I'm a news watching, political junkie and Rachel Maddow is my hero. But, after the Wednesday night debates, I refuse to read another word or watch another news program. I can't believe that we as a country have sunk to the level where we celebrate lies and deception. I watched a little red faced man, who doesn't even deserve to stand on the same stage as President Obama, conduct himself in the rudest rant filled with lies performance I've ever seen in a presidential debate. I'm not saying he needed to say please and thank you after every remark but I do expect a man who wants to represent my country and represent The United States of America on the world stage to show some class and decency. Sure, the whole spectacle was done to whip up "the base". They loved it! I'm not surprised, look at the type of people "the base" represents. Divisive, bigoted people who want to "take their country back".
Looking at presidents throughout our history - Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Obama - it's plain to see that Mittens is in no way, shape or form representative of the character of a President. He started out as a moderate but has sold his soul to the "tea party" who went around calling themselves "tea baggers" (really, do you know what that means?) Anyway, we've built a great country through the contributions of all walks of our society. We abolished slavery, women fought and won the right to vote, The Civil Rights Act, Roe v Wade. These "tea partyers or baggers, whatever, have been dismantling layer by layer the fabric of our society since coopting the Republican Party. The likes of Todd Akin, Rick Perry, and Rand Paul would love to see slavery brought back. Women, forget about it, barefoot and pregnant since there will be no birth control, the right to our own bodies, and anyone who believes in "legitimate rape" should be institutionalized.
In a world of ever increasing technology and immediacy, we've actually gotten dumber. We have at our finger tips access to a body of knowledge we've never had before but what do we do with it? Play games, ignore people as we walk down the street with eyes glued to a screen, texting about nothing. We've become rude, obnoxious, hateful and uncaring about the truth. I know sometimes the truth can be difficult to discern, but come on! Facts are facts and saying lies over and over doesn't make them true.
I just needed to get this out of my head because I'm becoming increasing saddened and frightened for the future of this country. Not in my lifetime have we been this divided, angry and disillusioned. My Sands Kym posted on her Facebook page, "I really hope that by the time my three year olds become adults that there is not so much hate in this country". To that comment I say - Amen.
