give me liberty, or give me... wait what was the other thing?

if you pay attention to politics, you've probably noticed a general mood stirring amidst the putrid sea of conservative shit spewers. apparently, our country is in terrible danger. since the democrats have taken the office of president, america is turning into a totalitarianism. I use hyperbole, but someone really did using the word fascism. not sure when the switch from socialism occurred, but I digress. we are losing our freedoms. kids may be forced into re-education camps, with liberal propaganda forced down their throats. if you watch glenn beck, then we may also be on the verge of nucular holocaust. (a side note.. the spell checker did not correct me for saying nucular...)

its such a bizarre line of reasoning.. especially coming from them. what has obama actually done to limit our freedom? how does one begin to even spin such a tale? and to what effect? why are they using this tactic?

and then it occurred to me. the way they see it, this is what the democrats did to bush in his last years. complaining about destroying our freedoms, the constitution, and what it means to be american worked for the democrats. I mean, why else would obama be in power? the tactic worked so well, that the republicans are gonna give it a go.

if you think this is far fetched, remember that this is the same party that elected michael steele to head the rnc. in the many, many years of the republican party, never have they had a black person run the rnc. why the sudden change of heart? oh right, because it worked so well with the democrats. having a black person in charge is clearly what the american people have shown that they want, so choosing one to run the rnc is only natural. the decision to choose palin as a running mate seems to have used a similar logic.

it seems like the republican party is just trying to go through every superficial tactic it can find until it finds one that will make us love it again, like a jaded exboyfriend sending love letters, standing outside our windows playing songs, and leaving too many messages on our answering machines.

so at the risk of losing the the ongoing war, I'm going to let you republicans in on a secret. pay attention. this is the secret tactic that made us win.

obama treats us like we're people.

I know! its crazy! when you actually understand what its like to be an american citizen, what you say matters a little bit more. you can charge obama with lies and whatever, but face it, everything about you is a lie. the only way you can get people to listen to you is to lie. holy crap man, show some spine. be a man. stop lying. treat us like we're your equal. maybe even convince yourself that we are equal. if you do, we will respect you more.

right now you look like a bunch of spineless cowardly crybabies and sore losers. you epitomize everything that we teach our children not to be. go through your bible again, and actually try doing the things is says. you have to really do it. we're gonna know if you're faking. if you can crawl your way out of the fecal empire that is your sense of morality; if you can treat us like humans and not just poll numbers; if you can talk to us like we're all human beings, and that we in fact make you what you are; then I promise, we will listen.

until then, I look forward to all the jokes that you will bless jon stewart with.