The American people seem to have short term memories. They are also getting alot of help from entities who shape opinion like Fox News, CNN, the AM portion of MSNBC, 90% of talk radio, and a large percentage of print-media who have no interest in the greater good and having a truly informed fact based electorate. That is why it is so important for us to get focused NOW on the mid-term elections.
Poll after poll shows that likely voters are angry. In alot of ways justifiably so. However, that anger just might be taken out against the incumbents in office. As of right now Democrats have more of those to lose than the Republicans. I cannot imagine how anyone would want to vote back into office the same people who brought us to where we are in America today. The Republican Party to me stands for fear, selfishness, racism, corporate interests (I hate to admit that that is shared across party lines), control of American rights (while espousing less government), and a nightmarish foreign policy. I could go on and on but I won't. However, I will say in my lifetime I just haven't seen ANY policies put forward by the Republican Party that has benefited me or with the interest of the average person in mind. We should not underestimate the power of the ill-informed, racists, and closed-minded individuals.
President Obama campaigned for the job of President for almost 2 years and spent over 100 million dollars to win the office. He was up against unbelievable odds. Make no mistake if we want to move this country into the 21st century we are going to have to work harder than we've ever worked in our entire lives. The corporate forces of big business, corporate media, and now international interests are going to almost make this a herculean effort. I know most of us are exhausted. But, we can still be critical but right now we need to focus on our common enemy and what is at stake.
So, I've said all of this to say...we've got to re-engage for those of us who needed a BREAK!! We've got to start call banking for either our elected officials or their primary challengers, we've got to start door-knocking and talking to our neighbors again about the consequences of going backwards, we've got to start having house-parties again. We need to do all of this and more starting NOW!!!. Why??? Because if we don't the truth will not get out. Formidable corporate interests do not want it to get out.
Look, I am not a staffer for anyone’s campaign or on anyone's payroll. I am an unemployed wife and mother of 3 who is concerned about the direction of our country. President Obama may not have made all the moves I'd wish he would have made but he has to have the support of the congress to continue to build upon the agenda I voted for in November 2008. This is going to be one ugly mid-term but if we do want to leave a better country for ourselves and our children we've got to get to work.
Again, I beg us for this moment in time to be critical but united. We must be united against those who want to continue to steal from the middle class and the poor for their own selfish greedy interests. We did it before I truly believe we can do it again.