Total Hysteria

I think the time has come for all of us with half a brain to admit that the political climate in this country has reached the level of hysteria one associates with McCarthy. Not hyperbole, this is truly the case. No shit. There is very telling article in the New York Times today (I do like my NYT)--"Frist Set to Use Religious Stage on Judicial Issue." Our Senate majority leader, always the stickler for ethics, has decided to participate, in a very public fashion, in a right-wing smear campaign against Democrats and the "liberal judges" they love. It is all a conspiracy, you see, against Christ himself. His minions on Earth, especially a select group that includes James Dobson and Chuck Colson, a born-again Watergate criminal (ever notice that Watergate criminals enjoy a lot of favor with conservatives? Chuck Colson and assassin G. Gordon Liddy are both esteemed members of the crazed right) are convinced that judges are out to destroy civilization itself. The hilarious flier for the planned television mind-fuck features a confused-looking teenager looking sadly upon the bible in one hand and the gavel in another. "He shouldn't have to choose," it proclaims. This, of course, clearly insinuates that any judge who would strike down prayer in schools, interpret in the Constitution inherent protections for gays or follow the law in regards to Terri Schiavo is not a person of faith herself. The typically simplistic "logic" follows that judges who would so rule are all liberal, and liberals can't be people of faith. Why, that is so obvious, why back that assertion up with facts or even compelling examples? All liberals hate Jesus, and if Jesus had a dog and a liberal invented a time machine (those scientists are all commies!), he would go back in time just to kill Jesus's dog. I personally would kill the puppy of any Christian toddler and tear into pieces his starter bible. Using the reasoning of today's right, could these conclusions be far off? But the absolute best part of this flier is the statement,

"The filibuster was once abused to protect racial bias, and it is now being used against people of faith."

That's right, they are directly comparing the filibuster of reactionary (this word is important here) judges to the filibuster of civil rights legislation by...reactionaries. Many of the judges nominated by president monkey have been rejected as too radical primarily because they have a spotty record on or downright oppose the very idea of civil rights! Around 6 seconds of critical thinking would produce this understanding, but critical thinking is just a liberal pinko scam designed to thwart the holy agenda of Tom DeLay, Frist, and their legions of fawning cronies. Another pearl of wisdom:

"As the liberal, anti-Christian dogma of the left has been repudiated in almost every recent election, the courts have become the last great bastion for liberalism," Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and organizer of the telecast, wrote in a message on the group's Web site. "For years activist courts, aided by liberal interest groups like the A.C.L.U., have been quietly working under the veil of the judiciary, like thieves in the night, to rob us of our Christian heritage and our religious freedoms."

Ooh, the "veil of the judiciary!" That is some good imagery, Tony. Did you take any English classes taught by liberal scum in college? Of course, any organization that has "civil rights" in its name is a liberal interest group. And this:

"The issue of the judiciary is really something that has been veiled by this 'judicial mystique' so our folks don't really understand it, but they are beginning to connect the dots," Mr. Perkins said in an interview, reciting a string of court decisions about prayer or displays of religion."

I'm glad your folks are beginning to get it, Tony. It takes a lot of effort to connect those dots. Dang, gives you a headache! Well, at least you know your followers are ignorant. Realization is the first step to acceptance.

Fucking morons.