Furthermore, even though Barack Obama is a far better choice for president, he was elected by only 52 percent of the popular vote. And 43 percent of eligible voters (92 Million people) who could have voted, did not bother to vote -- probably because they are totally disgusted with partisan politics and the divisive, annoying and slanderous political ads on television, or because they simply cannot endorse even the lesser of the two evils that divide us.
This is not the way to run a country.
Granted, Obama won because he is a good man and the most fair politician for the job of president at this time. But, he was able to win because he said "our time has come" (which, as it turns out, was not true because while his time came, ours did not). He also won because most Americans finally saw how deceptive and corrupt right-wing partisan Republicans are. That started to become apparent back in the 1980s, but it became much more obvious in the 1990s, and then became painfully obvious during George W. Bush's reign. And even now the Obama Administration and Democratic Congress is still allowing the banks, lending institutions, credit card companies, insurance companies, HMOs, pharmaceutical companies and others to indulge themselves and get even richer at our expense, causing us a lot of loss, harm, pain, and suffering.
Unfortunately, during the last three decades most Americans have been conditioned (some would say brainwashed) by the wealthy corporate powers-that-be, and I'm sorry to say that includes most Democrats right along with Republicans. Most Americans bought into Reaganism because it sounded patriotic and even religious. Unfortunately, that enabled the psychology, attitudes, traits and culture of American corporations and other wealthy special interest groups to spread like an epidemic virus that has increasingly infected most Americans.
That culture of greed has made most Americans think that greed and self-interest is alright, and it's made them not think about the state of our neighborhoods, communities, environment or infrastructure, humanity as a whole, or the poor. It has made people buy into the policies and actions of huge corporations, banks, lending institutions, manufacturing industries and the U.S. Religious Military Industrial Complex. But it's all a sham, perpetrated by and benefitting the wealthiest few Americans who now hold 90 percent of the wealth of the nation, who have been able to rule so completely by simply claiming that what they do is in the name of God and Country.
Lest you get the wrong idea, I should explain that I am not against religion. I am against the distortion and misuse of religion, especially by the extreme right-wing partisan bigots and hypocrites who have created the most conflict and division, falsely claiming to be religious and/or patriotic while accusing their critics of godlessness and treason.
But I rebuke them not out of partisanship. In fact, I submit that partisanship should end. For while most good, liberal progressives still think our problems will be solved by having a Democratic president and having enough Democratic members of Congress to really control it, that is not really true. As we've seen, it only perpetuates the divisive, unstable, unfair partisan political system, and made the sore losers very bitter after having their way for 30 years.
Fortunately, having democratic leadership is still somewhat better than having extreme right-wing conservative Republicans in power. But because Democrats bought into Reaganism in the 1990s and moved to the right of middle out of political expediency, they have been nearly as culpable as Republicans for enabling political and corporate greed and corruption. To their credit, more recently they have seemed to be more willing to stand up and speak out for democratic values, fairness, reform, and proper and sufficient regulation. But, so far it seems that they can barely implement their agenda because they other side plays so dirty and the news media doesn't bother to keep them honest.
Republicans of course still cling to Reaganism (which was essentially continued and expanded by George W. Bush) because it enabled them and the wealthiest few to become extremely and excessively rich during the last three decades. They stick to their guns despite the fact that their deregulation policies, their welfare for the rich, and their laws favoring huge corporations have been disastrous for most of us. That became increasingly apparent during the Bush Regime's reign. That's why they had to resort to their typical tactics of using misleading half-truths and falsehoods in their campaign attack ads against Barack Obama, believing that a malicious offense is their best defense. Fortunately, they were wrong this time.
Unfortunately, Republicans apparently find it impossible to accept the will of the majority. They repeat the deceptive and hypocritical Reaganite-Bushite mantra against "big government" and taxes. But the fact is that they like big government when it suits their purposes, and even though they now wail against deficit spending, they were the ones who put the U.S. government deep in debt because of their tax cuts for the wealthy, their obscene no-bid contracts that have enormously benefitted corporate war profiteers, and their enabling of corporate polluters, predatory lenders, etc.
I hope people soon get the message, be strong, and courageous enough to stand up for the truth. For only we, the people, can ensure that truth and justice prevails. Only we, together, can work toward reforming this political-economic system, its inequitable economic policies, its favoritism to the wealthiest few, its corporate globalism, and its global U.S. militarism, all of which have increasingly widened the already huge income gap between rich and poor, shrunk the middle class, increased the working poor population, exploited people in this and other countries, created a third cold war with Russia, and wreaked terrible conflict, division, havoc, violence, death and destruction in the world.
Now, because religious bigotry is a huge problem in the world, we need to know the best way to deal with it, and that's with truth. The truth will deal with all the hypocrites, whether they claim to be Christians or Jews or Muslims. Therefore, since America has been attacked by bigoted hypocrites who claim to be Muslims, we must repudiate the right-wing Republican Neo-Conservatives who listen to certain "authorities" on the "Christian Right" who are nearly as bad, claiming that Islam is an "evil religion." This is crucial, because there are several ominous indications that the U.S. Military has become very influenced and even infiltrated by the proud and militant Christian Right. That's why I must tell you the truth.
The fact is that true Muslims understand that the prophet Muhammad knew and respected the teachings of the Christ Jesus. Muhammad stated that "killing is always evil," and that indiscriminate killing is especially evil. Moreover, like Jesus, Muhammad advised against retaliation and against force or coercion in religious matters, and he commanded Muslims to "be very courteous to Jews and Christians because we all believe in the same God."
Unfortunately, most leaders of the American Christian Right and the Neo-Conservative Movement have spread lies regarding Islam. They are Zionists much like Jewish Zionists, who believe that Islam must be wiped off the face of the earth. But those hatemongers and warmongers simply do not realize that they are nearly as bad as the misguided Muslim extremists who want Israel and the U.S. to be wiped off the face of the earth. They are ALL wrong.
I think Obama knows better, and a month before the election most people in the world thought so too. Even in Great Britain, 70 percent of the people preferred Obama over McCain. In German it was 85 percent, in the Netherlands 92 percent, Taiwan 81 percent, in Australia 76 percent, France 75 percent, and in Canada 64 percent preferred Obama. And the vast majority of people in the world view the right-wing Neo-Conservative Republicans in the U.S. as shameful failures who were and are far too greedy, corrupt, self-righteous, and even arrogant, as was clearly demonstrated by Bush and Cheney, and is still demonstrated by their most vocal cohorts.
Having said that, I should clarify that I do not have anything against political, social and fiscal conservatives who are reasonable, caring, and honest, and who are willing to sit down with liberal progressives and work together, find common ground, and come up with needed solutions for the common good. Reasonable and honest conservatives should have a place at the table, to provide their perspective.
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