John McDonald: 'Notes from the angry left fringe'

John McDonald

I would have written sooner, but I just couldn't drag myself from the
redwood hot tub.

My wife and I, her lesbian lover and six or seven of our liberal friends and
acquaintances were just having such a great time. Who would have thought
that group sex would be so hot in our fifty's. It must be the Pilates.

But the marijuana is gone so I might as well say a few words about the
implications of the Connecticut Senate Race. And besides, George McGovern is
coming over and somebody's got to let him in. And you can't hear the
doorbell from the hot tub.

It seems that my "liberal" friends and I who supported Ned Lamont in the
Connecticut Senate race have been encouraging Al Qaida terrorists, so much
so that they immediately hatched a plan to rush onto jumbo jets and light
their Gatorade on fire. If I had only known, I would never have dared to
express my constitutional rights at the voting booth. I've thought about
trying to change my vote, but I figure if it's really important, George or
Dick will change it for me anyway. Maybe they can just throw it out.

Apparently by supporting Lamont, some Democrats are sending a message that
America is in danger of being taking over by an "angry left fringe" who are
planning to give Osama Bin Laden the keys to the Capitol. Gee, I just
thought that I was agreeing with the 60 percent of American people who think
that maybe going to war in Iraq for bogus reasons wasn't really such a good
idea and disapprove of the President's job performance. And I'll be honest
with you, like more than half of Americans, this gig in Iraq and the war on
terror aren't really making me feel a whole lot safer. I guess I just
thought that maybe it would a good idea to have a Senator who would whisper
something in the President's ear besides "atta boy" now and then.

But now that the Republican National Committee has put out its talking
points making clear that Democrats have sold out our national security
interests to terrorists and that Republican candidates will certainly
benefit from the terrorism issue, I can see that I was mistaken. I know that
some of my friends on the liberal fringe think the renewed effort to define
Democrats as weak on national security amounts to little more than an effort
to scare Americans into voting for Republicans in the upcoming Congressional
elections. But I think that it's more like Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., the
chairman of the House Republicans' campaign committee said immediately after
Lamont's victory, "National Democrats are stone-cold guilty of engaging in a
reckless and irresponsible pattern of neglect for the security of our
citizens." I mean, he wouldn't try to use the terrorism issue to "benefit'
Republican candidates, would he?

In joining with the majority of Americans concerned about the conduct of the
war and the policies of the Bush administration it's apparent I have become
part of the Anti-American "Angry Left Fringe." Even though my wife and I
have been married 25 years, are raising two kids and working like dogs to
pay our mortgage and our taxes I can see now why our support of a candidate
who thinks it might be a good idea to ask a question now and then about the
Bush administrations management of the war on terror might make some people
think we are a couple of America hating radicals. Next thing you know we
will be joining up with that "fringe group" made up of the 50 percent of
Americans who, according to the recent poll by the Washington Post,
disapprove of the Presidents job performance on combating terrorism. I mean,
what do these people expect? Do they think the President should have focused
on catching Osama Bin Laden or implementing the recommendations of the 9-11
Commission or something?

At first I found being labeled "fringe" by the Bush/Cheney folks a little
confusing, but then I remembered that the Republicans now get to "make up
their own reality. That's why even though my opinions seem to match up with
the majority of Americans I can now understand why Karl Rove is telling
everyone that folks like me are just a bunch of liberal nut jobs who are
planning to rerun the 1972 election.

Well, that's all for now. McGovern's limo is here and I wouldn't want the
Chardonnay to get warm. He has Gary Hart, Warren Beatty and some girl named
Donna with him and we are going to stay up planning our election strategy.
It's going to be a late night, but that's o.k. Us "godless liberals" don't
have to get up and go to church anyway.

www.rockthrower.blogs.com

--
NOTICE: This post contains copyrighted material the use of which has not
always been authorized by the copyright owner. I am making such material
available to advance understanding of
political, human rights, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues. I
believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright
Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107

"A little patience and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their
spells dissolve, and the people recovering their true sight, restore their
government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are
suffering deeply in spirit,
and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public
debt. But if the game runs sometimes against us at home we must have
patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning
back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at
stake."
-Thomas Jefferson