Scott Feldstein saw this Jon Stewart clip... and is almost ready to get cable because of it. And I'll admit... I laughed pretty hard when I saw it myself.
Now then, predictably, Scott seems to enjoy this the most:
And while president Bush was the one who started the bailouts, nationalized an insurance company, added a $17 trillion dollar prescription drug entitlement program, had a government mandated public school initiative literally titled ‘No Child Left Behind,’ wiretapped citizens without warrants, created secret internment camps in international waters behind the reach of our justice system, allowed his vice president to live in a netherworld between the executive and legislative branch where his house did not exist on Google Earth, only now–with the advent of ‘Potato Day’–has tyranny come to our shores.
Not that I blame him mind you. I've been complaining about how Republicans and Democrats alike have been trying to control us, and take our liberty for quite some time. George Bush in fact did start us down the road that many Republicans are now complaining about since Barack Obama has taken office. Of course, Jon then goes on to say the following, which I think really sums up the attitudes among both Republican and Democrats much better:
I think you might be confusing tyranny with losing. And I feel for you, because I've been there. A few times in fact, one of them was a nail biter. But you see, when the guy you disagree with gets elected, he's probably going to do things you disagree with. He could cut taxes on the wealthy, remove government's oversight capability, or invade a country you don't think should be invaded. But that's not tyranny. That's Democracy. You see, now you're in the minority. It's supposed to taste like a shit taco. And by the way, if I remember correctly, when disagreement was expressed about that president's actions when ya'll were in power, I believe the response was "Why do you hate America? Watch what you say. Love it or leave it. Suck on my truck nuts."
When you suggest that being in the minority is supposed to hurt... that in fact is a tyranny. It's called the "tyranny of the majority". It suggests that you think Democracy means Life by Committee. It seemingly doesn't matter that the "majority" only consists of a little over half the population... or that the "majority" flips every 4 to 8 years... apparently Democracy means that whoever is currently voted in gets to do practically anything. This concept is actually more akin to that of the Roman Empire than to our modern Democracy which is founded on individual liberty and equal rights, not government control.
I truly believe that much of our partisan bickering is really over fear of what the other side will do to us when they're in the majority. What shit will they put in our taco for us to eat? Because Republicans and Democrats insist on sticking their noses in the private lives of individuals... because both Republicans and Democrats think that they have a right to control how people interact in society daily... government only continues to grow, and more power is centralized away from those who ought to have power... the individual.
If our society more closely resembled that which our Founding Fathers envisioned, then in the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't matter very much which party was in power. The majority wouldn't be able to change the course of our lives all that much... and that is the way it's supposed to be.
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