Two new Party Names: Hypocrites and Imposters

Republican, fine. Democrat, dandy. I don’t despise either as they typically despise each other. What I despise is the flagrant hypocrisy swarming around the heads of those party members who are usually on guard hurling insults toward the other Americans they can so easily dismember with their foul mouths. I’m about to vent what’s in my head now. I’ve heard enough from both sides of the choo choo track. I am neither a professed Republican nor Democrat. Actually, both groups get on my nerves.

Here’s what I see…

Republicans collectively believe that there should be smaller government as opposed to Democrats who wish for a bigger government. Republicans, though, do wish for the government to regulate many personal choice issues that go on in one’s life. This seems to be a conflict to me. How can Republicans want smaller government except find it okay to tell a citizen how to make their minds up about personal choices, only one of which is sexual preference, there are many others. My take on this, I do not care what you do behind the door of your home as long as you are not inflicting harm on another human being or live defenseless creature. We all know what is basic right and wrong. Behave and be happy and be a contributing member of society and I acknowledge one’s religious and sexual preferences are their own darn business. If one can’t find it in their heart to believe in God… well, it’s their heart, their life. I don’t have all the answers to give, friend. I don’t get it really- God is apparent in my world… but hey, whatever floats your boat.

Now, Democrats typically speak of themselves as educated, enlightened people that look down on their counterpart Republican. They call themselves open minded and tolerant. Many think Liberal and Democrat refer to the same type of thinker.

Liberalism by definition- a broad class of political philosophies that consider individual liberty to be the most important political goal.
Liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. Within liberalism there are various streams of thought which compete over the use of the term "liberal" and may propose very different policies, but they are generally united by their support for a number of principles, including freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, an individual's right to private property, free markets, and a transparent system of government.

To me, the above does not necessarily define a Democrat or a Republican. It is separate. Democrats and Republicans form platforms where they agree to take stands on certain issues in unison. Neither the Democrats nor Republicans are for a complete freedom of thought and speech right now, because they honestly can’t stand when the opposition to their party has a thought that isn’t harmonizing with their own thoughts. And as we saw during the campaign, some became violent about it while protesting at conventions. They call the other party “stupid” and tell them to “piss off” among other things I shouldn’t write in my sweet little family friendly blog. Neither side is truly for a free market from what I see. Democrats lean toward the government regulating almost everything and Republicans just stepped in and bailed out faulty financial institutions instead of having the free market handle it. I’m not sure about that transparency of government; people from both parties only want to show what exposes the other side to be bad guys and what makes their side look like heroes.

And the part that makes this especially hypocritical… liberals emphasize individual rights. This means individual rights to be and think how one wants. To vote how one wants to vote, for the issues and concerns that affect their own lives. So, Democrats should be okay with opposition of thought and should realize they are being hypocritical when they can’t understand that to call themselves a liberal means they have to be open minded to everyone’s individual freedom of thought and speech… not just thoughts that coincide with their own. As far as ‘limitation of government’ that was stated as a liberal philosophy, well, that doesn’t sound like a Democrat either. So it is conflicting that a staunch Democrat should use the word liberal as a synonym.

Further speaking…

I think if you want everyone to be behind our new President (which I personally am, because he is my president elect, because I am American) then you should have also been willing to be behind our existing President for the same fact that he was elected by our nation. If Obama gets the benefit of the doubt then Bush should get the benefit of the doubt. Be fair, right? Don’t just be convenient for your party’s sake. If you call Republicans names then you didn’t listen to what Obama really said in his acceptance speech. He pleaded for unity, not division. And if Republicans dismiss their allegiance to the country and executive branch then they are being like the party they complained about for the last eight years.

For Republicans who bring religion up consistently, if you are one who calls others Godless and insult them because they worship and believe in a different way than you do… then practice what you preach and quit judging other people. Man does not know everything, especially about what God intends.

Democrats, if you are wealthy and pushing taxation to distribute where the government deems appropriate, then please, practice what you preach and take the money out of your existing tax free accounts ie. ‘trust fund democrats’ distribute your wealth with the rest of us who are distributing our paychecks. If it’s money that you are living off of, share, like you preach, my friend. It is “neighborly”. Don’t expect this rule to apply to others but not you and try and beat the system. Own up and pay without complaint.

Like a school yard, the finger pointing and talking is out of control. I’m so ready for action and ready to bury all this back and forth insult swapping. I am ready for solid problem solving and not rhetoric splashed about on the t.v. and web. Let’s put our need for drama aside and get to work for once. We should have pride at this moment. We have just shown the entire world what the United States stands for. Through Obama's triumph and McCain's previous sacrifices we have just capsulated what we represent. We can do anything and stand up to any challenge. We elect freely who leads us and we fight for them fiercly. This is what we should be speaking of, not calling others names and bickering.