Let the Conservative Whining Begin

[Joanne98]

During eight years of Republican rule, conservative talkers had to work hard to find people to blame for the nation's troubles. That won't be a problem anymore.

Paul Waldman | November 25, 2008

Over the last eight years, many conservatives, particularly the radio and television hosts who enjoy such loud and lucrative megaphones, have been forced to navigate some difficult rhetorical waters. When your side controls the White House, the Congress (as it did until two years ago), the judiciary, and the business world, how do you argue that you're part of an oppressed group being held down by The Man? It isn't easy, but they did it nonetheless. The "elite" they bellowed at day after day is not those who actually hold power. It's obscure college professors, Hollywood actors, the city council of a town you don't live in, and nonprofit organizations who advocate for things like poor people or the environment or civil liberties. That's the source of your problems, they would say, and that's who you should be mad at.

So the coming transfer of power must make them feel light as air. Now when they begin their daily pity party, they'll actually be able to complain about the people in charge.

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=let_the_conservative_whining_begin

[TrogL]

1. They'll complain about things the new administration didn't actually do

They'll find a way to blame Obama for the economy crashing well before Obama took office.

They'll blame Obama for both middle-east wars.

[iamahaingttta]

2. Begin?

They've been whining for decades!

[damntexdem]

3. May it never end.

[fencesitter]

4. Way back in the early 1970's...

"Be vigilant, bunker-dwellers, and make sure you have an ample supply of canned goods and ammunition."

Before I knew what a right winger was, I worked with a guy who lived in a small, very rural hamlet in PA. He was convinced the black people and crazy hippies (the boogieman at that time) were going to hold a violent revolution and he was going to be ready. He had the bunker loaded with food, water and ammo. Yup, rise out of the hills and take over his 3 house town.

[mwb970]

5. Terrific read, thanks for posting! /nt