I am tired of all the hyperbolic histrionics that get bandied around in politics and especially political commentary. Four (and eight) years ago, I got tired of hearing how Bush was a facist and was going to turn the U.S.A. into a police state. I got tired of hearing about how all these liberals were going to leave the country if Bush was (re-)elected.
I am now tired of hearing about how Obama is a socialist and is going to turn the U.S.A. into a socialist state. In four years, I do not want to hear about how if Obama is re-elected all these conservatives are going to leave the country (or create compounds out in the wilderness.)
Anyone who actually believes that a president can turn the U.S.A. into either extreme of facism or socialism has basically given up on the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. in general. In order to conver the entire nation to one thing or the other would require incredibly massive changes to happen in less than a year.
Why a year? Because there are elecitions (local, county, state and/or federal) occur every single year. That gives the people the chance to change their government some every year.
What a lot of pundits seem to forget is that most voters fall closer to the middle of the political spectrum, not the extremes. This means that if the government swings far right or far left, the large number of middle-voters are going to vote the government back away from that extreme.
Frankly, I find the idea that the U.S.A. will become either a facist or socialist state ridiculous.
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