(H/T: Gallup via JammieWearingFool)
A plurality of Americans identify as Conservatives, 2 -1 over Liberals. In listening to the political discourse lately, you have to wonder why the Liberal / Progressive Democrats (and Democrat Socialists) have violated their own Code of Civility that they imposed right after the Tuscon Massacre where Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot. At that time, the Left was ALL about being polite and accused the Right (mainly, but certainly not exclusive to, Sarah Palin for her use of a bullseye two years after the DSSC had done the same). How memories grow short quickly!
Everywhere you look in the left-center blogosphere, among the Obama bootlicking mainstream press, and the Democrat Socialists harbored in Congress, the TEA Party has become the scapegoat for their own bungling of their reporting and public policy. Think I kid? Here’s some of what now passes for Leftist civility:
Extremist, racist, suicide bombers, hostage takers, baby killers, America destroyers, Wahabists, delusional addicts, waging Jihad on the American people, blowing up the country, kidnappers, guns to heads, inflicting pain on the country, insane, totalitarian, Hezbullah faction of the GOP, traitors, put aside their suicide vests, domestic extremists, villains of American history, inflict massive harm on innocent victims, Taliban, Nazis, Fascists, …
I thought this was just absolutely hilarious from CNN’s LZ Granderson in telling the GOP what to do with the TEA Party:
Kick those freeloading tea partiers out.
Umm, dude, it was the "refinance my house to pay for goodie under the sun" freeloaders that wanted Obama to pay their mortgages that helped start the TEA Party movement in the first place – a reaction against the real freeloaders. He rails about "theocratic intentions". Of course he would – he has nothing better to say.
You name it, we’ve been called it. All aimed at people whose only stated belief / goal is to stop the out of control spending as it will put our kids and grandkids into financial jail for the rest of their lives – HOW will they ever pay back the current $14.5 Trillion, not to speak of the Trillions more that will be racked up because politicians cannot stand up, grow a pair, and say "NO! The Treasury is empty!". For most of the time since WW II, Fed spending has soared without slowing, buying votes and pandering to special interests and increasing crony capitalism.
All the while, the Taliban and AQ folks at Gitmo, the REAL terrorists, get free legal help from Leftist lawyers.
Why?
This is a photograph of a small barn on a large horse farm located on Drinkwater Road near the intersection of North Road. It was taken on 24 July 2011, some 262 days after the last election, or maybe more apropos, 469 days before the next election. I drive by the barn twice a day and get emotional every time.