Daily Kos has been an inspiration to me. I come from a country where a nationalist government will manipulate and oppress the people in order to stay in power. The manipulation is through misinforming the people and controlling the media and the oppression begins at birth for most citizens. There is clearly a strategy in place where by most individuals are not given an opportunity in education. School curricular is designed to manipulate world views and sculpt what should be held most valuable. It is unfortunate that I can find similarities between a dictatorship and a western political party. It only gets worse when one looks at the tools that are used in times of desperation, in this case Sarah Palin.
Daily Kos has been an inspiration to me. I come from a country where a nationalist government will manipulate and oppress the people in order to stay in power. The manipulation is through misinforming the people and controlling the media and the oppression begins at birth for most citizens. There is clearly a strategy in place where by most individuals are not given an opportunity in education. School curricular is designed to manipulate world views and sculpt what should be held most valuable. It is unfortunate that I can find similarities between a dictatorship and a western political party. It only gets worse when one looks at the tools that are used in times of desperation, in this case Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin is a good person with good values. One cannot dispute the fact that we do not want our governments to have too much control over our lives. No one really wants there daughter to go through a teen pregnancy. Even if you are pro choice you don't really want to have to make the decision, whatever the reason for the situation coming to that. No one wants the government to waste our money and let's face it we all hate taxes. Most important is the fact that we all want to feel safe in our everyday lives.
So where does the problem start? In the case of a regular and not particularly intelligent person such as Palin it starts at mis-education. She believes in something that not everyone believes but, she is now convinced that this s the only way to have a "prosperous" life. Without any facts most people in this position believe that those who prosper outside their religion do so by evil means. She has been taught that the more people she can have living the way she believes, the more likely she is to be "prosperous".
I grew up neck deep in religion. I would not have been able to think for myself if it were not for the fact that the same religion was trying to make me believe in 2 different things. I was exposed to Islam at the age of 10 and I was confused by all the fear 10 years later just after 9/11. I wanted to know more so I could understand more. The Palins of this would are afraid that knowledge. This is where the media steps in.
The Palins of this world need comforting. Liberal media sees no reason to constanly make declarations about their religion because it assumes in does not matter. Right wing media use it as a way to say "I believe what you believe. I understand your fears. I am smart guy who is on TV/Radio. Listen to me, what I am saying is the news/truth, because I do it all in the name of ..." At that point it's over. the most hateful things can be said but, since they are all doing it in the name of religion anything goes. They believe they are righteous and will do anything to appear that way. That is the most important aspect of mind set.
Sarah Palin was sold as ambitious, this is true. She was sold as smart and articulate that almost passed until she did an interview. She was sold as a regular person, which was the only accurate point. She was also sold as God fearing and devoutly religious, this is where she came undone.
If Palin had said, "Look at me. I'm a christian, but I am a human before that. I have my beliefs, but I face challenges in my life which test what I believe in. I try do what is right in accordance to my religion when I face such situations. This is my person life, but now here are my public policy points of view." Would the game not have been changed. The Republicans would have had their real American. Unfortunately even Palin could not see that she has a flawed and complicated life like the rest of us. She could have been respected more on her simpleton status had she not tried to put Jesus in everyone's life at the same time. Eventually her lack of knowledge would have been exposed, but the policy and fact debate is what the right wing is always trying to avoid.
What is the future for the American right wing? Their answer is speaking to God when they do wrong. They go away into a little luxury retreat in D.C. and come out claiming that they spoke to God and the spoke back to them or that the had a revelation of some sort. Their republican colleagues all look the other way because they know they will be paying the facility a visit in the near future. They cannot afford to take each other down anymore because there will soon be now of them left. The right wing of America has finally reached the same stage as the Third-World dictatorship in my country. The leaders are so right that even God will forgive them when they are wrong.