The Fires of Prop 8 Rage On to Warm Rove's Fuzzy

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

If you're Karl Rove, you're cringing. In his Neo-Nazi-Conservative Jerry Lawler Christian America, the hippie notion of equality about as credulous as a free market in practice. If Rove could revise this part of history, he might link Jefferson with marijuana and promote a new philosophy: "All Men Are Created Equal. Unless They Aren't."

This election year was momentous for two reasons. First, Barack Obama became the first biracial man to become President of the United States of America. Second, the most expensive proposition campaign in California history - Prop 8 to ban gay marriage - was voted into law. This action reinforces that all men are not created equal, nor are all women, nor are all persons.

A sad side note seems to be that socially conservative black men may have pushed this vote from fringe proposition into law. These are the men for whom Civil Rights is a central issue in America. These are the men, for whom a racist, President Harry S. Truman, overcame the faulty fundamentals of his upbringing to champion a Civil Rights agenda.

Truman's fundamental wrong was, for him, self-evident: How do we lead the world and champion democracy and freedom, when we reward our black heroes who fought to win WWII are with the promise of inequality and secregation. The details in the struggles of blacks, or gays, or Jews, or Muslims may well be different. The fundamentally wrong intentions and motives of those powerful few who initiate such un-American legislation remains the same. These, my friends, are the politics of white supremacy. They remain alive and well.

Instead of white sheets, the Roves and Coulters and Limbaughs mask themselves with a false sense of patriotism and a contrivance of religion. Instead of torches, they use their words.

They appeal to and exploit precisely those ideals that Americans hold so dear: a distinctly American love of country and the hope that there is a reward for this struggle called life.

If you're with them, you are a patriot with a sweet place in Heaven. If you aren't, you're a terrorist going to hell.

This quartet of lynchpins and their respective Armies in politics, the media, and Big Business might be rendered irrational if they weren't getting so rich. To the misfortune of so many, greed is rational. But it benefits so few.

The few it benfits, however, are strong. YES ON PROPOSITION 8 is the fuel that may stoke the fire of Karl Rove's war. Shortly after John McCain conceded, Karl Rove went on Fox News to analyze the failed campaign that he ran. He quickly diverted the discourse to the battles that were won on the gay marriage front. In four years, as Obama's sharp decisions leave Americans content, gay marriage just may be contentious enough for a Rove campaign of slander and divisiveness. It is one of those issues, like gun control, abortion, and stem cell research, that has been made an issue to draw yourself from the core functions of our government: security, economy, health care, and education.

The passage of Proposotion 8 is unconstitutional, un-American, and wrong. The personal nature for those on one side of the issue has intensified the battle. This likely shocks those who were disaffected on the other. Outcry from leaders and angry civilian demonstrations are, perhaps, foregone conclusions. And Rove's diabolical madness may well look like genius again in four years.

How do we do our part to divert the disaster of the Presidential Bride of Rovenstein? For most the answer is simply keep the faith. The war on white supremacy, like the war on terror, should be fought free from the public eye. Demonstrations are cathartic; but they also exacerbate the problem and strengthen Karl Rove's long running polemic Republican strategy.

Remember, all men are still created equal. According to Jefferson, this idea is self evident. If those for NO ON PROPOSITION 8 can stand back from the fire, we can contain it for those who will work hard to uphold a clear constitutional right. Perhaps, in Obama's America of Change and Unity, everyone can see past the disagreements and move forward on the common grounds of our struggles.

And if there's one thing that is plenty available in this failed economy it's cheap common grounds on which to struggle.

Check out the following websites:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Harry_Truman_civil_rights.htm

Saboteurs of Marriage

Ann Coulter: Have you ever noticed that whenever Democrats lose presidential elections, they always blame it on the personal qualities of their candidate? Kerry was a dork, Gore was a stiff, Dukakis was a bloodless android, Mondale was a sad sack.

This blame-the-messenger thesis allows Democrats to conclude that their message was fine -- nothing should be changed! The American people are clamoring for higher taxes, big government, a defeatist foreign policy, gay marriage, the whole magilla. It was just this particular candidate's personality.

Bill O'Reilly: Traditionally, Americans have rejected that kind of nanny state, but make no mistake, that is what the far left sees as "economic justice."And then there are "San Francisco values."

That is the George Soros vision of legalized narcotics and prostitution, unfettered abortion rights, legalized euthanasia, and gay marriage, to name just a few social issues. Soros, a big time contributor to MoveOn, believes America should be a libertine society where moral judgments about social behavior are unacceptable.

So, where will Barack Obama be on those issues? He says he personally opposes gay marriage, but I can't imagine him working against it. He's also fine with abortion in cases where the health of the mother is an issue. Of course, the health of the mother could be a panic attack or a headache. Based upon his voting record in the past, I expect Obama to be extremely liberal when social legislation is presented to him. I also expect Ruth Bader Ginsburg to have a new best friend if a Supreme Court opening occurs.

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal: Con or Neo Con?

Here's one to watch: Republican Bobby Jindal.

Is he a good Republican, a bad Republican, or not a Republican at all? Time, allegiances, and voting records will tell.

But my good Republican friend, whom I consider a good Republican because he believes in small government and low taxes, insists that this Indian-American - and not pretty, white Sarah Palin - is the future of the Republican party.

For now, and for your consideration - Bobby Jindal, Republican Governer of Louisianna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal

Big 10 for Obama; Defeat the BCS: Yes We Can

BIG TEN FOR OBAMA:
Tonight, Chris Matthews all of the home states of Big 10 football went for Obama. Fitting since Obama won this race with a great defense, a few big plays on offense, and success in the red zone.

OBAMA WANTS A PLAYOFF:
Monday, Barack Obama called for a playoff system in college football. Dan Wetzel took it a step further, and earned some pennance for dissing the Big Ten with one heartfelt plea:

"Mr. Delany, tear down this wall."

Dan Wetzel's column: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-obamabcs110508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

The President's Joke

Today, the President joked, "As January 20th approaches some of you may feel anxious...looking for work...kicked out of your house...I know how you feel."

It's appropriate that this out-of-touch President, elected for his ability to connect with American's, made light of the dismal effects of his administration.

I wonder just how many Americans facing the loss of their homes and trying to find jobs, were laughing.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice is what you want in a Secretary of State. She's analytical, focused, smart, clear, and dispassionate. She believes in transformational dipolomacy. And I believe she was frequently the voice of reason in an unreasonable administration.

The wounds of the war in Iraq may well be too fresh. But hear this: The buck didn't stop with Bush, the buck stopped with Condoleezza Rice. And I believe her intent, unlike most of Bush's cronyopolis of an administration, is pure.

You might not know (courtesy of Wikipedia)--

Her favorite composer is Johannes Brahms, because she thinks Brahms's music is "passionate but not sentimental."

In fact, you might not know a LOT about Condoleezza Rice, so for your consideration courtesy of Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condaleeza_Rice

Republoid Recovery Strategy (RRS), Phase 1

It's already begun. No sooner did Brit Hum invoke the shocked voice of God to narrate us through Obama's celebration did we cut to hot blonde reporter girl to start to redefine the failures of the Republican party both in this campaign and over the past eight years.

The initial phase of the Republoid Recovery Strategy (RRS) is taking form:

1, PLAY THE VICTIM AND MAKE IT A REPUBLICAN PITY PARTY (Hopefully Rush Won't Hoard the Good Stuff)
2, REVISE, REDEFINE, AND DIVERT
3, MAKE IT SUBTLE, BUT MAKE IT OFTEN: MAKE IT ABOUT RACISM

OBSERVED TONIGHT ON FOX NEWS:

POOR LITTLE REPUBLICANS
Fox News Babe, Megan, kicks off the transition from Election coverage to RRS-Phase 1, suggesting that Republicans might have been victims of their own success in the war on terrorism.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
Karl Rove, the political analyst, sits down to analyze where the Republican campaign - run by Karl Rove, the campaign strategist - went wrong. I would argue that this might be more spin than analysis, except--

AS LONG AS THERE ARE GAY MARRIAGES TO BAN, REPUBLICANS HAVE A CHANCE
After some illogical jibbrish, Karl Rove the analyst went all campaign strategisty and diverted talk of Republican failure to his divisive masterstroke, Gay marriage. That's what he gave us as evidence of Republican relevance: that Florida voted to ban Gay marriage.

I think he wants praise, so I'll be the first to reach across ideological lines and say: Good job, Karl. You get an A for the day!

Fox News Coverage of Obama's Big Night

As hundreds of thousands of proud Americans embraced CHANGE, Fox News' gamely effort to look like sportsman rising to the occasion of The New America was little more than subtle spin and dissappointment and shock, each hoping to get off air as soon as possible to phone their stock brokers and sell of their stock in Big Oil and in Jerry Fallwell.

Among the highlights in Brit Hume's narration--

1) JOE BIDEN ENTERS: Hume ponders Joe Biden's loquaciousness in oration with a deadpan suggestion that they might just go home and show back up tomorrow just in time for Biden to finish and them to comment (spin).

2) BARACK OBAMA WAVING TO CROWDS OF HAPPY PEOPLE:
--Hume acknowledge that Obama's campaign was skilled in raising money and spending it well.
--Hume asks (rhetorically?), What is there on the Obama list of proposals? Where is there a new, big idea?

3) CAMERA PANNS OVER THE MASSES, AN INERSECTION OF URBAN AND MIDDLE AMERICA: In the midst of the celebration of blacks, whites, browns, and mixes, of the young, and the old, Brit Hume's voice rises like the voice of God, his words but words said in a tone reducing the bigness of this moment to a head scratch, as if to say: "Is this really what my world has come to."

BACK IN THE STUDIO--
The internal Republican blame game begins as Brit Hume points the finger at the man who against all odds might still have a fighting chance if the popular vote mattered. In disgust, "John McCain does what he always does, he fought for something he believes in." What came after was nonsensical and lacked even faulty Republican logic. I'm sure that logic will be alive in well come tomorrow morning.

Winners Vote For Winners: Pete Carrol, Head Coach, USC

In his press conference today, he delivered a rousing and spot on commentary denouncing the BCS system. But that couldn't rain on his day.

On his vote for Barack Obama, Pete Carrol concluded his press conference on a positive note: “(I) was excited about it, fired up for it,” Carroll said.

THE BCS SYSTEM SUCKS -- FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

Pete Carrol: "BCS System Stinks"
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-t25-usc-bcsblues&prov=ap&type=lgns

Joe Paterno: "Bogus"
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24791887/

A Nation Reborn: Battlelines erased, Rhetoric redefined

Let's relish these precious moments! I'll wait until January to take a deep breath.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:

A battleground state used to be a closely contested race for a basket of electoral votes that decide general Presidential election.

On this day, a battleground state became a media- and Republican- contrived "contest" that transpires as a rollover 2/3 majority victory for hope and change.

This wasn't a battle, my friends. It was over before it began.

It's a good day to be a Pennsylvanian, even if I'm temporarily out of town on business!

Coulter and Limbaugh and Bush, Oh My!

And now, a quick Election Day reminder!

The Coulters, Limbaughs, Bushes, and Hannities go on record as everyman, as Joe the Plumbers, who feel the pain of middle America.

But while middle America suffers, the millionaire posers and liars go to their drug dea -- doctors and cushion the opulence of their lifestyles with prescription heroin. If they emerge from this oppulence it's to launch humiliating smear campaigns, usually against Democrats and occasionaly men in senate named John McCain. Oh yeah, and there are frequent trips to the bank done laughing with buckets full of money spent by Joe the Plumbers on books filled with faulty reasoning at best and outright lies at worst.

Mavericks or Cons: John McCain and Sarah Palin

If their policies completely miss the mark in meeting the necessities in addressing our dim economic realities and clear national security failures, the question still lingers--

Are John McCain and Sarah Palin Mavericks Still Looking for Reform, Or Cons Exploiting Politics for Personal Wealth and Gain?

Forgive me for my mental imbalances in advance. It's Election Day, after all. And regardless of their policies, there are intangibles that I can't shake. I said it back in the day, and I'll say it again. I like them. I don't know if they quite understand fundamental economics, and I think they have struggled in this election to reconcile between their fondness for the reform minded America of the 80's and the realities of today's Republican party leadership: irresponsibility, cronyism, Big Government, small ideas, hatemongers posing as Christians; white supremacists posing as television hosts and political commentators who have redefined freedom, patrioticism, taxing that has left middle America divided and angry and in many cases resigned to hopelessness.

Maybe I've mistaken the fight in their eyes:

John McCain, tired and fighting for an the outdated agenda. In a different day and in a different political environment, McCain's campaign would be some wierd Reagon-Truman-Obama hybrid. He looks defeated. But still he stands. This is his ground. He will fight for it! And then he reminds us that he's never let us down and he won't let us down. He means it. John McCain is not George Bush. But he fell in line like a good soldier and put his political fate in the hands of George Bush's Republican Party. They didn't quite turn on him, because the never supported him. No money. No legitimacy. McCain's the only guy who could keep it close. I think they hoped he was to old to put up a fight. It was painful, but McCain fought and for a day or two a couple weeks ago he took his campaign back.

John McCain is a maverick because he stood up and defended Barack Obama as a good family man with a great wife and wonderful kids when the movement of his campaign had been toward painting him as a terrorist. John McCain might well have won the election had he gone with it. And they'll all decry his failure behind closed doors. But at least John McCain lived up to his promise as more than a maverick in his own party. Senator John McCain gets the lifetime achievement award for his service to America.

Sarah Palin maverick index is TBD. Her record in Alaska seems reform minded. She's got maverick tendencies. It's 11 O'Clock the night before the election, and Sarah Palin looks tired and annoyed. But she's still fighting, and she tells middle America that she will fight for them to eliminate capital gains tax and they applaud and she seems more passionate, as if she really believes she's fighting for them. If she can become an agent of change and reform within the Republican party to eliminate ties to big oil and religious fundmentalist hatemongers that drive their party positions on social issues, she may well put the small back in small government. And who knows, maybe she'll put the down back in the trickles of Reagonomics, a theory that Reagon himself fumbled in the red zone of his Presidency.

For now, Sarah Palin's maverick is on probation. Time, judgement, and party allegiances will tell.