CSotD: ‘We have to destroy the country in order to save it’
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Speaking of "whining like little schoolgirls," how did the Republicans, and conservatives in general, go from preaching tough self-reliance to playing the victim card on every hand?
Kirk Walters poses the question and I don't have an answer.
In this particular case, I watched the Super Bowl Sunday with a friend who is so far into libertarian Tea Party kneejerk politics that we have agreed to discuss only football and dogs. We were rating the commercials as "good" or "missed," and this one got kind of a shrug.
Inspiring message but it didn't sell cars or particularly spotlight Chrysler. So it wasn't a miss, but it didn't feel like a strong hit, either. We shrugged and uncorked a couple more Grittys.
I'll admit that, given the GOP's endless moaning of doom-and-gloom, I was a little surprised to see Clint Eastwood – generally a center-right type — delivering a message of "Chin up, there, Bucky," but neither of us saw it as relating to either political party, any more than, during WWII, a hearty rendition of "We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)" would have seemed like an endorsement of FDR.
In fact, like that song, it stressed the need to work together for the good of the country. Here, have a look:
When did an appeal to digging in and making an effort become an endorsement of a particular administration? Has working for the good of the country become the exclusive province of the Obama administration?
Apparently it has, because now we're hearing the weeping and whining of those who insist that "Don't give up; there is still hope for America if we all pull together" is a specific message of praise for Obama.
Knee-jerk (as opposed to thoughtful) conservatives still whine reflexively about "political correctness," but they are more steeped in it than anyone else, falling apart like a toddler having a tantrum in the toy aisle at Wal-Mart whenever the president or one of his officers uses an expression or image that offends their oh-so-delicate sensibilities.
And, if nobody does anything to make them cry, they'll simply make something up so they can be offended by it.
It's come to the point where these little mayflies and morningglories, these sunshine patriots and summer soldiers, are offended by the very idea of people coming together to do what's best for America.
Even when the message is delivered by Clint Eastwood, a self-described libertarian.
Apparently, any sign of positive developments, any result of the sacrifices and hard work that people and businesses have put in since the crash, is to them a disaster, and, as Rush Limbaugh has defiantly proclaimed more than once, they want America to fail in order to advance their own agenda.
What Mike Luckovich drew as a joke in 2009 has emerged as a sad truth about a failing people. We've genuinely lost track of the goal.
Mike Peterson has posted his "Comic Strip of the Day" column every day since 2010. His opinions are his own, but we welcome comments either agreeing or in opposition.
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