Hollywood legend and rumored lead to the film Mister Rogers Blows Up His Neighborhood - Clint Eastwood - provided the perfect performance at the Republican National Convention, as far as symbolism goes, to illustrate how the majority of the Republican Party views President Barack Obama. For anyone with a half-functioning eye or ear would know, Eastwood's performance showcased the Hollywood star talking to an invisible President Obama sitting on a chair. Like Eastwood that night, it's seemed as if 98.3% of hard-core Republicans (especially Republican leaders) have been telling the American people about an invisible Obama sitting on a chair.
I seriously wonder sometimes how many far-right Republicans would be able to spot President Obama in a crowd. It's as if they have been playing the childhood game of telephone with one another throughout the president's first term, and with him being elected to a second term in office, it's not likely to stop anytime soon. In the game of telephone, a person starts things by whispering a message in another's ear. This message gets passed around until the final person is reached, and then he or she utters the message they heard. Of course, the first and final message are not always identical. What may have started as "Lauren has cooties" could wind up being "I want some doobies."
For four years now, the Republican Party has seemingly been playing this very game with regard to President Obama. There are hundreds of rumors being spread, e-mails circulating the net, all with a common theme - to give the public a false perception of the president. Yes, in the past four years or so, the following has been suggested about the president: That he's Muslim, was born in Kenya, is the anti-Christ, is a socialist, is a communist, is gay, was born from the vagina of a man, among many other things. According to these Republicans, Obama is responsible for the following: The great recession, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, Jesus' crucifixion, poverty, obesity, the Ice Age, global warming, gun control, gun violence, 9/11, AIDS, and the Twilight movies.
One might as well kick these people and call them Mayans, for with the re-election of Barack Obama, many feel that the end is near. What freedoms will come do their demise with President Obama?
Freedom of speech: Yes - even though it's obviously legal for people to spread false rumors about the president and bash him more than a drunken, steroid-induced professional baseball player on a pinata reminiscent of Commissioner Bud Selig, it's inevitable that the president will take away this right.
Freedom of religion: It was predestined by a higher power to appoint a man by the name of Barack Hussein Obama as President of the United States, and with him, strip away people's freedom to worship him.
Freedom of the press: When Rush Limbaugh is insulting the president more often than Tiger Woods is getting laid, it seems to only be a matter of time before his rights come to an abrupt end.
The right to bear arms: Right... Like the president would prohibit people from wearing short-sleeve shirts, especially in the scorching summer months. Oh, I'm being told that's not what's meant by "bear arms." Well, shoot me in the face while pheasant-hunting and make me apologize while in the hospital.
The right to make any more Twilight movies: I actually hope the president does away with this freedom.
I seriously wonder sometimes how many far-right Republicans would be able to spot President Obama in a crowd. It's as if they have been playing the childhood game of telephone with one another throughout the president's first term, and with him being elected to a second term in office, it's not likely to stop anytime soon. In the game of telephone, a person starts things by whispering a message in another's ear. This message gets passed around until the final person is reached, and then he or she utters the message they heard. Of course, the first and final message are not always identical. What may have started as "Lauren has cooties" could wind up being "I want some doobies."
For four years now, the Republican Party has seemingly been playing this very game with regard to President Obama. There are hundreds of rumors being spread, e-mails circulating the net, all with a common theme - to give the public a false perception of the president. Yes, in the past four years or so, the following has been suggested about the president: That he's Muslim, was born in Kenya, is the anti-Christ, is a socialist, is a communist, is gay, was born from the vagina of a man, among many other things. According to these Republicans, Obama is responsible for the following: The great recession, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, Jesus' crucifixion, poverty, obesity, the Ice Age, global warming, gun control, gun violence, 9/11, AIDS, and the Twilight movies.
One might as well kick these people and call them Mayans, for with the re-election of Barack Obama, many feel that the end is near. What freedoms will come do their demise with President Obama?
Freedom of speech: Yes - even though it's obviously legal for people to spread false rumors about the president and bash him more than a drunken, steroid-induced professional baseball player on a pinata reminiscent of Commissioner Bud Selig, it's inevitable that the president will take away this right.
Freedom of religion: It was predestined by a higher power to appoint a man by the name of Barack Hussein Obama as President of the United States, and with him, strip away people's freedom to worship him.
Freedom of the press: When Rush Limbaugh is insulting the president more often than Tiger Woods is getting laid, it seems to only be a matter of time before his rights come to an abrupt end.
The right to bear arms: Right... Like the president would prohibit people from wearing short-sleeve shirts, especially in the scorching summer months. Oh, I'm being told that's not what's meant by "bear arms." Well, shoot me in the face while pheasant-hunting and make me apologize while in the hospital.
The right to make any more Twilight movies: I actually hope the president does away with this freedom.
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