing, including his own, in the country.            And why in the world bring up that Obama’s support of the gay community was carried forward by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to a ridiculous extent with her celebration of Gay Pride for the DHS Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender employees within the walls of our Department of Homeland Security and compounded by a sexual harassment scandal within her own department.            For that matter, why mention that we have a secretary of state without the intestinal fortitude to even show her face at the House Intelligence Committee hearings investigating the horrific murders of our countrymen in Benghazi?            And same ol’, same ol’. This time it’s the State Department stonewalling, holding back documents that were requested for senators’ and committee members’ preparation, making crucial documents available only on a limited basis, in camera. A senior GOP staffer commented:             This is a president who gravitates toward the limelight and makes time in his schedule for appearances anywhere there’s a photo op, except at security briefings or meetings with legislators.             These are some of Obama’s racists.            And Spike Lee, an angry little man who intimidates just like the new Black Panthers that Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice didn’t prosecute.            Why aren’t we laughing?            Rude and inappropriate, the ultimate profile of the quintessential Obama supporter.            "Iran. Man, to tell you the truth, if mother f**ker Obama, if they thought Mitt Romney was going to war with mother f**king Iran.”            So when Obama tells you he wasn’t listening to Rev. Jeremiah Wright oh, those many years ago, he’s being modest and his supporters know it. Black Liberation Theology is alive and kicking in the White House and amongst the Obama voter base.           This week Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ attacker was sentenced. In 2011, at the time of the attempted assassination which left her crippled and six people dead, President Obama seized the moment and made an impassioned speech for civility in public discourse from then on.           Last week, before the election Obama tied up a few loose ends. He travelled to New Jersey and toured with Gov. Chris Christie to view Hurricane Sandy’s destruction. People were critical of the governor saying Christie gave Obama a leg up by leaving the voting public with an indelible picture of a concerned Obama right before election.           But when Arizona Jan Brewer’s response to O’s visit to storm-torn New Jersey was skepticism, it was understandable. In 2010 Obama promised Brewer additional troops to protect her state’s border and promised to call her in two weeks.           But Spike Lee sees it all differently, especially in regard to this president.            Oops! Spike, did you notice that if you are a middle class fireman or cop living in Breezy Point, Queens or if you were fortunate enough to save and buy a house on the Jersey Shore, eleven days after the hurricane you’re still living outdoors like an animal, that you’re burning your furniture to keep warm in 30 degree weather and Bush ain’t president no more?             I guess, Spike, this government doesn’t have the best interests of the middle class who aren’t poor either.            "I’m so glad we had that storm last week…politically I should say, not in terms of hurting people. The storm brought in possibilities for good politics.”            But now we know the caliber of the people we are up against. Now all we have to do is buckle down and take back the farm.