This is for the lurking primitives; decent and civilized people can feel free to look around for something more interesting.
The reaction of both the primitives, and Bo, to the tea party in Washington, D.C. should raise a few alarms, sirens, flashing red lights, bells, honking horns.
Bo of course went out of town, and since has said he was not even aware of the tea parties; the primitives are trying to minimize the turnout for the tea parties.
The primitives should open up a history book, as this is all familiar to those of us rather more acquainted with history.
The primitives should look back to the late 1970s; they should remember, because most of the primitives were middle-aged by then.
During the administration of the Incompetent One 1977-1981, the values and concerns of many decent and civilized people were dismissed and ridiculed; they didn't count.
Most of these people who "didn't count" were southerners, belonging to a predominantly southern Christian denomination. As time went on, non-southerners ambled over to their side, decent and civilized people from other parts of the country.
And thus the "religious right" came into being, and became a force.
The phenomenon of the "religious right" did not exist before the late 1970s; if in doubt, consult newsmagazines of the period, and before.
One wonders why it sprang into life, and became such a powerful movement.
Because decent and civilized people were told they didn't count, the Incompetent One himself created the "religious right;" it's his own baby, spawned and delivered by he himself.
It's possible Bo and the primitives are making the same mistake.
History doesn't repeat itself, really; it's just a case of the same people making the same mistakes over and over again, thinking this umpteenth time, it'll be different.
For every action, there is an equally strong reaction.
The best way to make an enemy of a man is by telling him he doesn't count.
