Reply #72: You're coming in loud and clear.

[msmcghee]

Yes, that's all true. But we all do it - not just the right.

We do it because we like to feel secure. Facts that fit - or are spun to fit - our world view make us feel secure.

When the world is at peace it isn't so important to us. But when events threaten us - like 9/11 - our need for security becomes our most important need. We will do almost anything to feel secure in dangerous times. Even believe that a frat-boy, dry-drunk imbecile who never worked a day in his life - is a wise leader who will deliver us from Islamic evil.

Added on edit:

Right after 9/11 virtually all but the far left became believers in sherriff Bushs* wisdom and courage to deliver us from evil.

The left - with no coherent image - were not even in the running for that badge.

Since then the Bushs* have made some errors that might cost them.

But we can't hope for Bush/Rove's* mistakes to save us. we desparately need a positive coherent message that packages our values and shows how they can be applied to solve our problems - security being the biggest of those followed by an economy spiraling into deep recession and stagnant growth for years to gone.

And we need to put those messages into a strong symbolic package - like the heroic Texas dems did recently. I think we need to pick a suitable ideological argument - and then stand up to the pukes and tell them to their face they are wrong and that we are not going to budge. We will shut down the government if necessary.

There was a movie that came out in the sixties called "Billy Jack". In one scene Billy Jack, Viet Nam vet karate expert, goes up to the bad guy (a true repuke) and says "I'm going to take my right foot and plant it in your left ear, and there's nothing you can do about it". Then, with all the bad guy's body guards standing right there, he does it.

That's what I want to see our dem leadership do to chimpy.