It is all over the main stream media. Like W’s promise to be a “uniter not a divider” it is the central theme of Obama’s concept of change. There is a conference in Lawrence, Kansas bringing together DINOs like former Senators Nunn and Brownback, with GOP moderates like former NJ governor Whitman and NYC mayor Bloomberg.
It is all a big bait and switch. A scam pure and simple. The economic elites who have benefited from the past 25 years of redistribution of wealth are scared and doing their best to limit the damage of the coming wave.
To me the plan goes something like this:
- Given the utter dissatisfaction the electorate has with conservatism and the GOP the first play is to get the Democrats to nominate someone who is unelectable for President. Hillary is very polarizing. Obama’s race may not be a factor among Democrats, but among white males of whom a majority vote conservative you had better believe race is an issue. The nomination of either of these candidates will narrow the margins in the general election. Heaven forbid Democrats pick a white male from a southern or western state as their nominee.
- In case no. 1 above fails, co opt the anointed Democratic candidates so that if one of them does win in the general election they will not push for radical changes. Both Hillary and Obama have been co-opted in this way from my perspective.
- Call for “bipartisanship” which translates as liberals compromising to adopt more conservative policies. Make any candidate who is unwilling to adopt this line appear to be a left wing whacko, or out of touch. (The treatment John Edwards is getting in the MSM)
- Keep the electorate unhappy with congress. Just imagine how much the Democrats could accomplish with a 60 vote majority in the Senate? The best hope here is to create an anti incumbent furor, so people vote against the current office holder rather than for a particular party. Do this by having the MSM talk about how the Democratic congress cannot get anything done, without mentioning it is because of Senate filibusters by the GOP and vetoes by the current occupant of the White House.
So, to a tin foil hat wearing nut like me, a vote for bi partisan change and compromise is really a vote for the status quo. My question is how do we get people to realize they are being manipulated? It is one of those things no one really wants to know. They would much rather believe they are actually choosing for themselves.
