Copper The Dog - Rolling Over 2011
Photograph by Sharon
This is my cockapoo Copper in the midst of rolling over. He is a democrat. Sometimes he rolls over, but has yet played dead. He tells me what he needs and when he needs it. Remarkable. Seldom does he lie to me, although the truth is sometimes stretched. For example: He may tell me he has to go out to pee, but what he really wants to do is go out and sniff for chipmunks.
Republicans have many tools they use to their benefit. Especially during elections and when a Democrat is in office. I have never seen such overt wickedness by the GOP until President Obama was elected.
One of the tools they use is called The Flip-Flop. It has increasingly become a favorite. Here is an example from one candidate on one topic.
I think all politicians, or people in general, should remember that everything is out in the open today, via video tape and other medias.
When you say something, more than likely, someone will hear it.
And how does the current President accomplish anything without some support from the opposing party. Even when that President has endorsed an idea for action that the GOP previously recommended, they vote it down. It's the old Bait and Switch con. They set the bait by saying what they are for and when the President agrees, they switch to something else and Flip Flop themselves right out of the room. How does anything get accomplished? Not easily, if ever.
The GOP at the very beginning of President Obama's term made it clear what they were going to do: Make President Obama a one term President.
I suspect that no one believed they meant it literally. That they would, in fact, do what they thought they had to do, to make it happen. Because they would have to
1. Roll Over any ethics they had left as a party.
2. Flip Flop continuously to keep in step with the tea party and the Koch brothers.
3. Bait and Switch their political ideas until neither the President nor the democrats had any idea what promises would be kept, or which bargains would be agreed on.
I knew from the very beginning what was happening. How? They told us. But most could not believe they would take such a mean spirited course. I am only myself, an aging woman with a human spirit. I have known much beauty and kindness. But, I have seen these people before. And, I have read about others.
They are always here waiting for the right time. We need to be wary.
