April 11, 2009 7:37 AM

Because unfocused anger and rage is easier than sober reflection

Next week on Tax Day (April 15), right wing activists will converge in cities across the country to protest President Obama. The primary figures organizing the protests, the lobbyist-run think tank Freedom Works and bloggers such as Michelle Malkin, say they are reacting to taxes that are "too high." However, previous tea party protests have attracted protesters who called for impeaching Obama while slurring the President's name as "Obama Bin Lyin.".... Congressional Republicans have enthusiastically embraced the movement, with Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) sponsoring a bill to honor the protests. So far, at least 12 Republican lawmakers and governors have signed on to speak at local events....

I've reflected on this subject before, and I imagine it will happen, again, but I never cease to be amazed at the number of Americans who live their lives and arrive at the beliefs they hold based on little more than fear, ignorance and reaction. The Tea Party protests are a perfect example of this. Those who fall on the Right and Far Right end of the political spectrum tolerated eight years of ineptitude and corruption, and yet three months of Barack Obama has left them convinced that the President is a lying sack of dog excrement bent on selling America to his Muslim overlords. Say what??? Fed by me-first, ego-driven windbags like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Bill O'Reilly, these intellectual lightweights may be incapable of rational thought, but they have a seemingly infinite capacity for rage and reaction. Rather than dealing with the reality of the world left behind by the sorry excuse for a human being they voted for- twice- they're condemning the man who's willingly taken on the monumental task of cleaning up the mess. (WHAT?? HE HASN'T FIXED THE ECONOMY YET?? IMPEACH THE LYING BASTARD!!!)

So here's my question: What, exactly, has Barack Obama been lying about? And if you couldn't see your way clear to impeaching a President who lied his way into an immoral war, who authorized torture, and who is responsible for the deaths of thousands, how could you POSSIBLY justify impeaching Barack Obama? Eight years of George W. Bush, and you couldn't be bothered to admit to the reality happening all around us, and yet three months of Barack Obama is enough to convince you that he's a corrupt, venal liar who hates America? Have y'all lost your (&^%$#@ minds? As if I need to answer that....

Here's a message to those of y'all demanding that Obama be impeached: if you really want to know who's responsible for the condition this country is in, walk into your bathroom AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR. YOU voted for George W. Bush- TWICE. YOU enabled the incompetence and ineptitude that was the hallmark of the Reign of Error ©. YOU sent Republicans to Congress who were more interested in their own career prospects, narrow religiosity, and self-aggrandizement. Instead of blaming Barack Obama for a mess he no part in creating, how about accepting responsibility for the role you played in getting us to where we are today? After all, you could have voted for sanity and competence. Instead, you voted for fear, ignorance, and propaganda. Guess what? You got EXACTLY the quality of representation you deserved...because you (once again) voted against your own interests. That's what happens when you replace sober reflection with brain-dead reaction.

Nice going, eh?

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