These Are Dangerous Times

I’d like to take a minute to address everyone who has said that the President really needs to reach out and try to heal the schism in this country between the two sides of the aisle. While I agree that would be nice, why in the world does he have to do this? His party has complete control. He won’t have to pander, appease, plead, beg, or pacify anyone. We are staring down the barrel of what will be, at the very least, a four year rightwing orgy. They have the support to do whatever their hearts desire. Quickly, who has a line on how long it will take to overturn Roe v. Wade? How long until there’s a new and even scarier enemy that Dick Cheney is warning us about? How long before we are asked to believe Iraq is over only to go off and invade another country? How long before even the smallest hint of dissent gets you labeled a terrorist and thrown in jail? How long before we are told that paying $3 for a gallon of gas is our patriotic duty in these unsettled times? How long before the airwaves are even more censored?

The ball is in the Republican’s court and not only that, but they own the court and the game being played now is practically just a scrimmage. These next 4 years are theirs to do what they will. As I see it they are either going to be successful (or more to the point, be successful at making people believe they are successful) or they will fail miserably enough to alienate just the right amount of their supporters to swing some of those votes back the other way. I disagree with their policies enough to know I’m not going to like a lot of what will happen. I’m also pessimistic enough to know they will be able to fool enough people into keeping them in power past the next four years. Anyway you look at it you lose.