This election season, I have hardly seen a single lawn sign for a Democratic candidate for anything, even minor local offices, and yet I've seen tons and tons of lawn signs for Republican and TEA Party candidates. I have to wonder if that is due to the recent
Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling that allows anonymous corporate money to pay for campaign ads. It's not rocket science that the lion's share of that money is going toward Republican and TEA Party candidates. Even so, with the campaign money juggernaut that was raised by Democrats two years ago by ordinary people giving $5 here, $10 there, this year, that money seems to be gone from this election season. Democrats seem to be extremely disheartened this election cycle. Sure, we all hoped for very big things from President Obama when he was elected, but what we fail to remember is how bad things were when he took office. Two years is not enough time to completely turn things around and I wish that people would remember that it took 8 years to get us into this mess and it's going to take at least that long, if not longer, to get this ship righted. People are so used to instant gratification and wanting immediate results that they forget that in this case, when the entire global economy had a near complete meltdown, it was unchecked greed that caused it. It was unregulated and risky investments that caused a near meltdown from which we have yet to completely recover. These things take time and people need to remember that.
And yet, what really galls me is that all those who turned out to campaign and vote for Obama are now blaming him for the economy not recovering quickly enough. They aren't turning out in the numbers we saw two years ago to try to save Democratic candidates in Congress and in gubernatorial elections. A lot of people are just staying home this election and that just isn't right. People have to understand that if Republicans sweep this election, and in all likelihood they will, it's going to be a very long couple of years until the next Presidential election, and if the sour mood of this country continues, it's entirely likely that Obama will be a one term President. Ever since his election, the primary motivation of the Republican Party has been to utterly destroy him because of what he represents to so many of us, our new Party leader, an inspiring speaker and leader and someone who can muster a lot of people to his banner. About the only person that the Republicans have who has the same star power is Sarah Palin, and she's an idiot. Unfortunately, she's probably going to run for President in 2012 and will probably successfully topple Obama. I just hope I'm wrong, but there are some who have been saying all along that Obama is the best thing to happen to the GOP because he's become so deeply unpopular, even among independent voters. I wonder just how much of that is subtle racism. I'd like to think that I am wrong, but I'm very much afraid that I am right, because the White House has never been occupied by a black family before and if the Republicans have their way, it never will again. Well, I guess we'll see how things pan out starting election day, but I'm none to optimistic that the next few years are going to be very good for Democrats, who seem to excel at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
This election season, I have hardly seen a single lawn sign for a Democratic candidate for anything, even minor local offices, and yet I've seen tons and tons of lawn signs for Republican and TEA Party candidates. I have to wonder if that is due to the recent Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling that allows anonymous corporate money to pay for campaign ads. It's not rocket science that the lion's share of that money is going toward Republican and TEA Party candidates. Even so, with the campaign money juggernaut that was raised by Democrats two years ago by ordinary people giving $5 here, $10 there, this year, that money seems to be gone from this election season. Democrats seem to be extremely disheartened this election cycle. Sure, we all hoped for very big things from President Obama when he was elected, but what we fail to remember is how bad things were when he took office. Two years is not enough time to completely turn things around and I wish that people would remember that it took 8 years to get us into this mess and it's going to take at least that long, if not longer, to get this ship righted. People are so used to instant gratification and wanting immediate results that they forget that in this case, when the entire global economy had a near complete meltdown, it was unchecked greed that caused it. It was unregulated and risky investments that caused a near meltdown from which we have yet to completely recover. These things take time and people need to remember that.
And yet, what really galls me is that all those who turned out to campaign and vote for Obama are now blaming him for the economy not recovering quickly enough. They aren't turning out in the numbers we saw two years ago to try to save Democratic candidates in Congress and in gubernatorial elections. A lot of people are just staying home this election and that just isn't right. People have to understand that if Republicans sweep this election, and in all likelihood they will, it's going to be a very long couple of years until the next Presidential election, and if the sour mood of this country continues, it's entirely likely that Obama will be a one term President. Ever since his election, the primary motivation of the Republican Party has been to utterly destroy him because of what he represents to so many of us, our new Party leader, an inspiring speaker and leader and someone who can muster a lot of people to his banner. About the only person that the Republicans have who has the same star power is Sarah Palin, and she's an idiot. Unfortunately, she's probably going to run for President in 2012 and will probably successfully topple Obama. I just hope I'm wrong, but there are some who have been saying all along that Obama is the best thing to happen to the GOP because he's become so deeply unpopular, even among independent voters. I wonder just how much of that is subtle racism. I'd like to think that I am wrong, but I'm very much afraid that I am right, because the White House has never been occupied by a black family before and if the Republicans have their way, it never will again. Well, I guess we'll see how things pan out starting election day, but I'm none to optimistic that the next few years are going to be very good for Democrats, who seem to excel at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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