Is this a great country or what?
by
bordhead
11/06/2009, 2:56 PM #
Right now the percentage of registered Republicans nationally is around 20 percent (at a watershed low). Of that 20 percent the fringe wingnuts, baggers, etc. probably represent around 10 percent. That is a relatively small cross section of the populous that is making a lot of noise. Not unlike typical fringe groups from the Left or Right in the past. The fastest growing party affiliation in America at this time is Independents. We haven't really had a real national movement since the surge of protest that crossed many demographic boundaries during the Viet Nam war era and ultimately brought an end to that despicable period.
The so-called silent majority is still that, and still represents the vast middle ground of the American populous. Fortunately, most of these folks have to be pushed to an extreme to reach any level of critical mass that would represent any form of revolution, and that is certainly not going to be precipitated by the health care reform that they so desperately need. Faux News and their "opinionaters" along with the Beck and Limbaugh clown shtick basically represent a tempest in a teapot, albeit a very loud and lucrative circus that they conduct. The Obama administration would be well served to completely ignore this fringe, no matter how outrageous their clown act gets. Obama's major failing so far is simply trying to all things to all people. He needs to grow a pair and give the do nothing, dog-in-the-manger, petulant Republican minority some real Harry Truman still style hell.
That said, I revel in the fact that in our country we can always count on the lunatic fringe and free speech. Is this a great country or what?
