Originally published by San Diego Newsroom September 08, 2010
Well, Obama is doing it again. Since he can’t play the “blame Bush” card every day, he occasionally pulls his “Republicans are the party of no,” card from the bottom of the deck. You can tell he is insufferably pleased with himself over this one, as if the most clever strategy in the history of politics appeared to him like an epiphany on Mt. Sinai.
Our president is actually a very intelligent person, so there can be only one explanation to such an infantile maneuver. He’s hoping the high majority of the country is stupid. To nurture that hope, he reminds himself that he was voted into office (No, I do not believe every person who voted for the man is stupid. Some were merely misled, or caught up in the moment. Besides, many who supported Obama are waking up, but when he continues with such drivel, it speaks low for his opinion of his own followers, showing contempt for the very people who put him in office.)
In front of a hysterically laughing crowd, at the V and M Star in Youngstown, Ohio, President Obama insisted Republicans would say no even if he told them the sky was blue. (Oh, my sides.)
I guess it’s time to revisit the subject of Yes and No once again. I may as well start at the children’s level since our president is talking to us like children.
Is no always a bad word?
“No you cannot have any more candy,” a mother tells her young ones.
“No you cannot play on the street,” she also says.
No commentary necessary, right? Good. Let’s move upward in ages a bit. When a woman says no to a man’s advances, should the guy respond by calling her “the party of no”? “No means no,” is actually a popular saying, unless we are talking about Republicans saying no to Democrats. That, of course, is a foul.
How about some historical perspective? Is it good that the colonists said no to English taxation without representation? Was it good that we fought a Civil War saying no to slavery? Should we continue to say no to racism? Do we say no to murder?
OK, we agree then. Words such as yes or no are neutral. They take on meaning only when we decide what we are saying yes or no to. Increasingly larger amounts of people are happy to see Republicans saying no to policies that endanger our national security, paralyze the private sector, and sue states like Arizona for simply enforcing federal law. Oh, one last thing: Obama was a Senator when George Bush was president. Just thought I’d mention that in case anybody had forgotten. How many of Bush’s policies did Senator Obama himself say no to? I guess back in those days, Democrats were the “party of no.”
Still, I suppose yes does sound like a more positive word. So be it. Say yes to voting Democrats out of office this November!!! On the other hand, if you like Democrats, then you may chose to say no and if you make that choice, please deal with it when others also reserve the right to say no.
This is Bob Siegel, saying yes to making the obvious, obvious.
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