Isn’t just a town in northern Michigan.
Wow, the complaints on this debt deal. Let’s contexualize this a bit. First, the left more or less owns the New York Times, Gannett, and all the newspapers–including USA Today–Gannett owns. They own CNN, ABC, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, and virtually every teacher at any level in the country.
Further, when George Bush was running up his then-record amounts of debt, both Houses of Congress were controlled by Republicans. It was their profligacy that in large measure got Obama elected. The thought among many, no doubt, was “how could he be any worse”? Those people are sadder and wiser now.
So are the Republicans. Reality is, the only way Republicans got elected in 2000 and 2004 was by more or less accepting leftist propaganda narratives, and more or less committing to bigger government, which they did in fact create.
In my lifetime, this is the first time there has been a large, vocal, and active conservative insurgency that is not likely to go away. The Republican class of 1994 faded away in no small measure because the left had all the informational gateways under control. Rush was out there, but we didn’t have a dozen good conservative voices out there as alternatives. There was no Fox news. There was no Drudge Report.
People are learning. This is why they are so mad. Yet, the situation is a bit like an alcoholic quitting drinking, then deciding to run a marathon in two weeks. Simply because you realize your condition is unacceptable one day does not mean you can radically change it in the next. Change takes time, especially when most of the media that most Americans consume is run by talented propagandists.
All we controlled this time was the House. As bad as this deal was, it was still much less than this President wanted. They are gnashing their teeth on the Left, too, which surely means something good has happened.
So if you’re mad, get active. Get active in the organizing process. Go educate people. Find an even more conservative candidate you think can win. Contribute to Michelle Bachman or Tim Pawlenty or Rick Perry (let’s hope he runs), or Herman Cain, or Ron Paul, or whoever seems sincere to you, and serious. Channel your anger, and be creative with it.
The best has just begun.