God, Guns, & Gays

Change is a message we’ve been hearing throughout this election. I want you my Dear Readers, to pay very close attention to the change you will see in the campaign messages as we get closer to the general election.

 

 

 

You will see the talk change from major issues that affect our country, to the divisive wedge issues like God, Guns, and Gays. This is a tried and true Republican tactic to get us distracted from what really matters and focus only on the issues that will divide this country along religious and social lines.

 

What bothers me most is that two of the three wedge issues have already been exploited in this campaign. The God issue was pushed regarding Obama, first with the chisme that Obama was some sort of closet Muslim, and then the issue of his minister.

 

Now the gun issue has come to light. Obama is now being assaulted for his comments regarding Pennsylvanians that cling to their faith and guns in tough times.

 

Surprisingly, to me anyway, is that these wedge issues aren’t being raised by Karl Rove and the rest of the poll-pushing Republicans. This is coming from the Hillary Clinton campaign! A line from Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar comes to mind, “Et tu Brutei?”

 

I doubt she will do anything to alienate the gay community, bus she seems to be doing the Devil’s (Republicans) dirty work.

 

Personally I’m sick of seeing both candidates tripping over each other to be the average, blue collar worker, because neither of them are! They are both lawyers.

 

Hillary and Bill have earned over $110 million over the last few years and we are supposed to believe that she’s “one of us” because she’s drinking beer and taking shots! Just an observation, but if that was Bill Clinton in a bar drinking beer and taking shots, I think the conversation about that video clip would be a lot different and involve a girl in a Budweiser bikini.

 

This is America. We love being the elite. We love a winner and find a way to make everything a contest, just look at our game shows. Hell, even if you aren’t good enough to play professional baseball or football, you can still join a fantasy league and get involved in the competition!

 

So calling someone an elitist is a bit of a compliment. We want the best of everything in this country, including presidential candidates. We have that on the Democratic side of the ticket.

 

Now if we can just get them to stop bowling and taking shots…