The Republican Party is telling scary stories about socialism in its desperate last-minute attempt to stop Barack Obama from winning this election. (Yes, that’s what this is about. It’s not about electing John McCain. If it was about electing John McCain, we would have learned something about what John McCain intends to do if he gets elected, by now. But it’s too late for that.)
Now, Cooper Firearms founder and president Dan Cooper has been forced to resign. From the company he founded. Because he chose to support Barack Obama.
Note that this is filed at UPI under the category “Odd News.”
This follows Christopher Buckley being asked to step away from National Review, the magazine his father founded. Because he chose to support Barack Obama.
Welcome to a world of no choice. This, too, comes when Party comes before Country.
The Party is always right. The Party says that Barack Obama is the enemy, and calls him a socialist. They say that he will raise taxes on business. They offer this pleasant alternative: if you vote for us, we won’t raise your taxes. If you don’t vote for us, we will force you to leave the business you founded.
The Party insists on loyalty. Are you loyal enough?
The Party does not raise your taxes, and the Party supports competition and encourages profit. They’re capitalists, after all. So if you vote for the Party, then be prepared to find a way to move your manufacturing overseas, where labor costs are lower, and you don’t have to worry about providing health care to your employees. The Party supports that because that’s what capitalism is all about. And if you choose not to do that, if you choose to try to keep your operations here in the United States of America, then you will be out-competed and find yourself with no business at all.
But hey, it’s not socialism.
The Party endorses torture, and flaunts the Geneva Convention. The Party spies on its citizens. The Party is looking more and more like the Taliban in its choice of tactics, these days. That’s what you should expect from the Party, which is ever more closely tied to religious fundamentalists.
Have you spoken out against the Party’s failings lately? Or are you consumed with the election, and the need to prevent “socialists” from taking power?
Do you think it’s going to get any better if the Party gets its way, again? Are you going to sit there docilely while the Party continues to redistribute your wealth to the fat cats on Wall Street, and be glad that at least they know when to salute the flag?
When your savings are gone, and your health care plan is to pray for a miracle, and you’re out on the street, or coming out of retirement to take a job at McDonalds or Wal-Mart in order to afford a loaf of bread, you may start to see things differently. You may regret getting suckered into the arguments that were presented by the Party during this election, which have nothing to do with your economic well-being, or health care, or the future of this country.
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