When I hear people like Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich accuse Judge Sotomayor of “reverse racism”, why do I think they mean “racism” other than the way they want it?
When I hear “Right to Life” people celebrating the murder of a doctor in his church, why do I think they mean the right to take someone else’s life?
When I hear Republicans talk about a “Big Tent”, why do I think they mean the tent they want middle-class families to live in after losing their homes to foreclosures?
When I hear Republicans use the term “National Security”, why do I anticipate hearing something about why we should be afraid?
When I hear Republicans talk about “Judicial Activists”, why do I think of the “Bush v. Gore” Supreme Court decision?
When I hear Republicans talk about gay marriage as a threat to the “institution” of marriage, why do I think about Republicans voting against medical insurance for children and getting arrested in a public restroom soliciting gay sex?
Sure, I’m picking on Republicans – its fun to insult the falsely self-righteous, religious “Conservatives” who “hate their next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace”. But the Dems have their greatest hits too. The Dems have their own particular strain of hypocrisy. It is not usually dressed in religious rhetoric. It’s usually related to being cowardly and compliant in the face of GOP nonsense. Take the Torture issue and Truth Commission as examples… or the Patriot Act or the FISA Act as others…
…Dick Cheney allegedly supports gay marriage (saying that everyone should experience “enhanced relationship techniques”). Yeah, right.
June 6, 2009 at 9:03 am
Call Em’ As You See Em Geoff! Your On Em! Never Let Up! People are at Stake here!
June 26, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Dear Geoff,
I just read one of Ann Coulter’s comments on the death of George Tiller. She said she’d “prefer not to think of it as murder but instead of termination at the 203rd trimester” or something similar. I did not care to remember the exact words.
Hypocrisy is not the only characteristic of many Republicans. Apparently, simplistic, judgmental and self-righteous thinking is another.
Abortions are often done because women who have become pregnant are not ready to have children or to care for them. Children die every few minutes or so from various forms of negligence or abuse. In spite of this, Ms. Coulter has attempted to rationalize the murder of an abortion doctor with her ridiculous statement.
Her appetite for guilt and fear must apparently be satisfied somehow. Compassion? Oh, how second-rate and boring.
Contemporary philosopher Eckhart Tolle once said, “There is only one purpose to this life, and that is to awaken.”
Thanks for helping lead our country in the awakening process. It’s folks like you that keep me from giving up hope.
Patricia Jankowski, RN, LNC
June 29, 2009 at 3:15 am
I’m just wondering if you could help me contact Dr. Kevorkian.
I’m an Armenian like Dr. Kevorkian and have been a fan for many years and have been following him. I’m just wondering if you could help me contact Dr. Kevorkian.
Thank you