Why is the Right so Angry?!

After 8 years of Bush, and the way every part of our society has been utterly devastated (even Jimmy Carter is now attacking Bush on the economy), you would think that it is us on the LEFT who should be angry. I mean, maybe we are. I am angry. I cannot believe that even this many people would support McCain and am sick of this country moving further and further to the right. There are parts of the Obama platform which, under a Kennedy administration, were considered so far-right wing that candidates who advocated such things lost in landslides (but we can get into the whole Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush fleecing of the electoral system another time). And yet, it seems like us on the left, when we are angry, use intellect and go out and try and make a difference, not just spew angry, hateful rhetoric.

THAT'S RIGHT!!! I AM MAD!!! I am angry that McCain can continually state that the surge in Iraq was successful, and that Obama tacitly agrees with this, when a recent UCLA study showed very clearly it was in fact not the surge that has lessened violence in Iraq. As the study itself states, "the surge has had no observable effect." Using nighttime light signatures, it was shown that it was in fact ethno-
sectarian neighborhood homogenization that led to a decrease in violence. As one ethnicity was essentially killed or driven out of a neighborhood, leaving the majority ethnicity to "rule" the neighborhood, the violence would, understandably, lessen in that neighborhood. So why doesn't Obama say this? Why doesn't he fight back? This would shore up his position on Iraq, and would give McCain no legs to stand on with this issue.

So, while the Left uses logic and strong arguments to defeat the nonsense on the right (and yes, 90% of it is nonsense), the Right yells and screams and, you guessed it, turns into an angry mob, or so says McCain's former top strategist, John Weaver. Weaver has even called upon McCain and Palin to stop stoking the flames of hatred and anger, and to control the crowds (since such crowds would be unattractive to a swing voter). Obviously they are not doing their job...watch this:


And another thing, I am tired of people on the right calling Obama socialist...there is NOTHING remotely socialist about the policies of the Democratic party. Health care, you say?! ummm...no! Obama is not calling out for health care for all, he wants health INSURANCE for everyone. Big difference. Speaking of socialists, shall we talk about Wall Street bailouts? Enough said. Now go forth and (try not to) be angry!