Planes and Buses

The Republicans do one thing well. They can rally the masses to support a cause even at their own peril. The best mental image is that of the Republican party sending buses to pick up the low information voters. Imagine a bus with Christian logos and signs on it pulling up at church after church to pick up the the religious right wingers, then imagine a bus with racist slogans, pictures of Palin and nra logos on it pulling up at nascar events and hunting camps to pick up good ole boys and imagine buses with all types of fear and smear on the sides about Republicans keeping us safe and how Democrats are soft on terror pulling through low income areas to pick up anybody that can be scared easily. Now imagine if you will, a convoy of these buses lined up and rolling down the freeway on the war path, every bus full of mostly white people, each having their own angry reasons for being on board. What the buses are unable or unwilling to see are the large private jets flying above the buses full of very wealthy, pasty white, power players that own the buses and control the message delivered to the less informed masses through fox news, conservative radio and even through the standard media and pulpits. The fat cats flying way above are drinking and toasting and laughing at the army of fools below them. Comments being made include..."those Christians are nuts, they think we're going to overturn roe vs. wade" and "I bet the gun nuts down there can be worked up into a frenzy and will bring guns to see Obama". Limbaugh can be heard saying "if they knew that I am an animal lover and support Peta, they would die". Hannity and Beck are also in a plane and as they choke down caviar, can be heard laughing out loud and saying, "can you believe that the bus people are that stupid? They believe everything we say and they think that we are just like them". The truth is, the Republicans have figured out that it is easier to control a heard of cows than to let everyone use their minds and exercise freewill. By rallying everyone around common enemies, they ensure compliance by their base voters. The Democratic party has decided that free will and free thinking are best and therefore you do not see blind loyalty on the progressive side and you see much more diversity in voting and debating of the issues. The Democratic voters arrive on the political highway in junker cars, bikes,limousines and all manner of transportation. All that I can hope for is that folks will eventually wake up and notice the puppet masters that are controlling them so that we may once again return to a true debate of ideas and not just defending party over the Country.